Last week I had the privilege to speak to one of the Fargo Rotary clubs about emergency preparedness. I say one of the Fargo Rotary clubs as there are - as I understand it - a number of them. The one I spoke to meets on Mondays for lunch at the Holiday Inn and does [...]
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Professional courtesy or corruption?
When I lived in Southern California I became aware of the notion of professional courtesy for the friends and family of law enforcement. You just kept that officer's card next to your driver's license and miraculously you received warnings instead of tickets - or so I was told by my law enforcement friends and their [...]
Life advice…
In my travels on the internet I sometimes run across great stuff that I wasn't looking for, but feel obliged to grab and share on my blog. Such is the case with a heartwarming tribute comic strip created by cartoonist Gavin Aung Than to honor Bill Watterson the creator of the much beloved Calvin & Hobbes comic [...]
Can you say UPSET??!!! ;-)
I wonder what the Kansas State players, coaching staff, and fans thought when NDSU brought home the first touchdown of the game. I imagine they swallowed hard. They likely had a moment there where they realized their willingness to play NDSU was ill-informed. I do believe they underestimated the force of Bison Football. I think [...]
And so it begins again…
Please do allow me to be the one to share with those of you who do not follow NDSU football that tomorrow is the first game of the season. It is an away game in Kansas State. The thought is that this is going to be a tough one for the Bison. Kansas State is [...]
It’s the little things…
The drive to Cheyenne's new school - Sheyenne High School - takes me on a loop from 13th to Veteran's Boulevard to 40th to Sheyenne. The drive is, in total, just shy of 30 minutes. It is a far cry from my drive back and forth to the STEM Center for three years - a [...]
It is strongly encouraged…
Today was my first day of teaching in the Fall semester. I got a glimpse of the students I will spend my class days with over the next four months. I can tell already that I am going to laugh an awful lot with this bunch. And truth be told, that is a critical component [...]
THE NEW FORTY 