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THE BRIDGEHUNTER'S CHRONICLESBellaire Bridge to be sold for scrap metal on eBay?
With all the stories of thieves taking apart metal bridges for the price of metal, which includes stealing and dismantling a 50-foot long bridge in Pennsylvania, driving off with another short span ...
4/19/13 at 1:02 AM Name that bridge type: The answer to question 1 4/15/13 at 3:35 AM
Massacre of Historic Bridges in the USA Underway? 1/22/13 at 6:08 AM
NIE ROCKS!Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
I'm sure you have heard the line from the famous editorial, Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, but what is the story behind it? Here's some information, including the letter, I found at http://www...
12/23/12 at 11:10 PM
FARMBLEATFor the love of bridges ... Not!
I had a dream - or perhaps it was a nightmare - about bridges the other day. I dont know why they were on my mind, other than I recently heard a friend tell me of her experience crossing the Mackinac ...
11/19/12 at 11:16 PM Are we there YET? 10/24/12 at 11:22 PM
THE FLENSBURG FILES: TRAVELS AND EXPERIENCES GATHERED OF A FORMER MINNESOTANDid Sandy push the presidential elections back? I hope so.
There is a proverb that I want to start this column on: It is about disaster. When disaster strikes, people chip in to help. When politicians help, disaster strikes again. Therefore, people go first o...
10/30/12 at 7:23 PM
RED RIVER ORTHODOXAmerican Orthodox Christianity Series 1: Exploring the Insignificance of Orthodoxy for American Religion, Post 3
In this this post, I wish to start exploring the historical angles. Again, the point to this first American Orthodox Christianity Series is not to make all Orthodox feel bad or to show us as pathetic,...
7/25/12 at 2:05 AM
REGGIE TALESCJ and the Dogma Dog Bakery
The full power of the Internets was evident the other day. I received a nice e-mail from the good people at Dogma Dog Bakery in Arlington, Virginia last week. If you recall, during a trip to Washing...
4/24/12 at 12:17 PM
REEL TALK: LET'S TALK ABOUT MOVIES, TV, AND A BIT OF POP CULTURERed Riding Hood's formula is tween gold
Catherine Hardwicke decided to bank on the for-sure money-making demographic: tweens, and direct the new film, RED RIDING HOOD, starring Amanda Seyfried and Gary Oldman. Hardwicke hit the jackpot with...
3/20/11 at 3:35 PM
BECOMING MIDWESTERNA Grand time in Grand Forks!
Blake is on Spring Break this week from NDSU. Unfortunately for me, there is no Spring Break in the "real world". Deciding I deserved a day off anyway, I took Friday off from work and decided we shoul...
3/19/11 at 9:13 PM
DIRTY LAUNDRYSouthern snow tales
Can you believe how cold it is? I could live with piles of snow if the temperature was a bit more tolerable. Right now I want to put on Eric’s Ice Armour and wear it non-stop until spring. It&rs...
1/12/10 at 9:18 AM Mechanical difficulties 10/5/09 at 5:08 AM
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