Monthly Archives: February 2011
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-02-27
I love maps. New maps: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruralatlas/, or old maps: http://www.euratlas.com/ # & hockey maps (Minnesota is #1 MT @Richard_Florida The United States of Hockey – NYT – http://nyti.ms/eEdphb # Really getting into DBT's GoGo Boots. Muscle Shoals was good for … Continue reading
Never Surrender Or Retreat
“To the People of Texas and All Americans in the World“: Fellow citizens and compatriots; I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual Bombardment and cannonade for 24 hours … Continue reading
Presidents Day Thoughts on the Failure of Politics
I try to avoid getting too political on this blog, although this month with my tributes to President Reagan’s 100th birthday it might not seem that way. Â Politics inevitably invades all human endeavors. Â It starts when we are youngâwatch groups … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-02-20
That opening guitar line alone breaks my heart. -Rodney Crowell "I Know Love is All I Need" http://rodneycrowell.com/ #nodepression # Hey, Bozeman! Rodney Crowell @countrybooks this afternoon is "free and open to the public". God I miss Montana… # New … Continue reading
Food Check-Out Week Benefits Local Food Shelf, and many others
The Cottonwood County, Minnesota, Farm Bureau is teaming up with the local Hy-Vee grocery store in Windom, MN, for a bit of food fun benefiting the local food shelf. Â The Cottonwood County Citizen reports: At 10 a.m. [Monday], teams from … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-02-13
Oh, man, I never realized how bad #blackeyedpeas suck. #fail #superbowl # @BandofHeathens Slash's guitar is the highlight of the half-time show! # Was hoping for a wardrobe malfunction, like a mass short-out putting the frist on #blackeyedpeas light-bright flash … Continue reading
Drive By Truckers: Go Go Boots
Roots rock band Drive-By Truckers drops their new album Go-Go Boots next week (release 14.2.11 U.K.; 2/15/11 U.S.) just in time for Valentine’s Day. Â They have posted a series of videos on Youtube ahead of the event. As usual, it … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-02-06
Authors rewrite the book on self-publishing | StarTribune.com http://t.co/WZdIK1B Don't remember last time I was inside a bookstore. ð # Finalists for Minnesota Book Awards announced – TwinCities.com http://bit.ly/gOc1is # Quit Whining, Start Writing | writersblock http://bit.ly/eaFijU Tips from the … Continue reading
The Reagan I Knew isn't the Reagan You Knew
I am not a fan of biography. Â Auto-biography is by definition a biased view and other-biography can never be entirely complete. I’m a map guy, a history guy, a “just the facts, ma’m” kinda Joe Friday guy. Â In my world … Continue reading
On Reagan on HBO
Ronald Reagan is getting the HBO treatment for his 100th birthday. Â Eugene Jarecki‘s new documentary “Reagan” debuts on HBO Monday night (7 Feb 2011). The Wall Street Journal is hopeful, asking “Can HBO Get ‘Reagan’ Right?” Â Fox News suggests that … Continue reading
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