October 27, 2009 – 1:10 pm
Good question. Some years ago, an NBA player named Latrell Sprewell turned down a $7 million one year contract claiming that “he couldn’t feed his family on that”. He hasn’t played ball since. So now in Minnesota we sign a now 40-year-old Brett Favre to a 2 year contract for $12.5 million a year to play for our [...]
September 2, 2009 – 8:59 am
Now that I have your attention, we have a limited supply of reproductions of old Par Aide ads which we framed a few years ago for sale in a local golf store. They are great for the golf nut who has a golf room and can’t get enough stuff to put or hang in it. [...]
Okay, I admit, motor sport is my passion. By that I mean anything on 4 wheels that competes, in particular NASCAR and NHRA. (Well, I might exclude “drifting” as I really don’t understand it!) My passion also includes hot rods, muscle cars and yes even exotics.
I think that a large number of folks in our [...]
This is for anyone living below the Mason-Dixon line in the U.S. or somewhere else in the world without cold weather and in particular snow! For you Minnesotans who are living in one of those miserable, 70F+ degree-all-the-time places, this will bring many wonderful memories if not tears to your eyes.
Minnesotans long ago determined that they [...]
February 20, 2009 – 3:15 pm
Just got back from the “Super Bowl” of stock car racing. If you follow the sport at all, you know of what I am speaking. If not, give it a look. Yes they do “just go fast and turn left” but there is quite a bit more to it once you start paying attention. Did [...]