St. Paul hosted Senator Barack Obama last night at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The redundancy is on purpose since most of the news outlets were unable to utter the words St. Paul without Minneapolis coming out first. This morning as I was heading from the parking ramp to my office building I bumped into an Obamafan who was left behind from last
Image via Wikipedia Barack Obama was in my fair city last night for a rally. I know he was there because it took me 15 minutes to get out of the city last night where it usually takes me three minutes. There were throngs of people camped out in front of the Xcel Energy Center. Buses were carting high school graduates to the auditorium, housed
I am the only one on my block with the American flag waving proudly. The first thing I do when I move into a new house is to put the flag out. The second thing is to plant a cherry tree. I would hang an American bald eagle over the doorway but I haven't found a suitable one yet. I get this habit from my
As my daughter and I were heading out to school yesterday, daughter asked if we could go on a bike ride before she was dropped off at school. I said "Not now but at the end of the day". "The end of today?" She asked. "Yes" I said. She immediately started to cry. This was not the I-want-what-I-want-now cry but a fearful, scared cry. I
I put Sitemeter on two of my blogs. I am first of all amazed that I get as much traffic as I do. I am saddened that most are just lurking. What amazes me is that I have people from Tehran visiting. That is amazing. Just think, I am writing stuff that Iranians are reading. What a cool thing that is. At least I hope
Bullying harms kids' mental health In identical twin study, targeted kids more likely to develop depression This was on the front page of MSNBC this morning. The article goes on to say that by studying twins, researchers have determined that kids who are bullied have more depression and anxiety. No shit, really? Was it necessary to perform a study on this? Of course kids who
A friend of mine, who after just 25 years of knowing me, realized I was a conservative. He actually called me a "Dittohead” which I am not and took considerable offense to, but I did fess up to being a conservative. He asked me why I wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton assuming of course that no conservative in their right mind would vote for Hillary
