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[Back in the = Fall of 1996, we began sending blog posts on the new internet system at = Pillsbury College in Owatonna, Minnesota where I was teaching. Students = set up email accounts and complained there were never any messages. By = October, 35 students and faculty at three…

[Starting Sept = 19th, 1996, we began sending sporadic blog posts on the new = internet system at Pillsbury College in Owatonna, Minnesota where I had = stepped in to a struggling program, leaving mission church work in = Wyoming to teach 19 credits. 5 students and 3 faculty were…

[Starting Sept = 19th, 1996, we began sending sporadic blog posts on the new = internet system at Pillsbury College in Owatonna, Minnesota where I had = stepped into a struggling program, leaving mission church work in = Wyoming to teach 19 credits. 5 students and 3 faculty were the…

Have you ever = sat back and thought to yourself, “What is a grandparent?” = Where can we go to get a better understanding and an open and honest = answer?  A third grade teacher asked her students this question, = “What is a Grandparent?” Here are some of the…

[Every month = you expect better, but always walk away muttering and shaking your = head]   Sometimes I = order an undercooked steak, but it’s rare.   You = don’t have to have an aquarium to be tankfull.  =   There actually = is a podcast that explains the…

Bill H. = admits. "I need my sleep. I aim for about eight hours a day. Then = about ten at night."   Ken A shared, = “I visited the Drive-Thru Weight Loss Center and they told me my = greatest problem was needing to get more = exercise.”  …

* I woke up = the other morning with a real desire to exercise. So I stayed in bed = till the desire went away.   * I walk = everywhere for my health — but I never find it.   * I may not = jog or workout —…

FUN FACT = – There are more women archaeologists than men. Which makes sense = since they are better at digging up the past.   FUN FACT = – There is a difference between eschatology and scatology.  = Unrelated fact: I’ve been asked not to teach junior high boys =…

Thinking about updating some = books of childhood and youth now that I’m in my = 70’s   **Pippi Support-Stockings   **Nancy Drew = and the Case of the Missing Toilet Paper   **Dr = ‘Dolittle’ Is a New Way of Life   **The Little = Engine that Gave Up…

Imagine you = had a bank account that deposited $86,400 each morning. The account = carries over no balance from day to day, allows you to keep no cash = balance, and every evening cancels whatever part of the amount you had = failed to use during the day. What…

Have you ever = noticed that anyone driving slower than you is an idiot and anyone = driving faster is a maniac?   Have you ever = noticed your wife’s “ready in 5 minutes” and your own = “be home in 5 minutes” are exactly the = same?   Have…

“How on = earth can you see the TV sitting so far = back?”   “Yeah, I = used to skip school a lot, too. No big = deal.”   “Just = leave all the lights on.  It makes the house look more = cheery.”   “Let me = smell…

[Se= ptember 22nd is the autumnal equinox, as the chapter on = summer draws to a close and fall “falls”. Not the normal = guffaws, but a little bitter-sweet joy.]   &#8= 220;Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first = September was crisp and golden…