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Block heaters, a true piece of North Dakota heritage
This isn't an electric truck. The plug is for the block heater. I’m getting a block heater installed in my pickup Thursday. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do but kept putting off for far too long....
View ArticleIn case you missed it: Metrodome falls down, goes boom
This video has been everywhere, but I’m putting it here anyway. It’s the HHH Metrodome in Minneapolis deflating this weekend under all the snow on it. I think it’s really interesting. I mean, I can...
View ArticleBuild a new Minnesota Vikings stadium … in North Dakota!
The collapse of the roof of the HHH Metrodome in Minneapolis over the weekend has shined more light on the long-raging debate over building a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings football team. The...
View ArticleThe highways are not a friendly place right now
I just got back to Jamestown about an hour ago after a mid-morning run to Fargo for a family errand. I would not recommend the same to anyone else. I left this morning a little after 7 and made it to...
View ArticleThis is how Minnesotans allegedly deal with bears
According to this video’s description on Youtube.com, it was recorded in September in northwest Minnesota. I ask the better-informed readers out there to look at it and tell me if they know more about...
View ArticleHere’s a Facebook page for building a new Vikings Stadium … in North Dakota
In December, I gave my argument for building a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings somewhere on the west side of the Red River. Now there’s a Facebook page for the idea, which you can see and “Like”...
View ArticleWorth a read: Memories of WWI veterans
I’d like to draw your attention to a certain story in today’s newspaper by Chuck Haga of the Grand Forks Herald. After Frank Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I, died Sunday,...
View ArticleA novel way to fight mosquitoes
I got this press release this morning from Kansas State University and thought it was rather interesting considering how darned many mosquitoes we deal with around here (although ours don’t carry...
View ArticleWatch this guy trash every state (including N.D., twice)
So this guy made a video of himself going to every state and stating a stereotype about each one. Every state gets it, but North Dakota gets twice the trash.
View ArticleUPDATED: It’s almost like prohibition is slowly returning to Minnesota
It looks like a new unseen consequence of Minnesota’s government shutdown has appeared: many bars, restaurants and stores across the state are running out of alcohol. According to the Minneapolis...
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