{"id":2,"date":"2017-10-27T13:02:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T12:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the7.io\/agency\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-01-07T06:07:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T06:07:40","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/","title":{"rendered":"home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1673071631158{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;about&#8221;][vc_column]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-4596a143c0435b3c\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-4596a143c0435b3c uvc-3661 \" data-hspacer=\"line_with_icon\" data-hline_width=\"120\" data-hicon_type=\"selector\" data-hborder_style=\"solid\" data-hborder_height=\"3\" data-hborder_color=\"#f3615a\" data-icon_width=\"18\" data-hfixer=\"10\"  data-halign=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-4596a143c0435b3c h1'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:42px;mobile_landscape:34px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:52px;mobile_landscape:44px;\"}' ><h1 style=\"font-weight:bold;\">EMBRACING THE CREATIVE LIFE<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer line_with_icon\" style=\"margin-bottom:60px;height:18px;\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon none \"  style=\"color:#f3615a;font-size:18px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"icomoon-font-awesome-14x14-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_row_inner content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1509566305273{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1509566445127{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-46176a143c0435bdb\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-46176a143c0435bdb uvc-1053 \" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-46176a143c0435bdb h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:26px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:36px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:20px;\">Hello<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-46176a143c0435bdb .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:26px;\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:20px;\">As you can guess by now, my name is Jody. I&#8217;m a creator. I like the creative process and everything that can come with it. From brilliant designs or projects to even the things that never quite make it. Failure is part of creating after all.<\/p>\n<p>My work varies. A lot of my professional life has been creating graphics for websites and print. I do this for my day job and for a long time did freelance work in creating websites for businesses. I&#8217;m not as active in that anymore but from time to time I still get to work one up.<\/p>\n<p>Creating in a digital environment is awesome, but also getting to use my hands on objects in the real world is just as exciting. My shop is full of woodworking and mechanic tools ready to work on the next project.<\/p>\n<p>My website here is just to showcase things I create. 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blog-carousel-shortcode dt-owl-carousel-call blog-carousel-shortcode-id-66431f079032f45eb4bdd4802d84e8e5 classic-layout-list content-bg-on scale-img dt-icon-bg-off dt-arrow-border-on dt-arrow-hover-border-on meta-info-off vertical-fancy-style bullets-fill-in reposition-arrows arrows-bg-off disable-arrows-hover-bg arrows-hover-bg-off  \" data-scroll-mode=\"1\" data-col-num=\"3\" data-wide-col-num=\"3\" data-laptop-col=\"3\" data-h-tablet-columns-num=\"3\" data-v-tablet-columns-num=\"2\" data-phone-columns-num=\"1\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-col-gap=\"50\" data-stage-padding=\"0\" data-speed=\"600\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-autoplay_speed=\"6000\" data-arrows=\"true\" data-bullet=\"true\" data-next-icon=\"icon-ar-013-r\" data-prev-icon=\"icon-ar-013-l\"><article class=\"post post-12226 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-woodworking category-49\" data-name=\"The 2&#215;4 Church\" data-date=\"2024-01-14T18:44:40-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"fancy-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/category\/woodworking\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Woodworking<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-2x4-church\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"preload-me owl-lazy-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OGPBE1939-scaled-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OGPBE1939-scaled-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OGPBE1939-scaled-1152x768.jpg 1152w\" alt=\"\" title=\"OGPBE1939\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-2x4-church\/\" title=\"The 2&#215;4 Church\" rel=\"bookmark\">The 2&#215;4 Church<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Like a lot of woodworkers, there comes a point where the overflow of scrap wood becomes a problem.\u00a0 You hate to throw it away. Had to pay for it after all. It&#8217;s still good. For something&#8230; After one of my projects I was left with several clean and fresh 2&#215;4 pieces. I challenged myself to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-2x4-church\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The 2&#215;4 Church\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post post-11215 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-events category-52\" data-name=\"Then there was 2022\" data-date=\"2023-01-07T05:47:09-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"fancy-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/then-there-was-2022\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"preload-me owl-lazy-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1829-scaled-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1829-scaled-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1829-scaled-1152x768.jpg 1152w\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1829\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/then-there-was-2022\/\" title=\"Then there was 2022\" rel=\"bookmark\">Then there was 2022<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>After an eventful 2021 we were quite ready for a more relaxing 2022 with only one project on the block. That was to be getting a lot done on the El Camino.\u00a0 As with all best intended plans\u2026 it all went south.\u00a0 I did get a few things done early in the year. I&#8217;ve got&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/then-there-was-2022\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Then there was 2022\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post post-11244 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-woodworking category-49\" data-name=\"The Bonnet Chest\" data-date=\"2023-01-02T06:18:41-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"fancy-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/category\/woodworking\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Woodworking<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-bonnet-chest\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"preload-me owl-lazy-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/314888836_10221619818100112_4204614278763207491_n-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/314888836_10221619818100112_4204614278763207491_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/314888836_10221619818100112_4204614278763207491_n-1152x768.jpg 1152w\" alt=\"\" title=\"314888836_10221619818100112_4204614278763207491_n\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-bonnet-chest\/\" title=\"The Bonnet Chest\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Bonnet Chest<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I got this opportunity to restore a small dresser with an odd cubby area and cupboard space behind a mirror. It&#8217;s been in my family since the 1930&#8217;s. It was only identified as being a small dresser. It took some searching online to figure out what it would have originally been.\u00a0 Likely built for a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-bonnet-chest\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Bonnet Chest\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post post-11159 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-events category-52\" data-name=\"This was 2021!\" data-date=\"2021-12-31T05:07:13-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"fancy-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/this-was-2021\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"preload-me owl-lazy-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Siding_20211129_0016-scaled-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Siding_20211129_0016-scaled-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Siding_20211129_0016-scaled-1152x768.jpg 1152w\" alt=\"\" title=\"Siding_20211129_0016\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/this-was-2021\/\" title=\"This was 2021!\" rel=\"bookmark\">This was 2021!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Oh what a year 2021 has been! I have to thank God for all of our blessings. We are so incredibly fortunate in these times! God is all we need and he has provided so much for us and our family.\u00a0 In this 2nd year of the COVID-19 pandemic, no one in our house has&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/this-was-2021\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about This was 2021!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4947 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Dark Day in Dallas\" data-date=\"2020-11-22T15:27:23-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dark-day-in-dallas\/\" title=\"Dark Day in Dallas\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dark Day in Dallas<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was with several other members of the senior class at Volga High School who had just finished eating lunch in the school cafeteria and were slowly drifting back to the study hall for a few minutes before our next class. It was Friday and, as usual, hard to concentrate on school work with the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dark-day-in-dallas\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dark Day in Dallas\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4938 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"SD&#8217;s Best All &#8220;Around&#8221; Artist\" data-date=\"2020-09-24T17:02:31-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sds-best-all-around-artist\/\" title=\"SD&#8217;s Best All &#8220;Around&#8221; Artist\" rel=\"bookmark\">SD&#8217;s Best All &#8220;Around&#8221; Artist<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019ve interviewed a lot of really smart people over the years managing to bluff my way through most of them by avoiding questions that might expose my stupidity. One that comes to mind is the late Buckminster Fuller. Fuller, who died in 1983, was an American engineer, author and inventor whose futuristic architectural designs, like&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sds-best-all-around-artist\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about SD&#8217;s Best All &#8220;Around&#8221; Artist\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4928 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Jim Woster Turns Four Score\" data-date=\"2020-08-03T21:27:50-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/jim-woster-turns-four-score\/\" title=\"Jim Woster Turns Four Score\" rel=\"bookmark\">Jim Woster Turns Four Score<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Father..it&#8217;s been awhile since my last confession&#8230;er, ah..posting.\u00a0 There are so many feelings I have about this pandemic&#8230;this political chaos..this racial upheaval\u00a0 in America I just don&#8217;t know what to say that hasn&#8217;t been said \u00a0by others ad nauseam. So I thought I&#8217;d post something more pleasant and share a few fun memories..especially\u00a0 about the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/jim-woster-turns-four-score\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Jim Woster Turns Four Score\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post post-11095 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-woodworking category-49\" data-name=\"Patio Table Project\" data-date=\"2020-07-07T03:16:44-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"fancy-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/category\/woodworking\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Woodworking<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/patio-table-project\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"preload-me owl-lazy-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/patio-table-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/patio-table-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/patio-table-960x640.jpg 960w\" alt=\"\" title=\"patio table\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/patio-table-project\/\" title=\"Patio Table Project\" rel=\"bookmark\">Patio Table Project<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>My original patio table was once a full blown picnic table that we bought and set up when we moved into our house. It was an easy one piece item that could easily seat my family for some outdoor dining. We used it that way for years.\u00a0 A few years ago I wanted to change&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/patio-table-project\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Patio Table Project\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4914 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Doing Your Doodie\" data-date=\"2020-03-31T18:20:56-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/doing-your-doodie\/\" title=\"Doing Your Doodie\" rel=\"bookmark\">Doing Your Doodie<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Greetings from our corner of the corona 19 cease and desist order. It\u2019s been awhile since we last chatted here so I\u2019m not sure if my blog site is still active but here goes. Thank God I have Linda to share this little confinement area of ours. We co-exist pretty darn well. At least she&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/doing-your-doodie\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Doing Your Doodie\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4905 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Back In The Ratt Race\" data-date=\"2020-02-11T16:11:35-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/back-in-the-ratt-race\/\" title=\"Back In The Ratt Race\" rel=\"bookmark\">Back In The Ratt Race<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Back in 1969, area AM radio stations pretty much focused on farmers, (WNAX) housewives (KSOO) and teens. (KISD). No one had thought of..or dared to try..cashing-in on the fast growing popularity of country music. No one until John Breece, that is. In February of that year, he exploded into the market with KXRB. It had&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/back-in-the-ratt-race\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Back In The Ratt Race\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4894 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"KELOLAND Television&#8230;My Home\" data-date=\"2019-12-25T18:22:55-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/keloland-television-my-home\/\" title=\"KELOLAND Television&#8230;My Home\" rel=\"bookmark\">KELOLAND Television&#8230;My Home<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Bzzzzzt! \u201cMy gosh, it still works,\u201d I thought to myself as I waved my old coded \u00a0ID card in front of the little black box outside the KELOLAND parking lot and the gate slowly rose to let me in. I guess I\u2019ve always been surprised that the gates of KELOLAND were ever opened to me&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/keloland-television-my-home\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about KELOLAND Television&#8230;My Home\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4884 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Christmas Beginnings\" data-date=\"2019-12-11T15:35:50-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/christmas-beginnings\/\" title=\"Christmas Beginnings\" rel=\"bookmark\">Christmas Beginnings<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>If you\u2019re allergic to corn, or are diabetic, stop reading now!\u00a0 It\u2019s about to get awfully corny and sugary sweet around here. As I close in on my 74th Christmas, I got to thinking about which ones have been the most memorable. The first Christmas I have any recollection of at all was in 1949&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/christmas-beginnings\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Christmas Beginnings\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4873 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Home Movie Memories\" data-date=\"2019-10-29T17:50:56-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/home-movie-memories\/\" title=\"Home Movie Memories\" rel=\"bookmark\">Home Movie Memories<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Do you have trouble falling asleep at night? I have the answer..my dad\u2019s home movies of Yellowstone National Park. Trouble is, I haven\u2019t figured out how to market them to all you insomniacs out there yet. We made that family trip to Yellowstone in the summer of 1953, I believe. I just remember being car-sick&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/home-movie-memories\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Home Movie Memories\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4860 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Food For Thought\" data-date=\"2019-09-24T16:54:15-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/food-for-thought-2\/\" title=\"Food For Thought\" rel=\"bookmark\">Food For Thought<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cRaindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things.&#8221; I haven&#8217;t seen the movie, &#8220;The Sound of Music&#8221; in years..so why is that song running over and over through my head? I like the tune&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/food-for-thought-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Food For Thought\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4825 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Sentimental Journey\" data-date=\"2019-08-11T17:17:45-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sentimental-journey\/\" title=\"Sentimental Journey\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sentimental Journey<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Linda and I are just back from 12 days of togetherness; unavoidably..but still comfortably inseparable because we decided on a serious 36 hundred mile road trip in our new (to us) Big Red II Ford Explorer.\u00a0\u00a0 Our motivation to embark on such a long journey to Seneca, South Carolina, was the 50th anniversary surprise party&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sentimental-journey\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sentimental Journey\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4809 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Happy Fourth\" data-date=\"2019-07-03T15:49:11-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/happy-fourth\/\" title=\"Happy Fourth\" rel=\"bookmark\">Happy Fourth<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It would be like Christmas without lefse (Norwegian version of a tortilla only made from potatoes) if I didn\u2019t see at least a short fireworks display on the Fourth of July. So, again this year just before dark, I\u2019ll try drag Linda, who doesn\u2019t share my sentimentality about tradition, off to some public fireworks show.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/happy-fourth\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Happy Fourth\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4797 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Uncle Ray&#8217;s Longest Day\" data-date=\"2019-06-06T13:45:03-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/uncle-rays-longest-day\/\" title=\"Uncle Ray&#8217;s Longest Day\" rel=\"bookmark\">Uncle Ray&#8217;s Longest Day<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>At the age of 35, my uncle,\u00a0 Army Private \u00a01st Class Raymond Lund, would have been considered the old man of his outfit, Company C. of the 357th infantry. Most of the soldiers who climbed over the side of their ship and down the rope ladder to waiting landing craft below on D-Day, were 10&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/uncle-rays-longest-day\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Uncle Ray&#8217;s Longest Day\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4785 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I&#8217;m A Travelin&#8217; Man\" data-date=\"2019-05-16T15:46:16-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/im-a-travelin-man\/\" title=\"I&#8217;m A Travelin&#8217; Man\" rel=\"bookmark\">I&#8217;m A Travelin&#8217; Man<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>For the last 34 years, Linda and I have made it a point to celebrate our anniversary in June by taking a road trip somewhere. They\u2019ve all been fun\u00a0but some more memorable than others. For example, in 1987, we managed to talk our bosses into letting us have three whole weeks off at once so&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/im-a-travelin-man\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I&#8217;m A Travelin&#8217; Man\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4774 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Importance of Being Prompt-ed\" data-date=\"2019-03-20T18:43:42-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-importance-of-being-prompt-ed\/\" title=\"The Importance of Being Prompt-ed\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Importance of Being Prompt-ed<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cI don\u2019t trust anybody who doesn\u2019t look me square in the eye.\u201d We\u2019ve all heard people say that because making eye contact with others as we speak or listen does suggest we\u2019re being truthful in what we\u2019re saying and interested in what we\u2019re hearing. The trouble is, a lot of us Norwegians are naturally shy&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-importance-of-being-prompt-ed\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Importance of Being Prompt-ed\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4749 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"So Long Big Red\" data-date=\"2019-01-24T18:30:48-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/so-long-big-red\/\" title=\"So Long Big Red\" rel=\"bookmark\">So Long Big Red<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, I\u2019m car shopping again. Okay, it\u2019s been 17 years since last having said that. But now, Linda and I have no choice. You see, Big Red, our 2000 Lincoln town car which has served Linda and I so loyally for so long, has been brought to a humiliating end\u2026by me. First, a little background.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/so-long-big-red\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about So Long Big Red\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4731 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Gentleman Gary\" data-date=\"2018-11-20T00:17:08-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/gentleman-gary\/\" title=\"Gentleman Gary\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gentleman Gary<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Every once in a while an individual graces this earth who touches the hearts of all he meets. Gary Randall was such a soul. Just writing his name in the past tense brings a tear to the eye. Gary died Saturday from the cancer he&#8217;s been fighting for a long time. He was not only&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/gentleman-gary\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gentleman Gary\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4720 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Autumn Aroma\" data-date=\"2018-10-12T15:25:56-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/autumn-aromas-2\/\" title=\"Autumn Aroma\" rel=\"bookmark\">Autumn Aroma<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, it\u2019s going to be interesting again over the next couple weeks trying to figure out which day our humungous backyard maple tree will decide to let its leaves turn from green to yellow and then drop them all at once like a clumsy waiter. It happens just that quickly as if our maple is&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/autumn-aromas-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Autumn Aroma\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4702 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large tag-grandpa-johns-parents tag-jon-j-groseth-and-jonetta-vevig-groseth-both-lived-to-see-their-son-one-more-time-before-each-passed-away-in-1908 category-60\" data-name=\"Grandpa Gruseth&#8217;s Holiday Homecoming\" data-date=\"2018-09-04T19:15:55-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/grandpa-gruseths-holiday-homecoming\/\" title=\"Grandpa Gruseth&#8217;s Holiday Homecoming\" rel=\"bookmark\">Grandpa Gruseth&#8217;s Holiday Homecoming<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>My brother, Tom and his wife Ilene have a beautiful lake home in South Carolina but really haven&#8217;t spent much time there lately. They&#8217;re back home in South Dakota to celebrate their 50th high school reunion. (Yep..high school sweethearts) They didn&#8217;t have much time to unpack following a three week Viking Ship tour of Europe&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/grandpa-gruseths-holiday-homecoming\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Grandpa Gruseth&#8217;s Holiday Homecoming\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4690 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Drive-In Movie Memories\" data-date=\"2018-08-07T15:43:24-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/drive-in-movie-memories\/\" title=\"Drive-In Movie Memories\" rel=\"bookmark\">Drive-In Movie Memories<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Add sweet cream butter to hot popcorn mix it up, wrap it up, buttercup is born.It\u2019s delicious, so nutritious, it\u2019s a taste delight It\u2019s so munchy, crisp and crunchy, you\u2019ll enjoy each bite. Eat Butter drenched Buttercup, popcorn at its best Served in a king sized cup. It beats all the rest. Okay, anybody else&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/drive-in-movie-memories\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Drive-In Movie Memories\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4680 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hemmingsen On Kranz\" data-date=\"2018-06-27T20:29:02-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hemmingsen-on-kranz\/\" title=\"Hemmingsen On Kranz\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hemmingsen On Kranz<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Of course I knew Dave Kranz. You can&#8217;t be in the same line of work in the same town for over twenty years without a knowledge of each other. The truth is&#8230;and I base this on nothing he ever said or done..I\u00a0 didn&#8217;t think Dave thought much of me as a real journalist. He was&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hemmingsen-on-kranz\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hemmingsen On Kranz\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4675 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hunting Nightcrawlers\" data-date=\"2018-06-19T17:40:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hunting-nightcrawlers\/\" title=\"Hunting Nightcrawlers\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hunting Nightcrawlers<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It appears that we\u2019re in for a few rainy cooler days as we start this downhill run to the end of June. That\u2019s fine by me as I\u2019ve not been terribly appreciative of this leap from Spring to swelter with very few sublimely perfect 70 degree sunshiny days in between. No, Iike the experience of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hunting-nightcrawlers\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hunting Nightcrawlers\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4664 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Dog Days Of Spring\" data-date=\"2018-05-26T16:58:48-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dog-days-of-spring\/\" title=\"Dog Days Of Spring\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dog Days Of Spring<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s been such a nice day that I thought I\u2019d leave the TV off and get a few things done. Number one was to give those pretty yellow flowers in the yard a second baptism of weed killer because the first one didn\u2019t take. They must not be Lutheran dandelions. I have opened the back&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dog-days-of-spring\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dog Days Of Spring\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4643 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"My Rock and Roll Roots\" data-date=\"2018-04-17T17:55:50-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-rock-and-roll-roots\/\" title=\"My Rock and Roll Roots\" rel=\"bookmark\">My Rock and Roll Roots<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It was quite a weekend for this old scribe. Despite the inclement weather, the South Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association held its annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Ramkota April 14th and it was my honor to be among those inductees as part my 15 year association with the Mogen\u2019s Heroes band.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-rock-and-roll-roots\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about My Rock and Roll Roots\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4633 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Palm Sunday Sacrifice\" data-date=\"2018-03-25T17:29:44-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/palm-sunday-sacrifice\/\" title=\"Palm Sunday Sacrifice\" rel=\"bookmark\">Palm Sunday Sacrifice<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>So it was congregation participation day at our little country church (Springdale Lutheran) on this Palm Sunday. Everyone..not just the kids..was issued palm fronds to wave as we marched around the sanctuary and gathering room singing. Our return to the pews was followed by a stirring and meaningful number from the enthusiastic adult choir. Then&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/palm-sunday-sacrifice\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Palm Sunday Sacrifice\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4628 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Chefs Of Keloland\" data-date=\"2018-03-22T19:03:39-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/chefs-of-keloland\/\" title=\"Chefs Of Keloland\" rel=\"bookmark\">Chefs Of Keloland<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I don\u2019t dread Monday\u2019s like some people do; never have really..except, maybe when I was in High School and Jay Ruckdaschel had promised a Monday biology test the preceding Friday. I suppose it\u2019s because I didn\u2019t dread my job at Keloland; especially since my work hours were such that I never had to set an&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/chefs-of-keloland\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Chefs Of Keloland\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4617 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Miracle of Lent\" data-date=\"2018-02-12T16:03:27-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-miracle-of-lent\/\" title=\"The Miracle of Lent\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Miracle of Lent<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>What are you giving up\u00a0for Lent? We Christians love to ask that question and compare the degrees of personal sacrifice and hardship we are willing to endure for a few weeks late winter..early Spring. Christian #1 \u201cI\u2019ve gone without chocolate for a month, thought I\u2019d never get through it.\u201d Christian #2 \u201cWell, I haven\u2019t had&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-miracle-of-lent\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Miracle of Lent\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4604 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Heartaches\" data-date=\"2018-01-03T18:32:47-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/heartaches\/\" title=\"Heartaches\" rel=\"bookmark\">Heartaches<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>So, I\u2019ve had a New Year\u2019s resolution sort of forced upon me this January.\u00a0 It turns out that my being officially classified as morbidly obese may not be the only reason for my lack of energy and shortness of breath at the slightest exertion. At the urging\u2026nay, insistence, of my family, I finally went to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/heartaches\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Heartaches\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4596 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Holiday Highs And Lows\" data-date=\"2017-12-08T19:22:45-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/holiday-highs-and-lows\/\" title=\"Holiday Highs And Lows\" rel=\"bookmark\">Holiday Highs And Lows<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>1959 was perhaps the most interesting year of my life. I was 13 and it was a year of discovery..if you know what I mean. It got off to a rough start when less than two weeks after my birthday, we heard on the radio that Buddy Holly had been killed in a plane crash&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/holiday-highs-and-lows\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Holiday Highs And Lows\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4585 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Happy 95th WNAX\" data-date=\"2017-11-08T17:34:16-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/happy-95th-wnax\/\" title=\"Happy 95th WNAX\" rel=\"bookmark\">Happy 95th WNAX<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Happy anniversary to WNAX radio in Yankton, &#8220;Your Big Friend in the Midwest.&#8221; It&#8217;s been 95 years since WNAX signed on the air making it not only South Dakota&#8217;s first..but one of the very earliest and most powerful broadcast radio stations in the world.\u00a0 It really put our little state on the map with a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/happy-95th-wnax\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Happy 95th WNAX\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4579 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Autumn Aromas\" data-date=\"2017-10-23T18:17:36-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/autumn-aromas\/\" title=\"Autumn Aromas\" rel=\"bookmark\">Autumn Aromas<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, it\u2019s going to be interesting again over the next couple weeks trying to figure out which day our humongous backyard maple tree will decide to let its leaves turn from green to yellow and then drop them all at once like a clumsy waiter. It happens just that quickly as if our maple is&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/autumn-aromas\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Autumn Aromas\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4572 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Scared Spitless\" data-date=\"2017-10-13T19:39:47-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/scared-spitless\/\" title=\"Scared Spitless\" rel=\"bookmark\">Scared Spitless<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, it\u2019s that time of year again when, for some mysterious\u00a0 reason, we feel the need to dress up in frightening costumes like monsters, ghosts and witches or Donald Trump\u2026then go around trying to scare the crap out of people. We decorate our homes to look like cemeteries..we take down old glory and run up&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/scared-spitless\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Scared Spitless\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4558 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Garth And Kelsey\" data-date=\"2017-09-14T18:32:20-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/garth-and-kelsey\/\" title=\"Garth And Kelsey\" rel=\"bookmark\">Garth And Kelsey<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Kelsey Hoffman is probably the biggest fan of Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood you\u2019ll ever find yet even though she\u2019s a Sioux Falls area girl, she won\u2019t be seated in the audience at any of their 9 shows at the Sanford Premier center this week and next. No, she plans to actually&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/garth-and-kelsey\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Garth And Kelsey\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4546 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Powerball Dream\" data-date=\"2017-08-18T17:12:33-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-powerball-dream\/\" title=\"A Powerball Dream\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Powerball Dream<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Bought your Powerball ticket yet? Don&#8217;t bother. That baby is mine..all 350 million dollars of it which is about what my check will be after getting my winnings in a lump sum. If I was younger I&#8217;d patiently wait for the whole half billion..but I&#8221;m not so&#8230;. I&#8217;ve been dreaming about this for&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-powerball-dream\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Powerball Dream\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4540 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Two Heads Are Not Always Better Than One\" data-date=\"2017-08-09T15:36:33-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/two-heads-are-not-always-better-than-one\/\" title=\"Two Heads Are Not Always Better Than One\" rel=\"bookmark\">Two Heads Are Not Always Better Than One<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&#8220;Hey Lund. I got a story for you that&#8217;s right up your alley,&#8221; said Keloland news director, Bill Avery, on a cold grey April morning \u00a0in 1976. &#8220;I got a call from a rancher near Winner who has a cow that just gave \u00a0birth to a two-headed calf,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But if you want to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/two-heads-are-not-always-better-than-one\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Two Heads Are Not Always Better Than One\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4526 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Back In My Hay Day\" data-date=\"2017-07-12T18:01:12-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/back-in-my-hay-day\/\" title=\"Back In My Hay Day\" rel=\"bookmark\">Back In My Hay Day<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>That noise you hear coming from the Keloland countryside these days is the sound of corn, soybeans and alfalfa growing. I&#8217;m told that on these stifling humid days, \u00a0you can actually go out and see and hear it happening. \u00a0 \u00a0But, I have enough trouble trying to explain to others how I enjoy spending my&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/back-in-my-hay-day\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Back In My Hay Day\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4520 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Cicadas, Start Your Engines!\" data-date=\"2017-07-05T14:29:17-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cicadas-start-your-engines\/\" title=\"Cicadas, Start Your Engines!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cicadas, Start Your Engines!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As Linda and I sat out on our new back deck July 4th, it was hot but not intolerable thanks to a couple of ice cold adult beverages. \u00a0It was quiet and peaceful because our neighbors, who often opt to mow when we&#8217;re sitting outside, must have been off celebrating Independence day by a lake&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cicadas-start-your-engines\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cicadas, Start Your Engines!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4513 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"One Man&#8217;s Trash&#8230;.\" data-date=\"2017-06-07T17:20:06-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/one-mans-trash-2\/\" title=\"One Man&#8217;s Trash&#8230;.\" rel=\"bookmark\">One Man&#8217;s Trash&#8230;.<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>One of the real joys of retirement is being able to wake up each morning naturally (or in my case by nature calling) without a screaming alarm clock jarring us into consciousness. Every morning except Monday, that is. Monday is the main garbage collection day and apparently everyone in our part of town subscribes to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/one-mans-trash-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about One Man&#8217;s Trash&#8230;.\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4506 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Best Part Of Waking Up\" data-date=\"2017-05-14T16:07:09-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/4506-2\/\" title=\"The Best Part Of Waking Up\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Best Part Of Waking Up<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I love coffee. I love the aroma of a fresh pot brewing in the morning. I can hardly wait for that sound our Mr.Coffee pot makes when it\u2019s nearly done. (Sort of like the noise from several people all at once trying to suck the last delicious drop of a milkshake through a straw.) I&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/4506-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Best Part Of Waking Up\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4493 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Just For Laughs\" data-date=\"2017-04-01T17:46:57-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/just-for-laughs\/\" title=\"Just For Laughs\" rel=\"bookmark\">Just For Laughs<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As I write this, it\u2019s April Fools&#8217; Day. Not my favorite day of the year. Why? I don\u2019t like being played the fool, that\u2019s why. (Especially by furry rodents as per last week\u2019s blog and my ongoing backyard battle) Spraying shaving cream into my hand after nodding off..then tickling my nose with a feather, is&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/just-for-laughs\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Just For Laughs\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4478 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Birdman Of Walker Way\" data-date=\"2017-03-16T23:14:09-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/birdman-of-walker-way-2\/\" title=\"Birdman Of Walker Way\" rel=\"bookmark\">Birdman Of Walker Way<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cMommy, who is that guy that looks like Santa Claus and is always standing under his tree putting seeds in those green things?\u00a0\u00a0 Honey, that\u2019s the &#8216;Birdman of Walker Way&#8217; \u00a0I read about him on the internet. He\u2019s always posting pictures of his hobby on Facebook. Oh so that\u2019s Mr. Lalley? No, Honey, Mr. Lalley\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/birdman-of-walker-way-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Birdman Of Walker Way\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4460 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Let&#8217;s Tie One On\" data-date=\"2017-03-01T16:53:18-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lets-tie-one-on\/\" title=\"Let&#8217;s Tie One On\" rel=\"bookmark\">Let&#8217;s Tie One On<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>In the summer of 1965, one of my jobs at Cotton &amp; Company grain elevator in \u00a0Volga was to stuff 100 pounds of fluffy oat hulls into burlap bags..stitch them shut with a huge suspended sewing machine..stack them up five high on a wooden cart and wheel them into the warehouse.\u00a0\u00a0Next to scooping out moldy&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lets-tie-one-on\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Let&#8217;s Tie One On\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4451 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Friendly Wave Goodbye\" data-date=\"2017-01-26T20:40:15-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-friendly-wave-goodbye\/\" title=\"A Friendly Wave Goodbye\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Friendly Wave Goodbye<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As I fired up the snowblower this morning to tackle the crusty mound of street snow piled high at the end of our driveway, I thought of Linda who flew off to sunny warm Arizona a week ago and felt a twinge of jealousy. All four of her sisters have gathered in Phoenix for a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-friendly-wave-goodbye\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Friendly Wave Goodbye\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4432 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Losing A Favorite Uncle\" data-date=\"2017-01-06T18:17:25-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/losing-a-favorite-uncle\/\" title=\"Losing A Favorite Uncle\" rel=\"bookmark\">Losing A Favorite Uncle<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>A former U.S. Presidential candidate from Sioux Falls has died. Robert L. Johnson passed away January 2nd\u00a0 after a lengthy illness. He was 93. Wait..you don\u2019t remember any Bob Johnson who made a bid for the White House? How about Johnson\u2019s alter ego, Uncle Torvald? Johnson portrayed the exaggerated Norwegian buffoon character for some twenty&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/losing-a-favorite-uncle\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Losing A Favorite Uncle\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4422 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Greatest Christmas Gift Of All\" data-date=\"2016-12-20T17:24:14-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-greatest-christmas-gift-of-all\/\" title=\"The Greatest Christmas Gift Of All\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Greatest Christmas Gift Of All<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Alright, the title should have a disclaimer; &#8220;Other than the birth of Jesus.&#8221; I see TBS is going to run one of my favorite movies of all time, A Christmas Story, 24 hours straight again beginning Christmas Eve. I&#8217;m glad. It&#8217;s become a tradition and I expect my family and I will find time after&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-greatest-christmas-gift-of-all\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Greatest Christmas Gift Of All\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4408 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Twilight Flights. I&#8217;ll Drink To That\" data-date=\"2016-12-02T19:34:44-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/twilight-flights-ill-drink-to-that\/\" title=\"Twilight Flights. I&#8217;ll Drink To That\" rel=\"bookmark\">Twilight Flights. I&#8217;ll Drink To That<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>When Don South..owner of Strawbale Winery just west of Renner.. called recently inviting me and the Misses\u00a0 to go for a nighttime helicopter ride over the city of Sioux Falls to see the lights, my first thought was.. is the helicopter big enough to safely lift my ample body aloft? \u00a0My second was, could I&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/twilight-flights-ill-drink-to-that\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Twilight Flights. I&#8217;ll Drink To That\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4394 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"To The Moon And Back\" data-date=\"2016-11-14T20:30:01-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/to-the-moon-and-back\/\" title=\"To The Moon And Back\" rel=\"bookmark\">To The Moon And Back<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, I gotta tell ya, I checked out the celestial \u00a0light show last night and have to admit that I haven\u2019t seen a moon that impressive and large since my nephew, Jay pointed his naked posterior out the open back window of a friend\u2019s car while cruising the Sioux Falls loop in the 80\u2019s.\u00a0 (Jay..now&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/to-the-moon-and-back\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about To The Moon And Back\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4382 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Halloween Treats\" data-date=\"2016-10-19T18:36:47-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/halloween-treats-2\/\" title=\"Halloween Treats\" rel=\"bookmark\">Halloween Treats<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As I sit here looking out my window watching the leaves finally giving up the ghost; letting go of their host branches to make a swirly..sometimes spectacular aerobatic flight to earth, I&#8217;m reminded that Halloween is neigh. \u00a0Now, I&#8217;m not as crazy about Autumn as some but I always loved Halloween..especially growing up in little,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/halloween-treats-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Halloween Treats\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4376 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Long Division\" data-date=\"2016-10-11T19:57:27-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/long-division\/\" title=\"Long Division\" rel=\"bookmark\">Long Division<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s been a while again, I know..but I\u2019ve really had to think long and hard about whether or not I should offer up any political commentary here. Linda says..NO! Good god NO. I agree. Why alienate any of the remaining Lund at Large readers by taking sides in this..the weirdest and most polarizing election in&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/long-division\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Long Division\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4363 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Rain And Worms\" data-date=\"2016-09-17T18:46:53-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rain-and-worms\/\" title=\"Rain And Worms\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rain And Worms<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>By the time many of you read this, the skies will be crystal clear and me rambling on about summertime downpours and all-day soakers, will seem odd. But this September day has been a wet one mixed with extended periods of deluge and gentle raindrops falling on my head. To be honest, I love days&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rain-and-worms\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rain And Worms\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4345 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hey Macarena\" data-date=\"2016-09-08T19:05:01-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hey-macarena\/\" title=\"Hey Macarena\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hey Macarena<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Alright, I fully confess to being an emotional old softie. It goes totally against the grain of my genetic make-up, of course, which is 100 percent stoic Norwegian. But I broke with tradition recently at the wedding of our grandson, Taylor Smith to his lovely petite Spanish bride, Macarena Escondrillas Luna de Toledo where I&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hey-macarena\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hey Macarena\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4336 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"On The Cutting Edge\" data-date=\"2016-08-22T17:07:04-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/on-the-cutting-edge\/\" title=\"On The Cutting Edge\" rel=\"bookmark\">On The Cutting Edge<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Writing today\u2019s blog is a painful experience: literally. I\u2019m going to show you why..but be warned the image you\u2019re about to see is not for the weak of stomach. In fact, I\u2019m getting a little nauseous myself at\u2026not only the site of it\u2026but the memory of how it occurred. Are you ready? