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Hail, Hail, the Iron Range
The following is my first post at www.mnblue.com, a political blog for which I began contributing this week. Have you heard the latest about CD03? Just kidding. “Psych!” as the cool kids used to say. CD03 is another planet to me. I’m aware of it, and thanks to my 1,239 metropolitan blogging friends I know…
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Off we go into the MNBlue yonder
I’ve signed on as a contributor to MNBlue.com, a political blog based in Minneapolis. I’ll republish my posts here on MinnesotaBrown, but just know that I’m sometimes writing in a way that translates common knowledge on the Range into terms understandable to political junkies in 612 country. The little blue state picture will indicate a…
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Do not forsake me, oh my DVR …
We got the DVR (not TiVo, but same as TiVo) last summer. People told us have the digital recorder would change how we watched TV and it’s true. But there are hazards. Since late August I’ve been holding onto a recording of the Gary Cooper classic “High Noon,” waiting for the right time to enjoy…
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Holly was here $$$
Here’s an image I saw on an Iron Range highway on my way into work this morning around 9 a.m.: A rusty red pickup with two-by-fours nailed to the body to replace a missing tailgate. In the back, what would appear to be most, if not all, of the male driver’s possessions. Written in white…
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Just the fax, ma’am
I cracked open my Franklin Covey planner pages for 2008 today. It’s time to include January in my “advance planning” section. The contact sheet you’re supposed to put in the front of your planner includes home and work numbers. But it also includes “Fax” instead of “Cell.” Get with it Franklin Covey. Who’s going to…
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This is not a corporate blog
Target Corp finds itself in a bit of trouble over a blogging controversy. Apparently college-age students who were in a program to earn free merchandise for promoting Target stores were advised to secretly blog and spread comments about the greatness of Target. The story is in the Star Tribune today. This kind of corporate advertising…
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Savin’ some bucks; keepin’ it in the family
Check out Christina’s new blog, Northern Cheapskate. Unlike my undisciplined, eclectic blog, Christina focuses on a specific topic: living frugally in the north woods. She talks about her experiments in running our household more efficiently, money-saving ideas and resources for trimming the family budget. She’s a whiz at this stuff and her blog is clever,…
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Happy Thanksgiving from the MinnesotaBrown blog
I’ll be taking a break from the blog on Thursday, mostly to eat and eat and eat. Happy Thanksgiving! Related posts: No related posts.
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Server trouble at MinnesotaBrown.com
My web host is having some kind of server problem over at http://www.minnesotabrown.com/ where I post my columns. I don’t know how long the page will be out. Over here at the blog we’re still in business, thanks to the good people at Google. I love Google. Google is wise and benevolent. If problems continue…
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October nears end
We’ve got a couple days, including Halloween, left in October. So the month is kind of like the Bush Administration now. Almost done, but several acts of civil disobedience will probably occur before its completely done. Here’s a round up of what’s going on in Brown country this week: Flu shot dayToday is flu shot…
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Welcome to MinnesotaBrown’s new blog location!
Welcome to the new home for the Minnesota Brown blog. I’m still operating my website at http://www.minnesotabrown.com/, where you’ll find my weekly columns, bio, and information on my upcoming book. I’m moving the blog feature here to blogspot.com to make posting and archiving easier. This also allows readers to make comments. The official rollover takes…
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About Aaron J. Brown
On a cold December 1979 night in the heart of northern Minnesota’s Iron Range one Aaron James Brown joined the rag-tag lot of babies born in the waning operation of the old Hibbing general hospital. The hospital would later be razed to become a senior living community where, one day, Brown hopes to expire in…