I must confess that having lived here since 1997 and having been a part of the NDSU family for a good chunk of that time, I had never been to a NDSU sporting event before Saturday. Shameful, I know. I am a bad North Dakotan and a pitiful Bison - I own it. It isn't as [...]
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Ten years.
Ten years. 520 weeks. 3,650 days. 67,600 hours. Ten years ago something was taken from us as a country. Ten years ago families unexpectedly and horrifically lost loved ones. Ten years ago a whole generation of first responders were forever changed by the catastrophic loss of too many of their brethren. Ten years ago the burden on [...]
Coincidence or abject stupidity?
I wonder if I am, by virtue of my geeky emergency management chick persona, uniquely sensitive to the matter I address today. I think that may be the case as I ran this past Mike and he didn't immediately put it together the way I did. So I present it to you dear readers for your [...]
Deleted.
I receive over 100 emails a day across my two main email accounts on a slow day. Of those emails I typically delete about 25% outright, read 25% before deleting or filing them, respond to another 25% and retain the remaining 25% emails in files to read or respond to later. On a day when I am [...]
Cheyenne won the lottery!
Tonight was Open House at Cheyenne's school. Cheyenne is fortunate to be able to atend the STEM Center, the magnet school in the West Fargo School District that focuses more intently (in addition to regular education topics) on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (hence, STEM). I say fortunate because I do believe Cheyenne's time at the [...]
Maxxed out!
I did something I rarely do today - I went to TJ Maxx. Historically, I get to TJ Maxx maybe two or three times a year at best. It's not that I don't like TJ Maxx...it is the fact that shopping at TJ Maxx takes greater shopping energy than other stores. They are not the [...]
Squirrel!
I was informed by Michael that a man becoming aware that a woman is wearing black underwear is the equivalent of a dog seeing a squirrel - an instant and unequivocal refocusing that is all consuming. I had not heard this before. I am not sure how I missed this little tidbit. I have to wonder [...]
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