• · Northland Country Club Turfgrass Management » Golf Industry Show

    Posted 9 hours ago

    This week I will be attending the Golf Industry Show in San Diego. The annual show is a chance to continue our education, view the latest and greatest in industry trends and catch up with peers from around the country. Oh and the weather is pretty decent too.Looks for reports from the GIS this week. [Link]


    · Mary's List » The Hurt Locker and Crazy Heart

    Posted 26 hours ago

    It just so happened that I went to two movies in one day (I had already gone to The Hurt Locker and got an invitation to go to Crazy Heart) which forces me to compare these two movies: one intense and stressful, and one slow and drowsy.The Hurt LockerBefore going to Hurt Locker, I had a knotted muscle in my ... [Link]


    · blah blah blah-ler » Whippet. Whippet good ...

    Posted 2 days ago

    It's the word "mallomar" that really prompts my tongue for a special treat. A few weeks ago, I had no idea what this cookie was, but I knew I wanted to try one because it sounds amazing. Mallomar. I'm no Latin major, but to me this suggested a cookie with marshmallows. And hopefully chocolate. I did some unofficial research (Wikipedia) ... [Link]


    · The Gonzo Think Tank » Expose the NFL’s use of painkillers

    Posted 2 days ago

    Read notes from nearly any beat writer in the dog days of summer and you will catch a tidbit about a cortisone shot entering some professional baseball player. Whether it’s a nagging wrist or a troublesome back, that information is available — and disseminated. Not so much with professional football players, despite the higher occurrence of more serious injuries. The ... [Link]


    · Runnin' With The Dogs » Hell Hath No Fury

    Posted 3 days ago

    This story features THE GREATEST LIE EVER TOLD. See if you can spot it!I'm really angry. A lot. I don't know if it's obvious to you. I guess if you can't tell, there's probably something wrong with you. I get mad about a lot of stuff. In college, I screamed at my roommate once when I was watching the Twins ... [Link]


    · News Tribune Attic » Original DECC arena construction

    Posted 3 days ago

    As the new $70 million arena takes shape at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, I thought it would be a good time to look back at construction of the existing arena and auditorium. [Link]


    · Gonzo Science » Popular Mechanics: How to Survive a 35,000 Foot Fall

    Posted 3 days ago

    Must read. [Link]


    · greentangle » Grandpa Greentangle 12/25/1904 -- 2/5/2010

    Posted 3 days ago

    I'll probably delete this post in a few days but wanted to let those of you who've expressed your support know the end of the story. My grandfather went into the hospice unit Monday evening. This morning when I went to visit, I found him dead. The folks at the desk were surprised (of course) as they'd spent time with ... [Link]


    · Runnin' With The Dogs » Josh Harding

    Posted 3 days ago

    This is not tUMD, I know, but this save is RIDICULOUS. [Link]


    · swiftsparrowswallow » The Things I am afraid of...

    Posted 3 days ago

    reading at the waypost on Feb 16th...7pm.that's something to be afraid of. [Link]


    · Gonzo Science » Dear God No, Not The Shrimp

    Posted 3 days ago

    The shrimp pond preparation begins with urea, superphosphate, and diesel, then progresses to the use of piscicides (fish-killing chemicals like chlorine and rotenone), pesticides and antibiotics (including some that are banned in the U.S.), and ends by treating the shrimp with sodium tripolyphosphate (a suspected neurotoxicant), Borax, and occasionally caustic soda. But they’re so tasty… [Link]


    · Billy's » Superbowl Sunday: chili cookoff. Free chili during the game... ! Other specials...

    Posted 3 days ago

    Go Colts!Go Saints! [Link]


    · lincolndemocrat.com » Trouble up North

    Posted 3 days ago

    It seems that some of the folks in Tower and Orr think JCI sold their school district a bill of goods that was too good to be true. A sample: Plenty of people spoke eloquently about the impact of this plan on our communities, but the five board members obviously don’t care. Johnson Controls never considered the economic impact of ... [Link]


    · Ennyman's Territory » Can Bullfighting Become Nice?