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/on-the-cutting-edge\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about On The Cutting Edge\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4331 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Cornucopia\" data-date=\"2016-08-08T16:44:04-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cornucopia\/\" title=\"Cornucopia\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cornucopia<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sorry for my extended absence from the blog. I have lots of reasons (excuses) for the hiatus but the main one is a total frustration at trying to come up with something witty and humorous at a time when this country of ours is in such a sorry state. It would seem almost insulting to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cornucopia\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cornucopia\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post post-4304 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Land Of The Midnight Sun\" data-date=\"2016-06-19T14:14:14-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"fancy-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/category\/lund-at-large\/\" rel=\"category tag\" style=\"background-color:#;color:#;\">Lund At Large<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/land-of-the-midnight-sun\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"preload-me owl-lazy-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/themes\/dt-the7\/images\/noimage.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/themes\/dt-the7\/images\/noimage.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\"  width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/land-of-the-midnight-sun\/\" title=\"Land Of The Midnight Sun\" rel=\"bookmark\">Land Of The Midnight Sun<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Okay, I\u2019ve lost some weight since the last time I flew anywhere. One of the motivating factors this time was our semi annual trip to Alaska hosting tours of our 49th state courtesy of Keloland TV and Holiday Vacations. I wanted to have some endurance for the walking and climbing that the journey offers if&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/land-of-the-midnight-sun\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Land Of The Midnight Sun\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4298 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Bow Wow!\" data-date=\"2016-05-25T16:47:50-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bow-wow\/\" title=\"Bow Wow!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bow Wow!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s such a nice day that I thought I\u2019d leave the TV off and get a few things done. Number one was to give those pretty yellow flowers in the yard a second baptism of weed killer because the first one didn\u2019t take. They must not be Lutheran dandelions. I have opened the back door&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bow-wow\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bow Wow!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post post-4290 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Wok On The Wild Side\" data-date=\"2016-05-08T14:06:51-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"fancy-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/category\/lund-at-large\/\" rel=\"category tag\" style=\"background-color:#;color:#;\">Lund At Large<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wok-on-the-wild-side\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"preload-me owl-lazy-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/themes\/dt-the7\/images\/noimage.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/themes\/dt-the7\/images\/noimage.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\"  width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wok-on-the-wild-side\/\" title=\"Wok On The Wild Side\" rel=\"bookmark\">Wok On The Wild Side<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I love Chinese food; well, most of it anyway. I\u2019ll leave the sea weed, rumaki (chicken livers) deep fried whole fish and chicken feet dishes to those with more adventurous palates. I realize that Asian cuisine offered in this country has been dumbed down for American tastes and that\u2019s how I was first introduced to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wok-on-the-wild-side\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Wok On The Wild Side\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post post-4266 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Does Time Really Fly? Yes!\" data-date=\"2016-04-19T19:40:11-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"fancy-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/category\/lund-at-large\/\" rel=\"category tag\" style=\"background-color:#;color:#;\">Lund At Large<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/one-mans-trash\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"preload-me owl-lazy-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/themes\/dt-the7\/images\/noimage.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/themes\/dt-the7\/images\/noimage.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\"  width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/one-mans-trash\/\" title=\"Does Time Really Fly? Yes!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Does Time Really Fly? Yes!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It must be spring because Linda and I have sprung into action to clean things up around our place. The warmer weather was a motivating factor, of course, but so was news that it was our turn for the Project N.I.C.E. program in which residents are allowed to take all of their unwanted bulk items&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/one-mans-trash\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Does Time Really Fly? Yes!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post post-4252 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Fit To A Tee\" data-date=\"2016-04-06T18:39:57-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"fancy-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/category\/lund-at-large\/\" rel=\"category tag\" style=\"background-color:#;color:#;\">Lund At Large<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fit-to-a-t\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"preload-me owl-lazy-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/themes\/dt-the7\/images\/noimage.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/themes\/dt-the7\/images\/noimage.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\"  width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fit-to-a-t\/\" title=\"Fit To A Tee\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fit To A Tee<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>(From the L@L archives) My dad was one of the million or so guys who suffered a broken arm trying to crank start a Model T Ford. Long before cars had electric starters, the only way to fire up the four cylinder engine was to turn it over manually using the crank provided in front.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fit-to-a-t\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fit To A Tee\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post post-4239 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Remembering Shirley\" data-date=\"2016-03-26T18:29:03-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"fancy-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/category\/lund-at-large\/\" rel=\"category tag\" style=\"background-color:#;color:#;\">Lund At Large<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-shirley\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"preload-me owl-lazy-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/themes\/dt-the7\/images\/noimage.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-content\/themes\/dt-the7\/images\/noimage.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\"  width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-shirley\/\" title=\"Remembering Shirley\" rel=\"bookmark\">Remembering Shirley<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I recently told a woman I loved her..and it wasn\u2019t Linda. Now don\u2019t get concerned..Linda knows all about it and understands completely. My conversation last week was with my very first love; Shirley Jensen.. who died on Good Friday after a three decade long painful fight with cancer.\u00a0 \u201cI love you too,\u201d she said knowing&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-shirley\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Remembering Shirley\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4229 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Confessions Of A TV-Aholic\" data-date=\"2016-03-10T16:46:25-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/confessions-of-a-tv-aholic\/\" title=\"Confessions Of A TV-Aholic\" rel=\"bookmark\">Confessions Of A TV-Aholic<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0&#8220;Hello, my name is Doug\u00a0and I\u2019m a tv-aholic.&#8221; &#8220;Hi Doug.&#8221; (responds the coffee-slurping crowd through clouds of cigarette smoke.) \u00a0 There, it feels good to finally get that off my chest and fess up to a condition I\u2019ve had\u00a0since childhood\u2026when dad brought home\u00a0our very first television set a Caphart, (black and white, of course)\u00a0in 1954.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/confessions-of-a-tv-aholic\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Confessions Of A TV-Aholic\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4221 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Me And The DMV\" data-date=\"2016-02-23T19:32:56-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/me-and-the-dmv\/\" title=\"Me And The DMV\" rel=\"bookmark\">Me And The DMV<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019m a procrastinator. I don\u2019t know why. I wish it were not so..but putting off until tomorrow what I could and should do today is part of\u00a0 my DNA. It\u2019s not a very encouraging characteristic for someone who made his career in television news where being late is not an option. I never missed an&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/me-and-the-dmv\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Me And The DMV\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4175 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Buy You A Beer?\" data-date=\"2016-02-10T08:40:44-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/4175-2\/\" title=\"Buy You A Beer?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Buy You A Beer?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I don\u2019t like beer all that much. Oh, on a hot day after mowing the yard or playing a round of golf, a beer is pretty refreshing..but usually, one or, if it\u2019s really hot outside, two is enough.\u00a0 I have lots of friends who really love beer and plenty of it but if I were&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/4175-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Buy You A Beer?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4167 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Skiing Cars\" data-date=\"2016-01-29T13:35:30-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/skiing-cars\/\" title=\"Skiing Cars\" rel=\"bookmark\">Skiing Cars<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019m Norwegian. 100% Norsky which means I should have a genetic disposition for seafood, hard work and winter sports. Perhaps a DNA check is in order because I really don\u2019t care for any of those things..except for maybe shrimp if it\u2019s breaded or part of a Chinese stir-fry. I also don\u2019t ski. Not a lot&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/skiing-cars\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Skiing Cars\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4158 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Cutting Out The Cataract..Oh My.\" data-date=\"2016-01-18T23:03:04-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cutting-out-the-cataract-oh-my\/\" title=\"Cutting Out The Cataract..Oh My.\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cutting Out The Cataract..Oh My.<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>A few weeks ago, I blogged about a trip to the optometrist which confirmed my suspicions that the cloudiness of vision in my left eye wasn\u2019t due to dirty glasses but a cataract. \u00a0Well, I\u2019m writing this on the eve of surgery to correct the problem and don\u2019t mind telling you that the idea of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cutting-out-the-cataract-oh-my\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cutting Out The Cataract..Oh My.\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4149 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Fighting Over Money\" data-date=\"2016-01-07T09:39:07-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dougs-dreams-of-dough\/\" title=\"Fighting Over Money\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fighting Over Money<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sometimes when I have a hard time falling asleep, I close my eyes and imagine that I had just won the Powerball Lottery Jackpot and over 600 million dollars. Oh, man\u2026what would I do with all that money? I know it\u2019s not very Christian to have such fantasies, \u201cthe love of money being the root&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dougs-dreams-of-dough\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fighting Over Money\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4137 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Bit Callus Over The Holidays\" data-date=\"2015-12-30T13:48:12-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-bit-callus-over-the-holidays\/\" title=\"A Bit Callus Over The Holidays\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Bit Callus Over The Holidays<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>And..how was your Christmas? Ours was filled with cheer and challenges but..in the words of Yoda..survive we did. One of the major challenges for me was to make good on my promise to learn the guitar chords to \u201cAshokan Farewell\u201d so that I could accompany my granddaughter, Zoey, when she made her annual holiday command&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-bit-callus-over-the-holidays\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Bit Callus Over The Holidays\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4132 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Seeing Red Over Mispronunciation\" data-date=\"2015-12-16T12:30:28-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/seeing-red-over-mispronunciation\/\" title=\"Seeing Red Over Mispronunciation\" rel=\"bookmark\">Seeing Red Over Mispronunciation<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Bless her. Linda has, once again, managed to give our little house a cozy..festive welcoming feel as we await the arrival of family and friends home for the Christmas holiday.\u00a0 Notably missing this year, though, are poinsettia plants. They were usually provided by our daughter who worked in the floral department of Lewis. I don\u2019t&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/seeing-red-over-mispronunciation\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Seeing Red Over Mispronunciation\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4129 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Eye Hear You Have Some Weighty Issues, Lund\" data-date=\"2015-12-03T11:06:46-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/eye-hear-you-have-some-weighty-issues-lund\/\" title=\"Eye Hear You Have Some Weighty Issues, Lund\" rel=\"bookmark\">Eye Hear You Have Some Weighty Issues, Lund<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It was the middle of last summer when, after seeing so many full-page ads in the paper for hearing aids, I thought those companies must really be raking in the dough to afford such expensive self promotion. Then I did some checking on the high cost of today\u2019s high tech devices for cranking up the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/eye-hear-you-have-some-weighty-issues-lund\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Eye Hear You Have Some Weighty Issues, Lund\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4117 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Other Lund Theater\" data-date=\"2015-11-20T08:57:46-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-other-lund-theater\/\" title=\"The Other Lund Theater\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Other Lund Theater<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Do you have trouble falling asleep at night? I have the answer; my dad\u2019s home movies of Yellowstone National Park. Trouble is, I haven\u2019t figured out\u00a0how to market them to all you insomniacs out there yet. We made that family trip to Yellowstone in the summer of 1953, I believe. I just remember being car-sick&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-other-lund-theater\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Other Lund Theater\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4110 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Another Grand Blog\" data-date=\"2015-11-13T10:15:01-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/another-grand-blog\/\" title=\"Another Grand Blog\" rel=\"bookmark\">Another Grand Blog<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Do you realize how close we came to experiencing a major old fashioned school-closing travel-banning blizzard this past week? \u00a0Had the temperature been five or six degrees colder Wednesday, all that rain would have been all that snow pushed around by two days of 50 mile an hour window-rattling winds. Never sure whether or not&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/another-grand-blog\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Another Grand Blog\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4099 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Perfect Storm Of Sports\" data-date=\"2015-11-02T13:47:22-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-perfect-storm-of-sports\/\" title=\"A Perfect Storm Of Sports\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Perfect Storm Of Sports<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>One of the reasons that Linda and I have, what most people would consider, a secure stress-free\u00a0 relationship ( for the most part) is because we\u2019re a multi-TV couple. I\u2019m afraid if we had to watch the programs each of us like, there would be less harmony and more harrumphs. As it is, with three&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-perfect-storm-of-sports\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Perfect Storm Of Sports\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4088 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Keeping The Home Fires Burning\" data-date=\"2015-10-21T16:26:13-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/keeping-the-home-fires-burning\/\" title=\"Keeping The Home Fires Burning\" rel=\"bookmark\">Keeping The Home Fires Burning<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, it\u2019s going to be interesting again over the next couple weeks trying to figure out which day our humungous backyard maple tree will decide to let its leaves turn from green to yellow and then drop them all at once like a clumsy waiter. It happens just that quickly as if our maple is&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/keeping-the-home-fires-burning\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Keeping The Home Fires Burning\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4081 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Admitting I Was Wrong\" data-date=\"2015-10-15T13:14:20-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/admitting-i-was-wrong\/\" title=\"Admitting I Was Wrong\" rel=\"bookmark\">Admitting I Was Wrong<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cRaaarrrow.\u201d (Meant to spell out what an angry cat sounds like.) That\u2019s the noise Linda often makes when I wake up on the wrong side of the bed. Not literally but when I turn into a certifiable grump for no apparent reason. Her pointing out my surliness in such a playful way will usually do&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/admitting-i-was-wrong\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Admitting I Was Wrong\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4073 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Best Part Of Waking Up\" data-date=\"2015-10-05T12:36:23-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-best-thing-about-waking-up\/\" title=\"The Best Part Of Waking Up\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Best Part Of Waking Up<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0 (Coffee blog update:) I love coffee. I love the aroma of a fresh pot brewing in the morning. I can hardly wait for that sound our Mr.Coffee pot makes when it\u2019s nearly done. (Sort of like the noise from several people all at once trying to suck the last delicious drop of a milkshake&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-best-thing-about-waking-up\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Best Part Of Waking Up\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4058 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I&#8217;ll Give You A Ring Sometime\" data-date=\"2015-09-22T15:03:22-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ill-give-you-a-ring-sometime\/\" title=\"I&#8217;ll Give You A Ring Sometime\" rel=\"bookmark\">I&#8217;ll Give You A Ring Sometime<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Green. It\u2019s the color of money..envy..Ireland..Kremit THE frog..Robin Hood\u2019s underpants..my face during a cruise without Dramamine AND the waters of Lake Hendricks 90% of the time. Okay Okay..the locals might dispute that..but it&#8217;s been my experience and an important reason for making what I\u2019m about to report even more incredible.\u00a0 But, let\u2019s begin at the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ill-give-you-a-ring-sometime\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I&#8217;ll Give You A Ring Sometime\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4050 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Bye Bye Becky\" data-date=\"2015-09-04T13:19:09-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bye-bye-becky\/\" title=\"Bye Bye Becky\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bye Bye Becky<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Becky Otto is retiring from Keloland Television after 43 years of faithful service and I, for one, am not quite sure how the place is going to get along \u00a0without her. In fact, if you were to talk to every Keloland General Manager she\u2019s been Administrative Assistant to over the years, you\u2019d be surprised&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bye-bye-becky\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bye Bye Becky\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4046 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Jesus And The Jackalope\" data-date=\"2015-08-24T13:21:44-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/jesus-and-the-jackalope\/\" title=\"Jesus And The Jackalope\" rel=\"bookmark\">Jesus And The Jackalope<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019ll admit that I\u2019m a pretty poor excuse for a Christian. My faith tends to run hot and cool depending on which family member or friend is sick. But even though a hypocrite I may be..and openly profess my doubt about \u201call the things that you\u2019re liable to read in the Bible\u201d not being necessarily&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/jesus-and-the-jackalope\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Jesus And The Jackalope\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4038 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Cost Of Curing Cancer\" data-date=\"2015-08-19T13:36:05-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/election-guarantee\/\" title=\"The Cost Of Curing Cancer\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Cost Of Curing Cancer<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Cancer. Would somebody somewhere just come up with a cure already? Two more people I know and admire were diagnosed in the last couple days. Cam Lind and Pastor, Dave Ellingson. Two others..including my nephew\u2019s wife, Jodi Lund.. who \u00a0undergoes a double mastectomy this week. Her breast cancer came back after eleven years. And \u00a0popular&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/election-guarantee\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Cost Of Curing Cancer\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4031 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Autumn Rising\" data-date=\"2015-08-02T08:03:34-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/autumn-rising\/\" title=\"Autumn Rising\" rel=\"bookmark\">Autumn Rising<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>No matter how hard he tries, our old friend and long time Keloland TV anchor, Steve Hemmingsen, just can&#8217;t resist sitting down to the nearest keyboard to record his observations&#8230;his spin..on things. For years, people figured his vision was focused primarily on news of the day and politics but those of us who&#8217;ve known Steve&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/autumn-rising\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Autumn Rising\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4019 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Cecil And Desist\" data-date=\"2015-07-29T16:01:40-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cecil-and-desist-2\/\" title=\"Cecil And Desist\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cecil And Desist<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019m not a hunter. Oh, in my younger days I gave pheasant hunting a shot.(See what I did there?) But I was really lousy at it and of the few ringnecks I did bring down, most were only wounded which meant I had to wring their neck; a ghastly procedure of spinning the poor creature&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cecil-and-desist-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cecil And Desist\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-4006 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Not So Empty Nest\" data-date=\"2015-07-23T16:24:19-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-not-so-empty-nest\/\" title=\"A Not So Empty Nest\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Not So Empty Nest<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I have the curtains drawn in my man-cave window which is kind of a pain because I\u2019m used to sitting here at the computer each morning with a clear view as I continue to look for a flash of red in the crab apple tree just outside. But I haven\u2019t laid an eye on that&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-not-so-empty-nest\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Not So Empty Nest\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3974 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Right On Target\" data-date=\"2015-07-10T17:06:34-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/right-on-target\/\" title=\"Right On Target\" rel=\"bookmark\">Right On Target<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Yup.. It\u2019s another Lund Travelogue. But instead of photos and descriptions from far off lands like the missus and I used to visit and post about when hosting tours, we are back to the real world of \u201cStay-cations\u201d which, as you know, is a made-up word for not having the money for fancy schmancy globe&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/right-on-target\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Right On Target\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3967 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Fragrance Of The Fourth\" data-date=\"2015-07-02T09:09:27-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fragrance-of-the-fourth\/\" title=\"Fragrance Of The Fourth\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fragrance Of The Fourth<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Back by popular request (my own) I&#8217;m sharing a favorite blog first written five years ago. Yes, another summer re-run but offered with sincere hopes that you have a grand holiday and a request to be careful out there in your celebrating. I see that the fireworks stands are open for business again. It\u2019s a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fragrance-of-the-fourth\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fragrance Of The Fourth\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3954 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Reunited And It Feels So Good\" data-date=\"2015-06-26T12:16:55-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/reunited-and-it-feels-so-good\/\" title=\"Reunited And It Feels So Good\" rel=\"bookmark\">Reunited And It Feels So Good<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>After the recently completed Lund Family Reunion at Palmer Gulch in South Dakota\u2019s Black Hills, I now know what it would REALLY be like to go back and live in the \u201cgood\u201d old days..and it is both wonderful and extremely frustrating. First, the wonderful part; all the direct descendants of Harry and Gladys Lund (my&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/reunited-and-it-feels-so-good\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Reunited And It Feels So Good\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3945 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Lund&#8217;s\" data-date=\"2015-06-13T00:10:22-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-hills-are-alive-with-the-sound-of-lunds\/\" title=\"The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Lund&#8217;s\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Lund&#8217;s<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Look out Black Hills..thar\u2019s a whole herd a Lund\u2019s a headin\u2019 your way and we\u2019re fixin\u2019 to do up all the touristy things you can put in front of us. As I write this, it\u2019s late on Friday night June 12th and I\u2019m supposed to have Big Red\u2019s trunk all packed and ready to go&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-hills-are-alive-with-the-sound-of-lunds\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Lund&#8217;s\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3929 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A League Of Her Own\" data-date=\"2015-06-02T16:17:31-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-league-of-her-own\/\" title=\"A League Of Her Own\" rel=\"bookmark\">A League Of Her Own<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, I\u2019ll be doggoned. As I write this, the Minnesota Twins..given little or no chance of being anything but an also-ran..kind of embarrassing..Major League team again this season, has caused fan\u2019s jaws to drop as new Skipper and former Twins\u2019 player, Paul Molitor, has lived up to his old nickname \u201cThe Ignitor\u201d and lit a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-league-of-her-own\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A League Of Her Own\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3909 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Bull Session\" data-date=\"2015-05-19T11:00:53-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bull-session\/\" title=\"Bull Session\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bull Session<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019m not proud of it, but it appears that with advancing age, my attention span is becoming shorter and shorter. (No pun intended..oh wait, that was the last blog) I\u2019ll sit down to this keyboard with every intention of writing something interesting and on schedule only to get hopelessly distracted searching the web for more&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bull-session\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bull Session\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3893 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Ain&#8217;t That The Berries\" data-date=\"2015-04-30T13:36:54-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/aint-that-the-berries\/\" title=\"Ain&#8217;t That The Berries\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ain&#8217;t That The Berries<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; WARNING: THE FOLLOWING LUND AT LARGE BLOG CONTAINS MATURE SUBJECT MATTER; READER DISCRETION ADVISED. &nbsp; Ha.. never thought I\u2019d ever feel obliged to post a disclaimer on my scribblings here ..but then again, I don\u2019t wish to alienate any of you good folks by publically discussing, without a heads up, (pun intended) \u00a0a subject&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/aint-that-the-berries\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ain&#8217;t That The Berries\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3882 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hello, This Is Neal\" data-date=\"2015-04-21T12:02:48-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hello-this-is-neal\/\" title=\"Hello, This Is Neal\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hello, This Is Neal<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; \u201cWhat are you going to do today?\u201d Linda yells from downstairs..barely audible over the din of the treadmill she fires up 4 mornings a week. \u201cResearch for the blog.\u201d I yell back from my leather recliner in front of the Vizio HD with a HP notebook \u00a0in my lap and a distilled beverage close&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hello-this-is-neal\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hello, This Is Neal\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3870 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"What About Bob?\" data-date=\"2015-04-15T14:09:16-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/what-about-bob-2\/\" title=\"What About Bob?\" rel=\"bookmark\">What About Bob?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Why in the world is Bob Schieffer\u00a0 retiring from CBS? He\u2019s still the sharpest knife in the network\u2019s drawer. His political savvy and general news knowledge is unsurpassed by anybody in TV broadcasting. Bob Schieffer is just too important to leave. So why is he? Oh, that\u2019s right. The man is 78 years old.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/what-about-bob-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about What About Bob?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3852 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Remembering Trygve\" data-date=\"2015-04-07T12:07:58-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-trygve\/\" title=\"Remembering Trygve\" rel=\"bookmark\">Remembering Trygve<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I first heard the term \u201cNorwegian Bachelor Farmer\u201d when I fell head over heels in love with Garrison Keillor\u2019s PBS radio show, \u201cA Prairie Home Companion back in 1982.\u201d\u00a0 My favorite part of the program was..and is..Keillor\u2019s \u201cNews from Lake Wobegon;\u201dan account of the people and week\u2019s events in the fictional little Minnesota town of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-trygve\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Remembering Trygve\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3840 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Move Along. Nothing To See Here\" data-date=\"2015-03-19T12:59:03-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/move-along-nothing-to-see-here\/\" title=\"Move Along. Nothing To See Here\" rel=\"bookmark\">Move Along. Nothing To See Here<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I have a new state slogan idea for the South Dakota department of tourism: \u201cGreat Faces, Great Races.\u201d That\u2019s right folks, we admit there\u2019s nothing in our state to see or savor between Sioux City and Fargo or Sioux Falls and Rapid City so we\u2019ve jacked up the speed limit to 80 (which, as we&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/move-along-nothing-to-see-here\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Move Along. Nothing To See Here\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3831 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Boy, Doug You Sure Have Some Nerve\" data-date=\"2015-03-05T13:12:37-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/boy-doug-you-sure-have-a-nerve\/\" title=\"Boy, Doug You Sure Have Some Nerve\" rel=\"bookmark\">Boy, Doug You Sure Have Some Nerve<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sitting in the doctor\u2019s office the other day..I heard those words no patient ever wants to hear. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Doug. Your condition is irreversible.\u201d He went on to list my short list of options; both are scary to ponder but offer my only hope to end the pain. Okay, okay..enough with the theatrics; the doctor&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/boy-doug-you-sure-have-a-nerve\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Boy, Doug You Sure Have Some Nerve\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3827 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Remembering Gary Owens\" data-date=\"2015-02-20T10:53:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-gary-owens\/\" title=\"Remembering Gary Owens\" rel=\"bookmark\">Remembering Gary Owens<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Gary Owens died the other day. \u00a0He was 80. I don&#8217;t know the exact cause of death but he&#8217;d suffered from diabetes for years. \u00a0In 2011, \u00a0as a member of the board of directors for the South Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association, I recommended we induct Owens into the Hall of Fame in the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-gary-owens\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Remembering Gary Owens\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3817 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"My Shattered Life\" data-date=\"2015-02-11T12:38:43-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/3817-2\/\" title=\"My Shattered Life\" rel=\"bookmark\">My Shattered Life<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Knowing my predisposed propensity for being a clumsy oaf, especially as I grow older and wider, I should not be at all surprised that a relationship which began a year and a half ago and has grown from awkward curiosity to an indispensable part of my daily life, has come to a crashing halt; shattered&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/3817-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about My Shattered Life\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3803 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"C&#8217;est la vie Arizona\" data-date=\"2015-01-30T15:22:38-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cest-la-vie-arizona\/\" title=\"C&#8217;est la vie Arizona\" rel=\"bookmark\">C&#8217;est la vie Arizona<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Tiger\u2019s in town..Tiger\u2019s in town. And no, I won\u2019t be seeing him in person. I did check to see if my Keloland ID was good enough to get me some sort of special credentials into the golf tournament but was quickly informed that all the media passes were long gone. (Because of Mr. Woods.) It\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cest-la-vie-arizona\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about C&#8217;est la vie Arizona\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3785 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Grin And Barrett\" data-date=\"2015-01-20T14:20:19-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/grin-and-barrett\/\" title=\"Grin And Barrett\" rel=\"bookmark\">Grin And Barrett<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>After being nearly eaten alive by our Desert Daughter\u2019s SUV last week, (see rear door incident previous blog) you wouldn\u2019t think I\u2019d have much of an appetite for wandering amongst any type of motor vehicles much less those with dangerous sounding names like Cobra, Sting Ray or Jaguar but how could I not when some&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/grin-and-barrett\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Grin And Barrett\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3776 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Extreme Cold Grips Phoenix\" data-date=\"2015-01-16T12:36:29-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/extreme-cold-grips-phoenix\/\" title=\"Extreme Cold Grips Phoenix\" rel=\"bookmark\">Extreme Cold Grips Phoenix<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Heh..heh..I figured that headline might get\u00a0 your attention. No..the weather out here in the Arizona desert has been sunny and warm. I, on the other hand have been gloomy and ill almost since we arrived with a demonic cold that has nearly worn me out both physically and mentally. I have hesitated to say anything&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/extreme-cold-grips-phoenix\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Extreme Cold Grips Phoenix\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3761 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"High Anxiety\" data-date=\"2015-01-06T14:48:48-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/high-anxiety\/\" title=\"High Anxiety\" rel=\"bookmark\">High Anxiety<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Unlike some people who vacation in warm climates while their dear friends and family are left to endure the rigors of a particularly evil period of cold and wind-driven snow that stings the cheeks and freezes snot, I was brought up not to gloat. So, during this month of January as Linda and I return&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/high-anxiety\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about High Anxiety\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3747 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Goodbye Mrs. Schultz\" data-date=\"2014-12-29T15:53:01-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/goodbye-mrs-schultz\/\" title=\"Goodbye Mrs. Schultz\" rel=\"bookmark\">Goodbye Mrs. Schultz<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>One of my favorite TV programs, CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood, must have spent a third of Sunday\u2019s show acknowledging the passing of important people in the year 2014. Bernice Schultz was not among them although to my mind she should have been. Mrs. Schultz died at her home in Winter Park, Florida a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/goodbye-mrs-schultz\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Goodbye Mrs. Schultz\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3739 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Ring Christmas Bells..Please?\" data-date=\"2014-12-16T12:32:46-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ring-christmas-bells-please\/\" title=\"Ring Christmas Bells..Please?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ring Christmas Bells..Please?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>(From Santa&#8217;s vault) I was awakened early this morning by a thumping noise coming from the basement followed by a faint sound that reminded me of the bell teacher\u2019s ring to call kids in from recess. There has been a little criminal activity in our part of town lately and my first thought was, \u201cthere\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ring-christmas-bells-please\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ring Christmas Bells..Please?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3726 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"My Date With Joan\" data-date=\"2014-12-05T14:45:08-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-date-with-joan\/\" title=\"My Date With Joan\" rel=\"bookmark\">My Date With Joan<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I probably will never require carpel tunnel surgery because of too much time spent at the keyboard writing blogs. But my digits do get a serious..perhaps syndrome-inducing work-out pushing buttons on the remote control changing TV channels or utilizing the DVR to its maximum capabilities. It\u2019s one of the reasons..well, okay, the MAIN reason.. Linda&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-date-with-joan\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about My Date With Joan\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3718 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Only Good Reporter Is An Argus Reporter\" data-date=\"2014-11-21T13:08:58-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-only-good-reporter-is-an-argus-reporter\/\" title=\"The Only Good Reporter Is An Argus Reporter\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Only Good Reporter Is An Argus Reporter<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I haven\u2019t written a blog for awhile and after this one..it might just be my last..but here goes. This past week, as I discovered the names of many talented journalists at the Argus Leader who were getting canned in the company\u2019s latest strategy move to keep afloat or relevant..or whatever&#8230; I also learned that the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-only-good-reporter-is-an-argus-reporter\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Only Good Reporter Is An Argus Reporter\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3707 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Promise Remembered\" data-date=\"2014-11-02T12:53:08-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-promise-remembered\/\" title=\"A Promise Remembered\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Promise Remembered<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It&#8217;s true that us old farts have glommed on to Facebook making it uncool for kids to hang around much anymore \u00a0but I don&#8217;t give a rip. I&#8217;ve had great joy reconnecting socially with people from the past..especially those who passed through the Keloland newsroom on their way to bigger and better things. Many came&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-promise-remembered\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Promise Remembered\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3700 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Dark On Halloween\" data-date=\"2014-10-29T08:45:31-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dark-on-halloween\/\" title=\"Dark On Halloween\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dark On Halloween<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sorry kids..the Lund house will probably be dark on Halloween night. It\u2019s not that we don\u2019t love you, it\u2019s just we\u2019re too cheap to spring for candy.\u00a0 Nah..that\u2019s not really it either. \u00a0I suppose the main reason, for me anyway, is that Halloween hasn\u2019t been the same without kids or grandkids around to take trick&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dark-on-halloween\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dark On Halloween\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3689 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Sioux Falls Duck Dynasty\" data-date=\"2014-10-16T13:13:22-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sioux-falls-duck-dynasty\/\" title=\"Sioux Falls Duck Dynasty\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sioux Falls Duck Dynasty<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Every time I see or hear somebody going gaga over the puzzlingly popular \u201cDuck Dynasty\u201d TV reality series, I think back to an interview I did over 20 years ago with a Sioux Falls gentleman named Frank Heidelbauer who was in the same business as Phil Robertson (creator of Duck Commander duck calls) only he&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sioux-falls-duck-dynasty\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sioux Falls Duck Dynasty\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3684 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I&#8217;ll Never Forget Ol What&#8217;s Her Name\" data-date=\"2014-10-10T12:26:46-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ill-never-forget-ol-whats-her-name\/\" title=\"I&#8217;ll Never Forget Ol What&#8217;s Her Name\" rel=\"bookmark\">I&#8217;ll Never Forget Ol What&#8217;s Her Name<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I had quite a scare the other day. After waking up from, what has become my regular afternoon siesta, I couldn\u2019t remember the president\u2019s first name.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know why I wanted to remember the president\u2019s first name but apparently I did and \u00a0couldn\u2019t.\u00a0 (Please don\u2019t read anything political into this.) Obama was no problem.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ill-never-forget-ol-whats-her-name\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I&#8217;ll Never Forget Ol What&#8217;s Her Name\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3667 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Neighborhood Mystery\" data-date=\"2014-09-25T19:15:15-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/neighborhood-mystery\/\" title=\"Neighborhood Mystery\" rel=\"bookmark\">Neighborhood Mystery<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, some interesting things since we last visited. \u00a0A potpourri of items to follow: First, I suppose, was the wake-up call\/reality check from the Minnesota Vikings reminding me that they will always squish my foolish early optimism with humiliating defeats..and, \u00a0to make matters much worse, the team\u2019s biggest star, Adrian Peterson, has fallen from the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/neighborhood-mystery\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Neighborhood Mystery\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3659 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Early Purple Passion\" data-date=\"2014-09-08T12:52:34-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/early-purple-passion\/\" title=\"Early Purple Passion\" rel=\"bookmark\">Early Purple Passion<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I finally got our yard mowed for the first time since my brother\u2026.. Nope, not going down that path again. It\u2019s just that nearly everything that crosses my mind..while awake or asleep..has this common denominator of BD or AD (before Denny\/after Denny) and I know it has to end..especially since I have been given pretty&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/early-purple-passion\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Early Purple Passion\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3643 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Bird Of Paradise?