I realize that tourism is a tough industry. Selling an area's vacation value, especially in these tough economic times, is not an easy task. Folks want a lot of bang for their buck and let's face it, North Dakota isn't exactly a California -replete with beaches and amusement parks. North Dakota has to sell from [...]
Tag: Humor
WHOA! BACK UP THE BUS!
Cheyenne informed me in passing the other day that she has taken to reading some of my blog entries. She said, "I thought they would be stupid, but they're not...they're funny." WHOA! BACK UP THE BUS! Was that an off-handed compliment from my 12 year old? Did I have a break with reality? Was I abducted [...]
Quarantined!
Today I learned from a NDSU colleague that my message to her within the NDSU system was quarantined. Oh my. Apparently, my messages cannot be trusted to mingle with the other email messages. Apparently, in this instance I was recognized as a pariah in the NDSU message system. Where did I go wrong? When did my potential [...]
The New Forty prophecy…
My son Noah was over last night and we were discussing everything from the evolution of man as a species to the shifts we have and will see in society. Noah is a big thinker and loves to engage in big thoughts and discussions. So of course the Mayan prophecy came up (the prophecy that [...]
Mom-me
On any given day I can expect to be referenced as mom or mother by Cheyenne. I am sure she calls me other things as well when I am not around. On a rare occasion she will call me mommy - typically that comes packaged in the phrase, "I love you mommy!" Ah yes, I [...]
Odds and ends…1000 words or less.
The clean slate of the new year has already faded. As I was traveling home from dropping Cheyenne off from school a hundred odds and ends that have skittered to the outside of my life or my consciousness flooded my brain - and then the turkeys crossed Sheyenne Street. The good news is, they ran. They ran [...]
Brand new…
Welcome to the brand new year - 2012. If you are in the new forty you realize that 2012 is the future you heard about as a child that was going to be Jetson-like (as in - meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, Jane, his wife). Heck, if you are in the new [...]
THE NEW FORTY 