    Posted 3 days ago

    "Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor." ~HemingwayOne of the mottos of success motivation speakers is, "Whatever the mind can conceive can be achieved." Yes, it is to some extent an exaggeration, but the seed thought in ... [Link]


    · Laura's Birding Blog » I love my Prius

    Posted 3 days ago

    Montezuma National Wildlife RefugeOriginally uploaded by Laura EricksonI've put 55,000 miles on this Prius and 160,000 on my previous one. The Toyota places where I've had these cars serviced in Duluth and Ithaca have been consistently wonderful. But that won't make the news, will it? [Link]


    · Gonzo Science » A Minor Revision

    Posted 4 days ago

    The first vertebrates to walk the Earth emerged from the sea almost 20 million years earlier than previously thought, say scientists who have discovered footprints from an eight-foot-long prehistoric creature. Is 20 million years a lot? [Link]


    · swiftsparrowswallow » RIP JD

    Posted 4 days ago

    the best obit for grumpy old JD, courtesy of the onion:CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn't do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. "He had a real ... [Link]


    · non-linear mistakes and missteps » Owl City: "If My Heart Was a House"

    Posted 4 days ago

    You're the sky that I fell throughAnd I remember the view whenever I'm holding youThe sun hung from a string looking down on the world as it warms over everythingChills run down my spine as our fingers entwineAnd your sighs harmonize with mineUnmistakably, I can still feel your heart beat fast when you dance with meWe got older and I ... [Link]


    · lincolndemocrat.com » To teach is to reach

    Posted 4 days ago

    Someone Youtubed the Ordean Construction site. Such sites aren’t pretty. Behind the mess and debris lies the hope for something wonderful upon completion. Cross your fingers. ” [Link]


    · Gonzo Science » Stem Cell Researchers Allege Abuse of Journal System

    Posted 4 days ago

    Abuse of the Journal/Peer Review system?? What??!? Bayblab has more. Good thing this is only confined to stem cell journals and not, say, cosmology or astronomy journals grumble grumble The question is, since the system of doing science is broken, what are scientists going to do to fix it? [Link]


    · Kirdoodle » Some Assembly Required

    Posted 4 days ago

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    · DANNY DOES DULUTH » EPISODE 238 - More Kuss and Gru...Grews...Gruss...Tomlin

    Posted 4 days ago

    Any fur on it at all? Yup, Danny and Ashley are still totally addicted to watching two people on the internet reading a fake newspaper from Hermantown. Today's entire episode consists of more in-deapth analysis of clips from the supurb Read To Me segment from The Hermantown Star (found exclusively at hermantownstar.com by the way). But guess what, Danny also ... [Link]


    · The Current » Hanabi, where the food is entertainment

    Posted 4 days ago

    photos by Jana Hollingsworth/News Tribune One of the more charming scenes from season six of the Bravo reality series “Top Chef” stars Natalie Portman as a celebrity guest. [Link]


    · Entertain Me Or Else » The Valentine's Day Experience, Day 4 - I Love You Too, Mom

    Posted 4 days ago

    I remember lying in bed one night around Valentine's Day when I was maybe in fourth grade and crying. I was crying for no reason other than that, when you're that young, letting your face crumple like a sheet of thrown-away paper and allowing hot tears to stream down your cheeks can be a good coping stratgy, especially when it's ... [Link]


    · Entertain Me Or Else » Verbatim

    Posted 4 days ago

    This is an excerpt from a G-chat conversation with my friend J Or Dan yesterday. I copy/pasted it right from the conversation, so it's 100% accurate.Mach1: By the way, do you have any interest in seeing "The Wolfman" when it comes out Feb. 12?J Or Dan: With you? Sure!That's a 'bring beer to the theatre' movie.Mach1: Um, yes. With me. [Link]