\" data-date=\"2014-08-23T13:48:21-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bird-of-paradise\/\" title=\"Bird Of Paradise?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bird Of Paradise?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>People die. That\u2019s the law. I just wasn\u2019t ready for my brother to die and that\u2019s the truth. I suppose it\u2019s because he\u2019s bounced back from adversity so many times during his 72 years, we..his family and friends..just figured he wouldn\u2019t let Parkinson\u2019s, COPD, a heart that wouldn\u2019t stay in rhythm, CREST Syndrome and a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bird-of-paradise\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bird Of Paradise?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3636 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Denny\" data-date=\"2014-08-04T11:39:14-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/denny\/\" title=\"Denny\" rel=\"bookmark\">Denny<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s been an emotional couple weeks in the Lund house which I\u2019m going to go ahead and use as an excuse for my blog keyboard being quiet. That and there being no comments to the last effort which, for a sensitive writer like myself, causes considerable anxiety and self-doubt. Anyway, regular readers know that few&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/denny\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Denny\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3620 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Space: Going Nowhere Slow\" data-date=\"2014-07-22T16:42:37-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/space-going-nowhere-slow\/\" title=\"Space: Going Nowhere Slow\" rel=\"bookmark\">Space: Going Nowhere Slow<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I don\u2019t mind telling you, this shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over the Ukraine killing nearly 300 people is not only an enormous tragedy to the victims and their families but it has raised some old personal fears about the possibility of nuking it out with the Russians that I haven\u2019t felt in decades.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/space-going-nowhere-slow\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Space: Going Nowhere Slow\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3607 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Keeping An Eye On The Road\" data-date=\"2014-07-14T12:48:57-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/3607-2\/\" title=\"Keeping An Eye On The Road\" rel=\"bookmark\">Keeping An Eye On The Road<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; I&#8217;m Facebook friends with Steve Hartman. I doubt if \u00a0Steve is aware of that because he has tens of \u00a0thousands of friends and FANS.. not only on the internet but all over America thanks to his &#8220;On The Road&#8221; features aired each Friday on the CBS Evening News. His reports..mostly about ordinary people doing&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/3607-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Keeping An Eye On The Road\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3600 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I&#8217;m Going Bald\" data-date=\"2014-07-02T20:19:20-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/im-going-bald\/\" title=\"I&#8217;m Going Bald\" rel=\"bookmark\">I&#8217;m Going Bald<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Yup..you read that right. \u00a0Ol Lund is watching hairs die and fall to the ground \u00a0quicker than an old fashioned Jackrabbit hunt. Okay..bad joke; misspelled hare. But look, I have to find something to smile about because one of the few things I\u2019ve had going for me all these years is a full head of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/im-going-bald\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I&#8217;m Going Bald\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3590 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Global Warring\" data-date=\"2014-06-19T14:22:53-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/global-b-s\/\" title=\"Global Warring\" rel=\"bookmark\">Global Warring<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Bright and sunny outside today but I\u2019m not buyin\u2019 it.\u00a0 Even though the radar is echo free at present, I fully expect the skies to darken into faux night time again by early afternoon followed in order by that familiar rumble from above then endless relentless waves of rain creating rivers of water gushing&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/global-b-s\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Global Warring\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3582 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Give It To Me Strait\" data-date=\"2014-06-10T09:57:21-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/give-it-to-me-strait\/\" title=\"Give It To Me Strait\" rel=\"bookmark\">Give It To Me Strait<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sports Radio guy, Dan Patrick, always asks his listeners to call-in to his show on Mondays with their best and worst of the weekend. The subject should be sports related; I suppose but if I\u2019d have called this might qualify. AT&amp;T stadium, the sports palace Jerry Jones built for his Dallas Cowboys, was filled to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/give-it-to-me-strait\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Give It To Me Strait\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11470 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Ray&#8217;s Longest Day\" data-date=\"2014-05-30T16:12:22-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/3571-2\/\" title=\"Ray&#8217;s Longest Day\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ray&#8217;s Longest Day<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; I\u2019ve been watching quite a few of the television documentaries about D-Day over the last few days, with more to come this week, I suppose, as we close-in on the 70th anniversary of the event next Friday June 6th. \u00a0 \u00a0Even 88 year old Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, 92, who rarely travel these&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/3571-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ray&#8217;s Longest Day\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3558 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Crazy Horse Redux\" data-date=\"2014-05-22T14:45:31-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/crazy-horse-redux\/\" title=\"Crazy Horse Redux\" rel=\"bookmark\">Crazy Horse Redux<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Ruth Ziolkowski\u2026the beloved matriarch of the family responsible for carving the Crazy Horse monument out of a Black Hills mountain near Custer, has died just a month shy of her 88th birthday. She\u2019s being eulogized by people not only in South Dakota but all over the world as an inspiration to millions; a living example&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/crazy-horse-redux\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Crazy Horse Redux\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3553 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"XP Exasperation\" data-date=\"2014-05-16T11:48:24-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/xp-exasperation\/\" title=\"XP Exasperation\" rel=\"bookmark\">XP Exasperation<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and gazillionaire: \u201cHey, Terry, How long have we had Windows XP on line now?\u201d Terry Myerson, Exec. VP Microsoft Operations: \u201cWell, let\u2019s see, going on 13 years now I guess.\u201d Gates: \u201cGeeze,\u00a0 that long? Time to get rid of it don\u2019t ya think? Myerson: \u201cWell, sir, we tried that with Vista&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/xp-exasperation\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about XP Exasperation\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3549 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Worm Food For Thought\" data-date=\"2014-05-06T12:15:28-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/worm-food-for-thought\/\" title=\"Worm Food For Thought\" rel=\"bookmark\">Worm Food For Thought<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Did you ever think when the hearse rolls by That\u00a0 you might be the next one to die? They wrap you up in a clean white sheet And bury you down about six feet deep. The worms crawl in the worms crawl out The worms play pinochle on your snout. They eat your clothes they&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/worm-food-for-thought\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Worm Food For Thought\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3522 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Helen Kogel&#8217;s Secret War\" data-date=\"2014-04-27T13:59:44-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/helen-kogels-secret-war\/\" title=\"Helen Kogel&#8217;s Secret War\" rel=\"bookmark\">Helen Kogel&#8217;s Secret War<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Imagine Moses tapping you on the shoulder saying to follow him up Mount Sinai and bring along your hammer and chisel because he has a really important job requiring your engraving skills. This is Moses, for Heaven\u2019s sake, so you obey without question and soon find yourself involved in the most important, history changing, event&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/helen-kogels-secret-war\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Helen Kogel&#8217;s Secret War\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3485 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Headin&#8217; Down The Trail For Home\" data-date=\"2014-04-14T23:29:10-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/headin-down-the-trail-for-home\/\" title=\"Headin&#8217; Down The Trail For Home\" rel=\"bookmark\">Headin&#8217; Down The Trail For Home<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Greetings from the Lone Star state as the wandering foursome wind down their two week \u201cswang\u201d through Texas with a night on the town in Austin and a stop at Donn\u2019s Depot to hear fellow South Dakotan, Chris Gage perform on stage. UPDATE: Great evening, Chris sounded fantastic. He even did a couple old Red&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/headin-down-the-trail-for-home\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Headin&#8217; Down The Trail For Home\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3463 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Stormin&#8217; Texas\" data-date=\"2014-04-06T10:15:04-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/stormin-texas\/\" title=\"Stormin&#8217; Texas\" rel=\"bookmark\">Stormin&#8217; Texas<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; I have to admit, it was with a bit of snickering smugness that the four of us breezed out of Sioux Falls on Thursday rejoicing in our good fortune at having beat the big blizzard by a matter of hours as we pointed Big Red south where they actually know how to do spring&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/stormin-texas\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Stormin&#8217; Texas\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3458 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Aroma Of Easter\" data-date=\"2014-04-02T08:46:17-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-aroma-of-easter-2\/\" title=\"The Aroma Of Easter\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Aroma Of Easter<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>In anticipation of our upcoming road trip to Texas, I\u2019ve made a sizeable investment in Big Red. (For those new to Lund at Large, Big Red is our 14 year old Lincoln that is crowding 200 thousand miles but still looks and runs fine. Well..sorta.) For years, Big Red has growled at us for no&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-aroma-of-easter-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Aroma Of Easter\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3445 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Bottle Is All Empty\" data-date=\"2014-03-22T09:07:40-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-bottle-is-all-empty\/\" title=\"The Bottle Is All Empty\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Bottle Is All Empty<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Whenever I&#8217;m out and about, people ask how my old Keloland News sidekick, Steve Hemmingsen, is doing these days. Well, Steve popped over to the house the other day for a visit. We talked and laughed for a couple hours; mostly about the perils of obesity, our latest travels, (a lot of which involve trips&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-bottle-is-all-empty\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Bottle Is All Empty\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3433 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Spring\" data-date=\"2014-03-13T13:40:05-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/spring\/\" title=\"Spring\" rel=\"bookmark\">Spring<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I believe it was about a year ago on an unusually warm March day like this one that I snapped a couple photos of our flooded back yard as evidence that another miserable winter had given up the ghost said C&#8217;est la vie and I started daring to dream of golf games, convertible rides and&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/spring\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Spring\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3401 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Mary&#8217;s Day With Dillinger\" data-date=\"2014-03-07T13:46:34-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/marys-day-with-dillinger\/\" title=\"Mary&#8217;s Day With Dillinger\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mary&#8217;s Day With Dillinger<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019ve always loved history and every once in a while my TV job allowed me the opportunity to have some close brushes with it. I was reminded of one such case this week on the 80th anniversary of John Dillinger\u2019s unscheduled withdrawal from the Security National Bank at 9th and Dakota in Sioux Falls and&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/marys-day-with-dillinger\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mary&#8217;s Day With Dillinger\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3385 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The FIRST Captain 11\" data-date=\"2014-02-27T16:12:40-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-first-captain-11\/\" title=\"The FIRST Captain 11\" rel=\"bookmark\">The FIRST Captain 11<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Hardly a day goes by that there\u2019s not news of another celebrity biting the dust. This morning it was Jim Lange who died of a heart attack in California at the age of 81.My first thought wasn\u2019t so much about this St. Paul, Minnesota native whose claim to fame was as the longtime genteel host&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-first-captain-11\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The FIRST Captain 11\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3378 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Heavenly Days\" data-date=\"2014-02-20T14:08:13-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/heavenly-days\/\" title=\"Heavenly Days\" rel=\"bookmark\">Heavenly Days<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I sneezed this morning and there was no familiar \u201cGod bless you.\u201d That\u2019s when the realization hit me that my sweet Linda has left me.\u00a0 Oh, don\u2019t worry, she\u2019ll be back in a fortnight. At least I hope she doesn\u2019t find her stay in the Phoenix area with her sister Renee and our desert daughter,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/heavenly-days\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Heavenly Days\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3373 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Doug, Come Away From The Dark Side\" data-date=\"2014-02-12T16:03:25-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/doug-come-away-from-the-dark-side\/\" title=\"Doug, Come Away From The Dark Side\" rel=\"bookmark\">Doug, Come Away From The Dark Side<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As is often the case, I find myself here at Dunn Brother\u2019s Coffee which has historically been a pretty good source of inspiration when my writing idea light bulb seems to be set on dim. There is no reason for me to think this. Maybe I fancy myself to be one of those cerebral college&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/doug-come-away-from-the-dark-side\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Doug, Come Away From The Dark Side\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3353 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Wally Wingert: Life After Leno?\" data-date=\"2014-02-06T12:11:15-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wally-wingert-life-after-jay-leno\/\" title=\"Wally Wingert: Life After Leno?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Wally Wingert: Life After Leno?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>When Jay Leno closes out his long career as host of the top rated Tonight Show, it also brings an end to a dream job for guy whose roots run deep in South Dakota.\u00a0 But don\u2019t feel too sorry for Tonight Show announcer, Wally Wingert, he\u2019s still got as much work as his versatile\u00a0 voice&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wally-wingert-life-after-jay-leno\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Wally Wingert: Life After Leno?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3339 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Love Story To Be Shurr\" data-date=\"2014-01-29T17:41:22-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-love-story-to-be-shurr\/\" title=\"A Love Story To Be Shurr\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Love Story To Be Shurr<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I don\u2019t turn directly to the obituaries in the paper each morning..but I do tend to linger over them longer than I used to; probably because I\u2019m astounded at the growing number of people younger than me who have met their demise. You can learn a lot about people in the obituaries..or very little..depending on&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-love-story-to-be-shurr\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Love Story To Be Shurr\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3329 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"On The RAZR&#8217;s Edge\" data-date=\"2014-01-22T16:07:08-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/on-the-razrs-edge\/\" title=\"On The RAZR&#8217;s Edge\" rel=\"bookmark\">On The RAZR&#8217;s Edge<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>My trusty old laptop is in the shop; a victim of my clumsy attempts to make her run better. A pox upon that British guy on Youtube and his quick fix video that resulted in me firing some longtime guardians he claimed were unnecessary and slowing me down. In following his instructions, I apparently left&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/on-the-razrs-edge\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about On The RAZR&#8217;s Edge\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3312 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I&#8217;m Just Winging It Here\" data-date=\"2014-01-15T10:50:17-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/im-just-winging-it-here\/\" title=\"I&#8217;m Just Winging It Here\" rel=\"bookmark\">I&#8217;m Just Winging It Here<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>(It should be noted that this blog, like chicken, should be taken with a grain of salt) When you spend as much time as I do sitting in a big old recliner chair with a computer in your lap looking out the window waiting for the winter to end but not really caring all that&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/im-just-winging-it-here\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I&#8217;m Just Winging It Here\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3300 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Thanks For Everything Phil Everly\" data-date=\"2014-01-06T16:05:04-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thanks-for-everything-phil-everly\/\" title=\"Thanks For Everything Phil Everly\" rel=\"bookmark\">Thanks For Everything Phil Everly<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Phil Everly died this past week and I\u2019m devastated. There\u2019s a medical name for what killed him but even his wife says he pretty much just smoked himself to death. I suppose we\u2019re lucky to have had him as long as we did; 74 years..most of them puffin\u2019 away. \u00a0In a brief statement about his&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thanks-for-everything-phil-everly\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thanks For Everything Phil Everly\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3288 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Sound Of Silence\" data-date=\"2013-12-29T12:27:44-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/3288-2\/\" title=\"The Sound Of Silence\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Sound Of Silence<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Tick tock, tick, tock. It\u2019s been over a week since I\u2019ve been able to hear that familiar sound coming from our old Regulator wind-up clock that my dad found and restored so many years ago which hangs on our kitchen wall. &nbsp; I must say, the silence is deafening; something Linda and I will have&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/3288-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Sound Of Silence\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3277 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"My Favorite Christmas\" data-date=\"2013-12-24T09:16:17-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-favorite-christmas\/\" title=\"My Favorite Christmas\" rel=\"bookmark\">My Favorite Christmas<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As with many regular series, Lund at Large has taken a week off for the Holidays but I&#8217;ve brought back a personal favorite and included updates since December 24th 2013 is a very special anniversary for Linda and Me. We both send all of you our wish for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-favorite-christmas\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about My Favorite Christmas\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3266 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"It&#8217;s Christmas, Give Her A Break.\" data-date=\"2013-12-17T11:55:29-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-christmas-give-her-a-break\/\" title=\"It&#8217;s Christmas, Give Her A Break.\" rel=\"bookmark\">It&#8217;s Christmas, Give Her A Break.<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>The aroma wafting from the kitchen of our humble little abode is almost as intoxicating as the screwdriver I\u2019m enjoying whilst sitting at my man cave computer. (Why did I write whilst? I never use that pompous-sounding old English version of \u201cwhile.\u201d \u00a0Perhaps I\u2019ve OD\u2019d on Charles Dickens this holiday season. Nah, you can never&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-christmas-give-her-a-break\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about It&#8217;s Christmas, Give Her A Break.\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3251 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Price Of Procrastination\" data-date=\"2013-12-09T01:59:19-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/3251-2\/\" title=\"The Price Of Procrastination\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Price Of Procrastination<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I suppose I shouldn\u2019t use Lund at Large as a vehicle for confessing my shortcomings, but I\u2019m Lutheran and sometimes we just need to get a few things out on the table without bothering the minister. \u00a0Don\u2019t worry, I\u2019m nearly 68 years old and there&#8217;s nothing too saucy about my existence that would require an&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/3251-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Price Of Procrastination\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3243 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Illuminating The Christmas Spirit\" data-date=\"2013-12-03T11:58:29-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/illuminating-the-christmas-spirit\/\" title=\"Illuminating The Christmas Spirit\" rel=\"bookmark\">Illuminating The Christmas Spirit<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Tried to jump start my Christmas Spirit last night by taking my bride for a ride to check out the lights; especially those at Falls Park. \u00a0I know Mayor Dave Munson took a lot of heat for his persistence in developing the Phillips to the Falls project but, honestly, as one who remembers when that&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/illuminating-the-christmas-spirit\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Illuminating The Christmas Spirit\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3216 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Thanksgiving 2013\" data-date=\"2013-11-23T10:20:05-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thanksgiving-2013\/\" title=\"Thanksgiving 2013\" rel=\"bookmark\">Thanksgiving 2013<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; It\u2019s been a few years since the Lund\u2019s have come up on the family rotation list to host Thanksgiving but it is our turn this year and we\u2019re actually looking forward to it. I am, anyway because I\u2019m not the one who does the serious indoor house chores from the floors, bathrooms and dusting&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thanksgiving-2013\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thanksgiving 2013\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3204 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Can You Handle The Truth About Dallas?\" data-date=\"2013-11-11T19:16:37-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/can-you-handle-the-truth-about-dallas\/\" title=\"Can You Handle The Truth About Dallas?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Can You Handle The Truth About Dallas?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>When news came out about these two Miami Dolphin linemen suddenly out of pro football..one quitting because his teammate kept bullying and threatening him, the other kicked out of the league for doing the bullying and threatening, brought to mind a similar story about a high school classmate of mine; Gene Vostad. \u00a0Gene was a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/can-you-handle-the-truth-about-dallas\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Can You Handle The Truth About Dallas?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3191 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"WEATHER: You Like It Or Not\" data-date=\"2013-11-06T16:00:51-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/weather-you-like-it-or-not\/\" title=\"WEATHER: You Like It Or Not\" rel=\"bookmark\">WEATHER: You Like It Or Not<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I posted a comment on Facebook \u00a0the other day when the snow was coming down so heavy it looked like we\u2019d be buried in it up to our armpits till April. I said \u201cwell, this will likely solve my problem of trying to find somebody to trim my trees and rake the leaves until spring\u201d&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/weather-you-like-it-or-not\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about WEATHER: You Like It Or Not\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3183 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Halloween Confession\" data-date=\"2013-10-28T21:42:14-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-halloween-confession\/\" title=\"A Halloween Confession\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Halloween Confession<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; I certainly hope the statute of limitations applies here because I\u2019m about to confess to a crime from my youth that continues to haunt me more than any ghost or goblin ever could this time of year. I\u2019m pretty sure it was in the fall of 1959 because I had reached that awkward age&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-halloween-confession\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Halloween Confession\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3174 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Halloween Treats\" data-date=\"2013-10-26T11:11:58-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/halloween-treats\/\" title=\"Halloween Treats\" rel=\"bookmark\">Halloween Treats<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Halloween was always fun and exciting for me as a kid..well, except for that one year where some do-gooder in the church convinced my and most every other child&#8217;s parents that instead of going door to door trying to extort as much candy as possible, we should trick or treat for UNICEF. Thankfully, that only&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/halloween-treats\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Halloween Treats\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3149 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"HomeSick\" data-date=\"2013-10-21T10:54:54-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/homesick\/\" title=\"HomeSick\" rel=\"bookmark\">HomeSick<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It was so nice to see Keloland\u2019s Perry Groten along with assignment editor, Dexter Gronseth, on photographer duty, out to meet Linda and me at the airport upon our arrival home from Hawaii late Friday afternoon. I was only a little disappointed to learn that they\u00a0weren&#8217;t\u00a0actually there to put us on the news but to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/homesick\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about HomeSick\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3130 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hawaii Part Deux\" data-date=\"2013-10-14T22:26:56-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hawaii-part-deaux\/\" title=\"Hawaii Part Deux\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hawaii Part Deux<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Having trouble getting and staying on-line here at our fabulous hotel resort on the Island of Kauai so while I have the chance I&#8217;m going to include some pictures with captions as quickly as possible especially for the families of the folks traveling with us who want to see just what mom and dad are&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hawaii-part-deaux\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hawaii Part Deux\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3104 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Aboard The Mighty Mo\" data-date=\"2013-10-11T17:37:19-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/aboard-the-mighty-mo\/\" title=\"Aboard The Mighty Mo\" rel=\"bookmark\">Aboard The Mighty Mo<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Can you believe it? Sunshine and low 80\u2019s is the forecast here on Waikiki beach, Honolulu Hawaii today. Jay Trobec might like the climate here but he\u2019d be bored to tears working as a meteorologist in Hawaii. The weather doesn\u2019t change much all year round except for an occasional tsunami warning which would scare the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/aboard-the-mighty-mo\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Aboard The Mighty Mo\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3096 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Aloha\" data-date=\"2013-10-08T14:24:58-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/aloha\/\" title=\"Aloha\" rel=\"bookmark\">Aloha<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Like most every American, I\u2019m really ticked off about this federal government shutdown. It\u2019s an embarrassment to the country and an unnecessary hardship on hundreds of thousands..perhaps millions..of people caught in the middle. \u00a0But to be perfectly honest, I haven\u2019t been directly affected by it at all until now; and I\u2019m not going to get&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/aloha\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Aloha\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3078 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Little Dead In Deadwood\" data-date=\"2013-09-30T09:51:20-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-little-dead-in-deadwood\/\" title=\"A Little Dead In Deadwood\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Little Dead In Deadwood<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Greetings from the Bullock Hotel in Downtown Deadwood. Hey, we\u2019re not just staying here, we\u2019ve got the third floor left center room; the one that faces main street. The one that people use to center their camera shots when taking pictures of this historic building built by Seth Bullock back in the late 1800\u2019s. &nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-little-dead-in-deadwood\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Little Dead In Deadwood\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3069 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I Don&#8217;t Have Colon Cancer\" data-date=\"2013-09-18T13:00:03-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/i-dont-have-colon-cancer\/\" title=\"I Don&#8217;t Have Colon Cancer\" rel=\"bookmark\">I Don&#8217;t Have Colon Cancer<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>If I hear my doctor try talk me into having a colonoscopy one more time I\u2019m going to \u2026\u2026I\u2019m going to \u2026..well, have one I guess. Yup, I finally relented when, during my last check up, he found my excuses to be especially flimsy IE: I think I\u2019d be the first to know if something&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/i-dont-have-colon-cancer\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I Don&#8217;t Have Colon Cancer\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3059 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Welcome!\" data-date=\"2013-09-11T11:41:37-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/welcome-mr-woster\/\" title=\"Welcome!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Welcome!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; I thought perhaps we could all use a shot of Brandy on this somber day.(September 11th) Brandy, in this case, is our granddog: a 9 year old Shih Tzu who comes under our care for a couple weeks each year and makes me go through these annual yearnings for a dog of our own.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/welcome-mr-woster\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Welcome!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3040 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"God Wants Tebow To Be A Viking\" data-date=\"2013-09-04T15:36:21-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/3040-2\/\" title=\"God Wants Tebow To Be A Viking\" rel=\"bookmark\">God Wants Tebow To Be A Viking<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Even if it is a clear sign that winter can\u2019t be far behind, I\u2019m looking forward to the NFL season getting underway this week. Again, I have no high expectations for my Minnesota Vikings because the Vikings hierarchy apparently has no high expectations for the team either. While we have a semi-stellar defense and the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/3040-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about God Wants Tebow To Be A Viking\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3031 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hot Hot Hot\" data-date=\"2013-08-29T07:07:11-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hot-hot-hot\/\" title=\"Hot Hot Hot\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hot Hot Hot<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>How odd. I\u2019m watching TV the last several nights and that familiar weather crawl comes scrolling across the bottom of the screen announcing school closings all across Keloland. What the heck is going on? Did I fall into some sort of\u00a0 Rip Van Winkle-like slumber and suddenly its wintertime; with blizzards keeping our kids homebound?&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hot-hot-hot\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hot Hot Hot\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3016 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Night At The Races\" data-date=\"2013-08-22T12:26:31-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-night-at-the-races\/\" title=\"A Night At The Races\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Night At The Races<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019ve been a fan of auto racing since my dad took us to the races at some small dirt track near Lake Poinsett when I was a little kid. During my two years living in Pierre, I never missed a Sunday night at Oahe Speedway..even tried my hand at it ONCE. A guy I worked&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-night-at-the-races\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Night At The Races\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-3011 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"For God&#8217;s Sake, Give Him Corn\" data-date=\"2013-08-14T20:17:45-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/for-gods-sake-give-him-corn\/\" title=\"For God&#8217;s Sake, Give Him Corn\" rel=\"bookmark\">For God&#8217;s Sake, Give Him Corn<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was driving down to the Keloland studios this morning and couldn\u2019t help but notice a couple things; Hoekness\u00a0 produce stand on the Austad\u2019s east 20th street parking lot had just received another big flatbed full of sweet corn and people in the right lane were making dangerous moves across the flow of traffic so&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/for-gods-sake-give-him-corn\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about For God&#8217;s Sake, Give Him Corn\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2984 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Raiders Of The Lost Cars\" data-date=\"2013-08-06T15:53:38-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cars\/\" title=\"Raiders Of The Lost Cars\" rel=\"bookmark\">Raiders Of The Lost Cars<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I love cars; always have. No one was more anxious to turn 16 than me so that I could get a driver\u2019s license.\u00a0 Finally, when the day arrived, my mom took me to the Brookings Country Courthouse to put an end to my anxiety.\u00a0 I zipped through the written test but, during the driving part,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cars\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Raiders Of The Lost Cars\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2966 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Back From Alaska\" data-date=\"2013-08-02T13:49:11-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/back-from-alaska\/\" title=\"Back From Alaska\" rel=\"bookmark\">Back From Alaska<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Our first day back home and it\u2019s raining which seems odd since we just left some of the world\u2019s traditional rainy spots, Ketchikan, Alaska, (which was sunny on both days of our visit) Vancouver, Canada and Seattle, Washington which both are undergoing one of the worst droughts in memory. In my recent blogs, I\u2019ve been&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/back-from-alaska\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Back From Alaska\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2946 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Glacier Bay\" data-date=\"2013-07-29T16:56:15-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/glacier-bay\/\" title=\"Glacier Bay\" rel=\"bookmark\">Glacier Bay<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sitting here on the outdoor balcony of a bar\/restaurant in Ketchikan, Alaska. It has WiFi and a plug-in so I can bring you up to\u00a0 speed on this vacation we\u2019re on that absolutely defies description because of the weather we\u2019ve had. We boarded Holland\/America\u2019s Volendam cruise ship Saturday afternoon in Skagway and set sail that&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/glacier-bay\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Glacier Bay\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2935 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Way Off Line\" data-date=\"2013-07-27T11:26:42-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/way-off-line\/\" title=\"Way Off Line\" rel=\"bookmark\">Way Off Line<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Ufdah\u2026no WiFi for three days. The wilderness and isolation up here in the Yukon is both exhilarating and frustrating but no worries other than being unable to post any of the pictures I\u2019ve tried to capture of this incredible place and the people taking part in our Keloland\/Holiday Vacations Alaska Adventure. Here are a few&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/way-off-line\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Way Off Line\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2906 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Alaska In The Clear\" data-date=\"2013-07-23T11:22:47-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/alaska-in-the-clear\/\" title=\"Alaska In The Clear\" rel=\"bookmark\">Alaska In The Clear<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; I\u2019m going to quickly run out of adjectives in attempting to describe our first four days in Alaska because even though this is Linda and my fourth tour here, we\u2019ve never seen it like this before; bright sunshine and mild..even warm..temperatures. \u00a0Because the weather has been so beautiful, the state is showing off like&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/alaska-in-the-clear\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Alaska In The Clear\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2897 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Chasing The Sunset\" data-date=\"2013-07-20T20:30:33-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/chasing-the-sunset\/\" title=\"Chasing The Sunset\" rel=\"bookmark\">Chasing The Sunset<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I made a sort of half promise to myself before departing on this, our latest Keloland\/Holiday Vacations tour to Alaska; quit complaining about the negative side of\u00a0 air travel these days. And, to be honest, the flights that brought us here to Anchorage, were just fine. We were an hour late leaving Denver because of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/chasing-the-sunset\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Chasing The Sunset\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2894 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Goin&#8217; North The Rush Is On\" data-date=\"2013-07-18T11:33:21-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/goin-north-the-rush-is-on\/\" title=\"Goin&#8217; North The Rush Is On\" rel=\"bookmark\">Goin&#8217; North The Rush Is On<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Thursday evening and I can hear the frustrated voice of Linda in the bedroom muttering under her breath; \u201cThese suitcases too damn full. We\u2019ll probably be over the 50 pound limit and have to pay extra.\u201d It\u2019s the same song she sings every time we\u2019re about to leave on another Keloland\/Holiday Vacations tour..which we do&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/goin-north-the-rush-is-on\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Goin&#8217; North The Rush Is On\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2889 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Thanks Mr. Lalley\" data-date=\"2013-07-13T09:50:33-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thanks-mr-lalley\/\" title=\"Thanks Mr. Lalley\" rel=\"bookmark\">Thanks Mr. Lalley<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>First off, apologies for being so tardy this week. I finally went to a couple favorite places that usually clear my head and provide inspiration; the outside deck at Brandon Golf Course and Dunn Bros. Coffee. For some reason, though, my laptop wouldn\u2019t connect to the WiFi networks at either place. After making doubly sure&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thanks-mr-lalley\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thanks Mr. Lalley\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2875 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Phil James\" data-date=\"2013-07-03T11:46:44-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/phil-james\/\" title=\"Phil James\" rel=\"bookmark\">Phil James<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Received some sad news this week. Phillip James Ehret has died at his home in Las Vegas. If that name doesn\u2019t ring a bell, I\u2019m not surprised. It\u2019s been well over twenty years since \u201cPhil James\u201d was synonymous with big band music and ballroom dancing throughout South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. Our paths first crossed&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/phil-james\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Phil James\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2863 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Perils of Paula\" data-date=\"2013-06-26T12:36:42-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/2863-2\/\" title=\"The Perils of Paula\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Perils of Paula<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>For those of you who are smugly satisfied at Food Network Star, Paula Deen\u2019s fall from grace after admitting she has used the \u201cN\u201dword in the past; fill in the blank of this little poem: \u201cEeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. &#8221; When I was a kid, we all used this counting rhyme every&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/2863-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Perils of Paula\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2851 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Say Cheesy\" data-date=\"2013-06-19T13:53:01-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/say-cheesy\/\" title=\"Say Cheesy\" rel=\"bookmark\">Say Cheesy<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Just enjoyed a delicious stir fry with veggies picked from our own garden. Okay, it was just a green pepper from the one potted pepper plant on our back step but it couldn&#8217;t have been more fresh or tasty thanks to the creative efforts of God and Linda.\u00a0 I\u2019d show you a picture but it&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/say-cheesy\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Say Cheesy\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2840 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Drumming Angler\" data-date=\"2013-06-14T14:40:48-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-drumming-angler\/\" title=\"The Drumming Angler\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Drumming Angler<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>My usual sedentary lifestyle has taken a turn toward the wild side this week; two days of fishing for walleye on the Missouri River and a non-stop weekend of playing drums and singing with Mogen\u2019s Heroes first for an event at Willow Run and then headed for Aberdeen for Saturday and Sunday shows at the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-drumming-angler\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Drumming Angler\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2838 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Gone Fishin&#8217;\" data-date=\"2013-06-13T07:59:12-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/gone-fishin\/\" title=\"Gone Fishin&#8217;\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gone Fishin&#8217;<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Here we are in Lake Andes, South Dakota about to depart the Circle H motel for another day on Lake Francis Case in search of the\u00a0 wylie Walleye, which, save for a couple of &#8220;dinks&#8221; that found my line, have managed to skip the nite crawler lunch I offer on my hook..opting instead for the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/gone-fishin\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gone Fishin&#8217;\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2820 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Good Day Up Nort&#8217;\" data-date=\"2013-06-07T13:29:12-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-good-day-up-nort\/\" title=\"A Good Day Up Nort&#8217;\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Good Day Up Nort&#8217;<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Whenever I\u2019m out and about which is, admittedly, not all that often, people come up and reminisce about my time on Keloland News and invariably ask about what Steve Hemmingsen is up to these days. Well, I can report that Steve is alive and well in his adoptive hometown of Hendricks, Minnesota living with his&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-good-day-up-nort\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Good Day Up Nort&#8217;\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2803 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"My Twist On Twister Science\" data-date=\"2013-06-04T10:09:30-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/2803-2\/\" title=\"My Twist On Twister Science\" rel=\"bookmark\">My Twist On Twister Science<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Okay, I get it. Stop being such a gloomy gus, Lund. Sheesch. Not easy to do when it\u2019s primarily the weather that\u2019s got you down in the first place and , once again as I write this, it\u2019s dark as dusk outside with claps of thunder in the distance. So now the month of June&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/2803-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about My Twist On Twister Science\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2789 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Attitude Adjustment\" data-date=\"2013-05-28T09:35:29-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/attitude-adjustment\/\" title=\"Attitude Adjustment\" rel=\"bookmark\">Attitude Adjustment<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Another dismal drippy dreary day as the month of May schlumps out the back door hopefully embarrassed at not having lived up to expectations once again. Saturday&#8217;s skies showed promise so Linda and I put the Camaro\u2019s top down, cranked up the heater and headed north to Volga to decorate my folks\u2019 gravesite. While at&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/attitude-adjustment\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Attitude Adjustment\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2779 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Give Me Some Space\" data-date=\"2013-05-21T18:49:14-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/2779-2\/\" title=\"Give Me Some Space\" rel=\"bookmark\">Give Me Some Space<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Just got back from a private showing of the hottest movie in the country, \u201cStar Trek Into Darkness.