Monthly Archives: June 2009
Hazard Mitigation Open House
Preparing for tornadoes, hailstorms, infectious disease. Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2009-06-28
It's all downhill from here. # RT @mnhs: 06221861: 1st Minnesota Regiment departs Ft Snelling for Washington, D.C., eventually finding both glory & death in the Civil War. # RT @BSHQ: Announcing the deets for our Minneapolis Fan Appreciation BBQ … Continue reading
Southwest Minnesota Leading the Trend
SWMN Population 65+ in 2000 World’s Population Getting Older The world’s 65-and-older population is projected to triple by midcentury, from 516 million in 2009 to 1.53 billion in 2050, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In the United States, the … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2009-06-21
Rain, rain go away. Come again another day. # Youtube Twitter revolution: How Iran is tweeting @ the world http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK_AT0je1nQ #iranelection # RT @thefamous: hit the nail on the head! RT @grumbine want photo proof of everything that's wrong with … Continue reading
Tornado Time
Tornado season is upon us in the Upper Midwest. We’ve been pretty dry and cool this spring… until I went camping. It’s been raining here ever since. There were 23 Tornado Reports nationwide yesterday (17.06.2009), according to the National Weather … Continue reading
Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves – Trailer | Movies & TV | SPIKE.com I’ve never liked Kevin Costner, but last week I traveled the country this movie was shot in. Thunderstorms danced across the prairies. Look left, look right, off the modern … Continue reading
I Went To The Woods
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2009-06-07
Minnesota buys 6,900 more acres for public recreation, thanks to outdoors fund http://bit.ly/mvQlC # RT @mnhs: 06011849: MN Territory legally organized when territorial governor Alexander Ramsey signs proclamation written by Judge D. Cooper # RT @keloland: National Parks Plan 3 … Continue reading
Remembering Tiananmen Square
This image is seared in my memory. A single man, daring to stand atop history. Not yelling “Stop!” (that was the job of William F. Buckley, Jr). Simply standing, 5 June 1989, on Bejing’s Tiananmen Square in an act of … Continue reading
Little (Lego) House on the Prairie (Style)
This is so cool. Lego Frank Lloyd Wright. You know what’s on my Christmas list! That’s Fallingwater on top, Guggenheim on the bottom. Saw this on Planetizen, linking to this architecture blog. Clicking thru back to LEGO.com, the Press Release … Continue reading
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