• Thanksgiving Cold Turkey: Heidelberg, Germany
    Dec 1 2024

    If you have ever traveled for business, you have probably experienced a few night alone in some faraway place over the holidays. A few years ago I flew to Frankfurt, Germany the day before US Thanksgiving for a 1/2 hour business meeting. The meeting was a bust and alone, in a terrible mood on a bone-chilling afternoon, I boarded a train for Heidelberg,

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    5 mins
  • Reading the Obits
    Oct 9 2024

    How would Vanity Fair, The National Enquirer, or National Geographic write an obituary?

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    5 mins
  • Food Trends: Minnesota-California Fusion
    Aug 24 2024

    In honor of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, I am thinking about launching a new cuisine: Minnesota-California Fusion.

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    5 mins
  • Fairy Tales Can Come True: Uh Oh!
    Jul 3 2024

    Not exactly a fairy tale, but pretty Grimm. Chicken Little shouted the warning, as did Turkey Lurkey, Gander Lander, Henny Penny, Duckey Daddles, Chicken Licken (Not a fast food chain), Kylling Kluk, Cocotte Chocotte, Hennig Pfennig, Pollita Chiquita, Sabrina Gallina, or even a 4th century Asian rabbit: The sky is falling, be it evidenced by a falling fruit, an acorn, a log, or a low cloud. The end is near. And Foxy Loxy is hiding in ambush. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | TuneIn | iHeart Radio | Spotify | Deezer| Pandora The fear response is planted deeply in our […]

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    5 mins
  • Eggsistential Question: Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?
    Apr 23 2024

    I’m wrestling with an eggsistential question right now. Should I or shouldn’t I cross the road, even though I have done it many times? You see, I’m a chicken. Since Socrates, Gilgamesh or whomever, people have been asking me just why did I cross the road. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | TuneIn | iHeart Radio | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Deezer| Pandora Nobody asks, “Why did the turducken cross the road? Lots of species cross the road, no questions asked: squirrels, deer, skunks, snakes, Lutherans. Why do people make a joke of…us? Have you seen someone beat someone […]

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    2 mins
  • Time to Board Stoner Airlines: Flight 420
    Apr 20 2024

    Welcome aboard Stoner Airlines Flight 420 to mile high Denver with ongoing service to Weed, California and Maui-Wowie.

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    2 mins
  • Travel Discovery: The Island of Delitious
    Apr 16 2024

    One edge of this island paradise is ringed with glistening rounded foliage, looking like baked brussel sprouts. No wonder early explorers christened this The Island of Delitious.

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    3 mins
  • Top Dog: The Woollypoo
    Mar 20 2024

    Tonight we honor the Best in Show, the Top Dog. Congratulations to Woollypoo, a pooch with ancient origins.

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    3 mins