Can the GOP take West Duluth? and a reminiscence August 22, 2012 I think so if two serious challengers run write-in campaigns in Kerry Gauthier’s district. I don’t know how many “conservative” votes there are in… Continue Reading
Stuck in the Fox Alternate Reality April 28, 2012 I’m between Day 2 and Day 3 in Florida. That means I’m getting a near lethal dose of Fox News. I’m hiding out in… Continue Reading
Good luck Jeff March 26, 2012 I mean that! Four hours ago I did something so reprehensible that I would have told you at almost any previous point in my… Continue Reading
A Meditation March 10, 2012 I went to bed wide awake and that never works. As I lay too caffeinated to sleep it occurred to me what I had… Continue Reading
The Bum Rush March 7, 2012 My Buddy sent me this secondary riposte on Rush Limbaugh’s Juvenile name calling. Its fairly dispassionate and I don’t disagree with it. People have… Continue Reading
$3.9 million more won’t cost the Duluth Schools a cent? March 6, 2012 No it will only cost the taxpayers. An early email from a friend reading the article I remarked on in the last post sent… Continue Reading
Word search of the Day March 5, 2012 Sleep I did check this word prompted by the last post. I included the word, as I suspected, about 40 times in 2009 when… Continue Reading
Adventures in snow sculpting 2012 March 3, 2012 It’s One AM and I couldn’t sleep. I didn’t take an advil for the five hours of sculpting I did today and I ate… Continue Reading
The morning after February 8, 2012 I may only have gotten one vote at last nights’s DFL caucuses to challenge Chip Cravaack but I did get a good night’s sleep… Continue Reading
Busy day February 7, 2012 I may sacrifice a good night’s sleep to write some blog posts tonight but so be it. I’ve got a lot of things on… Continue Reading
Bookin it 14 January 19, 2012 Today has been consumed with preparing for and meeting with and emailing lawyers following a sleepless night with fidgety grandchildren in my bed. I… Continue Reading
Emergency laundry in the middle of the night January 8, 2012 I hope to get back to bed shortly. We babysat our grandkids tonight and a neat new development took an icky turn a little… Continue Reading
Bookin it 9 January 3, 2012 I got a good night’s sleep and have spent a productive hour writing a couple pages this morning from 8:30 to 9:30. What I… Continue Reading
Bookin it 8 December 29, 2011 A week ago I ran into Christmas and the book project went to sleep. Whenever I put it on hold I’m always fearful that… Continue Reading
Soul searching at night December 18, 2011 Its not quite eleven pm. I was putting the throw rug, now dry, back on the basement floor. While doing that and sweeping up… Continue Reading
Xmas Xpletives December 17, 2011 Dogonnit but when you think you’ve got everything settled you should be prepared for surprise. I our case Claudia and I had Christmas all… Continue Reading
Bookin it (no so) 4 December 13, 2011 I finally got that good night’s sleep. Cranking out ten pages should have been so easy. I put in my time. six hours this… Continue Reading
Bookin it 3 December 11, 2011 Here’s a snippit of today’s writing. Three and a half pages. Once again I awoke at an ungodly hour and couldn’t go back to… Continue Reading
Bookin it 2 December 10, 2011 Anyone who doubts my ability to put words together should remember that over the past five or six years I’ve probably strung 2 million… Continue Reading
Reaction to my recent letter to the Trib November 15, 2011 One of the most finance savvy past School Board members wrote me this email. HARRY, THE LETTER SAID IT ALL. RALPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN… Continue Reading