Category: General

According to the Wall Street Journal, NFL Broadcasts have and average of 11 minutes of actual play.  There were 67 minutes of players standing around, 17 minutes of replays and 3 seconds of cheerleader shots.  Commercials take up an hour of a typical broadcast.Star-Tribune, Page 1, Saturday; January 16, 2010No wonder I don’t care for…

Didn’t get anything posted yesterday because we spent the day cleaning after Jake and Stu replaced all the water lines in the house on Friday.

MinnPost says that CNN named Michelle Bachmann Wingnut of the year.  Now she’s giving me a bad name…Bitch.PS: That’s Dr. Wingnut to you…

Last Friday, New Years’s day, I went to Jimmy John’s to pick up some sandwiches for lunch.  My bill was $17.76 and I remarked that 1776 was a good year.  The cashier looked at me quizzically and said that was like 210 years ago, what was so good about it?I said, “Don’t you know what…

My email to Mayor Chris Coleman and Councilman Pat Harris this morning:Pat/Chris:I know that the city equipment shed is having trouble keeping the plows on the street, but the debacle last week has made the streets in Saint Paul the laughing stock of the entire metro area.I’ve been living in the city for more than…

Did anyone else notice that the picture on the cover of Time Magazine, 14-Dec-2009, showing the President at West Point doesn’t show anyone who doesn’t have dark hair?

It occurred to me that I have been hearing and seeing some things from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that seem unconnected, but may not be.I see a lot of soldiers smoking cigarettes in pictures and on the news; I don’t know why that is, maybe because I haven’t had a cigarette in a…