Oct
22
2007
I don’t go out of my way to think of Minnesota, that’s for sure.
But for some odd reason, Minnesota keeps coming up.
The last time I was in Minnesota was huh, several years ago.
It was in the winter. Negative 19F with the wind chill.
Not fun.
I was there for work. Well, I sure wasn’t there for the [...]
Oct
19
2007
Mom’s first thought when she started with Match.com, an online dating service:
“You go to Match.com and they are selling things like it’s a gourmet food store.”
“So you head out with your list of ingredients and you start shopping.”
“You look around. There’s no gourmet food. All you find is soup! There’s nothing but soup!”
This was even [...]
Oct
17
2007
[Flashback: May 8, 2007]
When you think of South Africa what comes to mind?
Lions. Most people think lions.
Or giraffes. Elephants. Rhinoceros.
For most people, South Africa reminds them of big and possibly flesh-eating animals.
They’re out there. Those big fleshing eating animals. They are out in “the wild.”
However, in the cool marbled spans and the soaring atriums [...]