Lund Is Large

I’m fat   There I said it.   I believe some people, including me, are predisposed to be fat. That’s not an excuse, just an observation that I’m sure Jaine Andrews could confirm from some of her Healthbeat reports..especially her on-going saga of Patrick Deuel, the Valentine, Nebraska man who came out of the chute fat…

Splitting Hares

Some exciting moments at our house this past weekend…over rabbits!. First, on Friday, my wife noticed that those (expletive-deleted) backyard bunnies have been feasting away at the bark of our lilac bush. She’s okay with rabbits taking up winter quarters under our deck but not if it means they’re going to kill off our favorite…

Getting Back In The Swing

I confess, I’ve been living a lie for the past couple years. Remember all those times Jay Trobec and Angela Kennecke would tease me on the air about how the weather might affect my golf game or that I should play hooky from work to indulge my passion for the sport? Well, the truth is…

Ending The Ratt Race

    There are a few certainties in life; the sun will come up in the morning, the Vikings will never win a Super Bowl and Ratt Reno will be live on the air every day playing traditional country music at KXRB Radio. Ooops..forget about that last one.  At 67, my old friend and broadcast…

A Parent’s Worst Nightmare

  Those of us who spent a long time in the news business would always cringe whenever we heard a reporter say, “A parent’s worst nightmare.” It has become one of those overused phrases like “an accident waiting to happen” or “lucky to be alive.”  Yet, in the aftermath of what has occurred this week,…