Category: General

  • In defense of public employees

    Mike Casey writes, “Government positions paid for by the taxpayer are not jobs, they are a utilization of government funds that drain the treasury and add nothing to the economy” (Villager Inbox, December 5).  By government positions, does he mean police officers, firefighters, teachers, scientists, public works construction and maintenance works, engineers, judges, food inspectors…

  • Festivus

    Happy Festivus everyone!  Did you air your grievances with your family today?  There was no way that was happening for me this year.

  • Broken fIlter

    Friday night, 21-Dec-2012, I got mail in my work email box from some Area Wildlife Supervisor in northern Minnesota letting everyone know that the USPS had setup a PO Box for condolences for the families and friends of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre; and included a poem written by his sister.  As tragic as this…

  • Well the end of the world was a bust

    I was hoping that at least something would happen this time, but I guess the Mayan’s calendar ending on 21-December-2012 is just the same problem as the Clipper development language that only recognized dates until 31-December-2999 (God help us if those systems are still running then).  I’m sure that the *nix date has some finite…

  • The end of the world

    I watched a show on the History channel, Monday, 21 January, 2008 that said that the Mayans and others had predicted that today, Friday, 21 December, 2012 would be the day that there was a cosmic alignment that would flip the magnetic pole and start a cataclysm that might wipe out civilization as we know…

  • Secession

    Last Friday, 23-November-2012, I became aware of all the talk by the red states starting a petition to secede from the United States when I read the following editorial in the Star-Tribune.  Just what we need… another Civil War.We in the blue states hear from the talking heads on Fox News and MSNBC that many…

  • Fruitcake day

    No time to post today… time to make the fruitcakes.Made six batches, and ended up with forty loaves, plus one leftover.