\u201d Well, practically private. I think there were about three others at the Tuesday 1pm matinee at Century theaters East.\u00a0\u00a0 I know it\u2019s typical for me to pee and moan about the movies I see; too expensive, too&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/2779-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Give Me Some Space\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2757 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Misty Water Colored Memories\" data-date=\"2013-05-16T08:55:38-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/misty-water-colored-memories\/\" title=\"Misty Water Colored Memories\" rel=\"bookmark\">Misty Water Colored Memories<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s been interesting, this week, to see the cherry tree outside my window fill up with buds and birds, keeping a stiff upper limb pretending that last month\u2019s devastating ice storm never happened. I made a rather feeble attempt to trim back some of the surviving branches to help it regain a sense of symmetry&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/misty-water-colored-memories\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Misty Water Colored Memories\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2743 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Two Women\" data-date=\"2013-05-10T10:02:38-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/two-women\/\" title=\"Two Women\" rel=\"bookmark\">Two Women<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>First of all, HAPPY MOTHER&#8217;S DAY to all of you who qualify. The upcoming holiday got me to thinking about a couple of classy broads who played a significant role in my TV career and who&#8217;ve recently celebrated significant birthdays. I know some of you might think the term \u201c classy broads\u201d \u00a0may not be&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/two-women\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Two Women\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2733 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Mayday Mayday\" data-date=\"2013-05-01T08:49:20-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mayday-mayday\/\" title=\"Mayday Mayday\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mayday Mayday<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Believe me, I\u2019m as sick and tired of showing you pictures of my back yard as you are seeing them but, since you\u2019ve followed our sad saga thus far\u00a0I figured you should see the final (at least I hope it\u2019s the final) insult. Sometime during the night I was awakened by the familiar ticking sound&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mayday-mayday\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mayday Mayday\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2721 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"All White That&#8217;s Enough!\" data-date=\"2013-04-22T11:05:36-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/all-white-thats-enough\/\" title=\"All White That&#8217;s Enough!\" rel=\"bookmark\">All White That&#8217;s Enough!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>GOING.. \u00a0 \u00a0GOING.. GONE&#8230;..SORT OF.. \u00a0 The trillions of twigs that remain still need to be raked up and hauled away. I was just about to call the guy back to finish the job (which he couldn\u2019t do then because of snow on the ground) but I better wait BECAUSE IT\u2019S SNOWING AGAIN!\u00a0\u00a0 Like a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/all-white-thats-enough\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about All White That&#8217;s Enough!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2711 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Branch Office Now Open\" data-date=\"2013-04-16T11:12:53-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/branch-office-now-open\/\" title=\"Branch Office Now Open\" rel=\"bookmark\">Branch Office Now Open<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Nothing more I can add to what everyone already knows about this modern day version of the Boston Massacre. Since the savages that commit these acts of insanity care nothing about life, including their own, there isn\u2019t a whole lot of satisfaction when they\u2019re eventually taken down like the dogs they are. But we owe&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/branch-office-now-open\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Branch Office Now Open\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2705 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Fire And Ice\" data-date=\"2013-04-12T10:10:23-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fire-and-ice\/\" title=\"Fire And Ice\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fire And Ice<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s sorta fun, I guess, to see pictures on Facebook of people\u2019s kids innocently and gleefully playing in the new fallen snow; oblivious to the disaster that has befallen the entire city of Sioux Falls and surrounding area in the form of an unprecedented downpour of ice from the heavens. Like waves of honey it&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fire-and-ice\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fire And Ice\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2697 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"In The Fast Lane\" data-date=\"2013-04-08T13:12:09-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/in-the-fast-lane\/\" title=\"In The Fast Lane\" rel=\"bookmark\">In The Fast Lane<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Unlike this bear barreling out of his den following a deep winter\u2019s sleep..skinny as a rail and hungry as a ..well..a bear, I have emerged from hibernation this spring even fatter than when I ducked into my man cave after last fall\u2019s final round of golf only to poke my head out long enough to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/in-the-fast-lane\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about In The Fast Lane\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2657 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Forgotten Sioux Falls\" data-date=\"2013-03-29T13:08:19-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/forgotten-sioux-falls\/\" title=\"Forgotten Sioux Falls\" rel=\"bookmark\">Forgotten Sioux Falls<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Anybody who reads these literary wanderings on a regular basis knows that I love history..all kinds of history but especially that of LOCAL people, places and events. When my daughters were little, they thought nothing of dad taking them to visit cemeteries..not for funerals or to decorate graves (Does anybody use that term anymore?) but&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/forgotten-sioux-falls\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Forgotten Sioux Falls\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2647 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"In The News\" data-date=\"2013-03-27T15:26:02-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/in-the-news\/\" title=\"In The News\" rel=\"bookmark\">In The News<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Tim Johnson\u2019s decision not to seek re-election must certainly go against every fiber of his being; after all there\u2019s never been an election he hasn\u2019t won. He clearly has enjoyed his time in congress and, for the most part, South Dakotans have appreciated his efforts on their behalf in dealing with the political quagmire that&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/in-the-news\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about In The News\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2639 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Korean Krackpot\" data-date=\"2013-03-19T11:35:28-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/korean-krackpot\/\" title=\"Korean Krackpot\" rel=\"bookmark\">Korean Krackpot<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was reminded this past week about one of the worst times of my life; when death by fire seemed imminent. It wasn\u2019t only my own demise but everyone I knew. Hell, everybody in the world. It was 1962, I was 16, and President Kennedy was on TV showing grainy images of what he said&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/korean-krackpot\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Korean Krackpot\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2634 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Busy News Day\" data-date=\"2013-03-15T06:49:58-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/busy-news-day\/\" title=\"Busy News Day\" rel=\"bookmark\">Busy News Day<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>For local TV stations, news days like Thursday don\u2019t happen very often; days when there are so many important stories going on all at once it\u2019s practically impossible to apply the usual pecking order \u00a0in deciding which one gets priority when going live or during the newscast. Here we had two people missing in the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/busy-news-day\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Busy News Day\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2623 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Seeing Red\" data-date=\"2013-03-12T11:40:47-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/seeing-red-2\/\" title=\"Seeing Red\" rel=\"bookmark\">Seeing Red<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Thinking today about my broadcasting buddy, Grant Peterson, longtime radio personality at KBRK AM in Brookings and world famous spokesman for the NAANP ..the national association for the advancement of Norwegian people. (Okay, I might have made that up.)\u00a0Grant has been an avid supporter of the South Dakota Rock and Roll music association hall of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/seeing-red-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Seeing Red\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2612 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Chair\" data-date=\"2013-03-10T09:54:41-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-chair\/\" title=\"The Chair\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Chair<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Welcome to Lund Lake..where there are still a few choice shore-line lots available. But hurry, both the deals and the lake itself may not last much longer. There was considerable concern at our house this weekend as Linda stood by our back door biting her nails as rain, and melting snow combined with the still&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-chair\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Chair\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2600 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"It&#8217;s Quiz Time\" data-date=\"2013-03-05T11:53:06-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-quiz-time\/\" title=\"It&#8217;s Quiz Time\" rel=\"bookmark\">It&#8217;s Quiz Time<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>The Cardinals are gathering again; both in Rome and my backyard. While, I have nothing to say about those old guys dressed in red gathering in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new old guy from amongst themselves to be the new pope taking over for the old old pope who broke pope precedent by&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-quiz-time\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about It&#8217;s Quiz Time\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2556 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Stylin&#8217;\" data-date=\"2013-03-01T10:35:42-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/stylin\/\" title=\"Stylin&#8217;\" rel=\"bookmark\">Stylin&#8217;<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>God created the month of March to give people who don\u2019t drink the chance to experience what a hangover feels like. (Garrison Keillor) \u00a0\u201cMy, where did February go? It seems to have just flown by.\u201d I\u2019m allowed to repeat clich\u00e9s like that because I qualify for the senior discount at restaurants, theaters and motels. I\u2019m&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/stylin\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Stylin&#8217;\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2538 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Whoa Nellie\" data-date=\"2013-02-26T13:24:48-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/whoa-nellie\/\" title=\"Whoa Nellie\" rel=\"bookmark\">Whoa Nellie<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As promised, I did watch the Oscars Sunday night but managed to get \u2018er done in just over an hour thanks to my trusty DVR. I was able to fast forward through all the commercials, lame jokes by the host, long boring acceptance speeches and the annual tribute to those in the film business who&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/whoa-nellie\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Whoa Nellie\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2532 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"It&#8217;s Showtime\" data-date=\"2013-02-22T10:10:37-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-showtime\/\" title=\"It&#8217;s Showtime\" rel=\"bookmark\">It&#8217;s Showtime<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019m actually going to watch the Academy Awards Sunday night; something I haven\u2019t done in several years mainly because I rarely have seen many of the movies nominated; mostly due to\u00a0 my aversion to movie theaters. Don\u2019t worry, this isn\u2019t another rant complaining about the high price of admittance and popcorn or the deaf-inducing volume&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-showtime\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about It&#8217;s Showtime\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2504 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Faces To Remember\" data-date=\"2013-02-19T11:38:35-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/faces-to-remember\/\" title=\"Faces To Remember\" rel=\"bookmark\">Faces To Remember<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; To my great relief, nobody from the city has been by to perform a pop inspection of my sidewalks which, as I told you last week, remained unshoveled as my way of protesting the city\u2019s refusal to scrape the snow off\u00a0 the neighborhood streets. \u00a0It wasn&#8217;t much of a rebellion, though, knowing that&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/faces-to-remember\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Faces To Remember\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2494 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Vee Haff Vays\" data-date=\"2013-02-15T10:40:38-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/vee-haff-vays\/\" title=\"Vee Haff Vays\" rel=\"bookmark\">Vee Haff Vays<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; So far, I haven\u2019t seen anybody outside my house dressed like city Gestapo agents checking the walkability of my sidewalks but I can imagine the scene if they did show up. Ding Dong. I open the door. \u201cYes, Mr. Lund,\u201d the one wearing a monocle says, \u201care you avare zat zee city assorities have&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/vee-haff-vays\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Vee Haff Vays\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2462 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Send In The Clowns\" data-date=\"2013-02-12T10:28:51-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/send-in-the-clowns\/\" title=\"Send In The Clowns\" rel=\"bookmark\">Send In The Clowns<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>There\u2019s a black pick-up truck that is regularly roaring by our house day and night with an exhaust system so loud it makes the windows and our nerves rattle. Its driver apparently takes great joy in revving the big engine up to about 5 thousand RPM\u2019s and spinning his wheels on the still icy streets&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/send-in-the-clowns\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Send In The Clowns\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2454 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Resolutions\" data-date=\"2013-02-07T01:40:08-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/resolutions\/\" title=\"Resolutions\" rel=\"bookmark\">Resolutions<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was going to rail-on for a bit about how infuriating the last few days have been watching the price of gasoline go soaring as high as\u00a0an Iranian space monkey; up to nearly $3.50 again after teasing us with the possibility of dropping below three bucks a gallon at the start of the year. \u00a0Industry&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/resolutions\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Resolutions\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2449 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Few Good (Wo)men\" data-date=\"2013-01-31T13:07:08-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-few-good-women\/\" title=\"A Few Good (Wo)men\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Few Good (Wo)men<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>What man hasn\u2019t heard a woman say this? \u201cYou guys have no idea how lucky you are to never undergo the trauma and pain of childbirth.\u201d Our comeback? \u201cWell, you\u2019ve never had to fight in a war.\u201d I guess that argument doesn\u2019t hold water anymore since all the big wigs with big stars on their&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-few-good-women\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Few Good (Wo)men\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2444 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Feeling Blue\" data-date=\"2013-01-22T11:56:58-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/feeling-blue\/\" title=\"Feeling Blue\" rel=\"bookmark\">Feeling Blue<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cLonely..I\u2019m mister lonely..I got nobody..for my own\u201d. (Bobby Vinton 1964) Missing Linda a little bit. Can you tell? She\u2019s been in Arizona for the past week and a half (our longest separation in over 30 years) whooping it up in the desert sunshine with daughter Christy and sister, Renee leaving me here to fend off&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/feeling-blue\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Feeling Blue\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2442 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Oh, By The Way, We&#8217;re Not Dumb\" data-date=\"2013-01-17T07:34:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-by-the-way-were-not-dumb\/\" title=\"Oh, By The Way, We&#8217;re Not Dumb\" rel=\"bookmark\">Oh, By The Way, We&#8217;re Not Dumb<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, once again, South Dakota public schools have, according to &#8220;Education Week&#8221; flunked the course and rank dead last among all the states in the country. Shame on us for intentionally neglecting our children\u2019s education so. Or are we? Let&#8217;s take a closer look at the 6 criteria used in this condemnation of South Dakota&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-by-the-way-were-not-dumb\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Oh, By The Way, We&#8217;re Not Dumb\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2438 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"And The Creepy Uncle Award Goes To&#8230;\" data-date=\"2013-01-08T10:59:22-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/and-the-creepy-uncle-award-goes-to\/\" title=\"And The Creepy Uncle Award Goes To&#8230;\" rel=\"bookmark\">And The Creepy Uncle Award Goes To&#8230;<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>A rough heart-wrenching few days on the gridiron for this old Norsky. At least my misery wasn\u2019t prolonged. It became crystal clear within a matter of minutes that the Minnesota Vikings, (I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m saying this) WITHOUT Christian Ponder, had a prayer of advancing in the NFL playoffs against the Packers. I didn\u2019t get&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/and-the-creepy-uncle-award-goes-to\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about And The Creepy Uncle Award Goes To&#8230;\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2422 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Things Not Always What They Seem\" data-date=\"2013-01-03T10:12:02-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/things-not-always-what-they-seem\/\" title=\"Things Not Always What They Seem\" rel=\"bookmark\">Things Not Always What They Seem<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Yay! The Minnesota Vikings are in the playoffs; okay maybe not beyond Saturday\u2019s re-re match with the Packers but it\u2019s safe to say that even the most loyal of Vikings fans didn\u2019t see this one coming after that miserable mid season slump. Of course, all the national attention is on potential MVP, Adrian Peterson, one&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/things-not-always-what-they-seem\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Things Not Always What They Seem\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2414 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Christmas Exodus\" data-date=\"2012-12-29T11:00:07-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/2414-2\/\" title=\"Christmas Exodus\" rel=\"bookmark\">Christmas Exodus<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0A couple more runs to the airport to send our two warm weather offspring back to their coat-free comfortable climates and that will be it. Christmas is a wrap for another year. All in all, I\u2019d say it was a good one. Our two youngest grandchildren, Zoey and Ella, seemed delighted with the bags of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/2414-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Christmas Exodus\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2407 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Christmas 2012\" data-date=\"2012-12-23T22:42:32-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/christmas-2012\/\" title=\"Christmas 2012\" rel=\"bookmark\">Christmas 2012<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, we snuck by the end of the world projections on Friday. I must confess, I was sure the Mayan calendar was a bunch of hooey..but kept counting the hours until Saturday officially arrived all around the world. Come on..I&#8217;ll bet I&#8217;m not the only one. Anyway, it didn&#8217;t take long for the cartoonists to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/christmas-2012\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Christmas 2012\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2402 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Suffer The Little Children\" data-date=\"2012-12-17T14:12:26-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/suffer-the-little-children\/\" title=\"Suffer The Little Children\" rel=\"bookmark\">Suffer The Little Children<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Try as I may, there\u2019s no pretending that last Friday in Connecticut didn\u2019t happen. It did. Now, as photographs of these precious little ones, who were slaughtered without mercy, appear on the internet, I just can\u2019t look at them. Like many of you, I see my own children and grandchildren in their innocent faces and&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/suffer-the-little-children\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Suffer The Little Children\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2395 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Holiday Cheers\" data-date=\"2012-12-10T14:39:42-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/holiday-cheers\/\" title=\"Holiday Cheers\" rel=\"bookmark\">Holiday Cheers<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s just one minute after high noon on a Monday and I\u2019m already on my second Bloody Mary. Now before you look up AA in the phone book (It\u2019s toward the front) to forward me the number..or start planning for a Lund intervention..chill.\u00a0 I\u2019m retired, it\u2019s below zero outside, and I don\u2019t plan on leaving&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/holiday-cheers\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Holiday Cheers\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2386 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-wop-bam-boom!\" data-date=\"2012-12-05T12:52:29-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-wop-bam-boom\/\" title=\"A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-wop-bam-boom!\" rel=\"bookmark\">A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-wop-bam-boom!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0\u201cGood Golly Miss Molly,\u201d Little Richard is now 80. \u00a0I thought that was a pretty clever line until I Googled Little Richard, in order to confiscate a recent picture of the rock and roll legend, only to find that lots of other writers had beaten me to it. That\u2019s the thing about the internet; you&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-wop-bam-boom\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-wop-bam-boom!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2380 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Conversion Of Angus\" data-date=\"2012-11-28T10:24:47-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-conversion-of-angus\/\" title=\"The Conversion Of Angus\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Conversion Of Angus<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Does anyone else wonder if Angus Jones..who plays Jake..on the popular TV series \u201cTwo and a half men\u201d may be pulling the public\u2019s leg with his comments this week that the show is filth and urged people not to watch? Or is the 19 year old, who has been on the series since its inception&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-conversion-of-angus\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Conversion Of Angus\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2371 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Gone In The Twinkie Of An Eye\" data-date=\"2012-11-16T13:43:45-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/gone-in-the-twinkie-of-an-eye\/\" title=\"Gone In The Twinkie Of An Eye\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gone In The Twinkie Of An Eye<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>My dad had a lot in common with TV\u2019s Archie Bunker. Oh, he wasn\u2019t a bigot like Arch, but he did love his Hostess Twinkies and would voice his displeasure to mom\u00a0if there weren\u2019t any in the lunch box when the old man was working out of town. Archie called Twinkies \u201cThe white man\u2019s soul&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/gone-in-the-twinkie-of-an-eye\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gone In The Twinkie Of An Eye\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2338 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Medicine Show\" data-date=\"2012-11-09T03:07:22-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/medicine-show\/\" title=\"Medicine Show\" rel=\"bookmark\">Medicine Show<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>What\u2019s in your medicine cabinet? Do you ever wonder if guests peek in yours when they excuse themselves to the bathroom? Have YOU ever sneaked a peek in someone else\u2019s? I remember a Seinfeld episode when Jerry couldn\u2019t resist looking in his new girlfriend\u2019s medicine chest and discovered a tube of fungicide there. Even though&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/medicine-show\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Medicine Show\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2327 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Table Manners\" data-date=\"2012-10-30T11:32:24-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/table-manners\/\" title=\"Table Manners\" rel=\"bookmark\">Table Manners<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Linda has been on a mission of late; to rid our house of \u201cstuff\u201d that hasn\u2019t seen the light of day in years. She goes on these tangents occasionally. They\u2019re usually brought on by anger and frustration over having to move a mountain of boxes to get at something stored deep in the bowels of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/table-manners\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Table Manners\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2321 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Come On Snow\" data-date=\"2012-10-25T13:33:11-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/come-on-snow\/\" title=\"Come On Snow\" rel=\"bookmark\">Come On Snow<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I guess I\u2019m glad it snowed a little; covered up the reality of a yard buried in leaves..most of them imported from up or down the street depending on which way the hurricane force winds have been blowing. We\u2019re usually the last ones in the neighborhood to get ours picked up because, like a nervous&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/come-on-snow\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Come On Snow\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2310 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Bye, George\" data-date=\"2012-10-17T10:40:31-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bye-george\/\" title=\"Bye, George\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bye, George<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0 Actually, I never felt like I knew George McGovern well enough to call him by his first name. He probably wouldn\u2019t have minded if I did but my respect and admiration for the man on so many levels would make such a familiar greeting akin to addressing the pope as Benny.\u00a0 I, like most&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bye-george\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bye, George\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2304 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"From the Bully Pulpit\" data-date=\"2012-10-12T09:52:40-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/from-the-bully-pulpit\/\" title=\"From the Bully Pulpit\" rel=\"bookmark\">From the Bully Pulpit<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>October is National Bullying Prevention Month.\u00a0 Of course it\u2019s also National Breast Cancer Awareness month, National Black History Month and National Popcorn Poppin\u2019 Month. The point is, I don\u2019t pay a whole lot of attention to these designations aimed at calling my attention to some cause or event. But a TV anchor in Wisconsin has&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/from-the-bully-pulpit\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about From the Bully Pulpit\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2285 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Bunch Of Blarney\" data-date=\"2012-10-05T08:18:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-bunch-of-blarney\/\" title=\"A Bunch Of Blarney\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Bunch Of Blarney<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Soooooo. Who do ya think won the first presidential debate? \u00a0 Don\u2019t answer that. I mean REALLY don\u2019t answer that because I really don\u2019t want to know. There are plenty of political blogs out there for folks to fling feces back and forth; delighting in anonymous confrontations over which presidential candidate they believe has solutions&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-bunch-of-blarney\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Bunch Of Blarney\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2266 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"King For A Day\" data-date=\"2012-09-28T01:57:59-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/king-for-a-day\/\" title=\"King For A Day\" rel=\"bookmark\">King For A Day<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>So far this week out Holiday Vacations tour group has enjoyed exceptional weather for visiting all the tourist places; a bit of rain and wind but, hey, this is Ireland. Linda and I have, in a short time, grown to love it here. Our traveling companions are all top notch; our tour guide is wonderful&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/king-for-a-day\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about King For A Day\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2241 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Top Of The Mornin&#8217; To Ya\" data-date=\"2012-09-23T12:38:39-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/top-of-the-mornin-to-ya\/\" title=\"Top Of The Mornin&#8217; To Ya\" rel=\"bookmark\">Top Of The Mornin&#8217; To Ya<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Having a wonderful time..wish you were here. Okay, corny but true. Linda and I, along with 41 other fine folks on this Keloland\/Holiday Vacations tour of Ireland (many of us \u201cPlus Size\u201d) unfolded from 8 and a half hours sitting in way too cramped airplane seats and hit the ground running in Dublin. I suppose&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/top-of-the-mornin-to-ya\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Top Of The Mornin&#8217; To Ya\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2235 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Erin Go Lunds\" data-date=\"2012-09-19T10:28:47-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/erin-go-lunds\/\" title=\"Erin Go Lunds\" rel=\"bookmark\">Erin Go Lunds<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Linda and I, along with about forty other Keloland viewers, are about to be \u201cEnchanted\u201d for the next nine days. We\u2019re leaving on another \u201cHoliday Vacations\u201d adventure which, I\u2019ll bet, has many of you \u201cgreen\u201d with envy. We\u2019ll be spending 10 hours in airports and another 10 hours on airplanes before arriving in Dublin, Ireland,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/erin-go-lunds\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Erin Go Lunds\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2218 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Oh, I Love A Rainy Night\" data-date=\"2012-09-12T14:56:35-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/2218-2\/\" title=\"Oh, I Love A Rainy Night\" rel=\"bookmark\">Oh, I Love A Rainy Night<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Finally..a gloomy, rainy, chilly day. I love it! Now, you might think a chronically depressed person such as I would assume the fetal position and cringe into the corner of a dark room when such a day occurs. But after months of excruciating heat, wind and drought, a wet cool respite (which once occurred at&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/2218-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Oh, I Love A Rainy Night\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2213 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Sex Stings, Roadblocks And Texting\" data-date=\"2012-09-07T07:28:14-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sex-stings-roadblocks-and-texting\/\" title=\"Sex Stings, Roadblocks And Texting\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sex Stings, Roadblocks And Texting<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019ve started several blogs in the past week but have stopped after a little voice in my head seemed to be saying, \u201cIdiot..do you really want to go there?\u201d\u00a0 But, what the hey. The first has to do with that reverse sting by the Sioux Falls Police Department in which they placed an ad on&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sex-stings-roadblocks-and-texting\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sex Stings, Roadblocks And Texting\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2202 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Hemmingsen Afternoon\" data-date=\"2012-08-27T13:06:32-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-hemmingsen-afternoon\/\" title=\"A Hemmingsen Afternoon\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Hemmingsen Afternoon<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cHey, Lund..why don\u2019t we ever see you out and about on the weekends anymore?\u201d Some of my old musician pals often ask me that question. Linda does too, for that matter and it\u2019s true, we used to go out on Friday or Saturday nights quite frequently to hear live bands but lately I just haven\u2019t&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-hemmingsen-afternoon\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Hemmingsen Afternoon\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2198 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Comfort Food For Thought\" data-date=\"2012-08-18T11:05:28-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/comfort-food-for-thought\/\" title=\"Comfort Food For Thought\" rel=\"bookmark\">Comfort Food For Thought<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Great day for a motorcycle ride. Bike starts..bike stops. Install \u00a0new set of sparkplugs..(no easy chore) Bike starts..bike stops. Now it sits taking up space in the garage like a big lifeless black lump on wheels and I\u2019m faced with the prospect of having it hauled off to the repair shop to be fixed for&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/comfort-food-for-thought\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Comfort Food For Thought\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2176 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Opening For Styx\" data-date=\"2012-08-10T09:32:54-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/opening-for-styx\/\" title=\"Opening For Styx\" rel=\"bookmark\">Opening For Styx<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, my temporary return to playing drums with Mogen\u2019s Heroes on Wednesday came off with no glaring errors. Oh, I did snag a drum stick on the snare ring while attempting a \u201cdramatic\u201d paradiddle. It went flying from my fingers but for some reason I managed to grab and catch the thing in mid air&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/opening-for-styx\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Opening For Styx\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2173 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Drought Or Drouth?\" data-date=\"2012-08-03T11:36:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/drought-or-drouth\/\" title=\"Drought Or Drouth?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Drought Or Drouth?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I stopped at my favorite sweet corn stand Thursday hoping the crop had improved from my last visit before we left for South Carolina. It hasn\u2019t. Apparently, farms around Adrian, Minnesota haven\u2019t had any rain either to speak of meaning a short harvest and short ears. I suppose it could be God\u2019s way of telling&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/drought-or-drouth\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Drought Or Drouth?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2167 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Olav Pays A Visssit\" data-date=\"2012-07-31T11:12:28-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/olav-pays-a-visssit\/\" title=\"Olav Pays A Visssit\" rel=\"bookmark\">Olav Pays A Visssit<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It&#8217;s another beautiful day. Go on outside and look at your phone for a while. \u00a0 \u00a0 What a whirlwind week! Linda and I managed to get re-routed home from South Carolina, and the Lund Brother\u2019s family reunion, a day early after receiving news of her mother\u2019s passing. But, of course, it was a lot&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/olav-pays-a-visssit\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Olav Pays A Visssit\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2150 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Place Of Mulberries\" data-date=\"2012-07-23T12:27:49-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/place-of-mulberries\/\" title=\"Place Of Mulberries\" rel=\"bookmark\">Place Of Mulberries<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Greetings from steamy South Carolinia and lovely lake Keowee..a 26 mile long man-made body of water which was designed for use to keep 3 reactors in the the nearby nuclear power plant cool. (And no, it&#8217;s not a concern.)The two dams on the lake also\u00a0generate electricity the old fashioned way..using gravity to spin turbines. The&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/place-of-mulberries\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Place Of Mulberries\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2137 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"My Cool Friends\" data-date=\"2012-07-16T11:07:29-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-cool-friends\/\" title=\"My Cool Friends\" rel=\"bookmark\">My Cool Friends<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sorry it\u2019s been awhile since my last entry. Just too hot to write. Wait..why would you have to go outside to put a few words together for a blog? Oh, alright..that\u2019s just an excuse. It\u2019s \u00a0laziness plain and simple plus a total lack of anything happening in my life that\u2019s worthy of sharing. The heat&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-cool-friends\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about My Cool Friends\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2117 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hog Heaven\" data-date=\"2012-07-07T10:31:28-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hog-heaven\/\" title=\"Hog Heaven\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hog Heaven<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I sure hope Heaven is my final destination because I couldn\u2019t take the heat of Hell. It felt like Hell on the golf course Tuesday as I tried to tuff it out through the constantly rising temperatures. The same valley, from which this lovely lay-out was carved and helps to shelter players from the full&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hog-heaven\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hog Heaven\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2108 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Aroma Of The Fourth\" data-date=\"2012-06-28T18:59:49-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-aroma-of-the-fourth\/\" title=\"The Aroma Of The Fourth\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Aroma Of The Fourth<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As long as others in the entertainment business don&#8217;t have a problem presenting Summer re-runs, I thought I might drag out\u00a0a\u00a0 timely blog written a couple years ago; sharing some Fourth of July memories from my youth.\u00a0 Enjoy and, hey, be careful out there. I see that the fireworks stands are open for business again.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-aroma-of-the-fourth\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Aroma Of The Fourth\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2098 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Doug Is All Wet\" data-date=\"2012-06-26T09:04:47-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/doug-is-all-wet\/\" title=\"Doug Is All Wet\" rel=\"bookmark\">Doug Is All Wet<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>On \u201cstaycation\u201d this week with our friends, Denny and Joanie. \u00a0To celebrate our shared anniversaries and Denny\u2019s birthday in late June, the four of us usually head off on lengthy sojourns by car or plane to some distant destination. This year, though..in part because Linda\u2019s mom isn\u2019t doing so hot\u00a0 but mostly as our way&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/doug-is-all-wet\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Doug Is All Wet\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2071 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Scaled Down Blog\" data-date=\"2012-06-18T09:43:27-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-scaled-down-blog\/\" title=\"A Scaled Down Blog\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Scaled Down Blog<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I receive lots of e-mails and Facebook entries that feature someone\u2019s idea of fascinating subject matter whether it be pithy sayings, preposterous political propaganda, religious rhetoric, dirty jokes and cartoons or photographs..I\u2019m sent lots of photographs. Some I cannot click DELETE \u00a0fast enough, others get a quick glance but one I received last week kept&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-scaled-down-blog\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Scaled Down Blog\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2062 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Rotties And Dobies And Pitties..Oh My!\" data-date=\"2012-06-13T11:52:52-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rotties-and-dobies-and-pitties-oh-my\/\" title=\"Rotties And Dobies And Pitties..Oh My!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rotties And Dobies And Pitties..Oh My!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>What has four legs and one arm? \u00a0 A PIT-BULL! \u00a0 \u201cWhat are you gonna write about in your blog this week, Doug?\u201d a friend asked the other day. \u201cWell, I\u2019ve been thinking about \u00a0weighing in on the debate over whether or not certain breeds of dogs, like Pit-bulls, Rottweilers and Dobermans, should be banned&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rotties-and-dobies-and-pitties-oh-my\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rotties And Dobies And Pitties..Oh My!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2051 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Staying The Course\" data-date=\"2012-06-05T10:14:03-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/staying-the-course\/\" title=\"Staying The Course\" rel=\"bookmark\">Staying The Course<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sitting here at one of my favorite spots in the whole world; the club house patio overlooking hole number 18 of the Brandon Golf Course. There\u2019s a day-long tournament going on so I can\u2019t play but sitting here is just fine. It\u2019s just a perfect place to find soothing solace if you\u2019ve had a rough&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/staying-the-course\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Staying The Course\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2046 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Emergency Alert System, REALLY?\" data-date=\"2012-05-28T10:08:52-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/emergency-alert-system-really\/\" title=\"Emergency Alert System, REALLY?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Emergency Alert System, REALLY?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I used to dread answering the newsroom phones at Keloland during serious storms because 90 percent of the time those calling were upset about our weather guys cutting into their favorite programs to bring weather alerts. There would be nothing I could say that would calm them down, especially if they were not in the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/emergency-alert-system-really\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Emergency Alert System, REALLY?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2037 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Monday Menu Memories\" data-date=\"2012-05-21T14:37:56-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/monday-menu-memories\/\" title=\"Monday Menu Memories\" rel=\"bookmark\">Monday Menu Memories<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I don\u2019t dread Monday\u2019s like some people do; never have really..except, maybe when I was in High School and Jay Ruckdaschel had promised a Monday biology test the preceding Friday. I suppose it\u2019s because I didn\u2019t dread my job at Keloland; especially since my work hours were such that I never had to set an&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/monday-menu-memories\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Monday Menu Memories\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2025 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hail Mary And Tom&#8217;s Final Flight\" data-date=\"2012-05-14T14:30:41-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hail-mary-and-toms-final-flight\/\" title=\"Hail Mary And Tom&#8217;s Final Flight\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hail Mary And Tom&#8217;s Final Flight<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Hope you all had a pleasant Mother\u2019s Day. I got to spend some time with my mom on Sunday. (Okay..Mother-in-LAW) Mary Trudeau, the matriarch of my wife\u2019s clan, has had kind of a rough go of it in this, her 88th year. Her constant companion these days is an oxygen tank and a hose in&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hail-mary-and-toms-final-flight\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hail Mary And Tom&#8217;s Final Flight\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2017 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I Could Just Scream\" data-date=\"2012-05-07T09:52:43-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/i-could-just-scream\/\" title=\"I Could Just Scream\" rel=\"bookmark\">I Could Just Scream<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Silly me. I thought if I dropped a few pounds the odds of me experiencing the debilitating excruciatingly painful episodes of my back going out of wack would decrease dramatically. Well, I have and it hasn\u2019t. I made an innocent but apparently awkward body turn on Saturday and \u00a0felt that familiar twinge of pain like&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/i-could-just-scream\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I Could Just Scream\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-2009 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"&#8220;Oh, What A Night,&#8221; Part IV\" data-date=\"2012-04-29T09:30:42-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-what-a-night-part-iv\/\" title=\"&#8220;Oh, What A Night,&#8221; Part IV\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Oh, What A Night,&#8221; Part IV<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019ll be the first to admit I had some doubts about the size of this year\u2019s turnout for the South Dakota Music Association Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and concert. We hadn\u2019t arranged to have a big name headline act appear as in year\u2019s past with such groups as Bobby Vee, The&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-what-a-night-part-iv\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about &#8220;Oh, What A Night,&#8221; Part IV\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1997 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Personal Memories of Dick Clark\" data-date=\"2012-04-19T10:50:04-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/personal-memories-of-dick-clark\/\" title=\"Personal Memories of Dick Clark\" rel=\"bookmark\">Personal Memories of Dick Clark<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cWell I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head that didn\u2019t hurt..