    · Ennyman's Territory » Nine Things You Maybe Didn't Know About Romania

    Posted 4 days ago

    My guess is that most high schoolers wouldn't know how to find it on a map, though 22 million people live there and, like us, they have a history. After World War II Romania, along with the rest of Eastern Europe, fell behind the Iron Curtain and was forgotten by the West. But all the world's eyes became aware of ... [Link]


    · ZOYX » Daily Tweet Dump

    Posted 5 days ago

    07:04 The iPad is a Comedy Gold Mine :: www.collegehumor.com/video:1928558 #fb 19:33 Well I'm feeling pretty darn clever. #fb 21:51 Vote for Schlock! bit.ly/9CDKwy - My cousin would appreciate a little ballot box stuffing. [Link]


    · lincolndemocrat.com » Invasive Species - From Russia with love

    Posted 5 days ago

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    · Stronger Than Dirt » Um, you're welcome...?

    Posted 5 days ago

    So I got a "thanks for the referral" card from my dentist's office, and while I appreciate the gesture (and the $25 credit they've applied to my account)......uh, Nick's not my son. He's my younger brother.Either I'm looking really old, Nick's looking really young, or my dentist is looking slightly senile. [Link]


    · Stronger Than Dirt » Police Blotter: Pants on the Ground Edition.

    Posted 5 days ago

    Sunday, 8:00 P.M.: Report of male running out of door with a case of booze.Tuesday, 10:57 P.M.: Report of "tapping" heard by resident.Wednesday, 6:08 P.M.: Fire alarm sounding. Update: Event was a burned grilled cheese sandwich.Wednesday, 11:55 P.M.: Report of intoxicated male trying to climb backyard fence and having trouble keeping his pants up.Friday, 2:15 A.M.: Request to remove obnoxious ... [Link]


    · blah blah blah-ler » Toonses and a case of faked disapproval ...

    Posted 5 days ago

    Last night we transported Toonses across town to our new digs. This is exactly as glamorous as it sounds, especially if your idea of glamour is having a 30 pound fuzz pot evacuate his bladder all over the front seat of your car. (Thankfully my car already reeks, so one more stench is just a drop of water in a ... [Link]


    · Duluth Politics » On the move.

    Posted 5 days ago

    Talk of the town will not end. It will move stations. Talk of the town will end a 2 year run on ESPN radio. The show will move to Kool 101.7 fm. It will also change days and time. It will air Saturday mornings from 7am to 8am on the FM station. [Link]


    · Universal Klister » Duluth Snow Olympics....help Duluth Parks!

    Posted 5 days ago

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    · Gonzo Science » “Primordial Soup” Swept Off Table

    Posted 5 days ago

    New research has officially “over turned” the “Primordial Soup” theory of the origin of life. It had an 80-year run where it was the dominant paradigm. But the geochemical energy of hydrothermal vents is the new hotness: “Textbooks have it that life arose from organic soup and that the first cells grew by fermenting these organics to generate energy in ... [Link]


    · Outdoors with Sam Cook » Gilbert man finds two moose locked in death

    Posted 5 days ago

    Tim Bradach of Gilbert found these two moose in the woods near Brimson on Jan. [Link]


    · Entertain Me Or Else » Facebook Fads

    Posted 5 days ago

    I've been on a Facebook embargo for about a month now for various reasons too boring to get into. I broke my self-imposed sanction today and found there are two fads going around that I can't resist participating in. I don't want to put them on my actual Facebook profile because, for some reason, I am pretending I don't go ... [Link]


    · Manga and Graphic Novels @ Duluth » Series ending

    Posted 5 days ago

    Two series have come to an end. Knights of the Zodiac High School Debut What shall I get now? [Link]


    · Universal Klister » The Future

    Posted 5 days ago

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    · Kirdoodle » Number Four

    Posted 5 days ago

    Stalking our way through Monster Week [Link]


    · The Current » Nokomis on Open Table

    Posted 5 days ago

    Jana Hollingsworth/News Tribune The above photo is the white truffle gnocchi at Nokomis, the little $8 wonder with Parmesan cream, white truffle oil and shaved black truffle served from the starter menu. [Link]


