I ran to Sunmart near my house on the way to work on Friday to pick up a couple of things quickly. In the process of waiting in line I saw something curious - something that caught my eye. The something that caught my eye was a table stacked with jeans on the main aisle [...]
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Channel your outrage elsewhere…
I am irritated with the Hallmark Ugly Sweater uproar. If you have missed this story thus far, let me sum it up: some folks have their panties in a bunch because Hallmark put "Don we now our fun apparel!" on an ugly sweater ornament instead of "Don we now our gay apparel!" Apparently the word [...]
The space in-between…
My dear friend Barbara lost her son Dave this past week. He had been in a fierce battle with a brain tumor for quite awhile. Through it all his mama and the rest of the family stood beside him in good cheer with abundant hope and determination. That is the type of family they are [...]
A must see…
Mike, Cheyenne, and I went to see Young Frankenstein at The Stage at Island Park this evening. It was put on by Music Theatre Fargo-Moorhead. It was a terrific show! If you have not seen this yet you will want to go to The Stage's webpage and buy tickets for one of the remaining performances [...]
Until next year…
Another IAEM Conference comes to an end and another week of memories have been created. Every year, in addition to seeing old friends, I get the pleasure of visiting with colleagues from around the world and making new friends. It is heartening to be amongst so many folks who fight the good fight day-in and day-out to keep [...]
In the photographic evidence…
This is the last day of the IAEM Conference. Tomorrow I will head back home to some semblance of normalcy. Conferences are always filled with many great experiences and opportunities, but they are exhausting. There really is no down time. So in the few minutes I have in front of the computer today I will [...]
Bad citizen Mary…
I always try to be a good citizen. I am not always 100% successful, but a sincere and determined effort typically gets me through. In being a good citizen, I would never dream of trying to scare the living daylights out of my fellow conference roomie and then audio taping her reaction so it could [...]
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