{"id":24207,"date":"2018-01-18T11:59:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T16:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=24207"},"modified":"2018-01-18T12:06:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T17:06:03","slug":"what-to-scribble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=24207","title":{"rendered":"What to scribble?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Reader did publish<a href=\"http:\/\/duluthreader.com\/articles\/2018\/01\/18\/12157_poor_thinking_a_tough_nut_to_crack-29966-1\"> my column<\/a>. I began it by writing a bit about the Reader&#8217;s publisher Bob Boone. I wondered if that might lead to its being scotched but no, Bob is a big boy and could manage the tiny bit of scrutiny I directed his way. Although to be honest, calling Bob &#8220;distracted&#8221; was hardly the worst thing you could say about a fellow. I plan on attending his annual soiree at the Duluth Depot tonight for the first time. All of us &#8220;columnists&#8221; are invited. I&#8217;ll see if he gives me a hard stare.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, I wrote the column in hopes that it would give both Bob and his readers my excuse for not becoming a very dedicated reporter of Duluth&#8217;s politics. My druthers, as any of my blog&#8217;s readers can tell for themselves, is to heap abuse on the big shots in the national scene. I have to live with the locals and that can be uncomfortable. Golly, one of the locals I&#8217;ve nitpicked turns out to have become part of my extended family. We are suddenly both great uncles to a little fellow that is new to the world. Yet our relationship is not the closest. I heard that after the recent election he told someone he was so tickled with the results that he could &#8220;do naked cartwheels down Superior Street.&#8221;  How can you hold a grudge against anyone with such a whimsical a sense of vindication &#8211; especially a family member?<\/p>\n<p>Besides writing, or at least writing well, with all its fact checking is time consuming. The post I never bothered proof reading a couple days ago, despite a promise to do so, took 45 minutes to compose. It would have taken another 45 to edit it to my satisfaction. I&#8217;ve got several more such posts in mind for today but composing them and doing them justice would take several hours. I only have so much writing in me and as I&#8217;ve repeated ad nauseam I&#8217;d like to write a book more than daily posts. In fact, yesterday I sat down for several hours and cranked out three pages of that book about my Grandfather. That was just the rough draft part. If I did this every day for the next five months I&#8217;d have 450 pages to edit. That would take just as long but I&#8217;d like to have a book ready before the centennial anniversary of the battle in September that resulted in my Grandfather&#8217;s being <a href=\"http:\/\/snowbizz.com\/HWRepublican\/George_Robb\/georgerobb.htm\">awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, I will do a disservice to a subsequent post about the School District and then see if I can crank out another three pages for that book &#8211; concerning my Grandfather&#8217;s attendance to <a href=\"http:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?s=%22park+college%22\">a Missouri academy\/college<\/a> in Parkville Missouri. Today he&#8217;s one of the schools most illustrious graduates. Ah, but thats for the book not the blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Reader did publish my column. I began it by writing a bit about the Reader&#8217;s publisher Bob Boone. 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