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Minnesota

Hockey fans more courteous than church-goers?

November 14, 2009

The Elders at Immanuel have asked me to write a pamphlet on etiquette in church. I’m tempted to just post pictures of signs I’ve seen along with written and oral notices at concerts, plays, etc. about being respectful, turning off your cell phones, etc. We can add “hockey games” to the list of places where [...]

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Hitler on Favre

August 28, 2009

For the record, I’m very excited about Favre. The Vikes haven’t had a real QB (even if this one’s older than the hills) in a long, long time. I can’t wait for him to stick it to the cheeseheads. But this is seriously funny: [youtube]2VfHnCwLp14[/youtube] HT: Glenda Mumme

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Twine Ball Gets Martha Stewart's Stamp of Approval

August 20, 2009

Darwin, Minnesota is the closest town to my Grandparents’ (+Dell and Esther Sellen) farm, a place I loved to visit as a child. Darwin is (in)famous for its ginormous ball of twine. Martha Stewart just discovered the Twine Ball and declared it a Good Thing: The Star Tribune, one of the Twin Cities’ major papers, [...]

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Feeling (blue about) Minnesota

June 21, 2008

I used to be proud to be from Minnesota. I still obsess about the Vikings, and to a lesser degree the Twins. But when they elected a professional wrestler governor, that seemed even worse than the corrupt governor of the state where I then lived, Illinois. Now, they’re poised to do something even more foolish: [...]

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