Certified Curmudgeon
This morning’s Star Tribune had an article about some research at Cargill, “one of the world’s largest food-ingredient makers”. Among the things that Cargill is working on is getting the heart-healthy...
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Technological Change in Education
Over the last few years I have been viewing college lectures on line, mostly from AcademicEarth. In watching the lectures, I notice that some professors write their material on the blackboard with...
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Winter in Context
We got several inches of snow last night. When I was out shoveling the driveway this morning, I noticed that the snowplow came by to do the other side of the road at 5:56. It was not until 6:04 that it...
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Snow Patterns
When we bought this house, the deck was in bad shape and had to be replaced. Unfortunately, the surface of the deck that was installed in its place did not last as long as one might have expected. The...
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This morning’s Star Tribune reports that the official snowfall for the winter has reached 48 inches. Since this essentially equals the total snowfall for an average winter and it is not yet the...
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Ski Jumping
I was over at the Minneapolis Ski Club this afternoon to photograph ski jumping. There are plenty of chances to photograph ski jumping in the Twin Cities, with both Minneapolis and St. Paul having ski...
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Ski Jumping
This afternoon Pat and I went over to the St. Paul Ski Club so I could photograph ski jumping. The club was hosting the John R Lyons Tournament, and there were a lot of competitors, since people came...
View ArticleDevelopments in the Produce Section
This morning when I was in the produce section at the grocery store, I noticed that they were selling grapples. A grapple, as the signage explained, “looks like an apple and tastes like a grape“. I...
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Bandy
Last night I was down in Roseville to photograph a game between Team USA and the Minnesota All Stars. This was the last game before the US squad leaves for the world championships in Kazakhstan. I...
View ArticleCabin Fever?
I staggered upstairs, having done an hour on the bike, to hear Pat announce that she was going outside to go skiing. “It is really warm, it’s balmy. It’s in the 90′s!” I found this surprising, so I...
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