I’ve been paying attention to the left’s reaction to Barack Obama’s choice of Pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration in 3 weeks. For example:
Locally Grown (LoGro) Northfield Posts
I got a heads-up from Norman Butler earlier this week that Sweet Lou’s Waffle Bar and Cafe would be shutting down soon. He had recently spoken with Lewis Newman, the owner.
He told Norman that there’s a possibility the current managers would re-open the restaurant in the near future, but the sign on the door doesn’t indicate that.
This email to Carleton faculty and staff was forwarded to me:
LoGroNo (Locally Grown Northfield) traffic for December declined significantly, according to Google Analytics.
- 22,185 Visits; Previous: 25,918 (-14.40%)
- 7,545 Absolute Unique Visitors; Previous: 10,075 (-25.11%)
- 52,832 Pageviews; Previous; 63,137 (-16.32%)
Why the big decline? Two national/international stories back in Oct/Nov drew a huge number of new (one-time) visitors:
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I had coffee last week at the Goodbye Blue Monday with Jeff Holte, a former Northfielder and a colleague who I worked closely with back in the 80s.
In the summer of 1986, Jeff and I were hired by an education division of McGraw-Hill (based in Eden Prairie) to help launch MIX, the McGraw-Hill Information Exchange, an online network for K-12 teachers and schools. We were among the pioneers using online networks not only to connect teachers but to offer classroom projects that connected students with other students around the world.
Hope y’all have a very happy (and safe!) New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. I’ll be incommunicado for today and tomorrow, celebrating my 35th wedding anniversary with my sweetie.…
In last week’s Strib: Minnesota’s E-waste: Talking high-tech trash. Amid hot sales of new digital TV sets, computers, DVD players and other gear, old electronics are piling up –…