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Favre drinking game.

January 16, 2010
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I’m not a drinker, but if I was, Sunday would be the day. This is because of the “Favre 3:16” phenomenon that I had described earlier. This Sunday, the Vikings play an important game that they, according to several people I’ve asked, probably won’t win. Their victory or loss will have no effect on the [...]

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Your Christmas gift is here.

December 24, 2009

I usually try to give something away at Christmas, though it is, of course, limited to digital gifts. So, in the spirit of generosity, I have two — TWO!! — gifts for you this year.
For those of you who play piano or some other musical instrument, you will be thrilled to finally have access to [...]

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The art of retail (for artists).

September 30, 2009

Upon completion of Sun Tzu’s Art of War a few years back, I realized I had, at last, found someone who had written the perfect handbook for artists trying to make a living exchanging their work for money. The crisp suggestions for outwitting an adversary might seem not seem to befit such a situation unless [...]

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The last to know.

August 19, 2009

I’m nearly always the last to know, particularly in trends. Some might say this is because I am from North Dakota.
Well, fine.
Anyway, a friend emailed me today, and haphazardly mentioned “steampunk” in the email, noting a conference in Seattle in October. Within 20 minutes of crazed internet searching, I sat agape at the fact that [...]

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When you’re losing.

July 29, 2009

Alas, I failed to obtain victory in the last round of the board game of The Settlers of Catan. And, the nature of me being prone to unwilling to accept loss gracefully, I knew something had to be done.
First, of course, there was the “Settlers of Catan Win-Win Trophy” jar, which was instituted recently. The [...]

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VFR, airspace, and minimums.

October 28, 2008

Learn this, Julie. Get it straight.

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Beulah is hard to pronounce.

September 14, 2008

The guy at Grand Forks FSS had a tough time pronouncing “Beulah” — I can’t even phonetically imitate it here for you, the way he mangled it. Repeatedly..So, I will blame him for the awful job I did in going completely off course once we started flying across Lake Sakakawea.
I have a tremendous fear of [...]

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VOR gestalt.

September 11, 2008

The moment of gestalt happened with a piece of paper.
“I don’t understand some things about VOR…” My voice trailed off. I didn’t feel like I even knew enough to formulate a decent question, and I hate just saying, essentially, “I don’t get it.” I was sitting with my instructor, Mark Scheele, across the desk, peppering [...]

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Cross country and some rain.

September 6, 2008

You know, I don’t have much to say about today’s cross country flight.
I didn’t do anything horrific.
I kept my sectional chart from taking over the cockpit and eating the occupants alive. I managed to hit a good share of my checkpoints (due to picking better checkpoints than, say, “large rock behind the hay bale near [...]

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Which half?

August 25, 2008

I bought a kneeboard from Sporty’s Pilot Shop. I’ve been using my flight instructor’s kneeboard, but when I went flying with someone else last week, I had nothing. It was really annoying to have my pen first drop off of my lap and onto the ground after buckling in, only having to apologize to the [...]

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