\u201d \u00a0Replace Sunday with Wednesday and this old Johnny Cash tune describes my condition perfectly.\u00a0 I really don\u2019t believe that you can catch a cold from being cold..but after playing golf on yet another windy chilly day Tuesday, a major&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/personal-memories-of-dick-clark\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Personal Memories of Dick Clark\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1984 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"You Can&#8217;t Make-Up This Stuff\" data-date=\"2012-04-12T11:11:58-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/you-cant-make-up-this-stuff\/\" title=\"You Can&#8217;t Make-Up This Stuff\" rel=\"bookmark\">You Can&#8217;t Make-Up This Stuff<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Note to the young lady in the bright yellow VW Beatle between Canton and Rock Valley Easter Sunday. That old guy in the big red Lincoln honking the horn at you was me. At first, Linda and I thought you were weaving all over the highway because you were drunk but after getting a closer&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/you-cant-make-up-this-stuff\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about You Can&#8217;t Make-Up This Stuff\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1970 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"In The Garden\" data-date=\"2012-04-06T10:53:34-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/in-the-garden\/\" title=\"In The Garden\" rel=\"bookmark\">In The Garden<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I grew up in a Christian home. \u00a0 Oh, there weren\u2019t daily\u00a0family devotions and we didn&#8217;t all hold hands while reciting grace around the supper \u00a0table. As I remember, grace was optional unless we had company; then it often fell upon me to impress the guests by reciting the Norwegian Table Prayer taught to me&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/in-the-garden\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about In The Garden\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1956 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Pa Rum Pa Pum Pum\" data-date=\"2012-03-30T11:54:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/pa-rum-pa-pa-pum\/\" title=\"Pa Rum Pa Pum Pum\" rel=\"bookmark\">Pa Rum Pa Pum Pum<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was rummaging around in the garage the other day and took notice of my old drum set which has been stacked up against the wall covered in blankets since..geeze, I can\u2019t remember the last time I played them. It got me to thinking about all the years and all the groups and all the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/pa-rum-pa-pa-pum\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pa Rum Pa Pum Pum\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1902 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Photos From The Front\" data-date=\"2012-03-23T11:48:53-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/1902-2\/\" title=\"Photos From The Front\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photos From The Front<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0 Excerpt from Lund at Large blog May 24th, 2011 \u00a0\u201cWe have heard that grandson, Taylor, has already had a taste of battle in Afghanistan. I pray God will watch over him and his fellow Marines as they fight to rid the world of those who would have us live in terror.\u201d \u00a0April 23rd 2012\u00a0&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/1902-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Photos From The Front\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1885 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Time To Come Clean\" data-date=\"2012-03-19T17:26:25-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/time-to-come-clean\/\" title=\"Time To Come Clean\" rel=\"bookmark\">Time To Come Clean<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Psssst, Hey buddy. Who..me? Yeah, come over here a sec. Wadda ya want? I gotta stash of Tide here I can let you have for half price. Tide..as in laundry detergent? You\u2019re kiddin\u2019 right? No I ain\u2019t. Look, you in or not? Sure, I\u2019ll take a couple gallons, I guess. \u00a0Did you hear on the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/time-to-come-clean\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Time To Come Clean\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1879 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"All Things Considered\" data-date=\"2012-03-09T13:35:52-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/all-things-considered\/\" title=\"All Things Considered\" rel=\"bookmark\">All Things Considered<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It&#8217;s been a pretty good week. Our daughter, Suzan was home from Lincoln for a couple days and, while here, announced that even though the official mourning period for their recently departed cat, Spangles, isn\u2019t quite over, they decided to visit a shelter (embarrassingly named The Cat House) just to look over the selection of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/all-things-considered\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about All Things Considered\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1865 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Sofa King\" data-date=\"2012-03-03T12:16:50-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sofa-king\/\" title=\"Sofa King\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sofa King<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>A big day at our house as I say goodbye to a dear old friend. Our\u00a0well-seasoned leather couch (or as I like to call it..my potato patch) has finally become so tattered from over use by me that Linda was embarrassed to have people come over anymore. So it\u2019s going to wherever exhausted sofas wind&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sofa-king\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sofa King\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1855 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Soft Kitty\" data-date=\"2012-02-28T15:01:51-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/soft-kitty\/\" title=\"Soft Kitty\" rel=\"bookmark\">Soft Kitty<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I went down to the Keloland TV studios Monday morning to record promos for the latest Holiday Vacations tour Linda and I will be hosting to Ireland in September. It was my first experience being on High Definition, and not a pretty sight. Cameras with such scrutinizing eyes were not meant for such aging faces&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/soft-kitty\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Soft Kitty\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1850 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Highway Robbery\" data-date=\"2012-02-23T14:01:06-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/highway-robbery\/\" title=\"Highway Robbery\" rel=\"bookmark\">Highway Robbery<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I ran into reporter, Shawn Neisteadt in the Keloland newsroom this morning and had to congratulate him on his story this week about the latest surge in gasoline prices. Most reports I\u2019ve seen lately on the subject feature folks filling up at the pump who are South Dakota nice..meaning when asked how they feel about&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/highway-robbery\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Highway Robbery\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1840 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Lund&#8217;s Canine Hotel\" data-date=\"2012-02-18T10:21:52-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lunds-canine-hotel\/\" title=\"Lund&#8217;s Canine Hotel\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lund&#8217;s Canine Hotel<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Good Lord. Kermit Staggers and De Knudson want back on the Sioux Falls City Council?? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m beggin\u2019 you (and you know who you are) get in this race before it\u2019s too late. If you have a lick of intelligence, an unselfish desire to serve this community and share your ideas on how to help&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lunds-canine-hotel\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lund&#8217;s Canine Hotel\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1834 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Be My Valentine\" data-date=\"2012-02-14T13:54:58-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/be-my-valentine\/\" title=\"Be My Valentine\" rel=\"bookmark\">Be My Valentine<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cHappy Valentine\u2019s Day, Honey.\u201d I said to Linda when we awoke from our slumber this morning. \u201cHappy Valentine\u2019s Day to you too,\u201d she replied. This was followed by a shared, \u201cI love you\u201d and that was it. We decided long ago not to be slaves to this manufactured holiday created by florists, greeting card companies&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/be-my-valentine\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Be My Valentine\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1829 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Let&#8217;s All Go To The Drive-In\" data-date=\"2012-02-09T13:42:07-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lets-all-go-to-the-drive-in\/\" title=\"Let&#8217;s All Go To The Drive-In\" rel=\"bookmark\">Let&#8217;s All Go To The Drive-In<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>This is a historic day. For the first time in nearly 40 years of trying, I hit EVERY green light on East 10th from Sycamore Avenue to the West side of the viaduct and set a personal record of 6 minutes from my house to the TV station. And that\u2019s without speeding. Well, not too&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lets-all-go-to-the-drive-in\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Let&#8217;s All Go To The Drive-In\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1825 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"We&#8217;re Home! Bring On The Snow\" data-date=\"2012-02-03T09:03:52-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/were-home-bring-on-the-snow\/\" title=\"We&#8217;re Home! Bring On The Snow\" rel=\"bookmark\">We&#8217;re Home! Bring On The Snow<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was never so glad to wake up as this morning; awful dreams..nightmares really. I can usually figure out what event or little observation during the day became implanted in the deep recesses of my brain waiting to jump into the forefront of my unconscious state but I\u2019m at a loss as to what triggered&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/were-home-bring-on-the-snow\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about We&#8217;re Home! Bring On The Snow\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1811 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"So Long Spangles\" data-date=\"2012-01-28T13:30:24-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/so-long-spangles\/\" title=\"So Long Spangles\" rel=\"bookmark\">So Long Spangles<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I always thought that \u201cSpangles\u201d was a great name for a cat but it wasn\u2019t until last night, on the eve of Spangles\u2019 demise, that I found out how our daughter Suzan and her husband Joe came up with such a clever moniker \u00a0nearly 16 years ago. They were living and working in Georgia at&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/so-long-spangles\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about So Long Spangles\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1802 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Flag On The Play\" data-date=\"2012-01-26T14:08:37-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-flag-on-the-play\/\" title=\"A Flag On The Play\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Flag On The Play<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As the doctor once told me just prior to snapping on his rubber glove for \u00a0my prostate exam, \u201cYou might feel some discomfort here, Doug.\u201d I\u2019ve got a couple comments on the proposed new South Dakota state flag and they\u2019re sure to displease two of my favorite people who I admire greatly; South Dakota Magazine&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-flag-on-the-play\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Flag On The Play\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1790 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Ad Nauseum Part 2\" data-date=\"2012-01-23T14:15:06-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ad-nauseum-part-2\/\" title=\"Ad Nauseum Part 2\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ad Nauseum Part 2<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I have to tread carefully here because if it weren\u2019t for television commercials I probably wouldn\u2019t have had a career but if I see that helmet-wearing pig tearing down a zip line screaming wheeeee one more time, my eyes will roll back and I\u2019ll go into convulsions sort of like that woman who claimed hearing&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ad-nauseum-part-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ad Nauseum Part 2\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1783 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Now This Is More Like It!\" data-date=\"2012-01-19T11:44:50-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/now-this-is-more-like-it\/\" title=\"Now This Is More Like It!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Now This Is More Like It!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>My crippled crumpled back is finally feeling better which leaves me with a couple options: continue to rest until the healing process is complete..or man up and get out there on the golf course and play through the pain. I have chosen the latter and much to my surprise it went fine. In fact, the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/now-this-is-more-like-it\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Now This Is More Like It!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1775 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Janklow, The Fear Factor\" data-date=\"2012-01-13T13:47:35-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/janklow-the-fear-factor\/\" title=\"Janklow, The Fear Factor\" rel=\"bookmark\">Janklow, The Fear Factor<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Are you suffering from Bill Janklow overload yet? It\u2019s going to take a lot of air time and column space trying to summarize and analyze the life and career of Janklow who died Thursday only a few weeks after announcing that his quick demise was immanent. I just have a few comments from my personal&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/janklow-the-fear-factor\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Janklow, The Fear Factor\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1763 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Rusty Spur\" data-date=\"2012-01-10T15:21:46-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-rusty-spur\/\" title=\"The Rusty Spur\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Rusty Spur<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I just got off the phone with my South Dakota golf buddies; not to gloat about being out here where the weather is sunny and warm (even though it is) but to see if they were still playing in this odd month of January. Sure enough, two groups of them were waiting to tee off&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-rusty-spur\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Rusty Spur\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1756 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Laid Back And Laid Up\" data-date=\"2012-01-05T15:34:29-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/laid-back-and-laid-up\/\" title=\"Laid Back And Laid Up\" rel=\"bookmark\">Laid Back And Laid Up<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Wow! Our first week in the desert and it\u2019s been one non-stop party; visiting all the touristy places by day and all the hot night spots after sundown. Actually, that\u2019s a bunch of bunk. I\u2019m embarrassed to report that Linda and I have mostly been laying low trying to heal up. A few days before&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/laid-back-and-laid-up\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Laid Back And Laid Up\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1749 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Along The Dusty Trail\" data-date=\"2012-01-03T17:22:23-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/along-the-dusty-trail\/\" title=\"Along The Dusty Trail\" rel=\"bookmark\">Along The Dusty Trail<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0Linda and I have officially slipped into Arizona adjustment mode. It happened on the final leg of our trip to Fountain Hills. We were cruising along Interstate 40 just outside of Holbrook, when we spotted, what appeared to be, a skinny German shepherd dog prancing alongside the highway. \u201cLook,\u201d she said, \u201c a Ky-OAT-ee!\u201d \u00a0That\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/along-the-dusty-trail\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Along The Dusty Trail\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1741 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Departures\" data-date=\"2011-12-29T22:43:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/departures\/\" title=\"Departures\" rel=\"bookmark\">Departures<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>And, all of a sudden, it\u2019s time once again for the grand exodus from the Lund abode. My son-in-law, Joe, has been hauling up great stashes of luggage, Christmas presents and other odds and ends from downstairs (their home for the last several days) into the car and the journey back to Lincoln, Nebraska. There\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/departures\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Departures\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1728 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Christmas is Grand(kids)\" data-date=\"2011-12-23T12:38:01-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/christmas-is-grandkids\/\" title=\"Christmas is Grand(kids)\" rel=\"bookmark\">Christmas is Grand(kids)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It is so much fun to listen to my cousin, Grouse, get completely out of character when he starts talking (gushing, really) about his first grandchild, Hannah. He was, and is, a good dad but for years I\u2019ve been telling him about the special joys of grandparenthood. He, and wife Sandy, now totally understand and..with&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/christmas-is-grandkids\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Christmas is Grand(kids)\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1715 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Answer Man\" data-date=\"2011-12-20T12:54:51-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-answer-man\/\" title=\"The Answer Man\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Answer Man<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>55 seems pretty darn young to be retiring from a career; especially a career that you\u2019ve been very very good at. But that\u2019s just what Steve Munk is doing after 31 years as Minnehaha County Extension agent. Long before the internet was around, we reporters at Keloland would use Steve as our \u201cGoogle\u201d whenever we&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-answer-man\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Answer Man\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1710 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"What&#8217;s In Your Wal (Mart)\" data-date=\"2011-12-14T15:10:54-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/whats-in-your-wal-mart\/\" title=\"What&#8217;s In Your Wal (Mart)\" rel=\"bookmark\">What&#8217;s In Your Wal (Mart)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u00a0 brought my camera along to Wal-Mart today just in case I should spot somebody whose bizarre appearance in the shopping aisles would qualify them for\u00a0 the People of Wal-Mart\u201d website; candid photos of shoppers who, shall we say, \u00a0stand out from the crowd. Actually, I\u2019d never do that no matter how strange others may&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/whats-in-your-wal-mart\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about What&#8217;s In Your Wal (Mart)\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1703 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"It&#8217;s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year\" data-date=\"2011-12-08T19:35:20-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/\" title=\"It&#8217;s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year\" rel=\"bookmark\">It&#8217;s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cAre you guys headin\u2019 South for the winter again?\u201d Linda and I have been answering that question a lot lately and, since we haven\u2019t missed a January in Phoenix for the last 16 years, the answer is yes..but just barely yes. Thanks to some unforeseen and unwarranted issues with Social Security, our annual sojourn to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about It&#8217;s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1691 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Wok Right In\" data-date=\"2011-12-03T13:46:51-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wok-right-in\/\" title=\"Wok Right In\" rel=\"bookmark\">Wok Right In<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I love Chinese food; well, most of it anyway. I\u2019ll leave the sea weed, rumaki (chicken livers) deep fried whole fish and chicken feet dishes to those with more adventurous palates. I realize that Asian cuisine offered in this country has been dumbed down for American sensibilities but that&#8217;s okay because I&#8217;m\u00a0a sensible dumb\u00a0American\u00a0 I&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wok-right-in\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Wok Right In\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1681 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Coffee or Te(bow)?\" data-date=\"2011-11-28T15:06:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/coffee-or-tebow\/\" title=\"Coffee or Te(bow)?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Coffee or Te(bow)?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0 I\u2019m sitting in my favorite coffee shop, Dunn Bros. on East 10th..oops, excuse me, I guess it\u2019s Arrowhead Parkway now. There\u2019s nobody here named Dunn..but there is a nice lady (Doris) and her daughter (Emily) who own and operate the place. If you order the coffee of the day for a buck 65, and&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/coffee-or-tebow\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Coffee or Te(bow)?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1672 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Thanksgiving Thoughts\" data-date=\"2011-11-24T10:48:14-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thanksgiving-thoughts\/\" title=\"Thanksgiving Thoughts\" rel=\"bookmark\">Thanksgiving Thoughts<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cDoug?\u201d came Linda\u2019s voice from just outside the front door. \u201cYes, my dear, what can I do for you on this lovely Thanksgiving morning?\u201d \u201cGet out here and help me haul in the paper.\u201d \u00a0Oh, I might have made a little bit of that conversation up but only to dramatize the size of today\u2019s Argus&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thanksgiving-thoughts\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thanksgiving Thoughts\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1665 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Tat&#8217;s All Folks\" data-date=\"2011-11-21T16:41:11-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/tats-all-folks\/\" title=\"Tat&#8217;s All Folks\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tat&#8217;s All Folks<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I just got back from doing the \u201cvoice of \u00a0Keloland\u201d thingy and ran into longtime news photographer and colleague, Mike Simundson who is, perhaps, the most fervent Minnesota Vikings fan I know. He\u2019s the one who gave me the foam brick to throw at the TV screen when they play. That poor brick is falling&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/tats-all-folks\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Tat&#8217;s All Folks\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1656 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Oh, Deer!\" data-date=\"2011-11-15T10:24:26-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-deer\/\" title=\"Oh, Deer!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Oh, Deer!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s rutting season; that time of year when male white tail deer go absolutely nuts with desire and the need to propagate. In order to impress the coy females, they\u2019ll display all sorts of bizarre behavior like locking horns with other bucks, rolling around in the dirt or throwing caution to the wind by playing&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-deer\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Oh, Deer!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1646 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"My Football Follies\" data-date=\"2011-11-10T14:35:36-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-football-follies\/\" title=\"My Football Follies\" rel=\"bookmark\">My Football Follies<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I haven\u2019t always been in the South Dakota High School Activities Association\u2019s corner when it comes to some of the decisions it\u2019s made&#8230; but okaying the playoff system for football 30 years ago with the divisional champions crowned during one wild November weekend at the DakotaDome was a great idea from the get-go. And it&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-football-follies\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about My Football Follies\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1638 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Reflections On A Watchdog\" data-date=\"2011-11-04T07:52:18-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/reflections-on-a-watchdog\/\" title=\"Reflections On A Watchdog\" rel=\"bookmark\">Reflections On A Watchdog<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I know of some writers who, when they get stumped for something to say, just start banging away on the keyboard until something worthwhile eventually pops up on the screen. I have been facing that dilemma all week; a self-imposed deadline has come and gone without a subject or topic to share with you good&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/reflections-on-a-watchdog\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Reflections On A Watchdog\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1624 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"My Checkered Past\" data-date=\"2011-10-27T15:44:46-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-checkered-past\/\" title=\"My Checkered Past\" rel=\"bookmark\">My Checkered Past<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s always fun to read people\u2019s comments whenever I post old Keloland TV photos on my blog or Facebook page. Most seem to enjoy those little jaunts down memory lane. I have lots of pictures and plenty\u00a0of stories to go with them so expect a few more in the weeks and months ahead; including today.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-checkered-past\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about My Checkered Past\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1619 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Turn, Turn, Turn\" data-date=\"2011-10-24T10:00:56-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/turn-turn-turn\/\" title=\"Turn, Turn, Turn\" rel=\"bookmark\">Turn, Turn, Turn<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cHoney, have you seen the tree in the neighbor\u2019s yard across the street?\u201d Linda \u00a0said this morning while pouring me a second cup of coffee.\u00a0 \u201cThe house that\u2019s for sale?\u201d I said. \u201cYeah, come take a look. We\u2019ve lived here for decades and I don\u2019t ever remember those leaves turning such a beautiful color.\u201d After&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/turn-turn-turn\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Turn, Turn, Turn\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1608 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"All Set? You Bet!\" data-date=\"2011-10-18T13:48:40-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/all-set-you-bet\/\" title=\"All Set? You Bet!\" rel=\"bookmark\">All Set? You Bet!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>There are a few special privileges granted to old Keloland TV relics like me; one of them was getting a sneak peak at the brand new broadcast studio especially designed for the transformation to all high definition Wednesday at five. I popped in just as they were rehearsing Midday in Keloland and was blown away&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/all-set-you-bet\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about All Set? You Bet!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1602 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Remember, Just Shoot The Pretty Ones\" data-date=\"2011-10-15T08:48:11-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remember-just-shoot-the-pretty-ones\/\" title=\"Remember, Just Shoot The Pretty Ones\" rel=\"bookmark\">Remember, Just Shoot The Pretty Ones<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I always found that one of the most difficult tasks for a reporter was trying to come up with something original to say when assigned to do a story about an event that happens every year. You know, like the craziness of early morning shoppers on the day after Thanksgiving..now called \u201cBlack Friday.\u201d\u00a0 Then there\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remember-just-shoot-the-pretty-ones\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Remember, Just Shoot The Pretty Ones\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1591 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Dillon\" data-date=\"2011-10-10T14:24:30-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dillon\/\" title=\"Dillon\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dillon<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It probably isn\u2019t all that uncommon, but I was somewhat surprised to find little packets of Kleenex placed in the pews of Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center, Iowa last Friday. They might have been just for those of us seated in the family section but before the service was over everyone in that&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dillon\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dillon\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1541 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Home Again\" data-date=\"2011-10-08T12:07:12-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/home-again\/\" title=\"Home Again\" rel=\"bookmark\">Home Again<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Baseball fans in\u00a0 Boston and New York are probably blaming our New England tour group for jinxing their teams. Both lost their chance at a World Series birth\u00a0on the days we were there.\u00a0 At the end of this\u00a0 last week, all 45 of us tired but happy explorers boarded our big Alaska-painted bus\u00a0for one last&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/home-again\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Home Again\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1533 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Cruises,Castles And Colors\" data-date=\"2011-10-04T06:47:14-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cruisescastles-and-colors\/\" title=\"Cruises,Castles And Colors\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cruises,Castles And Colors<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Oooooh, Ahhhhhhh.. Sounds a bit like reactions to a 4th of July fireworks show here on the motor coach as we meander around the backroads of New Hampshire and Vermont on our New England Fall Foliage tour. Unfortunately, the sun, which makes the oak, birch and maple leaves look so dramatically bright\u00a0 in blazing reds,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cruisescastles-and-colors\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cruises,Castles And Colors\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1521 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Bahstan and Haavahd\" data-date=\"2011-09-30T06:18:27-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bahstan-and-haavahd\/\" title=\"Bahstan and Haavahd\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bahstan and Haavahd<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>There\u2019s a blue mood in Beantown again. The curse that had been lifted for a couple seasons, has descended and enveloped Boston Red Sox fans (which includes this whole city) as the Sox blew a huge division lead and have been eliminated from the Major League Baseball playoffs and a shot at another world title.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bahstan-and-haavahd\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bahstan and Haavahd\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1517 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Leafing for New England\" data-date=\"2011-09-28T07:39:29-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/leafing-for-new-england\/\" title=\"Leafing for New England\" rel=\"bookmark\">Leafing for New England<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Don\u2019t hate me. Even though I\u2019m sitting here waiting for our ride to the airport for another ten day adventure hosting a Holiday Vacations tour group..this time to New England to look at all the pretty leaves. 45 Keloland TV viewers signed up for this trip which includes a lot more than observing Fall foliage;&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/leafing-for-new-england\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Leafing for New England\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1507 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"South Dakota&#8217;s Best All Around Artist\" data-date=\"2011-09-21T16:09:14-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/south-dakotas-best-all-around-artist\/\" title=\"South Dakota&#8217;s Best All Around Artist\" rel=\"bookmark\">South Dakota&#8217;s Best All Around Artist<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019ve interviewed a lot of really smart people over the years managing to bluff my way through most of them by avoiding questions that might expose my stupidity. One that comes to mind is the late Buckminster Fuller. Fuller, who died in 1983, was an American engineer, author and inventor whose futuristic architectural designs, like&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/south-dakotas-best-all-around-artist\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about South Dakota&#8217;s Best All Around Artist\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1501 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Sheesh, What A Grouch\" data-date=\"2011-09-15T12:23:08-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sheesh-what-a-grump\/\" title=\"Sheesh, What A Grouch\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sheesh, What A Grouch<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, that vow didn\u2019t last very long. I was determined not to fire up the furnace even though\u00a0it was supposed to get a bit chilly overnight but when I stumbled into the kitchen this morning for my first cup of coffee, my toes curled under in self preservation mode as soon as I stepped off&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sheesh-what-a-grump\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sheesh, What A Grouch\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1491 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Decade of Remembrance\" data-date=\"2011-09-10T13:34:54-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-911\/\" title=\"A Decade of Remembrance\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Decade of Remembrance<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Much to my surprise, I have been watching many of the TV specials recounting the attacks on America ten years ago. Surprising because, until now, I just couldn\u2019t bear to watch those planes slamming into the twin\u00a0towers knowing that hundreds of people were suddenly obliterated from this earth..or worse yet, thousands more were to suffer&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-911\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Decade of Remembrance\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1479 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Grand &#8216;Ol Time\" data-date=\"2011-09-06T13:41:55-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-grand-ol-time\/\" title=\"A Grand &#8216;Ol Time\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Grand &#8216;Ol Time<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Had a fine time at the South Dakota State Fair last week. I went to Huron to sing a few songs on the Freedom Stage with Mogen\u2019s Heroes. A warm but fulfilling day..not only because the crowds were great but also had a chance to catch up with a couple old friends. Steve Hemmingsen read&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-grand-ol-time\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Grand &#8216;Ol Time\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1467 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Another Corny Blog\" data-date=\"2011-08-31T09:26:13-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/another-corny-blog\/\" title=\"Another Corny Blog\" rel=\"bookmark\">Another Corny Blog<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I have to admit, I was concerned that we were going to miss the prime sweet corn season while we were gallivanting around Alaska for two weeks. But I needn\u2019t have worried. It turns out that our soggy chilly spring was good for one thing; it made for a late staggered start to planting season&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/another-corny-blog\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Another Corny Blog\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1461 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Morning Has Broken\" data-date=\"2011-08-24T20:56:15-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/morning-has-broken\/\" title=\"Morning Has Broken\" rel=\"bookmark\">Morning Has Broken<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, if that doesn\u2019t post your toasties. I fell asleep on the couch last night with the TV blaring away just a few feet away from my head. That\u2019s not unusual, as anybody who knows me will tell you, but my awakening was a bit odd. Those annoying foul mouthed kids from South Park jarred&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/morning-has-broken\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Morning Has Broken\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1454 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Anchorage Away\" data-date=\"2011-08-20T16:01:54-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/anchorage-away\/\" title=\"Anchorage Away\" rel=\"bookmark\">Anchorage Away<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>And, just like that, it\u2019s over. 13 days of exploring the wilderness in climate controlled comfort have come to a close. I\u2019m writing this from the lobby of The Hilton in downtown Anchorage. We\u2019re about a half block away from 4th Avenue where the street sliced in two during the Good Friday earthquake in 1964.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/anchorage-away\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Anchorage Away\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1443 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Exploring The Interior\" data-date=\"2011-08-17T10:51:27-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/exploring-the-interior\/\" title=\"Exploring The Interior\" rel=\"bookmark\">Exploring The Interior<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0 \u201cBumpity Bump on the ALCAN highway.\u201d They even have a song up here about the amazingly awful conditions of the famous road that stretches some 14 hundred miles through Yukon Territory to Delta Junction Alaska. It was built by U.S. Soldiers in less than a year during the early part of World War II&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/exploring-the-interior\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Exploring The Interior\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1438 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Oh, Canada\" data-date=\"2011-08-14T09:04:40-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-canada\/\" title=\"Oh, Canada\" rel=\"bookmark\">Oh, Canada<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Nearly five years of retirement has spoiled me. I don\u2019t have to get up early in the morning anymore so I don\u2019t. But sleeping in is not an option when your hosting a tour group of folks who have always been early risers. Besides, this tour of Alaska and the Yukon Territory demands that we&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-canada\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Oh, Canada\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1433 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"We&#8217;re Sailing Along\" data-date=\"2011-08-10T07:41:54-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/were-sailing-along\/\" title=\"We&#8217;re Sailing Along\" rel=\"bookmark\">We&#8217;re Sailing Along<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>And, \u201cThey\u2019re off!\u201d Linda and I, along with about 40 others from Keloland, have begun our 13 day trek into the wilderness of the Yukon Territory of Canada and the state of Alaska. Okay, it may be the wilderness but we\u2019re not exactly roughin\u2019 it.\u00a0 I\u2019m writing this from our spiffy 7th floor room of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/were-sailing-along\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about We&#8217;re Sailing Along\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1426 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"There Is No God\" data-date=\"2011-08-08T15:11:12-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/there-is-no-god\/\" title=\"There Is No God\" rel=\"bookmark\">There Is No God<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Yeah, I figured that headline\u00a0might get your attention just as it got mine Sunday night as at least six TV channels (including Discovery, Science, Animal Planet and The Learning Channel) all simulcast the same program in Disovery\u2019s \u201cCuriosity\u201d series. The premier episode was titled \u201cDid God Create the Universe?\u201d\u00a0 In it, the man considered by&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/there-is-no-god\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about There Is No God\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1418 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Socially Secure?\" data-date=\"2011-08-04T10:51:06-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/socially-secure\/\" title=\"Socially Secure?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Socially Secure?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Crisis averted; the United States is still going broke but congress and the president managed to strike a last minute deal that has bought us a little more time to get there. We\u2019re raising the limit on the amount of money we can borrow by 2 1\/2 \u00a0TRILLION dollars. \u00a0I gotta be honest with you,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/socially-secure\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Socially Secure?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1403 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Sweaty Corn And Strawbales\" data-date=\"2011-07-27T10:05:37-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sweaty-corn-and-strawbales\/\" title=\"Sweaty Corn And Strawbales\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sweaty Corn And Strawbales<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>When I step out of the house and my glasses fog over it\u2019s too &amp;%$#@ hot and humid. When the only time I care to venture out of my air conditioned comfort zone is to do my required yard chores or go to the grocery store, then I want to blame somebody. I could stand&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sweaty-corn-and-strawbales\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sweaty Corn And Strawbales\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1397 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Lost In Space\" data-date=\"2011-07-21T11:23:08-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lost-in-space\/\" title=\"Lost In Space\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lost In Space<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I know exactly where I was when the very first Space Shuttle, Columbia, completed its mission April 14th, 1981. I was sitting with a friend in the Red Lantern bar, right next to Kelo, looking at a TV set with one eye and\u00a0at my brand new Casio quartz digital musical alarm watch with the other.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lost-in-space\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lost In Space\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1388 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Arrivals And Departures\" data-date=\"2011-07-17T11:15:03-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/arrivals-and-departures\/\" title=\"Arrivals And Departures\" rel=\"bookmark\">Arrivals And Departures<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As I\u2019m writing this, our desert daughter, Christy, is jetting her way home from Phoenix at a speed of 555 miles an hour. It was 107 degrees when her plane lifted off but if she\u2019s expecting any relief from the scorching Arizona sun, wait until she touches down here and gets a load of our&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/arrivals-and-departures\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Arrivals And Departures\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1377 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Lincoln Legacy Final Chapter (Maybe)\" data-date=\"2011-07-13T10:16:03-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-lincoln-legacy-final-chapter-maybe\/\" title=\"The Lincoln Legacy Final Chapter (Maybe)\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Lincoln Legacy Final Chapter (Maybe)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Long time readers of these meanderings are more than familiar with the continuing saga of my 1990 Lincoln Town Car, fondly called White Lightnin\u2019. In her 19years of faithful service, I witnessed, and recounted here, several examples of how she miraculously healed herself from numerous ailments including a leaky air suspension system and power steering&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-lincoln-legacy-final-chapter-maybe\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Lincoln Legacy Final Chapter (Maybe)\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1362 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Buzz On Buzzards\" data-date=\"2011-07-09T08:36:36-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-buzz-on-buzzards\/\" title=\"The Buzz On Buzzards\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Buzz On Buzzards<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>So this buzzard carrying two dead raccoons tries to board an airplane but was stopped by a flight attendant who said, \u201cSorry sir, only one carrion per passenger.\u201d (pa-dum-pum) \u00a0 In 2005, my friend, Bernie Hunhoff, over at South Dakota Magazine, wrote a short story about the much maligned Turkey Vulture extolling some of its&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-buzz-on-buzzards\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Buzz On Buzzards\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1348 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Afterglow Of The 4th.\" data-date=\"2011-07-05T13:57:33-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/afterglow-of-the-4th\/\" title=\"Afterglow Of The 4th.\" rel=\"bookmark\">Afterglow Of The 4th.<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, that was simply the nicest 4th of July I can remember in a lifetime that\u2019s included 65 of um. The weekend began on a rather ominous note, though. The weather was so nice Saturday I suggested to Linda that we take a spin in the Camaro with the top down. We tooled around town&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/afterglow-of-the-4th\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Afterglow Of The 4th.