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      • Apparently the only one not welcome at the New Song "church" event was Jesus, or anyone representing Him
        08/27/08
        Well, here we go again. This is a painful post to write, because I have friends that are part of New Song...but it's needed. And the story gets even worse than last time. At their big "Launchfest" celebration at Sertoma Park, a "pastor" from New Song told a teenage girl s

      • Sixty years ago, North Dakota nearly bordered FOUR states
        08/25/08

        Not much can be easily found with merely a cursory Google search, but there are those souls on the Internet that love chasing down such details. I was tipped off to this by a blog I frequent, Strange Maps.

        Apparently a few disgruntled folks were looking to make a state of their o

      • When Doves Cry
        08/25/08

        Yeah, I know. Perhaps the worst, corniest music reference title I've come up with yet. Hopefully these little dove chicks don't have to cry, though...despite a rocky start to their weekend. Saturday morning I discovered these two huddling in the grass, shivering and scared. I

      • Hazy shade of summer
        08/22/08

        I don't think the Bangles will mind me mangling the title of one of their biggest hits to suit my purpose. I could also say, "If you can't beat 'em - join 'em" in reference to the ubiquitous power lines.

        North Dakota, especially the "energy corrid

      • Obviously not a state job
        08/21/08

        As a current city employee and a former state DOT employee, I'm entitled to make jokes about government work. That's why I feel free--no, compelled to say that the ratio of supervisors to workers here is completely opposite of a government scenario. Jokingly, of course!

      • End of the line
        08/20/08

        Just in case you were wondering where your dial tone went! This pole, and the end of the wire which wraps around it, sit aside a gravel road north of Bismarck. Maybe they've gone wireless up that way!

        Actually, according to this press release from the ND Public Service Commiss

      • The moon is a matter of perspective
        08/19/08

        My friend Petey often says, and I've adopted this as my personal motto, "Some days it's better to be lucky than good." Luck accounts for a great number of the finest photographs out there, since the one element completely out of the photographer's control is the conve

      • Tiger from below
        08/18/08

        This is the view from one of the cooler parts of the new cat exhibit at the Dakota Zoo here in Bismarck. The tiger exhibit is finished, the tigers are laying around like cats do, and one of them decided to soak up the sun from atop the glass viewing portal.

        This enclosure is cool i

      • Sunday morning steeple
        08/17/08

        I don't expect anyone to guess the church beneath this steeple, since it's not in Bismarck-Mandan. I took my little boy up to Lake Sakakawea this weekend. I had three objectives: check out our place and see how tall the grass was (and if my new key works), see how 18-month old PJ d

      • Golden Dragon
        08/13/08

        This is a great time of year to hit any small body of water and check out the dragonflies. I'm sure they love all those little annoying bugs that do so well in this type of weather. I think they eat mosquitoes...if that's the case, they've got plenty of food available!
      • Tuesday morning birdhouse
        08/12/08

        What bird wouldn't love to have such a place? The tag said something along the lines of "First Time Buyers Welcome"...I wonder if NDHFA takes clients of the ornithological persuasion?

        According to the Pride of Dakota website, you can contact the manufacturer of these

      • We're already a week into August...time for a calendar
        08/07/08

        If you monitor the sidebar, then you already know that I made a calendar for August. I simply didn't make a big deal out of it. Well, in case you missed it, you can get this free calendar while there's still plenty of August left.

        On this month's calendar, I included

      • The not-so-mysterious face on the Memorial Bridge
        08/06/08

        No, I'm not talking about anything that Richard Hoaxland found on Mars' Cydonia region... this is simply evidence of someone putting some joy into their work, and it's sticking out of the side of the approach to the old Memorial Bridge.


        You can see it as you app

      • Consolation and blessed memories
        08/04/08

        Last week I took my 35,000th photo with this camera. What more suitable way to chalk up such a milestone than by documenting a fun time playing with my son? I was feeding our 19 month old, PJ, while his little brother Jonathan, now almost 9 months old, played with his toys on the floor nearb

      • The hardest part about being a chalk muppet? The giant ants, of course
        08/03/08

        This was one of the more eye-catching displays I caught during my brief romp around the Capital A'Fair today at the state capitol. I refer to it as the "Capitol A'Fair" with an o instead of an a because it's on the capitol grounds, but I suppose they could use an a be

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