I know I am behind the curve when it comes to the new season of The Voice. Thankfully my DVR keeps all my favorite shows for me until I have time to watch them. Tonight I finally had a chance to catch up on the first episode of The Voice and I was reminded of all the [...]
The loss of Bea…the culpability of United Airlines.
I was saddened to learn that my cousin Scott's step daughter Maggie lost her beloved two year old Golden Retriever, Bea. Bea was lost due to heatstroke when traveling recently via United Airlines. Per Maggie there was no rational explanation for Bea's death other than negligence on the part of the airline. Unfortunately, in addition to the [...]
It isn’t a gift…
I wish the television network executives would consult with me before they create the fall line-up. My DVR only holds 100 hours of taped shows and my nightly television time is about two hours at best. When the networks keep adding new shows I like and then bring back my favorites, it makes for difficult [...]
We may be easy, but we are not cheap.
I have expressed my concerns about the North Dakota oil patch before. My fear has been, and continues to be, that the North Dakota we know and love is for sale. There is no going back now though - the course has been set. The good news, if you can call it good news, is that [...]
Victimless crime…
I believe that the term "victimless crime" is an oxymoron. I think some folks think if a person isn't hurt it isn't a crime. I say - sure, but victim may not be a person, but that does not mean there is no victim or victims. The victim of the crime could be a creature, the [...]
A hot boyfriend or a hot flash – I’ll take either.
Tonight I am hoping that Mother Nature has found herself a hot boyfriend. A boyfriend who warms the cockles of her sometimes chilly heart. My thought is that her Romeo will help forward my fervent wish - that all my garden plots avoid the frost. I am terribly saddened at the thought that my beautiful back [...]
My bipartisan disappointment…
I think that doing or saying nothing in the face of actions or ideas that you perceive to be inherently wrong or divisive, is - in and of itself - a form of tacit approval. I know I am not alone in this position as many great thinkers have heretofore said the same (and note, I hardly [...]
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