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 #19
This overtime made possible by Progressive Insurance .... Really? Perhaps I'm naive or uninformed, but fairly sure overtime would have been played regardless of Progressive Insurance's sponsorship. Even if no…
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…
Random Learnings #24
I'm currently reading War and Peace in Soviet Diplomacy by T. A. (Timothy Andrew) Taracouzio, which discusses the Soviet Union's diplomatic efforts to survive from its founding in 1917 through…
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…
Marbolous
I feel safe in stating that many of us played with marbles as children, design marble runs either as a purchased toy or whatever we had to work with. You…
Cats-splaying
A cat's most vulnerable area is her/his underbelly, and therefore they can be very protective of it. Once they trust you they're more likely to get on their back and…
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).…