Bob CollinsA couple of new panels of the fence that separates my and my neighbor’s house appeared a few weeks ago. This weekend, the blacktop driveway sealer people did their thing on his driveway (psst: that stuff doesn’t do anything). The poor guy has been out mowing every few days. New flower beds are being put in and the place looks great. It must be costing him a fortune to spruce the joint up.
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Promposals?
A couple is taking a year-long vacation, going to places people on the Internet suggest. What would lure them to Minnesota, Minnesota?
NPR has just released a pretty neat app that shows the damage from the tornado in Oklahoma this week.
Ross Gundlach didn’t have to bother with the hearing in Des Moines on his request to adopt a dog.
Robin Hood gets sued
It’s beyond sad to even contemplate what would make a young high school couple hold hands and jump to their deaths from the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis, but we are forced to do that today with the apparent suicides this morning.
Last night was one of those nights when one might wish Cmdr. Chris Hadfield was still in orbit aboard the International Space Station because his pictures of the Twin Cities clearly showed the blue-bathed I35W bridge in Minneapolis.
That was the reaction of an old friend upon seeing this video, which is screaming across the Internet this weekend.
The 1776-foot ‘statement’