    · Entertain Me Or Else » The Valentine's Day Experience, Day 3 - Distance Crushes

    Posted 5 days ago

    Amelie Gillette: I can read The Onion online anytime I want. Your column "The Hater" is the reason I pick up the dead tree copy every week. How you make withering sarcasm and general dissatisfaction so appealing is beyond me.Blake Lively: I still don't know why you're famous and I want to keep it that way. Mystery is good. I ... [Link]


    · lincolndemocrat.com » Edison’s new schools - who decides? who pays?

    Posted 5 days ago

    I had heard from a family member who went to work at the Edison Schools two years after I began fighting for a vote on the Red Plan that plans for building a new Edison School were in the works. I think its fair to say that I have somewhat complicated feelings about this. Perhaps I’ll outline them in the ... [Link]


    · Duluth Politics » Keeping with the sports theme.

    Posted 5 days ago

    Sunday is the super bowl. It also is the super bowl bakers doubles tournament at Country Lanes North. They are located behind Kmart up by the mall.I will be taking part in this tournament if you want to come up and watch some great bowling feel free. The tournament starts at 10 am and will go most of the day. ... [Link]


    · 12 Hours in Photos » Comment Moderation: ON

    Posted 5 days ago

    Due to the increase of worthless slimy dirty rotten scum trying to sell their wares or get link to their sites on this blog, I've opted to turn ON comment moderation. I hope this doesn't come as too much of a headache for you all, and I will try to respond very quickly to the comments left. When a comment ... [Link]


    · Duluth Politics » Barron not able to win third straight Beargrease.

    Posted 5 days ago

    Nathan Schroeder is the winner of this years John Beargrease sled dog race. Two time defending champion Jason Barron is expected to finish in second place this year.Nathan Schroeder crossed the finish line at 10:04 am. He was on the trail for just over 40 hours ( 40 hours 4 minutes and 25 seconds). His average travel speed was 9.3 ... [Link]


    · lincolndemocrat.com » I caucused with the DFL again last night

    Posted 5 days ago

    I completely agree with the pundit Andrew Sullivan on his reaction to this poll of GOP thinking. Last night I caucused for the third biennium in a row with the local Democrats. I still feel like a man without a country when I do this. But I approve of Barack Obama who is just the sort of reasonable human and ... [Link]


    · Duluth Politics » Beargrease update.

    Posted 5 days ago

    The race is its final leg. The winner is expected to be in with the next half hour to hour at Billy's bar. Mushers will come in all day long so if you get a chance go up and welcome them in. They have been on the North woods trails sense Sunday and a big crowd is always nice for ... [Link]


    · Ennyman's Territory » The Dada-Romania Connection

    Posted 5 days ago

    It's interesting how we get an idea in our heads and it becomes so firmly lodged we never consider there is another explanation for a thing. I'm thinking this moment of the Dada movement.When I was a young art student I was, like many others, greatly attracted to surrealist Salvador Dali's work. His paintings were outrageous, yet so incredibly crafted. ... [Link]


    · Entertain Me Or Else » Man v. Minestrone

    Posted 6 days ago

    I forgot once again just how much soup my favorite minestrone recipe makes.I am not sure if you can tell from the picture above, but that pot is brimming and it's all for one person.I will be eating this stuff for lunch and dinner every day for the next week and half. That's a whole lot of kale-y goodness... [Link]


    · ZOYX » Daily Tweet Dump

    Posted 6 days ago

    08:10 RT @arstechnica: Nice article about Wiki adoption in the work place. - arst.ch/dme 11:04 MEME ALERT! MEME ALERT! - selleckwaterfallsandwich.tumblr.com 13:59 @jojeda Too bad the Ipad doesn't have USB. Love my Arc mouse. 16:49 New FB meme - You look up your 1st name in urbandictionary.com, then post the 1st definition. I will not do that, this is a ... [Link]


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