If you have lived in other large states such as California, New York, Texas, etc. and had cause to visit their Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) offices you likely appreciate that a visit to the DMV was more of an "adventure" than an errand. It has been many years since I last visited a DMV [...]
Tag: North Dakota
All things being relative…
I had an epiphany this morning. It all started during my regular Wednesday morning radio conversation with Bruce Kelly and his producer Kyle Iverson. Kyle shared with me that his cousin, Tricia, is one of my former students. Who knew? It is a small world...at least around here it seems to be. Learning that Kyle [...]
A Stupidity Tax?
I am providing fair warning today - there will be no mincing of words, no diplomacy, no homage to political correctness - so turn back now if these things you seek. The "s" word will be flung about. North Dakota is a business-friendly state filled with folks whose work ethic has been touted as amongst [...]
FORTUNE SIDES WITH SHE WHO DARES
I read the newspaper online. Actually, that is probably an exaggerated statement - I skim the paper online and read a few things. I know there are some folks who have the time to read the daily paper front to back, but that luxury does not fit in my life schedule. So I skim and [...]
Book early…
Let me be amongst the first to say this winter - SNOW BLOWS! We aren't even 24 hours into the first significant snowfall of the season and I am already ready to go on record as saying I am over it. Unfortunately, the word is that there is much more of this to come this [...]
It must have been the fishing opener…
I get lots of unsolicited email. Recently I have been targeted by handyman and hunting folks who want me to test new products. Today I have moved on to fishing gear. My most recent email in this series was titled, "You’ve been rewarded! Test & keep fishing gear plus receive a complimentary fishing magazine." Fishing...hmmmm. [...]
Is that all you’ve got??
I may be on day five of being sick, but I am not dead yet. As such I can still find plenty of things that I find curious. Case in point - the forecast for the rest of the week (see it below). The big news is the remainder of the week will be "cold". [...]
THE NEW FORTY 