Random Learnings #25
I recently finished reading Ken Follett's Edge of Eternity, Book Three of The Century Trilogy - I read the first two books, Fall of Giants and Winter of the World,…
Big Ten’s Epic Fail
My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed attending the 2023 women's basketball tournament at Target Center in Minneapolis. Great basketball, knowledgeable fans, and a smackdown victory by Iowa over Ohio State…
Meandering Thoughts #18
My wife and I are attending the 2024 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament at Target Center in Minneapolis. I highly recommend it, this is our second year attending, and surprised…
Foodie #4
My wife's and my birthdays are a few days apart and often we leave Minneapolis/St. Paul to celebrate, New York City being a common destination. We celebrated my wife's birthday…
Cool Photos #4
The mailboxes at the start of the dead-end the street where my grandparents once lived. As I remember, my aunt determined the mailboxes needed some color and painted their's (pink).…
Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station
Of the many different residential and commercial buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Cloquet, MN is the location of the only gas station built. Atlas Obscura explains how Wright originally…
Bucketlist #1
Experience a major weather event in NYC by arriving just prior to a major storm, preferably a blizzard where walking is the only way to get around town! https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1757057551072387243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1757057551072387243%7Ctwgr%5Eef4e2e3c986380794c86b7fe4afa5b8cd5d1259b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgothamist.com%2Fnews%2Fnyc-public-schools-will-be-remote-tuesday-due-to-snowstorm Unfortunately…
Random Learnings #21
From The Encyclopedia Britannica, Thirteenth Edition (1926), Volume 2: Effects of the War Eastern Europe - The War completely changed the face of the Jewish world. In the Russian Empire…
Random Learnings #20
From The Encyclopedia Britannica, Thirteenth Edition (1926), Volume 2: ... When Congress made an investigation in Oct. 1921, it found that the Klan had funds enough to purchase an Imperial…