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#2: Attend the Minneapolis May Day Parade
In addition to offering a plethora of museums, sporting events, and year-round outdoor activities, Minneapolis is also home to more eclectic groups and events, such one of the largest Fringe Festival in the world, the annual naming of a dairy … Continue reading
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#1: See the Winter Carnival ice sculptures
Minnesotans are a hearty stock of people. The determined Viking grit combined with the strong Midwest American work ethic produces a breed of individual that can yield a formidable culture. Thankfully, a sizable portion of the population also has a … Continue reading
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#32: Complete a ‘thing to do’ that someone else suggests
Two weeks ago I was chatting with one of my co-workers, and asked him about his plans for the upcoming holiday weekend. He said something about bouncing, and I looked at him quizzically. “What about bouncing?” I asked. “Are you … Continue reading
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A conversation overheard
At the grocery store this morning, I saw a 2-year-old boy race through down the produce aisle, spy a yellow summer squash, grab it, and excited yell to his mom, “na-NA-na!” while waving the vegetable at her. She calmly corrected … Continue reading
#37: Visit the Minnesota History Center (a Minnesota Historic Site)
Waking on a Saturday morning and finding no appointments on my calendar or “critical” tasks to complete, I decided to take advantage of the gift of time and experience a 101 list item. The Minnesota History Center was displaying an … Continue reading
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Remember when….
I am a highly organized person, but not by choice. Rather, I have to use managerial structures (schedules, routines, systems) to compensate for the fact that I have a completely crappy memory. I live by the adage, “A place for … Continue reading
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The J’s have it
In Outlook, sometimes symbols get mis-translated as a message is sent from one user to another. In particular, the smile emoticon [ :) ] sometimes gets changed into the letter “J”. I therefore find it fitting that over the course … Continue reading
Smile variables
In the early days of psychology (which is a very young science – only 133 years old), humans were thought to be born tabula rasa, or ‘blank slates’. Scientific wisdom of the day stated that babies were born with brains … Continue reading
Talk about ‘sunny side up’
I am always genuinely flattered and sincerely honored when people think of me, then take action to share the experience with me. From a quick note saying, “Hey, I read this article and thought you might be interested in it, … Continue reading
A spirited smile
Monday mornings can be rather rushed for me. (And I’m guessing for many other people as well.) Scrambling to liberate my email inbox from the glut of messages that somehow got stuffed inside it over the weekend, on Mondays I … Continue reading
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