Back in January I asked you to answer the question: If you could only take a backpack full, what books would you take to a desert island? I got quite a few responses, most of them within days of…
Two Interesting Perspectives on the Housing Bubble
My comments last month about the U.S. Housting bubble generated a lot of comments, however, it came before I started this blog, so they all came back via email. This will be your chance to share your comments with a…
Money Creek, MN rally site destroyed by flash flood
Message below from our Milwaukee friend Bob Grambling. I met Bob at a sushi bar down the street from my apartment when I was living in downtown Milwaukee. We later attended many BMW rallies together, along with his partner…
In This Land
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Why there will never be publicly funded elections in the U.S.
We just spent a couple of weeks in Iowa. During the presidential campaign portion of the election cycle. During the pre-caucus portion of the presidential campaign portion of the election cycle. There is nothing quite like that experience. Especially if…
Iowa Factoids
We spent last weekend at my hometown’s big annual event and doing our yearly pilgrimage to the Iowa State Fair with our granddaughter. While we were at the fair some banners containing information about Iowa’s agricultural output caught my eye.…
Marriage Saver Headsets
We discovered these when we were planning to travel by sailboat. We carry a set with us now. If you do anything with your spouse that involves moving, coordinating, loading, deploying, etc. anything mechanical or in a high noise or…
What did you do in the great real estate bubble crash, grandpa?
Legend has it that on a pleasant September Friday morning a rich stock broker stopped to get his shoes shined on his way to work. As he perused the morning paper he overhead his shoe shine boy trading stock tips…
Hitt Wash Crossing
30 July, 2007 Hitt Wash Santa Maria Mountains Northwest Arizona, USA The white Toyota Tacoma pickup slowly moved into the water, dipping its front wheels in gradually and proceeding until the rears were also half submerged. It paused on the…
Killer trail tree/brush saw
My riding buddy from Telluride, Tom Thomas, has one of these attached to his handlebars. He’s also got a killer backpack frame made up that carries a short bar Stihl chainsaw, but he says this handsaw is more useful. Tom…