Category: General

And Happy Birthday to me… I can’t wait for my fireworks.

During the Bush Administration, they kept supporting this fallacy called, “Abstinence Sex Education.”  Now through the efforts of the Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic we see how it actually was supposed to work.

There are two competing ideas on the process that governs the formation and maintenance of beliefs: 1) people maintain a belief because they have limited access to opposing beliefs, or 2) because they actively filter information in a way that avoids conflicting views. A new meta-analysis of past studies confirms the existence of active avoidance;…

After eight months of wrangling, the Minnesota Supreme Court declared Al Frankin the winner of the Minnesota Senate Race.  Congratulations Senator.

All this hysteria over the death of a pop star is disgusting.With all the goings on, you’d have thought that Michael Jackson cured cancer, or done something really important…  OK, he was a great pop star, but to have the whole top fold of the Star-Tribune covering the story (including a headline typo because they…

When Jill and I rode the Tour of Lakes ride on Saturday, 6 June, 2009, I picked up a flyer for a thing called Road ID which is a cuff you can wear on your wrist or ankle when you are riding or running that has your contact information so that emergency personnel can get…

Finished the ride at about 15:40 on Sunday, 14 June, 2009.The first day was cool with about a 10 MPH headwind all the way down the Munger Trail.  I volunteered to be the Ride Marshal acting as “Sweep Rider” who made sure that no one was left behind.  My day ended with a flat tire…