Monthly Archives: September 2011
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-09-25
Bruce Springsteen Releases New Sci-Fi Concept Album About Struggles Of Poor Miners Working On Mars http://t.co/573mLyoL #NoDepression # Designer drugs, killer stuff: Bath salts hit U.S. 'like a freight train' | StarTribune.com http://t.co/6tXpP93o # Couldn't pay me enough to go … Continue reading
Sidewalks as Service or Facility
This is a bit of inside baseball for the municipal services set, but I was intrigued this week by a post on the The Midwest Planning BLUZ: Iowa State University Extension’s Blog on Land Use and Zoning.  I started following … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-09-18
#onSept11 2001, I turned on @nprnews then the tv. Then I called my mom. We talked. # Still feeling more Toby Keith than Allen Jackson, haven't forgiven the Dixie Chicks #911plus10 #NoDepression # Same content MT“@intercoolo: Facebook Edges Out Toilets … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-09-11
Sounds like Labor Day to me! RT @orgeorphelin: I feel like some good old (eventhough it's new) Americana music this afternoon. # Just dropped plastic sack of frozen hash browns on hot stove burner. Reminds me why I don't cook. … Continue reading
The Laborer’s Ends: Not a Hardship but a Pastime
Henry David Thoreau, comments in Walden, on the laborer’s ends: As I preferred some things to others, and especially valued my freedom, as I could fare hard and yet succeed well, I did not wish to spend my time in … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-09-04
T-Storm here, bit windy. Like an #Irene wanna be. # RT @MPRnews Sonic bubble barrier is latest hope to control carp invasion. http://t.co/7ouW99e Would be funny if anything else worked #fish # Americana – What It Is? http://t.co/Qj6YTyi "Americana" makes … Continue reading
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