Things I’ve learned

Thu. Jun. 28th, 2012  |  Harry Drabik

Not long after my adult life on the North Shore began, I needed excavation work done around the cabin. I made a list, drew sketches, and worked out all the important details in my head. I was abundantly prepared to have the project done. When the contractor arrived, I was in fine form, explaining just ex

Amusing Newspapery Pun About The Flood Goes Here

Thu. Jun. 28th, 2012

God: Would it be funny if I flooded the Twin Ports? YHWH: Um . . . no? Not really. Allah: Seems kinda dickish. God: I’m bored, though. When does the next Xbox come out? Buddha: November 2013. God: Goddamn it. Vishnu: Hey! Language! God: Sorry, it’s a really catchy phrase. Sometimes I forget that we’re all Gods.

Stuart Davis: Music for Mortals

Fri. Jun. 29th, 2012  |  Paul Whyte

With Acceleratii Frontman Chad Lyons

Fri. Jun. 29th, 2012

Country music gets a bad rap. At least it should. With the audible track record of the past two decade’s worth of burgeoning country stars, it’s no surprise. I don’t mean to be crass, but it’s been pretty bad as far my ears can tell. It all kind of sounds the same. Country music went from legends like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and Willie

More Than a Storyteller

Fri. Jun. 29th, 2012

Kelly Lasley was proficiently working lights when multifaceted Rachel Nelson walked onto a dark stage for her premiere performance of “Urban Hermit”. This talented poet, storyteller, musician, songwriter, actor, took us through the gritty metamorphosis of her life.

The Duluth Flood Drowned My Record Collection

Fri. Jun. 29th, 2012

On Wednesday morning I woke up to my wife telling me that my car had been flooded overnight and that I should maybe check on our basement. Over the past few years, I have restored my basement, making it into a great room to listen to music in, like a sort of man cave. Sure, basements in Duluth have a reputation for dampness, but I thought I could beat Mother Nature.

Real Drama Puts Sports Drama in its Place

Fri. Jun. 29th, 2012  |  John Gilbert

Those of us who enjoy watching sports events can click through satellite channels and find countless dramas to entertain us. Then along comes a mind-bending occurrence, such as our own “personal-best” record rainstorm, and the whole world recalibrates, as if to cause us to stop and see what is real and what is just fun and games. 

NHL Draft: Are The Wild Getting Back On Track? And The Mfan & Mr. Mohawk Invade Wrigley Field!

Fri. Jun. 29th, 2012  |  Marc Elliott

EAGLE MTN… The 2012 NHL entry draft was held over the weekend, and here are my thoughts. For the Minnesota Wild, jeez, I want to be optimistic about the club, but it has been a frustrating ride thus far, hasn’t it? And it’s not hard to see that the malaise of the last two to three seasons is born of the 2004–2008 entry draft bust-o-rama. You simply can’t go five drafts in a row in this league without hitting some pay dirt

Anti-Tyranny Quotes for These Times Historical Quotes of Wisdom - Compiled by Gary G. Kohls, MD

Fri. Jul. 6th, 2012  |  Gary G. Kohls, MD

I recently came upon a quote from Henry David Thoreau, who many regard as the father of nonviolent civil disobedience. Thoreau’s writings on the subject of active, nonviolent resistance to authority inspired Leo Tolstoy, Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King and innumerable other proponents of non-violent resistance to tyranny, including today’s Occupy Wall Street movement. If Thoreau

Afghan Taliban And The American Taliban —Is There A Difference?

Fri. Jul. 6th, 2012  |  Ed Raymond

We know what the Afghan Taliban is all about. This Taliban is a fundamentalist Islamic sect of male vampires who suck the blood from a culture by placing themselves atop a “religious” pyramid where they sacrifice women for their own enrichment and gratification. Women are chattel to keep barefoot, pregnant, and ignorant. Excess females in poor fam