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      • Wednesday night sunset
        04/28/10

        I used to post a lot of sunset photos when I was single or married sans children, even having a regular "Thursday Night Sunset" feature. Now that the weather's nicer, the sun is setting later, and my toddlers are older (and ambulatory), I hope to take in a few more of these. A

      • Sister Moon
        04/27/10

        While hiking back to my truck from what used to be Hillside Park, I noticed this moon peeking through the branches over my head. Naturally I broke out the tripod one more time and took a quick shot of it!

        The past few days have been weird in that they've started out so cloudy

      • First ride of the year
        04/26/10

        Pretty good photo for a cell phone, eh?


        During many of my bachelor years I'd ride motorcycle year-round. These days I don't enjoy the same opportunity, but I've got other fun stuff to do all winter (ie, toddlers). Besides, I am down to only three motorcycles i

      • UPDATED: the City of Bismarck tops its Sertoma Park debacle with the destruction of Hillside Park
        04/23/10

        This shot is brought to you despite the best efforts of the CIty of Bismarck which, having never found a park they couldn't screw up, have topped themselves with the recent reconfiguration of Lions Hillside Park in northeast Bismarck.



        For decades, there hasn't

      • Well...
        04/22/10

        I'm always intrigued when I find an old well out in the middle of an otherwise vacant field. I ponder whether or not there was an old farmstead there at one point, or perhaps a windmill to drive the pump. In this case there's no sign that there was ever a building foundation there,

      • Weekend warriors
        04/20/10

        These guys are heroes to the people out of town who are relying on them to restore the power. They're working their tails off to accomplish the task, too! Can you imagine standing on top of these towers and cranking power lines into place? Yikes!



        There were still

      • BMSO "Mimes and Marvels" photos...hold onto your hat!
        04/19/10

        After a lovely dinner at The Walrus Restaurant this weekend, my wife and I took in a fantastic season finale at the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra. Naturally I'm biased because my favorite violinist plays with the BMSO, but Saturday night held a particular treat.



      • Stoic stances
        04/17/10

        Do you recognize 'em? If the windows don't give it away, the curvature of the brass should.

      • Uh oh...alert the NCAA, another "hostile and abusive" logo and nickname have been spotted
        04/16/10

        I suppose that in the interest of consistency, the NCAA would have to find a way to ban the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe from something? I mean, since a bunch of busybody, politically-correct, out-of-state liberals know what's best for us hicks out here in flyover country, shouldn't th

      • The coolest custom motorcycle helmet you'll see all day
        04/15/10

        My friends at Cycle Hutt are sportin' some custom lids that are not shy in declaring some popular views held by most North Dakotans! The shop kitties are also prominently featured on this particular helmet. You'll see them basking in the sun around the shop when you visit.
      • Don't Tread on Me
        04/12/10

        This Gadsden Flag flies on a farmstead I passed east of Bismarck. The sentiments declared thereon are getting pretty popular across the United States of America, and North Dakota in particular!

      • The most important UND Fighting Sioux interview you could hear all week - and fire up that email program
        04/12/10

        Media reports I've seen have allowed the State Board of Higher Education to try to hang the retirement of the UND Fighting Sioux logo and nickname around the neck of the Standing Rock Sioux nation. This is not the case; rather, a select group of unelected bureaucrats have made this decis

      • Bumped from November 23rd, 2006: University AD apologizes for UND's presence at their tournament, Clint gets quoted by Dartmouth Review
        04/09/10

        Josie Harper, apparently the Director of Athletics and Recreation at Dartmouth College, sent this letter to the Dartmouth newspaper:


        I am writing to strongly denounce the historical and recent affronts to the Native American community at Dartmouth and to offer the support of t

      • Bumped from May 2006: "Hostile and abusive" logo discovered in Bismarck-Mandan
        04/09/10


        There I was, minding my own business with my camera, when I saw it - parked behind the Law Enforcement training building at BSC. A vehicle with a hostile and abusive (by NCAA standards, at least) logo stuck to both sides of it!

        I was shocked an amazed at the way this law enfo

      • Bumped from May 2006: Another "hostile and abusive" logo spotted in Bismarck
        04/09/10


        Thanks to the heightened awareness of such things by the ever-vigilant and always fair NCAA, it's easier for the untrained eye to spot hostile abuse such as that perpetuated near this highway which runs through Bismarck. Who would have suspected that right here, under our very nose

      • My suggestion for a new UND logo and mascot
        04/09/10

        The UND Fighting Sioux nickname appears to be on its way out the door, with a bunch of unelected government bureaucrats voting to change the "hostile" and "abusive" team name of the UND Fighting Sioux to placate a few busybody liberals.

        Members of various Sioux

      • Grave matters
        04/07/10

        With the snow receding, interesting markers like this are beginning to surface. I spotted this one northwest of Mandan at the diminutive Yucca Cemetery along Highway 25. There are a couple of these staring skyward in silent anonymity.



        This is part of a rather creepy lo

      • Somebody had a fun idea this weekend
        04/05/10

        It even survived the warm Saturday...until some jerk knocked it over! Naturally I don't consider this weekend's holiday to be "Easter" or bunny season, since Sunday for me is the day we celebrate the resurrection of our Savior. This is pretty cool, though, and someone wen

      • Yeah, the power might be out for a while
        04/04/10

        This is the spot where the power line fell on Highway 83 on Friday. As you can see, the tower has been repaired somewhat and reinforced with guy wires. There are at least a half dozen more of these that need to be fixed on the way to Baldwin. Things are a lot worse west of Mandan, however.<

      • In that Resurrection Morning
        04/04/10


        But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

        Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

        For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death

      • Somebody's going to have a busy Easter weekend
        04/03/10

        As you may have heard, Highway 83 is closed due to a downed power line crossing the highway. Crews there have a very big job ahead of them, as the towers holding these power lines are in very bad shape...and not terribly accessible, either. We went from sunny 70s earlier this week to bluster

      • Big Labor getting what they paid for with Earl Pomeroy
        04/02/10

        Recently I've highlighted the incestuous relationship with Big Labor and our notorious Democrat delegation to the United States Congress. In particular, I've pointed out how Earl "90 percent" Pomeroy, so named because only ten percent of his campaign funds come from North

      • Big Labor unions plan to fake a support rally for Democrats today
        04/01/10

        My buddy Rob pointed out this morning that, at the last minute, an organization called "ND Change That Works" is putting on a rally to support the Democrats who voted for unconstitutionally seizing control of your health care decisions. But who exactly is "ND Change that Works&

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