Not once, not twice, but three times - the NDSU Bison football team once again delivered on its promise of superiority by walking away as the FCS champs. The NDSU Bison football program is becoming a college football dynasty. Now that is something isn't it? 😉 Bison fans are a happy lot today. The Bison [...]
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Eff you Lookadoo!
I try and keep it clean on The New Forty. And by clean, I mean I try not to use some of the colorful language I might use to emphasize a point because I recognize that people may happen upon my blog that do not appreciate such language. Especially the "F" word - which remains [...]
Dale Irby is my kind of guy!
I love the story of Dale Irby, a recently retired elementary school physical education teacher in the Richardson school district in Texas. Dale learned to his embarrassment in his second year at the school that he had worn the same outfit for his annual school photo both years. After this realization, Dale's wife dared him [...]
Oops…they did it again. ;-)
I have been humming Britney Spears' hit - Oops...I did it again! - all afternoon. Her tongue in cheek homage to innocence seems appropriate on the heels of a second NDSU Bison FCS win. The Bison shut down any questions about whether they could deliver again against Sam Houston State with a triumphant 39-13 game. They made it [...]
Repeat…
Well the mass exodus has begun. One cannot be in the Bison Nation and not be aware that the thundering herd is about to descend upon the relatively small community of Frisco, Texas. The football team has already arrived and the massive, amazingly mobile fan base is preparing for the pilgrimage. Again the Bison will [...]
As happy as the ending can be…
Sometimes the ending to a story isn't as smooth as we would like it to be - even if we can categorize it as a happy ending. Such is the case of the man who in saving his five year old daughter from an active molestation (that likely what would have resulted in her ultimate [...]
Don’t mess with North Dakota!
There are some things that I just love about North Dakota. North Dakotans tend to have a no nonsense approach to life. There isn't a lot of hemming and hawing or pissing and moaning - if something needs to be done they tend to just do it. Case in point, the West Fargo folks who [...]
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