Tony Horton calls his extreme workout P90x - I think he labeled that workout correctly - it is extreme. I like the use of the "x" at the end as a magnifier. This week Fargo/Moorhead is getting a bit "extreme" - engaging in its first Extreme Makeover build. My team started yesterday right after the [...]
Tag: emergency management
I have been waiting patiently…
I have big news - BIG NEWS! Oh no, not a new husband...and no, I am not pregnant. No...I didn't win the lottery and I didn't take up baking. No...it isn't a new job or a new house...and no Oprah hasn't called, yet. Oh no...this isn't that kind of news -the kind of news that [...]
These things I remember…
My hard drive is full. The hard drive that is my brain that is. I wish the brain was the same as a computer where you could just add new memory as needed. If that was possible I would have long ago upped my memory capacity exponentially. Alas, absent that avenue I am stuck with [...]
Going viral…
On Saturday of last week I encouraged you to check out North Dakota Bois a video created by Ammon Miller and friends that parodies Katy Perry's California Gurls on YouTube (see North Dakota Bois - now that's hot!). At the time the video was only a couple of days old (it originally posted on 8/12) [...]
Just ducky…
You have to take the opportunity for a good laugh when you can get it; and, if that means I am the one being laughed at - so be it. Sometimes you just have to go for it and hope folks go with you on the journey. I appreciate the value of levity. My classes [...]
No tights required, but equally as sexy…
Well, my inner geek has come full circle. The other day I was asked to do a quick live inject for the Weather Channel on NDSU’s new weather radios (we purchased 400 for the campus as a part of our new comprehensive emergency planning grant from the U.S. Department of Ed). The piece was done [...]
OMG – WTF!
I teach in the land of acronyms – emergency management (which has its own acronym – EM). We have so many acronyms in EM that we have to have a book that lists them all. The book, titled FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms, features 4,200 acronyms on 160 pages. You gotta’ love that they have [...]
THE NEW FORTY 