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Sad news of an old friend

It’s one of those things that leaves a horrible feeling in your gut. This afternoon, my RSS reader popped up a South Dakota media blog post that Ron Bender of Rapid City was killed Monday in a hit-and-run accident in Gaithersburg, Md.

Ron and his wife, Muriel Shepard, were at the Rapid City Journal […]

Happy happy joy joy II

The last time this post title appeared it was because I had tickets to a Springsteen solo performance at Northrup Auditorium in Minneapolis. Today, it is because I got two good lower level seats to Bruce and the E Street Band in St. Paul on March 16.

That’s right. Immediately after last Friday’s concert at […]

Shoot me now (cause my wife probably will)

Tickets for Springsteen’s Nov. 2 appearance at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul went on sale at 10 a.m. today. Knowing I have a mind like a sieve that’s rusted enough it’s got more holes in it, I put it on my electronic calendar for work, marked it a “High Priority” item and double-checked […]

Out of the armchair traveling

Given the couple diversions into the political and the newsy lately, it’s time to return the blog to its regular (albeit perhaps boring and mundane) programming. There’s even a book review coming next week after a long absence from writing them.

In going back to the routine on the blog, I’ll start with something out […]

Bread marks another chapter

The smell of fresh bread this morning marked the beginning of another chapter in a book that’s becoming more page-worn. In a tradition that goes back probably a decade, if not more, the fact the bread machine contributed to the morning indicated it was the first day of school. This year is a little different, […]