This was a wacky year for photographers; we waited patiently for the leaves to being changing in color so we could head out and poke our cameras at 'em, when suddenly they all dropped to the ground. They were still green, too. What's up with that?
I haven't had my camera out of the bag since I don't know when. The past week and a half of family with flu, colds, and whatever else hasn't helped. Now I've got it, yay! I did get to shoot some video outside today at McDowell Dam, and it really helped me feel better (but still sick). Hopefully I can get on the mend for the rest of the week, I hear it's supposed to be pretty nice out there. Perhaps there's a chance to take my boys for more motorcycle rides!
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I was on my way to a decisive victory on the air hockey table at Midway Lanes, when I had to do a double-take. This truck was parked in front of the Dakota Maid Bakery building. Something looked a little weird about the top and back of the truck. Yep, when I turned around to take a look, I knew my peripheral vision had been correct.
Owie. I'm not sure exactly where this damage was performed, but it sure looked ugly. The top of the truck was literally peeled back. The roll-up door was up, so I'm guessing they just parked it and transferred the cargo to a new truck. Bummer.
That reminded me of the other day, when I was sitting in a McDonald's with my boys. A little truck came by with a ladder in the back, propped up against the cab. It was clearly too high to make it through most drive-thrus, and I heard another table of customers remark about it. The truck went around the back in the drive-thru lane, but we never saw what transpired. When you have two toddlers and a lot of ketchup handy, there's not much time to be gawking at the parking lot.
I could tell some funny insider stories about the KFYR-TV live truck with the antenna mast on top of it, but I'll just leave that to your imagination ;-)
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Here's to the babies in a brand new world,
Here's to the beauty of the stars...
Here's to the travelers of the open road,
Here's to the dreamers and the bards...
Here's to the soldiers on the desert dunes,
Here's to the farmers in the fields...
Here's to the preachers of the sacred Word,
Here's to the loving God who heals...
Here's to you, my little loves, with blessing from above, now let the Day begin.
Just sharing a friendly good morning with you and the windmill perched near Farmer's Livestock southeast of Bismarck and some lyrics modified from one of my favorite songs by The Call. Have a great weekend.
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This was a busy day for North Dakota's congressional delegation. When Nancy Pelosi released her 1,900 page behemoth of a health care takeover bill, Earl Pomeroy jumped on board.
This is the same Earl Pomeroy who was not interested in meeting with his constituents during the August recess, choosing instead a call-screened "telephone town hall" which featured questions from liberal activist groups and labor unions. Gee, I wonder why?
Then there's Kent "Countrywide" Conrad, who is trying to pull a sneaky one. He's voting yes on cloture to send the Senate healthcare takeover bill to the floor, yet may get an opportunity to vote against it on the floor of the Senate if they use a trick to make it a 50-vote pass. If that happens, he'll come back to North Dakota and tell the angry peasants that he voted against the health care bill, then jet back to his million dollar house on the east coast. KFYR, KXMB, and the Forum group will act as dutiful stenographers, and the whole matter will be buried.
Speaking of town halls, Kent Conrad was pre-loading the few events he did, walked out after a couple of questions, and was astroturfing the events with liberal supporters via the BarackObama.com website!
You and I will get stuck with the bill, no matter what the result. It's interesting; after this House bill was announced today, I was able to download the PDF of the bill and find out that anyone who doesn't want to participate will be taxed for their choice (Section 501, page 297) in less than five minutes. I'm a pretty quick reader, but that was just with a simple perusal. Imagine what else is hidden therein!
There wasn't any breaking news about Senator Byron "Skybox" Dorgan relating to the government health care takeover, but there was one interesting story. According to the Fargo Forum, Senator Dorgan is "frustrated" that the Obama administration hasn't named appointees for a pair of federal positions here in North Dakota. Well, wait a minute. Whenever one of these three guys jet back to North Dakota, throw on a flannel shirt and rub elbows with the peasants, they talk about how much seniority, clout, and influence they wield in Washington. When have they ever displayed it? Have they written and sponsored legislation that has become law? Are they totally unable to sway the White House now that it's "their guy" who's running it? You can't have it both ways, Senator.
Let's put a stop to this circus. For starters, it's time to call our congressional delegation and tell our Representative and Senators that this takeover of our health choices is NOT in North Dakota's best interest. Here are the phone numbers:
Rep. Earl Pomeroy
Bismarck: 701-224-0355
Washington, DC: 202-225-2611
Sen. Kent Conrad
Bismarck: 701-258-4648
Washington, DC: 202-224-2034
Sen. Byron Dorgan
Bismarck: 701-250-4618
Washington: 701-202-224-2551
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Fantastic new bridge we've got. One question, though: why haven't the lights on the supports been turned on? If you don't know the lights of which I speak, look to either side of the "V" of each of the concrete bridge supports. There are lights located there, and they'd be a remarkable addition to the new local landmark.
I was so sure I saw at least some of them on way back when the bridge was brand new. It's been about a year; isn't it time we turn 'em on?
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