\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1342 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"To Air Is Human\" data-date=\"2011-07-01T10:36:26-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/to-air-is-human\/\" title=\"To Air Is Human\" rel=\"bookmark\">To Air Is Human<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sure.. no sooner am I convinced that Summer is going to take the whole summer off this year, along comes a day like Thursday when mercury in the thermometer shoots up like Old Faithful and sends everyone scrambling to find an air conditioner to hug. So what do I do on this brain boiling hot&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/to-air-is-human\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about To Air Is Human\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1332 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Vacationing In Minnesota..A Gamble\" data-date=\"2011-06-28T09:45:10-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/vacationing-in-minnesota-a-gamble\/\" title=\"Vacationing In Minnesota..A Gamble\" rel=\"bookmark\">Vacationing In Minnesota..A Gamble<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019m not supposed to be here. Let me rephrase that. Linda and I were planning to be out of town over the weekend and part of this week on a mini vacation to the North Shore of Lake Superior and Northern Minnesota woodlands. But those plans changed after spending a little travel-planning time on the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/vacationing-in-minnesota-a-gamble\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Vacationing In Minnesota..A Gamble\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1317 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Fleeing Facebook?\" data-date=\"2011-06-22T13:15:58-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fleeing-facebook\/\" title=\"Fleeing Facebook?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fleeing Facebook?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I see by some of my Facebook friends that Facebook is LOSING friends by the boatload. 7 million last month alone by some accounts. Don&#8217;t worry, there are still 700 million of us left. I suspect it\u2019s mostly young people fleeing like deer from a forest fire because they\u2019re tired of having their on-line party&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fleeing-facebook\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fleeing Facebook?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1306 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"If WomenDon&#8217;t Find Ya Handsome They Should At Least Find Ya Handy(Red Green)\" data-date=\"2011-06-17T16:18:43-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/if-womendont-find-ya-handsome-they-should-at-least-find-ya-handy\/\" title=\"If WomenDon&#8217;t Find Ya Handsome They Should At Least Find Ya Handy(Red Green)\" rel=\"bookmark\">If WomenDon&#8217;t Find Ya Handsome They Should At Least Find Ya Handy(Red Green)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Linda and I recently shelled out 600 bucks to finally take care of some plumbing issues in the house which had progressed way beyond the point of denial and my poor power to find ingenious solutions with\u00a0duct tape. Replacing the 40 year faucets in the bathtub, vanity and kitchen actually required a hole to be&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/if-womendont-find-ya-handsome-they-should-at-least-find-ya-handy\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about If WomenDon&#8217;t Find Ya Handsome They Should At Least Find Ya Handy(Red Green)\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1290 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Why Do We Live Here?\" data-date=\"2011-06-13T10:09:43-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/why-do-we-live-here\/\" title=\"Why Do We Live Here?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why Do We Live Here?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It&#8217;s usually around mid October when I first start complaining about the approach of another winter and all the problems and perils sub-zero cold and snowy weather presents.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I didn\u2019t play golf last Tuesday because it was way too hot and windy for fat people to be out there risking heat stroke and possible death&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/why-do-we-live-here\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Why Do We Live Here?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1278 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Remembering Mylo\" data-date=\"2011-06-07T10:14:52-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-mylo\/\" title=\"Remembering Mylo\" rel=\"bookmark\">Remembering Mylo<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I lost an old friend over the weekend\u2026a VERY OLD friend. Mylo Preheim gave up the ghost on Saturday just a few weeks after his 95th birthday..but, boy, did he ever pack a lot of living into those years!. He reminded me of that guy in the Dos Equis Beer commercials; one of the most&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-mylo\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Remembering Mylo\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1264 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Corps Of The Problem\" data-date=\"2011-06-01T14:09:33-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-corps-of-the-problem\/\" title=\"The Corps Of The Problem\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Corps Of The Problem<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Playing golf on Tuesday was like spending four hours strapped to the hood of a semi heading west on I-90 at 75 miles an hour.\u00a0 The mighty wind made for horrific playing conditions in which shots lucky enough to find the greens had to be marked quickly before they blew OFF the greens. But, that\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-corps-of-the-problem\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Corps Of The Problem\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1257 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Right To Not Vote\" data-date=\"2011-05-27T10:34:15-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-right-to-not-vote\/\" title=\"The Right To Not Vote\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Right To Not Vote<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I didn\u2019t vote in the Sioux Falls school board election on Tuesday. Now before you begin wagging your finger at me and making tsk tsk sounds questioning my citizenship qualifications, hear me out.\u00a0 I chose not to make a trip down to the polls because I didn\u2019t give a rip about which of the two&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-right-to-not-vote\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Right To Not Vote\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1244 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Grand (child) Weekend\" data-date=\"2011-05-23T13:11:06-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-grand-weekend\/\" title=\"A Grand (child) Weekend\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Grand (child) Weekend<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>A \u201cFlabbergasted\u201d Judgement Day prognosticator, Harold Camping, finally popped his head out the door of his Alameda, California house Monday morning to say he wouldn\u2019t be giving any interviews until he\u2019s had a chance to contemplate what went wrong with his calculations that there was going to be a heavenly house cleaning on Saturday. No&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-grand-weekend\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Grand (child) Weekend\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1238 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"What Are You Doin&#8217; Saturday Night?\" data-date=\"2011-05-18T18:13:01-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/what-are-you-doin-saturday-night\/\" title=\"What Are You Doin&#8217; Saturday Night?\" rel=\"bookmark\">What Are You Doin&#8217; Saturday Night?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s been such a nice day that I thought I\u2019d leave the TV off and get a few things done. Number one was to give those pretty yellow flowers in the yard a second baptism of weed killer because the first one didn\u2019t take. They must not be Lutheran dandelions. I have opened the back&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/what-are-you-doin-saturday-night\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about What Are You Doin&#8217; Saturday Night?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1228 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Computer Withdrawal\" data-date=\"2011-05-13T12:18:57-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/computer-withdrawal\/\" title=\"Computer Withdrawal\" rel=\"bookmark\">Computer Withdrawal<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>(Cue music from The Godfather) \u00a0Thursday\u2019s congressional hearing on the insane increases of fuel prices, in which the heads of the five major oil companies were summoned to justify their record high\u00a0profits while continuing to receive taxpayer subsidies,\u00a0reminded me of those federal hearings in the Godfather II movie in which a congressional committee was looking&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/computer-withdrawal\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Computer Withdrawal\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1218 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Allergies And Ecstasies\" data-date=\"2011-05-09T09:49:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/gesundheit\/\" title=\"Allergies And Ecstasies\" rel=\"bookmark\">Allergies And Ecstasies<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Maybe my brother was right when he warned that after the age of 65, your health has a tendency to go haywire in a hurry. Oh, I\u2019m fine except for the first time in my life I have developed allergies\u2026or a single allergy..I don\u2019t know. Something is making my eyes water and setting me off&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/gesundheit\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Allergies And Ecstasies\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1210 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Thank You Again, Mr. Pitts\" data-date=\"2011-05-02T18:23:33-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thank-you-again-mr-pitts\/\" title=\"Thank You Again, Mr. Pitts\" rel=\"bookmark\">Thank You Again, Mr. Pitts<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Like many of you, I didn\u2019t get a lot of sleep Sunday night after hearing news that the world\u2019s most wanted criminal, Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of 9-11 and dozens of other terrorist acts across the world, \u00a0had been shot dead in a raid of his million dollar hide-out in Pakistan. The last thing&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thank-you-again-mr-pitts\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thank You Again, Mr. Pitts\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1193 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Royal Reflections\" data-date=\"2011-04-30T02:58:39-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/royal-reflections\/\" title=\"Royal Reflections\" rel=\"bookmark\">Royal Reflections<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0 Here\u2019s a short sample of a golf course conversation I had this past week.. \u201cWell, Lund, I suppose you being an old newsman, you\u2019ll be up early to watch the royal wedding, eh?\u201d \u201cNot hardly. To tell you the truth, \u00a0I can\u2019t understand why everybody\u2019s so amped-up and excited over this foreign future King\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/royal-reflections\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Royal Reflections\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1187 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Birther B.S.\" data-date=\"2011-04-27T13:00:20-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/birther-b-s\/\" title=\"Birther B.S.\" rel=\"bookmark\">Birther B.S.<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, the Trumpster has been trumped. \u00a0Big shot billionaire with the big hair and head to match, Donald Trump, has turned up a losing hand in his claims that President Barack Obama isn\u2019t a natural born U.S. Citizen and, presumably, not legally qualified to be president. \u00a0 But this egomaniac, who has been dipping his&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/birther-b-s\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Birther B.S.\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1178 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Plumb&#8217;s The Word\" data-date=\"2011-04-22T10:23:49-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/plumbs-the-word\/\" title=\"Plumb&#8217;s The Word\" rel=\"bookmark\">Plumb&#8217;s The Word<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cDouglas, come down here!\u201d Whenever I hear those words uttered from the lips of my dear wife down in our basement..I shudder. First of all, it can\u2019t be good if she uses my whole first name and if it IS bad news, there\u2019s a 99% chance it has something to do with water. The only&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/plumbs-the-word\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Plumb&#8217;s The Word\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1170 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Oh, What A Night!\" data-date=\"2011-04-18T17:20:50-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-what-a-night-2\/\" title=\"Oh, What A Night!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Oh, What A Night!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I don\u2019t mean to put too fine a point on it but for someone who works at\u00a0 and worries about finding\u00a0 just the right words to describe things I have experienced, none seem adequate enough today to explain the thrilling sensation I..and about 15 hundred other fans of old time Rock and Roll..enjoyed at the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-what-a-night-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Oh, What A Night!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1159 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Pennies From Heaven\" data-date=\"2011-04-15T02:14:58-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/pennies-from-heaven\/\" title=\"Pennies From Heaven\" rel=\"bookmark\">Pennies From Heaven<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I shelled out the most I\u2019ve ever paid for a tank of gasoline last weekend in Minneapolis; $3.99.9 a gallon. How stupid do they think we are, to fall for that old penny pricing trick? \u201cYah, it\u2019s high alright but at least it hasn\u2019t gotten up to four bucks yet.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0Although I admit I once&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/pennies-from-heaven\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pennies From Heaven\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1152 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"And The Charnley Goes To&#8230;&#8230;\" data-date=\"2011-04-12T10:27:48-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/and-the-charnley-goes-to\/\" title=\"And The Charnley Goes To&#8230;&#8230;\" rel=\"bookmark\">And The Charnley Goes To&#8230;&#8230;<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Other than the airport, Linda and I haven\u2019t been to the Twin Cities in ages. We remedied that last weekend with a quick trip to attend the Northwest Broadcast News Association\u2019s annual awards banquet. More about that in a minute.\u00a0 We used to go there several times a year especially when our daughter, Suzan was&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/and-the-charnley-goes-to\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about And The Charnley Goes To&#8230;&#8230;\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1146 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Taylor&#8217;s War\" data-date=\"2011-04-07T10:50:46-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/taylors-war\/\" title=\"Taylor&#8217;s War\" rel=\"bookmark\">Taylor&#8217;s War<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>The war in Iraq must be all but over since we don\u2019t hear much about it on the nightly news any more. We still have about 40-thousand American troops over there but the main mission now appears to be propping up a shaky Iraqi army and government so we can clean up our mess and&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/taylors-war\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Taylor&#8217;s War\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1133 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Exposing Valhalla\" data-date=\"2011-04-03T10:25:59-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/exposing-valhalla\/\" title=\"Exposing Valhalla\" rel=\"bookmark\">Exposing Valhalla<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0Whew! Our long state nightmare is finally over. Valhalla has been returned to the people! To be honest, I didn\u2019t know this governor\u2019s getaway in the Black Hills even existed until about three years ago when democrats tried to have a political meeting at the cabin and were turned down flat by Republican Governor Mike&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/exposing-valhalla\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Exposing Valhalla\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1120 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Rock On Part 3\" data-date=\"2011-03-29T10:45:55-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rock-on-part-3\/\" title=\"Rock On Part 3\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rock On Part 3<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0I had a rather surreal experience the other morning. One of the biggest names in Hollywood gave me a call on my cell. Nah, it wasn\u2019t an offer to be in a movie or TV show..but to respectfully decline an invitation to come home and be present in person for his induction into the South&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rock-on-part-3\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rock On Part 3\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1108 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Answer My Friends Is Blowin In The Wind\" data-date=\"2011-03-23T12:43:06-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-answer-my-friends-is-blowin-in-the-wind\/\" title=\"The Answer My Friends Is Blowin In The Wind\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Answer My Friends Is Blowin In The Wind<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0Never left the house Tuesday. \u00a0It was so windy\u00a0 I saw white caps on the mud puddles left behind by\u00a0thunder and lightening storms that came charging across Keloland all day. This morning it\u2019s been snowing and the forecast is for below normal cold the rest of the week. Ah, March; just when you think she\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-answer-my-friends-is-blowin-in-the-wind\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Answer My Friends Is Blowin In The Wind\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1100 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Sioux Falls&#8217; Nuclear Experiment\" data-date=\"2011-03-19T16:41:54-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sioux-falls-nuclear-experiment\/\" title=\"Sioux Falls&#8217; Nuclear Experiment\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sioux Falls&#8217; Nuclear Experiment<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0I suppose I\u2019m just going to have to give in and jump on the wind generator bandwagon as an alternative energy source now that the disaster in Japan has soured public opinion on Nuclear energy even more. Steve Hemmingsen, who lives in the shadow of a gazillion of those unsightly(my opinion)\u00a0electric generating whirligigs spinning away&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sioux-falls-nuclear-experiment\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sioux Falls&#8217; Nuclear Experiment\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1093 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Tragedy In Hi Def\" data-date=\"2011-03-15T10:06:58-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/tragedy-in-hi-def\/\" title=\"Tragedy In Hi Def\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tragedy In Hi Def<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sure, no sooner do I finally shake this cold that\u2019s been gobbling away at my energy and disposition for the last two weeks, than I come under attack from another virus. This one, though, was aimed at my computer..not my body. Ever since the terrible earthquake and tsunami in Japan, I, like most of you,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/tragedy-in-hi-def\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Tragedy In Hi Def\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1082 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Notes From The Parking Lot\" data-date=\"2011-03-09T12:47:25-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/notes-from-the-parking-lot\/\" title=\"Notes From The Parking Lot\" rel=\"bookmark\">Notes From The Parking Lot<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019m writing this from the front seat of Big Red parked in the lot of a well known fast food restaurant where I just downed a breakfast biscuit. I had to get out of the house this morning because A) Kelo called and needed me to come down and record a promo, B) I \u00a0was&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/notes-from-the-parking-lot\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Notes From The Parking Lot\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1073 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Care For A Cup Of Coffee?\" data-date=\"2011-03-05T07:31:26-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/care-for-a-cup-of-coffee\/\" title=\"Care For A Cup Of Coffee?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Care For A Cup Of Coffee?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0 I love coffee. I love the aroma of a fresh pot brewing in the morning. I can hardly wait for that sound our Mr.Coffee pot makes when it\u2019s nearly done. (Sort of like the noise from several people all at once trying to suck the last delicious drop of a milkshake through a straw.)&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/care-for-a-cup-of-coffee\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Care For A Cup Of Coffee?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1063 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Boys Of Summer\" data-date=\"2011-02-28T11:40:22-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-duke\/\" title=\"The Boys Of Summer\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Boys Of Summer<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I received another jolt of reality over the weekend; a not so gentle reminder that time travels at warp speed once you reach a certain age..like mine.\u00a0 When I heard that Duke Snider, one of the greatest major league baseball players in history and key member of my beloved\u00a0Dodgers, had died, my mind \u00a0immediately transported&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-duke\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Boys Of Summer\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1053 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"North To Alaska (Again)\" data-date=\"2011-02-23T12:49:44-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/north-to-alaska-again\/\" title=\"North To Alaska (Again)\" rel=\"bookmark\">North To Alaska (Again)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019m sitting in a quiet little corner of Ponds Bakery and Caf\u00e9 just across the street from the newly renovated Goss Opera House in Watertown. I chose this little out of the way eatery because it said free WIFI in the window. Dining in the same place is a group of elderly ladies (some kind&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/north-to-alaska-again\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about North To Alaska (Again)\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1037 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Talent To The Max\" data-date=\"2011-02-19T13:20:54-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/talented-to-the-max\/\" title=\"Talent To The Max\" rel=\"bookmark\">Talent To The Max<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Can you stand one more blog about piano players? \u00a0This one is not about my feeble attempts as a kid to emulate Liberace. No, this time I\u2019d like you to tell you about a South Dakota kid who really could be the next Liberace if he wanted..or President of the United States for that matter.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/talented-to-the-max\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Talent To The Max\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1027 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Ebony And Ivory\" data-date=\"2011-02-16T12:57:49-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ebony-and-ivory\/\" title=\"Ebony And Ivory\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ebony And Ivory<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I see that actor Michael Douglas, who is apparently back in good health after a battle with throat cancer, has been cast in a new movie about one of my childhood heroes, Liberace. Yup, I admit it, back in the fifties, the flamboyant pianist was a regular visitor into the Lund home on Thursday evenings&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ebony-and-ivory\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ebony And Ivory\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1018 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Valentine&#8217;s Day Mystery\" data-date=\"2011-02-12T09:12:38-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/valentines-day-mystery\/\" title=\"Valentine&#8217;s Day Mystery\" rel=\"bookmark\">Valentine&#8217;s Day Mystery<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0 Standing at the gas pump the other morning, the only thing that kept me from boiling over with rage at the at the high price of fuel was the fact that a west wind was blowing and I felt colder than the other day when it was 2 below..yet sunny and calm. February is&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/valentines-day-mystery\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Valentine&#8217;s Day Mystery\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1012 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"It&#8217;s Chili In The House\" data-date=\"2011-02-08T13:27:03-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-chili-in-the-house\/\" title=\"It&#8217;s Chili In The House\" rel=\"bookmark\">It&#8217;s Chili In The House<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0 I wish I\u2019d taken a picture of my neighbor\u2019s little dog this morning as he was standing next to the car his master was trying to get started. He kept lifting his front paws off the ground..first one for a few seconds..then the other..trying, I suppose, to keep them from permanently freezing right to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-chili-in-the-house\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about It&#8217;s Chili In The House\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1005 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Blinded By The Lights\" data-date=\"2011-02-04T16:02:44-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/blinded-by-the-lights\/\" title=\"Blinded By The Lights\" rel=\"bookmark\">Blinded By The Lights<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>zeal\u00b7ous \u2013adjective full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. That word best describes the Nebraska highway patrolman I encountered on the final leg of our long\u00a0 perilous journey home from Arizona.\u00a0 After deciding to stay an extra night in our New Mexico Super 8 storm home..we cautiously coaxed Big&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/blinded-by-the-lights\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Blinded By The Lights\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-999 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Stormin&#8217; For Home\" data-date=\"2011-02-01T15:10:49-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/stormin-for-home\/\" title=\"Stormin&#8217; For Home\" rel=\"bookmark\">Stormin&#8217; For Home<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Greetings from the \u201cLand of Enchantment\u201d..New Mexico where the state plant and the winter weather are both pronounced the same; \u201cYucca.\u201d Left Fountain Hills, Arizona on Monday knowing full well we were probably going to encounter bad weather on our route home but the first several hundred miles were mostly dry roads and sunshine interrupted&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/stormin-for-home\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Stormin&#8217; For Home\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-991 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Is It Over Already?\" data-date=\"2011-01-27T12:23:24-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/is-it-over-already\/\" title=\"Is It Over Already?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Is It Over Already?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Realizing what the weather\u2019s been like back home, I hesitate to mention this..but even the desert valley locals say this has been one of the nicest Januarys in recent memory. \u00a0Monday, though, we face the chilling reality that our time here has expired and we must press on home to Dakota. I\u2019m already dreading those&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/is-it-over-already\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Is It Over Already?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-987 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"65\" data-date=\"2011-01-23T13:33:14-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/65-2\/\" title=\"65\" rel=\"bookmark\">65<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>65! Okay..now this is serious. I sort of tip-toed into my sixties; not thinking too much about it because I\u2019d long since gotten over the shock of being eligible for AARP membership..plus I was blinded by the excitement and apprehension of retiring from a job I had loved for over 30 years. Now, I\u2019ve reached&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/65-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about 65\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-980 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Blizzard Of The Century\" data-date=\"2011-01-21T12:15:59-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/blizzard-of-the-century\/\" title=\"Blizzard Of The Century\" rel=\"bookmark\">Blizzard Of The Century<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I am a hoarder.\u00a0 Not to the extent that it could lead to an appearance on that television show with family members conducting a tearful intervention with me as trucks pull up to the back door to haul away room-clogging piles of useless junk that I\u2019ve amassed from years of being a pack rat.\u00a0 No&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/blizzard-of-the-century\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Blizzard Of The Century\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-969 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Greasewood Flat\" data-date=\"2011-01-17T13:55:14-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/greasewood-flat\/\" title=\"Greasewood Flat\" rel=\"bookmark\">Greasewood Flat<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Christy had the day off for MLK Day so she picked up Linda early this morning..well, okay it was 8 O\u2019clock but still. I\u2019m not quite sure where they\u2019re going \u00a0or what their plans are but I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if they call later from the nearby Ft. McDowell Indian casino to say they weren\u2019t&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/greasewood-flat\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Greasewood Flat\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-963 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Golfing Dollywood\" data-date=\"2011-01-14T10:59:04-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/golfing-dollywood\/\" title=\"Golfing Dollywood\" rel=\"bookmark\">Golfing Dollywood<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>For those who couldn\u2019t care less about golf, there\u2019s only one thing more boring than watching it on television and that\u2019s having to endure somebody writing about it on his blog. But please bear with me for a minute if only to allow\u00a0a chance to vent my frustrations about this blasted game..the playing of which&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/golfing-dollywood\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Golfing Dollywood\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-960 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Walk In The Park\" data-date=\"2011-01-12T10:18:55-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-walk-in-the-park\/\" title=\"A Walk In The Park\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Walk In The Park<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I wanted my 400th blog on Keloland.com to be something special and, as it turns out, that\u2019s just what it is\u2026even without me writing a word. I received a call from Executive Producer and my long-time colleague, Jaine Andrews, last week informing me that they were changing some things around on our web page and&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-walk-in-the-park\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Walk In The Park\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-956 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Tragedy In Tucson\" data-date=\"2011-01-09T23:53:53-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-tragedy-in-tucson\/\" title=\"The Tragedy In Tucson\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Tragedy In Tucson<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As I write this, an Arizona congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords remains in critical condition after being shot in the head by a mad man outside a Tucson, Arizona grocery store Saturday..an attack that killed six people including a nine year old girl, \u00a0federal judge and a couple of elderly religious leaders. Briefing reporters, the local sheriff,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-tragedy-in-tucson\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Tragedy In Tucson\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-948 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hoist The Anchors\" data-date=\"2011-01-05T16:46:48-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hoist-the-anchors\/\" title=\"Hoist The Anchors\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hoist The Anchors<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>No matter where we are in the country, it\u2019s always fun to turn on the TV and see a familiar face anchoring the news. It\u2019s happened several times this past year as Linda and I have had a chance to explore a wide swath of the good ol\u2019 USA. Right here in Phoenix, Steve Irvin&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hoist-the-anchors\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hoist The Anchors\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-937 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Way West\" data-date=\"2011-01-01T11:31:50-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-way-west\/\" title=\"The Way West\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Way West<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, I\u2019ve been doing some math and even though I was terrible at arithmetic in school, my simple calculations have concluded that if Linda and I are to continue making these treks out West in January, it would make more economic sense to fly Allegiant and then rent a car for the month we\u2019re here.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-way-west\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Way West\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-924 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Go Big Red\" data-date=\"2010-12-28T20:49:07-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/go-big-red\/\" title=\"Go Big Red\" rel=\"bookmark\">Go Big Red<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>And \u2018Poof\u201d, just like that Christmas is over and one by one our kids and grandkids give hugs and \u201cI love you\u2019s\u201d then pile into their respective vehicles or board an airplane and take off for home.\u00a0 Linda and I feel a little like Dorothy; frantically caught up in this huge tornado and then suddenly&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/go-big-red\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Go Big Red\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-913 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Holly Jolly Christmas\" data-date=\"2010-12-24T11:10:40-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-holly-jolly-christmas\/\" title=\"A Holly Jolly Christmas\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Holly Jolly Christmas<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I hope you can handle one more story about Eureka, South Dakota\u2019s Holly Hoffman, who survived the popular CBS reality show, \u201cSurvivor\u201d finishing fourth out of all the contestants vying for a million dollar top prize.\u00a0 Holly has since been pretty busy giving interviews and making personal appearances..including one at the Pizza Ranch in Hartford&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-holly-jolly-christmas\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Holly Jolly Christmas\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11469 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Aunt Leila..For The Record\" data-date=\"2010-12-20T19:50:29-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/aunt-leilas-records\/\" title=\"Aunt Leila..For The Record\" rel=\"bookmark\">Aunt Leila..For The Record<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s real common this time of year for people to act like frosty the snowman and go thumpity, thump, thumping down memory lane ad nauseum. So, here I go too. I liked all of my aunts but my very favorite was\u00a0 dad\u2019s older sister, Leila. She was married in 1924 and widowed in 1944. By&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/aunt-leilas-records\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Aunt Leila..For The Record\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-880 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Dan&#8217;s Bash For Cash\" data-date=\"2010-12-14T16:20:19-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dans-bash-for-cash\/\" title=\"Dan&#8217;s Bash For Cash\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dan&#8217;s Bash For Cash<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019ve known quite a few \u201ccharacters\u201d in my life but none could match the outrageous, funny, tough, sentimental, kind-hearted personality of my friend, Dan Christopherson who died nearly 4 years ago when that same big heart of his gave out at just 53. Dan was a huge guy. He must have stood 6\u20194\u201d.\u00a0 When I&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dans-bash-for-cash\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dan&#8217;s Bash For Cash\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-870 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"X Marks The Spot\" data-date=\"2010-12-09T13:30:33-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/x-marks-the-spot\/\" title=\"X Marks The Spot\" rel=\"bookmark\">X Marks The Spot<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Oh, my gosh..two weeks \u2018till Xmas. \u00a0Okay now right there I\u2019ve alienated many of you for daring to use the letter X to replace Christ in the word Christmas. If you really want to sap the peace-on-earth spirit right out of the season for some people, just send them a card with the word Xmas&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/x-marks-the-spot\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about X Marks The Spot\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-866 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Keg and I\" data-date=\"2010-12-04T12:32:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-keg-and-i\/\" title=\"The Keg and I\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Keg and I<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cDoug, did you see our \u201cKeg\u201d is closing?\u201d Linda said after reading a story in the morning paper. \u201cOh, no,\u201d came my reply in the same tone I would use at the loss of an old friend. \u00a0 I\u2019ve always liked fried chicken, I guess. But it wasn\u2019t until I tasted \u201cbroasted\u201d chicken from Ricky\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-keg-and-i\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Keg and I\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-859 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Street Savvy\" data-date=\"2010-11-30T11:39:20-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/street-savvy\/\" title=\"Street Savvy\" rel=\"bookmark\">Street Savvy<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>If there\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve learned in over 40 years of living here is that Sioux Falls residents do NOT want the city to take any shortcuts when it comes to \u00a0taking care of our streets (ALL of them) during (or preceding) winter weather..and they don\u2019t give a rip what it costs.\u00a0 \u00a0 Apparently our&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/street-savvy\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Street Savvy\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-851 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Thank You For Being A Friend\" data-date=\"2010-11-27T11:13:10-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thank-you-for-being-a-friend\/\" title=\"Thank You For Being A Friend\" rel=\"bookmark\">Thank You For Being A Friend<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I see my friend, Greg Belfrage is taking a lot of heat for finally shoving his eternal loyalty for the Minnesota Vikings over the side and jumping on board with the Green Bay Packers. \u00a0My friend, Kerry Thill is discovering how much better things taste and smell after 47 days without a cigarette but still&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thank-you-for-being-a-friend\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thank You For Being A Friend\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-841 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Bearing It All About Beer\" data-date=\"2010-11-22T15:42:43-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bearing-it-all-about-beer\/\" title=\"Bearing It All About Beer\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bearing It All About Beer<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I don\u2019t like beer all that much. Oh, on a hot day after mowing the yard or playing a round of golf, a beer is pretty refreshing..but usually, one or, if it\u2019s really hot outside, two is enough.\u00a0 I have lots of friends who really love beer and plenty of it but if I were&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bearing-it-all-about-beer\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bearing It All About Beer\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-835 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Painful Memories\" data-date=\"2010-11-16T15:22:47-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/painful-memories\/\" title=\"Painful Memories\" rel=\"bookmark\">Painful Memories<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I can count on one hand the number of times in 32 years at Keloland, that I missed work because I was sick. I mean, REALLY sick..not suffering from one of those mysterious 12 hour bugs which some people get. You know, those that show up at sunrise and disappear at sunset.\u00a0 There were lots&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/painful-memories\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Painful Memories\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-824 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"White Lightnin&#8217;s Last Ride\" data-date=\"2010-11-12T07:43:54-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/white-lightnins-last-ride\/\" title=\"White Lightnin&#8217;s Last Ride\" rel=\"bookmark\">White Lightnin&#8217;s Last Ride<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>If you\u2019ve ever taken that sad trip to the vet to have an ailing pet put to sleep..you\u2019ll know how I felt this week. \u00a0 White Lightnin\u2019 our 1990 Lincoln Town Car, which I\u2019ve had for 18 years and written about several times here, is gone. Her just reward for such long and faithful service&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/white-lightnins-last-ride\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about White Lightnin&#8217;s Last Ride\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-816 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Forgetting To Remember\" data-date=\"2010-11-09T11:21:07-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/forgetting-to-remember\/\" title=\"Forgetting To Remember\" rel=\"bookmark\">Forgetting To Remember<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I started writing a blog the other day and after a while I noticed that it seemed vaguely familiar. \u00a0So, I checked though my files and, sure enough, I\u2019d blogged about the very same thing less than two years ago. It\u2019s not the first time this has happened either. I suppose that, after nearly 400&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/forgetting-to-remember\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Forgetting To Remember\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-810 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Odds And Ends\" data-date=\"2010-11-02T08:43:03-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/odds-and-ends\/\" title=\"Odds And Ends\" rel=\"bookmark\">Odds And Ends<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Went to see my doctor today fully expecting to be gently chewed out for not having lost any weight since our last visit and fearing that my lab results would reflect the lackadaisical lifestyle I have fallen into. But he was kind, sympathetic and helpful plus the tests of my bodily fluids and a physical&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/odds-and-ends\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Odds And Ends\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-795 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"More Road Trippin&#8217;\" data-date=\"2010-10-27T14:00:47-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/road-tripping\/\" title=\"More Road Trippin&#8217;\" rel=\"bookmark\">More Road Trippin&#8217;<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cHow would you guys like to go on a little road trip?\u201d our friend, Joanie, said when she called. \u201cSure, where to?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cWell, we thought it might be fun to check out the old South Dakota School for the Blind campus in Gary.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe what..where?\u201d I said.\u00a0 \u201cYeah, the place has been restored and turned&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/road-tripping\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about More Road Trippin&#8217;\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11468 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Trust Me, I&#8217;m A Meteorologist\" data-date=\"2010-10-21T11:46:59-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/trust-me-im-a-meteorologist\/\" title=\"Trust Me, I&#8217;m A Meteorologist\" rel=\"bookmark\">Trust Me, I&#8217;m A Meteorologist<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Weather forecasting is not an exact science, but it\u2019s getting pretty dang close. When I started in television, way back in the dark ages, forecasts were based, primarily, on barometric pressure readings. Our radar consisted of a black and white camera we had hooked up to the radar screen out at the National Weather Service.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/trust-me-im-a-meteorologist\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trust Me, I&#8217;m A Meteorologist\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-779 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Hair Raising Tale\" data-date=\"2010-10-15T12:47:56-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-hair-raising-tale\/\" title=\"A Hair Raising Tale\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Hair Raising Tale<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I love writing this blog..but sometimes, I can\u2019t come up with one blasted idea that justifies an entire column. Oh, I could rattle on about the upcoming election and explain why I\u2019m reluctantly going to leave the U.S. House race on the ballot blank. But anyone who, like me, gags every time another negative ad&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-hair-raising-tale\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Hair Raising Tale\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-770 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Stevie\" data-date=\"2010-10-11T10:57:42-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/stevie\/\" title=\"Stevie\" rel=\"bookmark\">Stevie<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I hate when the phone rings after 11 pm. I know it\u2019s either a wrong number or bad news. When Linda picked up at midnight last week, it was clear this wasn\u2019t a wrong number. \u201cOh no, Steve..oh, no&#8230;\u201d and she hands the phone to me. That\u2019s when I first learned from my longtime Keloland&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/stevie\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Stevie\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-761 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Randy And Rod\" data-date=\"2010-10-06T10:34:40-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/life-lessons-from-randy-rod\/\" title=\"Randy And Rod\" rel=\"bookmark\">Randy And Rod<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Pigs are flying around in the Metrodome. Icicles are dangling off Satan\u2019s nose because hell has frozen over. Randy Moss is a Minnesota Viking again. For some crazy reason, the New England Patriots have traded the premier but moody and self-serving wide receiver to the team where he got his start and became a superstar&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/life-lessons-from-randy-rod\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Randy And Rod\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-749 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Queen Mary\" data-date=\"2010-09-30T15:55:08-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-queen-mary\/\" title=\"The Queen Mary\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Queen Mary<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sure\u2026.just when I decide that I might be watching too much TV, along comes a new season of network shows that I\u2019m already addicted to. Well, not addicted yet but a few that I really like. First and foremost is Hawaii Five-0 (Mondays at 9pm on CBS)..a remake of the long running series from the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-queen-mary\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Queen Mary\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11467 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Back To Bullocks\" data-date=\"2010-09-25T11:32:09-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/back-to-bullocks\/\" title=\"Back To Bullocks\" rel=\"bookmark\">Back To Bullocks<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Tap, tap.. tap..came the sound on my door . Seth, is that you?