JIM HEFFERNAN'S BLOG

My violent weekend...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:28:00 +0000

The opera ain’t over till the advanced interrogation ends By Jim Heffernan I’ve had a violent couple of weeks, aside from the violence we’ve all experienced in the news. Mine has come in a...

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Cooler Near the Lake: Holiday book events...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:13:00 +0000

Thanks to "Reading Mom" from Minneapolis for the nice words she said about my book, Cooler Near the Lake, on Amazon.com... Heffernan's sense of humor and gift with words combine...

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Consolation prize for Green Bay loss...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:46:00 +0000

GREEN BAY LEADS THE WAY–ON GLOBAL WARMING By Jim Heffernan The Green Bay Packers, having lost again to the Minnesota Vikings, led by their former quarterback, Bret Favre, on Sunday (Nov. 1), have...

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Obama salute style said salutary...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:42:00 +0000

By Jim Heffernan The military takes its salutes seriously. True military men (and presumably women, too, but I didn’t serve directly with any) go to great lengths to perfect the salute so that it...

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Happy Halloween...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:06:00 +0000

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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IKEA assembly cure: Lock dowels

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:02:00 +0000

I received a message on the blog a while ago from Bryan who has discovered the cure for IKEA assembly frustrations. (Refer to my previous posts about my frustrations: I Kan't Envision Assembly. As...

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Einstein, Mozart, Shakespeare and I...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:50:00 +0000

By Jim Heffernan I’m no Einstein, but it doesn’t take one to figure out that those “Baby Einstein” videos weren’t going to turn all of the babies and toddlers who watched them into Albert...

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Lazy boy DWI and sleepy pilots prove truth is stranger than fiction

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:51:00 +0000

Read about the "Lazy Boy" DWI in Proctor in today's Duluth New Tribune and while you're at it, check out the story about the airline pilots who slept through their Minneapolis...

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Duluth Minnesota, the Movie....

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:44:00 +0000

The "leaf people" who saturated our area are heading back down the highways and all the other fall visitors have noticed that it snowed today in Duluth. But.... keep Duluth as your travel...

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Need diapers? It Depends...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:28:00 +0000

The young, female worker stocking shelves at Target could tell I had a question as I approached her along a wide aisle. She could also see she would be dealing with someone of mature years, perhaps...

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Red Gold Tomato Billboard on I-494

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:56:00 +0000

Here's a fun You Tube video that uses a time lapse over a period of three weeks to portray the construction of the huge Red Gold Tomato billboard in the Twin Cities area on I- 494 near the Mall of...

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Joan Baez...how sweet the life

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:42:00 +0000

Hope you caught the PBS documentary about Joan Baez tonight. Minnesota's own Bob Dylan collides with this woman of pure heart and darn good music. She's the genuine article. Check it...

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Paul Shaffer book: Who's Britney Spears?

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:19:00 +0000

Britney Spears? Don't ask Sinatra... By Jim Heffernan Paul Shaffer, the bullet-headed music director on David Letterman’s show, has come a long way from his hometown in the Canadian Lakehead,...

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Denfeld opine...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:20:00 +0000

I wrote this "letter to the editor" that appeared in today's Duluth News Tribune. Denfeld High School should retain its name: I see Duluth school officials, incumbent School Board members and...

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The Palace Theatre in Superior, Brian Olson style...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:14:00 +0000

The other day I checked out the new mural of the Palace Theatre, located on the outside back wall of Douglas County Historical Society in Superior, Wisconsin. The painting, created by Brian Olson, is...

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IKEA Purge...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:52:00 +0000

Yet even more on IKEA... Mel Magree did some serious research about IKEA following the account on this blog of my harrowing experience while attempting to put together an IKEA item. Realizing that I...

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IKEA acronym solved....

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:45:00 +0000

IKEA.... I finally realized what those initials mean. (See previous e-mail) I Kan't Envision Assembly By George, I've got it!

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Furniture assembly: Swedish rocket science reverts to Irishman's shanty...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:53:00 +0000

By Jim Heffernan I don’t want to cast aspersions into the wind, or among the swine, or wherever you cast them, but something needs to be said about a revolting experience I recently had. Revolting...

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Anatomy of a class reunion...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:42:00 +0000

By Jim Heffernan For starters, I couldn’t figure out why there were so many old people at the class reunion. That would be my wife’s high school class reunion in another city. I hate to give...

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More trash talk...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:07:00 +0000

Ever since my winter vacation in Florida where I notice there is no recycling, I seem to be thinking a lot about trash. Well, not really... but my trash interest was again piqued when I read today in...

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Duluth Superior Magazine web site: Pretty snazzy

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:25:00 +0000

Check out the new look of the Duluth~Superior Magazine web site. It's smart and classy and seems to be set up to reach the needs of the community in a reader-friendly style. I think it will be giving...

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Johnny Cash remembered...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:28:00 +0000

Today (September 12) marks the sixth anniversary of the death of Johnny Cash. (More information and Cash links may be found at Wikipedia by clicking HERE.) Over...

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Remembering 911...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:29:00 +0000

Remembering a Future that Many Feared, by N.R. Kleinfield in today's NY Times.

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How now, Ma Bell...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:35:00 +0000

Just had to say more to several comments on my recent piece regarding pay phones (they’re history) and cell phones (they’re an abomination.) – JHWell, it appears there are diverse opinions on...

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Pay phones headed for history's dustbin...

vheffernan@earthlink.net (Jim Heffernan) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:12:00 +0000

By Jim Heffernan I don’t carry a cell phone, don’t want one and that’s that. (Amazing how final that can be, but never mind that.) Still, I admit there are times when a cell phone would be...

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