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Welcome to winter

Bob Collins November 17, 2010, 10:53 AM Nov 17, 2010

How do you explain Minnesota to people who’ve never been here?

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Public Radio rap

Bob Collins November 16, 2010, 10:58 AM Nov 16, 2010

Ah, never mind. Do I really need to say anything?

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Avoiding the next Honus mistake

Bob Collins November 5, 2010, 12:01 PM Nov 5, 2010

Why do people collect so much junk in the attic? Honus Wagner.

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Paul was a fraud

Bob Collins October 28, 2010, 12:49 PM Oct 28, 2010

The Guardian blows the lid off the soccer-predicting octopus story.

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Timewasters: News in the social media age

Bob Collins October 22, 2010, 1:38 PM Oct 22, 2010

A spoof on social networking taken to the extreme.

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On Brett Favre and cigar guy

Bob Collins October 14, 2010, 10:34 AM Oct 14, 2010

There’s nothing funnier than a video of a football player getting hit in the…

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Life and the little red wagon

Bob Collins October 7, 2010, 10:24 AM Oct 7, 2010

A car is converted into a wagon.

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Is Lake Pepin a lake?

Bob Collins October 4, 2010, 12:14 PM Oct 4, 2010

Still, we we’re shocked — shocked — to read today in the Rochester Post Bulletin that one of our favorite spots in all of Minnesota is not a lake at all.

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Why do kids in rural areas drink more?

Bob Collins October 1, 2010, 3:17 PM Oct 1, 2010

A new study says it’s not because there’s nothing else to do.

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The myth of the texting-ban study

Bob Collins September 29, 2010, 11:56 AM Sep 29, 2010

A study purporting to show texting bans increase crashes is full of flaws.

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Porn wave follows elections, study says

Bob Collins September 27, 2010, 2:09 PM Sep 27, 2010

A new study suggests that voting for the winning candidate makes a guy want to watch porn more.

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Who dat stuck in traffic?

Bob Collins September 9, 2010, 10:36 AM Sep 9, 2010

If the Vikes can’t beat the Saints on the field, we’ll beat them on the highways.

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Will Facebook make you dumb?

Bob Collins September 7, 2010, 3:02 PM Sep 7, 2010

A study says the Facebook user has a lower GPA than a person who doesn’t use Facebook.

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Timewasters: The answering machine message

Bob Collins August 27, 2010, 12:59 PM Aug 27, 2010

Every around this time every year, this answering message begins appearing in inboxes and on Facebook, allegedly a real message placed on the answering machine of a school in Australia.

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Timewasters: Pee Wee Herman

Bob Collins August 24, 2010, 3:59 PM Aug 24, 2010

Pee Wee Herman is apparently about to become the next Betty White.