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nope, just Linda who forgot her key. We\u2019re holed up here in Deadwood Gulch at the Bullock Hotel fully expecting a visit from the owner, himself, before we leave..even though he\u2019s been dead for nearly a hundred years. It\u2019s safe to say&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/back-to-bullocks\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Back To Bullocks\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-724 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Tara\" data-date=\"2010-09-20T00:13:20-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/tara\/\" title=\"Tara\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tara<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cHoney, (My wife sometimes calls me honey..not because I\u2019m so sweet but usually just before asking me to do something) why haven\u2019t you ever blogged about Tara? You\u2019ve written about all of our grandkids and their achievements but nothing about her. You know she might think you\u2019re not as proud of her as the others.\u201d&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/tara\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Tara\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-705 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Highway 1 And Tinsel Town\" data-date=\"2010-09-14T08:27:02-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/highway-1-and-tinsel-town\/\" title=\"Highway 1 And Tinsel Town\" rel=\"bookmark\">Highway 1 And Tinsel Town<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Wow! Our bus went right by the site of that natural gas explosion South of San Francisco the day before it happened. Meanwhile, we were merrily on our way driving through some of the most beautiful scenery on earth; the Pacific Coast Highway. It\u2019s often called the most spectacular meeting of land and sea in&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/highway-1-and-tinsel-town\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Highway 1 And Tinsel Town\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-690 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Don&#8217;t Call It &#8220;Frisco&#8221;\" data-date=\"2010-09-08T20:08:27-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dont-call-it-frisco\/\" title=\"Don&#8217;t Call It &#8220;Frisco&#8221;\" rel=\"bookmark\">Don&#8217;t Call It &#8220;Frisco&#8221;<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>The drive from Lake Tahoe to San Francisco is a beautiful one; first through the eastern Sierras then\u00a0 fertile irrigated farm valleys to the stunning Pacific Bay.\u00a0\u00a0 Just don\u2019t try make that 200 mile drive on Labor Day! \u00a0The holiday traffic jams began just outside of Tahoe and didn\u2019t let up much until well past&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dont-call-it-frisco\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Don&#8217;t Call It &#8220;Frisco&#8221;\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-673 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Amtrak Experience\" data-date=\"2010-09-06T10:43:57-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-amtrak-experience\/\" title=\"The Amtrak Experience\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Amtrak Experience<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Okay, I admit to having a few reservations about Amtrak before we began this latest Keloland\/Holiday Vacations tour west; I\u2019d heard I might find it\u00a0 boring, cramped, noisy and uncomfortable. But over the past few days, those apprehensions have melted into an affection for trains and an appreciation for the nostalgic experience we\u2019ve just been&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-amtrak-experience\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Amtrak Experience\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-669 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Colorado Here We Come\" data-date=\"2010-09-03T17:52:57-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/colorado-here-we-come\/\" title=\"Colorado Here We Come\" rel=\"bookmark\">Colorado Here We Come<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Greetings one and all from Beautiful downtown Denver..home of the Big Blue Bear.\u00a0 To be honest, I&#8217;m not finding Denver to be all that beautiful.\u00a0 Oh, the mountains in the distance are nice..but on the way here from the airport (which is so far away they should book separate flights) we drove past a few&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/colorado-here-we-come\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Colorado Here We Come\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-654 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"R.I.P. Morris Magnuson\" data-date=\"2010-08-31T12:46:36-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/r-i-p-morris-magnuson\/\" title=\"R.I.P. Morris Magnuson\" rel=\"bookmark\">R.I.P. Morris Magnuson<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cWe aren\u2019t certain about the exact cause of Dad\u2019s death,\u201d said Lee Magnuson when I called this morning to express my sympathy over his father\u2019s passing. \u201cEven though he was 89, dad was so darn busy all the time people forgot that he had heart by-pass 23 years ago and wore a pacemaker..so we figure&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/r-i-p-morris-magnuson\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about R.I.P. Morris Magnuson\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-642 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Thinkin&#8217; Lincoln and Todd\" data-date=\"2010-08-27T07:51:33-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thinkin-lincoln-and-todd\/\" title=\"Thinkin&#8217; Lincoln and Todd\" rel=\"bookmark\">Thinkin&#8217; Lincoln and Todd<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I haven\u2019t been hearing too much lately about newspapers around the country having to fold up operations under pressure from the internet. \u00a0It may still be happening, I just haven\u2019t noticed. I\u2019ve never really bought into the claims that newspapers and local TV newscasts would eventually be put out to pasture because people will be&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thinkin-lincoln-and-todd\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thinkin&#8217; Lincoln and Todd\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11466 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Voice Of Keloland\" data-date=\"2010-08-24T05:29:58-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/voice-of-keloland\/\" title=\"Voice Of Keloland\" rel=\"bookmark\">Voice Of Keloland<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Can\u2019t sleep. It\u2019s four o\u2019clock in the morning and I\u2019m as excited as a kid on Christmas Eve. That\u2019s because in less than an hour, I\u2019m going to begin another chapter in my long association with Keloland Television. \u00a0The recorded voice you\u2019ll be hearing from now on introducing all the news and weathercasts, as well&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/voice-of-keloland\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Voice Of Keloland\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-627 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Interviewing The Interviewer\" data-date=\"2010-08-21T08:02:33-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/interviewing-the-interviewer\/\" title=\"Interviewing The Interviewer\" rel=\"bookmark\">Interviewing The Interviewer<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Ugh\u2026 Another morning where the humidity is so high that our windows look like the bathroom mirror after a hot shower. I got up early to make coffee and found another earwig bug in the sink which I promptly dispatched. I thought Linda had successfully eliminated them from the planet several weeks ago with her&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/interviewing-the-interviewer\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Interviewing The Interviewer\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-608 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Civil War In Pipestone\" data-date=\"2010-08-17T10:10:55-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-civil-war-in-pipestone\/\" title=\"The Civil War In Pipestone\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Civil War In Pipestone<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I have always been fascinated by The Civil War. I\u2019m not so much interested in the precise battle strategies or exact dates, times and locations of each engagement but rather in the mind set of those men who did the actual fighting. How could they be convinced to take up arms and fire upon a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-civil-war-in-pipestone\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Civil War In Pipestone\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-599 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Which House Candidate Looks Best To You?\" data-date=\"2010-08-13T14:27:09-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/which-house-candidate-looks-best-to-you\/\" title=\"Which House Candidate Looks Best To You?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Which House Candidate Looks Best To You?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Geeze, am I\u00a0 becoming one of \u201cthose guys?\u201d You know, a typical man who has reached the age where we feel we can say or do outlandish things and don\u2019t give a hoot what anybody thinks about it? Well, maybe.,.because I\u2019m afraid, as I follow the U.S. House of Representatives race..I have a hard time&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/which-house-candidate-looks-best-to-you\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Which House Candidate Looks Best To You?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-587 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Brothers Of The Sea\" data-date=\"2010-08-09T11:24:03-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-ancient-mariner\/\" title=\"Brothers Of The Sea\" rel=\"bookmark\">Brothers Of The Sea<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I come from a long line of seafaring folks. Well, you have to go pretty far back in my lineage to find them but I AM full blown Norwegian so it seems only logical that my ancestors spent a good amount of time on the water whether it be floating down a fjord fishing for&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-ancient-mariner\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Brothers Of The Sea\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-572 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"You Were My Sunshine, My Only Sunshine\" data-date=\"2010-08-04T10:16:43-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/you-were-my-sunshine-my-only-sunshine\/\" title=\"You Were My Sunshine, My Only Sunshine\" rel=\"bookmark\">You Were My Sunshine, My Only Sunshine<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019ve been shopping at Sunshine on east 10th ever since my daughters were young enough to still want a ride on the rocking horse machine inside every store entrance. \u201cDaddy, let\u2019s go to the store with the horsy.\u201d Back in the early 70\u2019s, my cousin, Grouse, wrote a TV commercial for Sunshine featuring that kiddie&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/you-were-my-sunshine-my-only-sunshine\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about You Were My Sunshine, My Only Sunshine\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-555 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Mushing And Glacier Cruising\" data-date=\"2010-07-31T19:57:57-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mushing-and-glacier-cruising\/\" title=\"Mushing And Glacier Cruising\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mushing And Glacier Cruising<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>My gosh..two weeks have flown by and WE\u2019LL soon be flying back to South Dakota\u00a0 where Noah has apparently been gathering up animals two by two.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Out here on the tundra, we\u2019ve been hearing reports of the big rains around Sioux Falls and Linda has been fretting about our basement but friend and house watcher,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mushing-and-glacier-cruising\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mushing And Glacier Cruising\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-549 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Northern Exposure\" data-date=\"2010-07-28T10:29:20-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/northern-exposure\/\" title=\"Northern Exposure\" rel=\"bookmark\">Northern Exposure<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Yes, the Alcan Highway is rough and bouncy. Yes, the mosquitoes are the size of hungry hummingbirds. Yes, the weather changes more often than Lori Line on tour. But the Yukon Territory and Alaska also contain some of the most stunningly majestic mountains and wondrously remote wilderness areas on earth. We\u2019ve managed to see a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/northern-exposure\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Northern Exposure\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-544 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Along The Klondike Trail\" data-date=\"2010-07-25T09:59:37-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/along-the-klondike-trail\/\" title=\"Along The Klondike Trail\" rel=\"bookmark\">Along The Klondike Trail<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cOoga Ooga Mooska\u201d from the Great White North! Have arrived in Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon Territory CANADA! It seems like we\u2019ve spent more time in Canada so far on this journey than in Alaska..but we\u2019re getting there. This is the first time since Seattle, we\u2019ve had access to free internet..but civilization ends tonight when&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/along-the-klondike-trail\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Along The Klondike Trail\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-530 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"McGovern Takes A Dive\" data-date=\"2010-07-19T19:49:30-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mcgovern-takes-a-dive\/\" title=\"McGovern Takes A Dive\" rel=\"bookmark\">McGovern Takes A Dive<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0I\u2019ve always been a George McGovern fan. \u00a0Even though we sometimes differ politically,\u00a0 I think he\u2019s one of the smartest and most accommodating people I\u2019ve ever met.\u00a0 He\u2019s my version of a 20th century Thomas Jefferson. From the time when he piloted 35 missions in a B-24 during World War II, to his many years&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mcgovern-takes-a-dive\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about McGovern Takes A Dive\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-519 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"On My High Horse\" data-date=\"2010-07-18T11:43:16-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/on-my-high-horse\/\" title=\"On My High Horse\" rel=\"bookmark\">On My High Horse<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cHey, we could go through Louisville if we want to. Anybody interested in visiting Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby Museum?\u201d I said from behind the wheel of Big Red as we motored east. \u201cSure,\u201d came the reply from Linda and Joanie in the back seat. \u201cAbsolutely,\u201d Denny said as he reached for the GPS&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/on-my-high-horse\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about On My High Horse\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-514 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Dog Days Of Summer\" data-date=\"2010-07-13T07:58:41-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-dog-days-of-summer\/\" title=\"The Dog Days Of Summer\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Dog Days Of Summer<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Linda and I had a big dose of Brandy over the weekend. Now, before you reach for the phone book and, for our own good, look up the number to Alcoholics Anonymous (It\u2019s towards the front) let me explain. This is Brandy. \u00a0 It\u2019s our daughter and son-in-law\u2019s\u00a0doggie and since they were going to be&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-dog-days-of-summer\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Dog Days Of Summer\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-500 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Honest Abe\" data-date=\"2010-07-08T10:27:30-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/honest-abe\/\" title=\"Honest Abe\" rel=\"bookmark\">Honest Abe<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Does anybody else find it astounding how much money companies like Progressive, and Geico spend on advertising? I looked it up and it\u2019s close to a BILLION dollars a year each. In fact, I\u2019ve seen three insurance spots for Progressive in the last half hour. They\u2019re everywhere on every channel; running so often that I&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/honest-abe\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Honest Abe\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-486 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Things That Really Bug Linda And Me\" data-date=\"2010-07-03T10:56:01-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/things-that-really-bug-linda-and-me\/\" title=\"Things That Really Bug Linda And Me\" rel=\"bookmark\">Things That Really Bug Linda And Me<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Aside from me backing out of the shower, nothing strikes terror into the heart of my dear wife, Linda, more than the sight of a spider. She is president of the arachnophobia club. So, of course, she\u2019s always the first one to spot a spider crawling out from behind a counter or flower pot or&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/things-that-really-bug-linda-and-me\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Things That Really Bug Linda And Me\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-480 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Fragrance Of The Fourth\" data-date=\"2010-06-28T12:49:28-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-fragrance-of-the-fourth\/\" title=\"The Fragrance Of The Fourth\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Fragrance Of The Fourth<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I see that the fireworks stands are open for business again. It\u2019s a pretty short season for those guys to sell their inventories and make a few bucks and I hope they have a bang up year but I\u2019m afraid I won\u2019t be one of their customers. I\u2019ve already seen too much of my money&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-fragrance-of-the-fourth\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Fragrance Of The Fourth\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-476 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Slowly But Surely Headin&#8217; Home\" data-date=\"2010-06-26T06:05:52-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/slowly-but-surely-headin-home\/\" title=\"Slowly But Surely Headin&#8217; Home\" rel=\"bookmark\">Slowly But Surely Headin&#8217; Home<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Shortcuts are sometimes too long. I came as close as I have losing it on Friday all because of my own bone head decision to save some miles by taking a highway that angles from North Carolina to Dayton, Ohio instead of driving the interstate. The road turned out to be loaded with towns and&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/slowly-but-surely-headin-home\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Slowly But Surely Headin&#8217; Home\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-465 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Charleston And Myrtle Beach\" data-date=\"2010-06-24T05:22:23-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/charleston-and-myrtle-beach\/\" title=\"Charleston And Myrtle Beach\" rel=\"bookmark\">Charleston And Myrtle Beach<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Okay, when someone more knowledgeable than you about the South says, \u201cJune, July and August are not most ideal months to be visiting Dixie,\u201d they speak the truth. It was already 85 degrees at 8:30 Wednesday morning when we left the motel for our city tour of Charleston, South Carolina. I wised-up this time, though;&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/charleston-and-myrtle-beach\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Charleston And Myrtle Beach\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-459 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Savannah\" data-date=\"2010-06-22T05:58:19-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/savannah\/\" title=\"Savannah\" rel=\"bookmark\">Savannah<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Hey, Y\u2019all from sunny Savannah, Georgia. We arrived here after an uneventful five hour drive through canyons of South Carolina trees that tend to make wide-open-spaces-Midwesterners like us feel a little claustrophobic and pining for an occasional clearing to clear our heads and get our bearings. It was sad to leave Lake Keowee and the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/savannah\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Savannah\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-451 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Our Hostess On Injured Reserve\" data-date=\"2010-06-19T08:32:21-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/451-2\/\" title=\"Our Hostess On Injured Reserve\" rel=\"bookmark\">Our Hostess On Injured Reserve<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, hopefully, the saga of the overheating Lincoln is finally over. My brother lined me up with a radiator specialist here in Seneca, S.C. and by the time we\u2019d finished our golf game, the car was done.\u00a0 The guy told me the cooling system was really in need of a thorough flushing which he did&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/451-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Our Hostess On Injured Reserve\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-446 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hot But Here\" data-date=\"2010-06-17T14:53:23-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hot-but-here\/\" title=\"Hot But Here\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hot But Here<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Update on the Lund vacation\u2026day four. 22 miles from our destination and big red, fed up with the heat, decides to boil over in downtown Pickens, South Carolina. It\u2019s 95 degrees and stop lights every 100 yards or so which the car dislikes and manifests that displeasure by leaving us stranded on a street corner&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hot-but-here\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hot But Here\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11465 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Raindrops Keep Fallin&#8217; On Our Heads\" data-date=\"2010-06-16T06:09:58-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/raindrops-keep-fallin-on-our-heads\/\" title=\"Raindrops Keep Fallin&#8217; On Our Heads\" rel=\"bookmark\">Raindrops Keep Fallin&#8217; On Our Heads<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Glub, blub\u2026. It\u2019s not just Keloland dealing with torrential rains. We\u2019ve been seeing the same guy with the long white beard\u00a0 gathering up animals two by two all through Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky as we continue our trek to the east coast. There was a\u00a0 break in the storms long enough for us to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/raindrops-keep-fallin-on-our-heads\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Raindrops Keep Fallin&#8217; On Our Heads\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11464 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"On The Road Again\" data-date=\"2010-06-14T07:58:56-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/on-the-road-again\/\" title=\"On The Road Again\" rel=\"bookmark\">On The Road Again<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>And, they\u2019re off! Linda and I, along with our friends, Denny and Joanie, will say a little prayer then all climb aboard the big red Lincoln and head for a two week journey to the deep South; Charleston, South Carolina to be exact..with a stop for a long weekend at my brother\u2019s house by the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/on-the-road-again\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about On The Road Again\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11463 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Will Somebody Answer The %$#@ Phone?\" data-date=\"2010-06-11T09:11:03-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/will-somebody-answer-the-phone\/\" title=\"Will Somebody Answer The %$#@ Phone?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Will Somebody Answer The %$#@ Phone?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Went into panic mode this week when, while doing my usual rigorous daily exercise routine (on the couch surfing favorite websites) a strange but very official looking window popped up on my laptop. It warned that my computer was vulnerable to several viruses and advised me to click to scan.\u00a0 Ah..but I was wise to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/will-somebody-answer-the-phone\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Will Somebody Answer The %$#@ Phone?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11462 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The South Dakota Bucket List\" data-date=\"2010-06-07T13:21:07-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/424-2\/\" title=\"The South Dakota Bucket List\" rel=\"bookmark\">The South Dakota Bucket List<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I, like thousands of other subscribers, anxiously await the arrival of my South Dakota Magazine every other month. It\u2019s been that way ever since the magazine first hit the stands 25 years ago. On many occasions, I\u2019ve stolen ideas from its pages for Lund at Large stories; a fact I have confessed to owner\/publisher, Bernie&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/424-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The South Dakota Bucket List\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11461 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Planes, Pains And Automobiles\" data-date=\"2010-06-03T06:29:25-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/planes-pains-and-automobiles\/\" title=\"Planes, Pains And Automobiles\" rel=\"bookmark\">Planes, Pains And Automobiles<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, I finally got Big Red\u2019s overheating problem repaired but not before having to endure the trappings of another garage whose employees lie like rugs. (Big Red, for those unfamiliar with my fleet of old vehicles, is our ten year old high mileage Town Car that must still look nice enough for mechanics to figure&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/planes-pains-and-automobiles\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Planes, Pains And Automobiles\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11460 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Best Pizza I Ever Ate\" data-date=\"2010-05-31T11:15:52-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/404-2\/\" title=\"The Best Pizza I Ever Ate\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Best Pizza I Ever Ate<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Take a look at me and it\u2019s obvious; I love to eat. It gives me great pleasure and comfort but it also brings profound distress because the price of that pleasure is having to shop at the big and tall men\u2019s stores for awful looking clothes that scream \u201closer.\u201d Anyway, one of my favorite programs&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/404-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Best Pizza I Ever Ate\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11459 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Fine Art\" data-date=\"2010-05-27T10:41:24-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fine-art\/\" title=\"Fine Art\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fine Art<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, I\u2019ll be darned; Art Linkletter has died.<br \/>\nI was just thinking about him the other day and wondered how he was doing because I knew he was well into his 90\u2019s.<br \/>\n97 as it turns out.<br \/>\nI even went to Youtube to watch a few clips from his popular daily TV show in the 50\u2019s and 60\u2019s; Art Linkletter\u2019s House Party\u2026especially the hilarious segments where he interviews the kids.<br \/>\nAs a broadcaster, I always admired Linkletter\u2019s great skills as an emcee and interviewer with a special gift for ad libbing.<br \/>\nI told him as much when he was in Sioux Falls several years ago to be the featured speaker at some huge conference on aging.<br \/>\nThrough my job, I\u2019ve had the privilege of meeting and talking with lots of celebrities and am often asked what they\u2019re really like when the cameras and microphones were off.<br \/>\nWell, I can assure you that Art Linkletter was the real deal; as genial, enthusiastic and funny as he was on radio and TV.<br \/>\nNot like Tony Randall who stormed out on an interview with Steve Hemmingsen (probably at that same aging conference) because Steve asked him a question about Felix Unger from The Odd Couple when Randall specifically told him not to.<br \/>\nAnyway, after my interview with Art Linkletter I mentioned that I do a lot of feature stories on Keloland TV and wondered if he\u2019d share a couple of his secrets to making people..especially children..feel at ease and \u201cSay the darndest things.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDon\u2019t ever talk down to kids,\u201d he said. \u201cThey understand a lot more than most people give them credit for.\u201d \u201cAlso, try  avoid any question in which they can respond with a simple yes or no answer.<br \/>\n\u201cBasically, though, he said., LISTEN to what people are saying. A lot of guys can talk but paying attention is hard for some to do.  Oh, and be nice. Usually, folks will relax and be nice right back.\u201d<br \/>\nArt Linketter was often asked about his favorite comment from a child he was interviewing. But there were just too many to choose from.<br \/>\nOne of my favorites was when a little boy revealed that his daddy was a policeman who arrested a lot of burglars. Linkletter asked if his mother ever worried about the risks. \u201cNaw, she thinks it\u2019s great,\u201d he answered. \u201cHe brings home rings and bracelets and jewelry almost every week.\u201d<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a wonderful interview with Linkletter done just last year when he was about to enter the final year  of his life.<br \/>\nYou can check it out here.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. A reminder that with our new blog system I have to approve your comment\u2026but only once. So I hope a lot of you regular readers will respond so I can get you checked off. I love your responses both positive and creatively critical.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fine-art\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fine Art\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11440 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Too Hot To Handle\" data-date=\"2010-05-24T10:46:45-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/too-hot-to-handle\/\" title=\"Too Hot To Handle\" rel=\"bookmark\">Too Hot To Handle<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Warning: To avoid serious burns, possible blindness and severe humiliation, do not open radiator cap when engine is hot. Oh, come on..I thought to myself, they always present the worst case scenario in these automotive cautions. Like when\u2019s the last time a battery actually exploded because somebody didn\u2019t hook up the connections correctly? Besides, I&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/too-hot-to-handle\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Too Hot To Handle\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11441 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Yards, Cars And Nooks\" data-date=\"2010-05-17T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/yards-cars-and-nooks\/\" title=\"Yards, Cars And Nooks\" rel=\"bookmark\">Yards, Cars And Nooks<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; When the sun finally came out Saturday I knew there would be no more excuses; I had to lift my ample posterior up off the couch and out in the garage to fire up the lawn mower. The grass had gotten so high I wasn&rsquo;t sure the old machine had enough power to wack&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/yards-cars-and-nooks\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Yards, Cars And Nooks\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11442 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Don Shelby Retires\" data-date=\"2010-05-13T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/don-shelby-retires\/\" title=\"Don Shelby Retires\" rel=\"bookmark\">Don Shelby Retires<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp;Steve Hemmingsen stopped by the house one day last week. He was in the neighborhood and could only stay a minute. A couple hours and a few drinks later (Coke for him, vodka for me) he left for home in his giant new pick-up truck that saves gas by burning 85 percent ethanol and a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/don-shelby-retires\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Don Shelby Retires\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11443 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Fair Questions\" data-date=\"2010-05-10T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fair-questions\/\" title=\"Fair Questions\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fair Questions<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; I admit that I don&rsquo;t follow the news as closely as I used to but how in the world did I miss this one? Minneahaha County Commissioners, according to the Argus Leader, are considering options to sell the Sioux Empire fairgrounds and maybe relocate the event! W.T.H.?? Where did this come from? I&rsquo;ve seen&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fair-questions\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fair Questions\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11444 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Painless Dentistry?\" data-date=\"2010-05-06T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/painless-dentistry\/\" title=\"Painless Dentistry?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Painless Dentistry?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Dentist this morning. I have a lovely young lady that takes the x-rays and cleans my teeth. She&rsquo;s pretty gentle with me and the experience is more annoying than painful. It&rsquo;s just an uncomfortable hour of sitting there hoping my stomach doesn&rsquo;t growl and that the three brushings&nbsp; I did with cinnamon flavored Crest was&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/painless-dentistry\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Painless Dentistry?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11445 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Waxing Nostalgic\" data-date=\"2010-05-03T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/waxing-nostalgic\/\" title=\"Waxing Nostalgic\" rel=\"bookmark\">Waxing Nostalgic<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Way back in the dark ages (1975) I was called into the office of Keloland TV president, Evans Nord. It had been just a few weeks since I&rsquo;d been chosen to co-anchor the Big News at Ten with Steve Hemmingsen. Oh, god..I thought..this is it, he&rsquo;s going to fire me. &ldquo;How ya doin&rsquo; Doug? Have&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/waxing-nostalgic\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Waxing Nostalgic\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11446 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Rocking And Rolling Through Time\" data-date=\"2010-04-28T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rocking-and-rolling-through-time\/\" title=\"Rocking And Rolling Through Time\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rocking And Rolling Through Time<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As most of you who read these scribblings know, it was my privilege to emcee the 2nd annual Rock and Roll Music Association Hall of Fame induction ceremony and concert this past weekend. It was a magical night as the Ramkota Exhibit Hall was filled to capacity with fans of this special era of rock&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rocking-and-rolling-through-time\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rocking And Rolling Through Time\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11447 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Knock Knock, Who&#8217;s There?\" data-date=\"2010-04-23T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/knock-knock-whos-there\/\" title=\"Knock Knock, Who&#8217;s There?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Knock Knock, Who&#8217;s There?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; When the doorbell rings at 7:30 in the morning at our house..followed by a rapid knock on the door..my first instinct is that something is very wrong; there&rsquo;s been an accident or the house is on fire..something like that. Usually, I&rsquo;m just waking up at that hour but this morning I had to go&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/knock-knock-whos-there\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Knock Knock, Who&#8217;s There?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11448 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Jesse James&#8217; Flying Leap\" data-date=\"2010-04-19T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/jesse-james-flying-leap\/\" title=\"Jesse James&#8217; Flying Leap\" rel=\"bookmark\">Jesse James&#8217; Flying Leap<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Ah ha&hellip;I&rsquo;ll bet you thought by the title that this was going to be about that heavily tattooed motorcycle building &nbsp;TV Daredevil Jesse James who somehow wound up as the husband of beautiful superstar, &nbsp;Sandra Bullock, only to cheat on her with a variety of shadowy tattooed babes..while she was off making Oscar award winning&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/jesse-james-flying-leap\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Jesse James&#8217; Flying Leap\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11449 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Taxes, Travel &#038; Tunes\" data-date=\"2010-04-13T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/taxes-travel-tunes\/\" title=\"Taxes, Travel &#038; Tunes\" rel=\"bookmark\">Taxes, Travel &#038; Tunes<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;Hi, Doug, this is Marilyn from Doug Amen&rsquo;s office. We have your taxes done.&rdquo; That annual phone call is usually like money in the bank because it means a refund will be coming our way. Not this time, though. For a variety of reasons, we have to pay in this year; only a couple hundred&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/taxes-travel-tunes\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Taxes, Travel &#038; Tunes\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11450 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Thanks Dave\" data-date=\"2010-04-09T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thanks-dave\/\" title=\"Thanks Dave\" rel=\"bookmark\">Thanks Dave<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;m having a bit of a dilemma as I sit here thinking about writing a comment or two concerning the upcoming election in Sioux Falls; especially the mayor&rsquo;s race. Just by saying who I&rsquo;d like to win will surely alienate and infuriate a lot of you who favor another candidate and think I must be&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thanks-dave\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thanks Dave\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11451 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Easter On The Farm\" data-date=\"2010-04-06T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/easter-on-the-farm\/\" title=\"Easter On The Farm\" rel=\"bookmark\">Easter On The Farm<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It&rsquo;s early Tuesday morning and I&rsquo;m sitting here in the dark with only the light of my computer screen offering up a soft blue glow to the room.&nbsp;Blue describes my feelings too because I can hear it raining outside and the wind is supposed to start howling again which means no golf with the guys&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/easter-on-the-farm\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Easter On The Farm\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11452 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Vermillion&#8217;s National Treasure\" data-date=\"2010-03-31T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/vermillions-national-treasure\/\" title=\"Vermillion&#8217;s National Treasure\" rel=\"bookmark\">Vermillion&#8217;s National Treasure<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was about 12, I suppose, when our Boy Scout troop took a field trip to Brookings and the home of Arne B. Larson to see his collection of musical instruments from all over the world. I don&rsquo; know if you&rsquo;ve seen the TV show &ldquo;Hoarders&rdquo; but they have nothing on Arne B. I remember&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/vermillions-national-treasure\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Vermillion&#8217;s National Treasure\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-362 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Let&#8217;s Rock Some More\" data-date=\"2010-03-26T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lets-rock-some-more\/\" title=\"Let&#8217;s Rock Some More\" rel=\"bookmark\">Let&#8217;s Rock Some More<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>STP What comes to your mind when you see those three letters together or hear them spoken? I picture a motor oil additive that, for years, was the primary sponsor on the racing cars of Richard Petty and Mario Andretti. My grown-up kids, on the other hand, are more likely to associate STP with a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lets-rock-some-more\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Let&#8217;s Rock Some More\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11453 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream For Health Care\" data-date=\"2010-03-22T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/you-scream-i-scream-we-all-scream-for-health-care\/\" title=\"You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream For Health Care\" rel=\"bookmark\">You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream For Health Care<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;ve never had to be admitted to the hospital. (Excuse me a sec&nbsp;while I search for a hunk of wood to knock on.)&nbsp; I realize how remarkable that is considering my advanced age and history of treating my body more like a Shriner&rsquo;s temple than the Lord&rsquo;s temple..but, aside from a physical every two or&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/you-scream-i-scream-we-all-scream-for-health-care\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream For Health Care\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11454 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Still Rockin&#8217; &#038; Rollin&#8217;\" data-date=\"2010-03-17T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/still-rockin-rollin\/\" title=\"Still Rockin&#8217; &#038; Rollin&#8217;\" rel=\"bookmark\">Still Rockin&#8217; &#038; Rollin&#8217;<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Can you stand one more story about my old Lincoln..fondly dubbed, &ldquo;White Lightning&rdquo;? When the air shock absorber system failed last Fall, it was the last straw; 900 bucks to fix. With the rust growing like melanoma on a mission, a finicky heater, faulty driver-side window, leaky power steering unit and 188 thousand miles, she&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/still-rockin-rollin\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Still Rockin&#8217; &#038; Rollin&#8217;\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11455 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Doesn&#8217;t Make Any Census\" data-date=\"2010-03-12T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/doesnt-make-any-census\/\" title=\"Doesn&#8217;t Make Any Census\" rel=\"bookmark\">Doesn&#8217;t Make Any Census<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Tell me..what was your first thought when you received a letter from the U.S. Census Bureau urging you to be sure and fill out and return your 2010 census form which will be arriving in a week or so? I believe Linda&rsquo;s words were &ldquo;I wonder how they can justify sending out all those letters&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/doesnt-make-any-census\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Doesn&#8217;t Make Any Census\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11456 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Old Timers Day\" data-date=\"2010-03-09T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/old-timers-day\/\" title=\"Old Timers Day\" rel=\"bookmark\">Old Timers Day<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Up until a couple weeks ago, Mary Josephine Ray had been planning her own birthday party but after hanging around this earth for 114 years 294 days, Mary finally gave up the ghost at a Westmoreland, New Hampshire nursing home on Sunday.Mary Josephine RayHer granddaughter says she was a vigorous woman who enjoyed life and&nbsp;active&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/old-timers-day\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Old Timers Day\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11457 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"What&#8217;s For Breakfast?\" data-date=\"2010-03-04T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/whats-for-breakfast\/\" title=\"What&#8217;s For Breakfast?\" rel=\"bookmark\">What&#8217;s For Breakfast?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Breakfast, according to all the health and nutrition experts, is the most important meal of the day. But not just any breakfast; you need fresh fruits, whole grains, skim milk or yogurt and honey in order to charge out of the starting gate each morning ready to face the new day with a smile and&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/whats-for-breakfast\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about What&#8217;s For Breakfast?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11458 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Elmo Go Bye Bye?\" data-date=\"2010-03-02T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/elmo-go-bye-bye\/\" title=\"Elmo Go Bye Bye?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Elmo Go Bye Bye?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I can understand why the post office may be cutting off Saturday mail delivery: it&rsquo;s losing nine billion dollars a year.&nbsp;No real secret why;&nbsp;if people want to communicate&nbsp;these days&nbsp;they do it electronically rather than spend 50 cents to send a letter by snail mail. Same with bills: I&rsquo;m probably one of the few who still&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/elmo-go-bye-bye\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Elmo Go Bye Bye?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11431 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Treasure Chest Of Photos\" data-date=\"2010-03-01T10:58:50-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-treasure-chest-of-photos\/\" title=\"A Treasure Chest Of Photos\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Treasure Chest Of Photos<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019ve always been fascinated by history..especially the history of the company where I worked for 32 years. If anybody had a question..or needed information about the station\u2019s background or its early celebrities, I was the go-to guy. I first started rummaging through the Keloland archives in 1978 when I was asked to put together the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-treasure-chest-of-photos\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Treasure Chest Of Photos\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11432 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Treasure Chest Of Photos\" data-date=\"2010-02-27T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-treasure-chest-of-photos-2\/\" title=\"A Treasure Chest Of Photos\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Treasure Chest Of Photos<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;ve always been fascinated by history..especially the history of the company where I worked for 32 years. If anybody had a question..or needed information about the station&rsquo;s background or its early celebrities, I was the go-to guy. I first started rummaging through the Keloland archives in 1978 when I was asked to put together the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-treasure-chest-of-photos-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Treasure Chest Of Photos\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11433 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Cabin Fever Diversion\" data-date=\"2010-02-22T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cabin-fever-diversion\/\" title=\"Cabin Fever Diversion\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cabin Fever Diversion<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Linda and I are going on an adventure this afternoon&hellip;something we&rsquo;ve never done before&hellip;and NO it has nothing to do with a trip to Annabelle&rsquo;s first..sheesh! What could it be, then, Doug..you ask..tubing at Great Bear? (Not likely since Linda is already medicating to prevent brittle bones and that snap, crackle, pop I hear each&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cabin-fever-diversion\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cabin Fever Diversion\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11434 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Aw..Isn&#8217;t That Sweet?\" data-date=\"2010-02-17T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/aw-isnt-that-sweet\/\" title=\"Aw..Isn&#8217;t That Sweet?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Aw..Isn&#8217;t That Sweet?