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 …
Read more »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. …
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Read more »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 …
Read more »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, …
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