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Every time we visit our desert daughter in Phoenix we make sure to bring along a few Twin Bing candy bars. Bing bars, made in Sioux City, were a favorite of Christy&rsquo;s as a kid but she can&rsquo;t find them for sale anywhere in Arizona..which makes her crave them all the more.&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve never cared&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/aw-isnt-that-sweet\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Aw..Isn&#8217;t That Sweet?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11435 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day Linda\" data-date=\"2010-02-14T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/happy-valentines-day-linda\/\" title=\"Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day Linda\" rel=\"bookmark\">Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day Linda<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Linda Lee Lund..My favorite Valentine Now and Always! LINDA&rsquo;S SMILE &nbsp; WAS IT LOVE AT FIRST SITE? I REALLY COULDN&rsquo;T SAY. I WAS AWESTRUCK BY HER LOVLINESS AND TRULY SWEPT AWAY. BUT BEAUTY IS A FLEETING THING. IT ONLY LASTS AWHILE WHAT WON MY HEART THEN..AND HOLDS IT STILL IS THE LIGHT IN LINDA&rsquo;S SMILE.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/happy-valentines-day-linda\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day Linda\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11436 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"State Of The State (Theater)\" data-date=\"2010-02-11T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/state-of-the-state-theater\/\" title=\"State Of The State (Theater)\" rel=\"bookmark\">State Of The State (Theater)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Wow! Senator Tim Johnson has managed to pull a few strings and direct 200 thousand dollars from a &ldquo;Save America&rsquo;s Treasures&rdquo; grant program towards the on-going restoration of the 84 year old State Theater. It&rsquo;s a long way from the overall 5.2 million dollar estimated cost..but still. The first movie I remember going to at&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/state-of-the-state-theater\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about State Of The State (Theater)\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11437 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I See Spots Before My Eyes: Super Bowl Ad Review\" data-date=\"2010-02-08T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/i-see-spots-before-my-eyes-super-bowl-ad-review\/\" title=\"I See Spots Before My Eyes: Super Bowl Ad Review\" rel=\"bookmark\">I See Spots Before My Eyes: Super Bowl Ad Review<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Funny, it was one of those Super Bowl games that I couldn&rsquo;t care less which team won. When New Orleans finally did pull off the victory, I sort of felt bad for the Colts..but then I&rsquo;m always doing that: hating to see the stunned and saddened faces of fans, players and coaches. That&rsquo;s what rooting&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/i-see-spots-before-my-eyes-super-bowl-ad-review\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I See Spots Before My Eyes: Super Bowl Ad Review\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11438 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Talkin&#8217; Trash(men)\" data-date=\"2010-02-04T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/talkin-trashmen\/\" title=\"Talkin&#8217; Trash(men)\" rel=\"bookmark\">Talkin&#8217; Trash(men)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>What is the worst song ever recorded? I got to thinking about that the other day as I was driving up to Watertown by myself and scanning the AM radio dial in search of some music instead of sports talk for a change. (Every sports talk radio host can only go about five minutes these&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/talkin-trashmen\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Talkin&#8217; Trash(men)\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11439 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Keloland Alumni Party\" data-date=\"2010-02-01T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/keloland-alumni-party\/\" title=\"Keloland Alumni Party\" rel=\"bookmark\">Keloland Alumni Party<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;ve had lots of awkward and embarrassing moments in my lifetime. One in particular occurred many years ago when, after a golf game, my two brothers, a friend and I stopped at the Brookings Dairy Queen for refreshments. I, of course, was elected to go up to the window to place our order. (No drive-thru&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/keloland-alumni-party\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Keloland Alumni Party\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11421 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Time Travel\" data-date=\"2010-01-28T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/time-travel\/\" title=\"Time Travel\" rel=\"bookmark\">Time Travel<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Whew! Linda and I are finally back home after our abbreviated sojourn to Arizona. We were very fortunate to have excellent roads all the way..even into Iowa and South Dakota where dozens of vehicles were still sitting abandoned in the ditch and median after trying to negotiate blizzard conditions that existed only hours before. &nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/time-travel\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Time Travel\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11422 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Dave Dedrick 1928-2010\" data-date=\"2010-01-23T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dave-dedrick-1928-2010\/\" title=\"Dave Dedrick 1928-2010\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dave Dedrick 1928-2010<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>So long, pal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dave-dedrick-1928-2010\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dave Dedrick 1928-2010\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11423 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Floods Of Feelings\" data-date=\"2010-01-20T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/floods-of-feelings\/\" title=\"Floods Of Feelings\" rel=\"bookmark\">Floods Of Feelings<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Build an Ark in Arizona?Noah, Noah,Who&rsquo;d build an ark in Arizona?Brother Noah built the ark. In came the animals two by two,A couple Gila monsters and a Javelina too.In came the animals three by three,a pair of rattle snakes and a Ky-oat-tee. Yes, folks of Keloland..Arizona is in official panic mode after receiving a couple&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/floods-of-feelings\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Floods Of Feelings\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11424 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Cloudy Skies And Cloudy Moods\" data-date=\"2010-01-18T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cloudy-skies-and-cloudy-moods\/\" title=\"Cloudy Skies And Cloudy Moods\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cloudy Skies And Cloudy Moods<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, we knew it couldn&rsquo;t be sunshine and 70 degrees everyday out here in the Arizona desert..and this morning the heavens opened with a rather meaningful rain: a rain that just might hang around all week; bad for my golfing plans but the locals are grateful for any moisture that falls if for no other&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cloudy-skies-and-cloudy-moods\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cloudy Skies And Cloudy Moods\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11425 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Desert Musings: Doves, Ties &#038; Vets\" data-date=\"2010-01-14T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/desert-musings-doves-ties-vets\/\" title=\"Desert Musings: Doves, Ties &#038; Vets\" rel=\"bookmark\">Desert Musings: Doves, Ties &#038; Vets<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It&rsquo;s so quiet in our neighborhood here in Fountain Hills that a MOURNING DOVE woke me up&nbsp;today. Actually it was a whole flock of mourning doves perched outside my window singing that mournful rhythmic woo..woo, woo-woo-woo song.I used to be able to configure my hands in such a way that all I had to do&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/desert-musings-doves-ties-vets\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Desert Musings: Doves, Ties &#038; Vets\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11426 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Good Sports\" data-date=\"2010-01-11T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/good-sports\/\" title=\"Good Sports\" rel=\"bookmark\">Good Sports<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sunday was another magnificent day here in the desert; a few low clouds and about 70 degrees outside yet I spent most of it INSIDE. We had daughter Christy over to the condo to share a delicious dinner Linda had prepared then we all plopped down on the couch to digest and watch the NFL&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/good-sports\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Good Sports\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11427 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"It Was So Cold That&#8230;.\" data-date=\"2010-01-08T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/it-was-so-cold-that\/\" title=\"It Was So Cold That&#8230;.\" rel=\"bookmark\">It Was So Cold That&#8230;.<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Received the above from a friend in Sioux Falls this morning which made me laugh out loud. Yes, we are counting our blessings at missing the record snow and cold back home while our biggest concern here is whether or not we need to take a jacket to the golf course. Well, that&rsquo;s not entirely&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/it-was-so-cold-that\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about It Was So Cold That&#8230;.\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11428 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Good News\/Bad News\" data-date=\"2010-01-05T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/good-newsbad-news\/\" title=\"Good News\/Bad News\" rel=\"bookmark\">Good News\/Bad News<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Even though we&rsquo;re supposedly on vacation, I can&rsquo;t resist firing up the computer each morning to check out the web sites of Keloland and the Argus to find out what&rsquo;s going on in our absence back home; and the news just isn&rsquo;t very good is it? Not only are you facing another round of snow&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/good-newsbad-news\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Good News\/Bad News\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-19 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Wish You Were Here..Really!\" data-date=\"2010-01-02T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wish-you-were-here-really\/\" title=\"Wish You Were Here..Really!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Wish You Were Here..Really!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>A couple weeks ago, I sort of scolded a Facebook friend who was born and raised in my South Dakota hometown, but now lives in Tampa. He was going on and on about how great the weather was there in Florida and how he&rsquo;d been spending lazy days swimming in the ocean or the pool&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wish-you-were-here-really\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Wish You Were Here..Really!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11429 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Driving Me Crazy\" data-date=\"2009-12-31T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/driving-me-crazy\/\" title=\"Driving Me Crazy\" rel=\"bookmark\">Driving Me Crazy<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Hello from Gallup, New Mexico! What a day it&rsquo;s been; four states covered as we continue this year&rsquo;s frazzled attempt to motor west to Phoenix. A few miles out of Dodge City, this morning we suddenly encounter the remnants of an overnight snowfall that didn&rsquo;t amount to more than three inches but literally put the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/driving-me-crazy\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Driving Me Crazy\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11430 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Get Outta Dodge\" data-date=\"2009-12-30T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/get-outta-dodge\/\" title=\"Get Outta Dodge\" rel=\"bookmark\">Get Outta Dodge<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, here we are in Dodge City. Marshall Dillon, Miss Kitty and Festus are no where to be found, though. Linda and I feel like a couple of drovers who&rsquo;ve been rode hard and put up wet after following the suggestion of my golf buddies to take the short cut through Kansas on our trip&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/get-outta-dodge\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Get Outta Dodge\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-22 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Al Schock R.I.P.\" data-date=\"2009-12-28T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/al-schock-r-i-p\/\" title=\"Al Schock R.I.P.\" rel=\"bookmark\">Al Schock R.I.P.<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>When I read in the paper this morning that Al Schock had died I nearly fell off the toilet. Now, Al would have liked that joke although he may have considered it a bit too risqu&eacute; for inclusion in any of his joke or toastmaster books. I&rsquo;m not surprised he made it to age 89.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/al-schock-r-i-p\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Al Schock R.I.P.\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11407 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Merry Christmas Anyway\" data-date=\"2009-12-24T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/merry-christmas-anyway\/\" title=\"Merry Christmas Anyway\" rel=\"bookmark\">Merry Christmas Anyway<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, it sure took its sweet time getting here but the Christmas spirit finally showed up at my door Wednesday night. I&rsquo;ve been more grumpy than usual lately. It&rsquo;s more than the minute by minute reminders of the big blizzard that&rsquo;s keeping so many families apart, including mine, this year. I woke up Monday morning&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/merry-christmas-anyway\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Merry Christmas Anyway\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-24 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Bah Humbug\" data-date=\"2009-12-22T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bah-humbug\/\" title=\"Bah Humbug\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bah Humbug<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>This is going to be a quickie..but Oh, My Gosh I just realized that all I need is one more entry to post my 300th Lund at Large blog. I need to get it on line before Hemmingsen..who is one post shy of an amazing 800! I&rsquo;m so grateful to Keloland for this opportunity to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bah-humbug\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bah Humbug\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11408 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Thanks For The Ride\" data-date=\"2009-12-18T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thanks-for-the-ride\/\" title=\"Thanks For The Ride\" rel=\"bookmark\">Thanks For The Ride<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;m saying goodbye to an old friend today. &ldquo;White Lightning,&rdquo; our 1990 Lincoln Town Car has finally grown tired of being resuscitated&nbsp;and forced me into pulling the plug so she can drift off to wherever big ol&rsquo; gas guzzling clunkers go when the cost of filling the empty fuel tank exceeds the appraised value of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thanks-for-the-ride\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thanks For The Ride\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-26 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hair Today..Gone Tomorrow?\" data-date=\"2009-12-15T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hair-today-gone-tomorrow\/\" title=\"Hair Today..Gone Tomorrow?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hair Today..Gone Tomorrow?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;m growing a moustache..or at least attempting to. &nbsp; Now, wait..before you all race to make comments like, good grief Lund don&rsquo;t you know they went out in the 80&rsquo;s? Only porn stars and cops wear moustaches anymore&hellip;..hear me out. &nbsp; I&rsquo;ve never been able to grow facial hair worth a darn. A few patches&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hair-today-gone-tomorrow\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hair Today..Gone Tomorrow?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-27 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Channel Surfing\" data-date=\"2009-12-10T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/channel-surfing\/\" title=\"Channel Surfing\" rel=\"bookmark\">Channel Surfing<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Linda and I have a pretty laid back life in our retirement. She loves to read and I love to be on the computer and watch TV. &nbsp;A perfect marriage. Last night, we had a dinner date&hellip;. without leaving our cozy little house. She fixed a couple steaks and we snuggled up on the couch&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/channel-surfing\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Channel Surfing\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-28 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Toy Story\" data-date=\"2009-12-07T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/toy-story\/\" title=\"Toy Story\" rel=\"bookmark\">Toy Story<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Let&rsquo;s be honest, shall we?&nbsp; Christmas to a child is all about the toys.&nbsp; Oh, I know..your kids are different because you&rsquo;ve made darn sure that they understand and appreciate the true reason for the season and all that, but once they see those&nbsp; brightly wrapped boxes under the tree with their name on it..well,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/toy-story\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Toy Story\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11409 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Estelline&#8217;s Portal To The Past\" data-date=\"2009-12-03T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/estellines-portal-to-the-past\/\" title=\"Estelline&#8217;s Portal To The Past\" rel=\"bookmark\">Estelline&#8217;s Portal To The Past<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Ever since H.G. Wells wrote about it, people have been fascinated by the concept of time travel. I, too have dreamed about stepping through a portal to the past to experience first hand what life was really like untainted by faulty memories and flattering recollections.. Well, I&rsquo;m here to tell you such a place &ldquo;does&rdquo;&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/estellines-portal-to-the-past\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Estelline&#8217;s Portal To The Past\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11410 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Language Abuse\" data-date=\"2009-11-30T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/language-abuse\/\" title=\"Language Abuse\" rel=\"bookmark\">Language Abuse<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>We received a lovely&nbsp;gift from our daughter on Thanksgiving this past week..a beautiful bright red poinsettia plant which Linda is convinced she&rsquo;ll somehow manage to kill off before the family gets a chance to see it when they come home for Christmas.&nbsp; I don&rsquo;t know about you but both Linda and I have always pronounced&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/language-abuse\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Language Abuse\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11411 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Manna From Heaven The Real Story\" data-date=\"2009-11-24T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/manna-from-heaven-the-real-story\/\" title=\"Manna From Heaven The Real Story\" rel=\"bookmark\">Manna From Heaven The Real Story<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I found it somewhat satisfying when, a couple of weeks ago, my pal and fellow Norwegian (although he only claims about a half a pint of Norskie blood) Steve Hemmingsen, wrote a blog which included pictures of a lutefisk feed he attended in Astoria. He actually seemed to enjoy himself and the lye-cured cod fish&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/manna-from-heaven-the-real-story\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Manna From Heaven The Real Story\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11412 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Magical Cures Or Snake Oil?\" data-date=\"2009-11-21T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/magical-cures-or-snake-oil\/\" title=\"Magical Cures Or Snake Oil?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Magical Cures Or Snake Oil?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;What in the world are you laughing at?&rdquo; Linda shouted from the other room. &ldquo;A commercial,&rdquo; I hollered back. &ldquo;Commercial?&hellip;you haven&rsquo;t watched a commercial since we got the DVR.&rdquo; &ldquo;I know..but this is too hilarious to skip over. It&rsquo;s an ad for a new piece of exercise equipment called a shake weight that&rsquo;s supposed to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/magical-cures-or-snake-oil\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Magical Cures Or Snake Oil?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11413 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Milk It For All It&#8217;s Worth\" data-date=\"2009-11-17T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/milk-it-for-all-its-worth\/\" title=\"Milk It For All It&#8217;s Worth\" rel=\"bookmark\">Milk It For All It&#8217;s Worth<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was brought up believing that if you help out or do something nice for somebody..just do it and shut up about it. So, I&rsquo;m sort of going against my raisin&rsquo; here by mentioning that Linda and I joined with other members of our church last week serving at The Banquet in Sioux Falls. I&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/milk-it-for-all-its-worth\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Milk It For All It&#8217;s Worth\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11414 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Captain 11 Update\" data-date=\"2009-11-12T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/captain-11-update\/\" title=\"Captain 11 Update\" rel=\"bookmark\">Captain 11 Update<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;m sure a lot of you can appreciate how lucky I&rsquo;ve been to have had Dave Dedrick as a friend for 35 plus years. After all, I&nbsp;grew up with him on television too..both as a Kelo personality and, of course, as Captain 11. Because of that, many people, who know that Dave has been in&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/captain-11-update\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Captain 11 Update\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-35 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hero Worship\" data-date=\"2009-11-10T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hero-worship\/\" title=\"Hero Worship\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hero Worship<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It seems only fitting that Art Wollmann&rsquo;s funeral be held on Veterans Day because he was not only a gallant World War II veteran but a hero in every sense of the word. I am one who believes that the word &ldquo;hero&rdquo; has been applied a bit too freely in recent years diminishing its meaning.&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hero-worship\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hero Worship\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11415 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"No Heavy Lifting\" data-date=\"2009-11-06T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/no-heavy-lifting\/\" title=\"No Heavy Lifting\" rel=\"bookmark\">No Heavy Lifting<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, wadda ya know..there&rsquo;s going to be a bit of Indian Summer after all. My old colleague, Gary Weckwerth recently commented on Facebook about the political correctness of using that term to describe a burst of Autumn warmth..but nobody&rsquo;s ever accused me of being too politically correct anyway so I&rsquo;ll take my lumps if some&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/no-heavy-lifting\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about No Heavy Lifting\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11416 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Geezer Crashes All-Girl Party\" data-date=\"2009-11-03T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/geezer-crashes-all-girl-party\/\" title=\"Geezer Crashes All-Girl Party\" rel=\"bookmark\">Geezer Crashes All-Girl Party<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I fully intended to post this blog on Monday but had to delay because of a phone call I received. It was from Digger calling to say some of the boys were gathering at the Brandon Golf Course for, what could be our last chance to play this season. So, at 12:30, four of us&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/geezer-crashes-all-girl-party\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Geezer Crashes All-Girl Party\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11417 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Snowbirds\" data-date=\"2009-10-29T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/snowbirds\/\" title=\"Snowbirds\" rel=\"bookmark\">Snowbirds<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;m watching flocks of robins outside my window pane Gobbling up sun dried berries and shivering &nbsp;in the rain. Their instinct says it&rsquo;s time to leave as they fuel up for the trip The branches swaying to and fro offering very little grip. &nbsp; I love it when robins come each spring but hate it&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/snowbirds\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Snowbirds\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11418 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Fraidy Cat\" data-date=\"2009-10-27T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fraidy-cat\/\" title=\"Fraidy Cat\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fraidy Cat<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, it&#8217;s that time of year again when, for some mysterious reason, we feel the need to dress up in frightening costumes&nbsp;like monsters, ghosts and witches or George W. Bush&#8230;then go around trying to scare the crap out of people. We decorate our homes to look like cemeteries..we take down old glory and run up&nbsp;a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fraidy-cat\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fraidy Cat\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11419 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Autumn Blues\" data-date=\"2009-10-22T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/autumn-blues\/\" title=\"Autumn Blues\" rel=\"bookmark\">Autumn Blues<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Looking out my window has me struggling to describe the feelings these gloomy days conjure up. There are the usual ones, of course; dreary, dank, dark, glum, depressing, dismal, despairing, dejected, disappointing and melancholy. But, I think what I feel most is ticked off. My reasons are purely selfish. My golf game was finally starting&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/autumn-blues\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Autumn Blues\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11420 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Weekend Observations\" data-date=\"2009-10-19T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/weekend-observations\/\" title=\"Weekend Observations\" rel=\"bookmark\">Weekend Observations<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;This could be the last nice day we have for awhile, I&rsquo;m not going to waste it sitting in the house,&rdquo; Linda announced as I poured my second cup of coffee and headed for the computer room. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be out in the back putting the deck furniture away and winterize the plants.&rdquo; That&rsquo;s where I&rsquo;m&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/weekend-observations\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Weekend Observations\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11403 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Confessions Of A Halloween Vandal\" data-date=\"2009-10-14T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/confessions-of-a-halloween-vandal\/\" title=\"Confessions Of A Halloween Vandal\" rel=\"bookmark\">Confessions Of A Halloween Vandal<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I certainly hope the statute of limitations applies here because I&rsquo;m about to confess to a crime from my youth that continues to haunt me more than any ghost or goblin ever could this time of year. I&rsquo;m pretty sure it was in the fall of 1959 because I had reached that awkward age of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/confessions-of-a-halloween-vandal\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Confessions Of A Halloween Vandal\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11404 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"How&#8217;s Captain Eleven These Days?\" data-date=\"2009-10-10T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hows-captain-eleven-these-days\/\" title=\"How&#8217;s Captain Eleven These Days?\" rel=\"bookmark\">How&#8217;s Captain Eleven These Days?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Last Spring around the time of Dave Dedrick&rsquo;s 81st birthday, he and his lovely wife, Marjean, came down to Skelly&rsquo;s to hear Mogen&rsquo;s Heroes play for the big St. Patrick&rsquo;s Day celebration &nbsp;that always packs the place. When I got up to sing a couple songs, I mentioned that my old pal Captain 11 was&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hows-captain-eleven-these-days\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about How&#8217;s Captain Eleven These Days?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11405 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Miss The HHH? You Dome Right!\" data-date=\"2009-10-07T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/miss-the-hhh-you-dome-right\/\" title=\"Miss The HHH? You Dome Right!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Miss The HHH? You Dome Right!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It&rsquo;s supposed to snow in Minneapolis after midnight Friday. Temperatures for the weekend are forecast in the mid forties with nighttime lows around 30. Cold, snowy weather is just as common as Indian Summer in these parts this time of year which is why I&rsquo;m awfully glad Minneapolis has a dome in which to play&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/miss-the-hhh-you-dome-right\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Miss The HHH? You Dome Right!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11406 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Comic Books &#038; Cinnamon Oil\" data-date=\"2009-10-02T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/comic-books-cinnamon-oil\/\" title=\"Comic Books &#038; Cinnamon Oil\" rel=\"bookmark\">Comic Books &#038; Cinnamon Oil<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>A couple years ago, Linda&rsquo;s mom..Mother Mary..gave &nbsp;me a very special Christmas gift..one that keeps on giving year round. She had noticed how much I enjoyed reading her Reminisce Magazine every time we visited her house in Alcester so she got me a subscription which I really look forward to receiving every couple months because&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/comic-books-cinnamon-oil\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Comic Books &#038; Cinnamon Oil\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-47 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Old Market Blues\" data-date=\"2009-09-29T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/old-market-blues\/\" title=\"Old Market Blues\" rel=\"bookmark\">Old Market Blues<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;What are you guys doing this weekend?&rdquo; said our friends the Graves when they called. &ldquo;Nothing much,&rdquo; we replied. &ldquo;For our anniversary, our kids got us a free night&rsquo;s stay at the Ameristar in Omaha,&rdquo; they said, &ldquo;Wanna go along?&rdquo; &ldquo;Well sure,&rdquo; we said. &ldquo;That was mighty nice of your kids to spring for two&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/old-market-blues\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Old Market Blues\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-48 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Lord of the Flies\" data-date=\"2009-09-24T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lord-of-the-flies\/\" title=\"Lord of the Flies\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lord of the Flies<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>If the&nbsp;commenter&nbsp;in my last blog was repulsed by references to phlegm&nbsp;..wait till he (or she) gets a load of this. Linda and I are at war; not with each other..but with a devilish little foe&nbsp;that invaded our home while we were gone for ten days. Behold the enemy! &nbsp; Okay, I admit that this picture&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lord-of-the-flies\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lord of the Flies\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-49 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hacking and Wheezing and Coughing Oh My!\" data-date=\"2009-09-22T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hacking-and-wheezing-and-coughing-oh-my\/\" title=\"Hacking and Wheezing and Coughing Oh My!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hacking and Wheezing and Coughing Oh My!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp;I&rsquo;m sitting here coughing like a bunch of teenage boys getting their&nbsp;first sports physical. A&nbsp;cold that began prior to our vacation and which I thought was finally going away has returned with a vengeance. Linda is sick too only her affliction presents itself with sneezing, watery eyes, a runny nose and a voice that sounds&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hacking-and-wheezing-and-coughing-oh-my\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hacking and Wheezing and Coughing Oh My!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-50 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Au Revoir Canada\" data-date=\"2009-09-17T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/au-revoir-canada\/\" title=\"Au Revoir Canada\" rel=\"bookmark\">Au Revoir Canada<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>And, just like that..it&#8217;s over. 10 days romping around some of the most beautiful places on earth and we&#8217;re about to board an airplane and return to the reality of a world where bills are due, a lawn is in desperate need of mowing, there&rsquo;s laundry to do and we have doctor and dentist appointments&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/au-revoir-canada\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Au Revoir Canada\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-51 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"All Aboard!\" data-date=\"2009-09-16T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/all-aboard\/\" title=\"All Aboard!\" rel=\"bookmark\">All Aboard!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;m just going to admit this right up front: I simply don&rsquo;t have enough adjectives to describe what Linda and I along with 44 other Kelolanders have experienced over the last several days on our Railroading In The Rockies Tour. Sunday morning found us boarding the Rocky &nbsp;Mountaineer Train for our two day journey from&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/all-aboard\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about All Aboard!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-52 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Butchart Gardens And Vancouver\" data-date=\"2009-09-12T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/butchart-gardens-and-vancouver\/\" title=\"Butchart Gardens And Vancouver\" rel=\"bookmark\">Butchart Gardens And Vancouver<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Lord, my tootsies are tired. I haven&rsquo;t walked this much since&hellip;.well, I&rsquo;ve never walked this much. But it&rsquo;s not like I can&rsquo;t use the exercise. We&rsquo;re having a wee of a time, though, and seeing some incredible things&hellip;including Butchart Gardens on the island of Victoria, BC.&nbsp; I admit that the idea of strolling around for&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/butchart-gardens-and-vancouver\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Butchart Gardens And Vancouver\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-53 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Greetings from Victoria\" data-date=\"2009-09-10T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/greetings-from-victoria\/\" title=\"Greetings from Victoria\" rel=\"bookmark\">Greetings from Victoria<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>At the risk of boring you to tears like when a relative drags out the home movies..I&rsquo;m going to post a few pictures from our tour and offer a comment or two&#8230;so bear with me.&nbsp;We are currently in Victoria..one of the most beautiful cities we&#8217;ve ever seen. We ferried across from Port Angeles, Washington &nbsp;aboard&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/greetings-from-victoria\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Greetings from Victoria\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-54 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"We&#8217;re Off To See The Wizard\" data-date=\"2009-09-08T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/were-off-to-see-the-wizard\/\" title=\"We&#8217;re Off To See The Wizard\" rel=\"bookmark\">We&#8217;re Off To See The Wizard<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Greetings from the Emerald City. Yes we made it to Seattle on the first leg of our Holiday Vacations journey through the great North American North West.&nbsp;&nbsp;But our adventure had a rather auspicious start. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s 3:30 a.m.&hellip;.my god, we&rsquo;re late!&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That was how I awoke Tuesday morning.Linda&#8217;s voice pierced the darkness when she discovered that&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/were-off-to-see-the-wizard\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about We&#8217;re Off To See The Wizard\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-55 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"My Fair Gigs Are All Gone\" data-date=\"2009-09-05T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-fair-gigs-are-all-gone\/\" title=\"My Fair Gigs Are All Gone\" rel=\"bookmark\">My Fair Gigs Are All Gone<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&nbsp;wrapped up my Mogen&rsquo;s Heroes summer tour with a performance at the South Dakota State Fair in Huron this past week. I retired from playing in the band several years ago but for some reason, John Mogen keeps inviting me back to sing with the guys at their fair gigs; The Sioux Empire, Turner County,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-fair-gigs-are-all-gone\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about My Fair Gigs Are All Gone\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-56 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Fraternizing With The Enemy\" data-date=\"2009-09-02T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fraternizing-with-the-enemy\/\" title=\"Fraternizing With The Enemy\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fraternizing With The Enemy<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It was finally chilly enough the other day that I decided to wear one of my Minnesota Vikings sweatshirts (I have two) as I ran a few errands around town. I obviously wasn&rsquo;t thinking because it was like walking around with a blinking billboard saying &ldquo;Ask me about Brett Favre.&rdquo;&nbsp; Ugh. &nbsp;&ldquo;Well..how&rsquo;d you like your&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fraternizing-with-the-enemy\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fraternizing With The Enemy\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-57 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Back In The System\" data-date=\"2009-08-28T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/back-in-the-system\/\" title=\"Back In The System\" rel=\"bookmark\">Back In The System<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, here we go..I&rsquo;m on yet another diet. This time, it&rsquo;s one that&rsquo;s worked better for me than any of the others in the past; Nutrisystem. I know..that prepackaged stuff ain&rsquo;t the real world, but I&rsquo;ve got to do something before that day arrives when I&rsquo;m standing in the kitchen scooping out a dish of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/back-in-the-system\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Back In The System\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-58 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Yea Or Nay On ELCA Gay\" data-date=\"2009-08-24T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/yea-or-nay-on-elca-gay\/\" title=\"Yea Or Nay On ELCA Gay\" rel=\"bookmark\">Yea Or Nay On ELCA Gay<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sure..no sooner do Linda and I come back into the fold by joining the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America after many years absence..than the church gets itself all boiled up in controversy as big wigs of the ELCA get together in Minneapoils..take a vote and&nbsp; decide it&rsquo;s okay for homosexuals to become Lutheran ministers..just so&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/yea-or-nay-on-elca-gay\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Yea Or Nay On ELCA Gay\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-60 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Couple Old Anchors&#8217; Reunion\" data-date=\"2009-08-18T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-couple-old-anchors-reunion\/\" title=\"A Couple Old Anchors&#8217; Reunion\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Couple Old Anchors&#8217; Reunion<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Jolted awake again this morning by loud noises and roaring engines coming from outside the house. Not garbage trucks this time, though. It&rsquo;s our neighborhood&rsquo;s turn to have the streets resurfaced..so the big contraption that dispenses little waterfalls of tar (or whatever that black sticky stuff is) mixed with sand on our avenue..got fired up&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-couple-old-anchors-reunion\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Couple Old Anchors&#8217; Reunion\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-61 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"You Can Go Home Again\" data-date=\"2009-08-15T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/you-can-go-home-again\/\" title=\"You Can Go Home Again\" rel=\"bookmark\">You Can Go Home Again<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I started feeling a little homesick on Friday which is odd since I haven&rsquo;t lived in my ancestral home since 1965. I&rsquo;ve been back to Volga many times since then, of course, but I&rsquo;ve never really made time to check out some of the places that were such a major part of my life as&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/you-can-go-home-again\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about You Can Go Home Again\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-62 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Lester\" data-date=\"2009-08-13T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lester\/\" title=\"Lester\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lester<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Dang!&nbsp;Les Paul has died.&nbsp; Okay, he was 94 and in pretty good health and playing music right up to the end..but it&#8217;s still sad to have yet another legend leave us. My personal connection to Les Paul is in a guitar that bears his name which I&#8217;ve had for over 40 years.&nbsp; There&#8217;s quite a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lester\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lester\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-63 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Tastes Of Summer\" data-date=\"2009-08-10T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-tastes-of-summer\/\" title=\"The Tastes Of Summer\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Tastes Of Summer<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Saturday &nbsp;afternoon and the summer everybody&rsquo;s been waiting for finally showed up.. along with humidity high enough to bring on flop sweats by simply bending over to tie your shoes. Linda and I along with our friends, the Graves, had planned to have a picnic where we could enjoy a bit of wine..cheese and a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-tastes-of-summer\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Tastes Of Summer\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11402 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Facebook, Clinton &#038; Fine Art\" data-date=\"2009-08-05T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/facebook-clinton-fine-art\/\" title=\"Facebook, Clinton &#038; Fine Art\" rel=\"bookmark\">Facebook, Clinton &#038; Fine Art<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Just ask Linda; the last thing I need is an excuse to spend more time at the computer. But, thanks to Facebook, that&rsquo;s just what I&rsquo;m doing.&nbsp; I know, I know..Facebook is nothing new but I figured it was mostly for kids to interact on the internet until my daughter got me hooked up a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/facebook-clinton-fine-art\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Facebook, Clinton &#038; Fine Art\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-65 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Baseball Cards And Bikes\" data-date=\"2009-07-31T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/baseball-cards-and-bikes\/\" title=\"Baseball Cards And Bikes\" rel=\"bookmark\">Baseball Cards And Bikes<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, it&rsquo;s come down to this. My creativity lapse has led me to stealing ideas from other writers. At least I&rsquo;m swiping from one of the best; James Lileks. One of his recent columns in the Star Tribune featured a kid named Adam who had come up with, what he thought was, the coolest new&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/baseball-cards-and-bikes\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Baseball Cards And Bikes\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-66 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Play That Funky Music White Boy\" data-date=\"2009-07-28T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/play-that-funky-music-white-boy\/\" title=\"Play That Funky Music White Boy\" rel=\"bookmark\">Play That Funky Music White Boy<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Wow..what a writing slump I&rsquo;m in! I&rsquo;ve tried to scribble a few things together over the past few days but then decide its all redundant tripe or just plain crapola..so I give it up&hellip; hoping that something better pops into my head or in the headlines that&rsquo;s worth a comment or two here. But lately..nothing.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/play-that-funky-music-white-boy\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Play That Funky Music White Boy\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-67 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Are You A Racist?\" data-date=\"2009-07-22T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/are-you-a-racist\/\" title=\"Are You A Racist?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Are You A Racist?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>rac&middot;ism AC_FL_RunContent = 0; var interfaceflash = new LEXICOFlashObject ( &#8220;http:\/\/cache.lexico.com\/d\/g\/speaker.swf&#8221;, &#8220;speaker&#8221;, &#8220;17&#8221;, &#8220;15&#8221;, &#8220;&#8221;, &#8220;6&#8221;);interfaceflash.addParam(&#8220;loop&#8221;, &#8220;false&#8221;);interfaceflash.addParam(&#8220;quality&#8221;, &#8220;high&#8221;);interfaceflash.addParam(&#8220;menu&#8221;, &#8220;false&#8221;);interfaceflash.addParam(&#8220;salign&#8221;, &#8220;t&#8221;);interfaceflash.addParam(&#8220;FlashVars&#8221;, &#8220;soundUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.lexico.com%2Fdictionary%2Faudio%2Fahd4%2FR%2FR0007100.mp3&amp;clkLogProxyUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fwhatzup.html&amp;t=a&amp;d=d&amp;s=di&amp;c=a&amp;ti=1&amp;ai=51359&amp;l=dir&amp;o=0&amp;sv=00000000&amp;ip=d06b2594&amp;u=audio&#8221;); interfaceflash.addParam(&#8216;wmode&#8217;,&#8217;transparent&#8217;);interfaceflash.write(); &nbsp;&nbsp;(ra&#8217;siz&#8217;?m) &nbsp; &nbsp; The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others. Discrimination or prejudice based on race. Come on..let&rsquo;s be&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/are-you-a-racist\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Are You A Racist?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-68 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Everything But The Stewart Cink\" data-date=\"2009-07-19T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/everything-but-the-stewart-cink\/\" title=\"Everything But The Stewart Cink\" rel=\"bookmark\">Everything But The Stewart Cink<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Lund At Large My heart is broken and I&rsquo;m disappointed to the point of gloom&hellip;all over a game of golf. But not just any game of golf..this was the &nbsp;British Open, considered by most to be the most prestigious golf tournament in the world. &nbsp; &nbsp; Many figured this year&rsquo;s event in Scotland would be&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/everything-but-the-stewart-cink\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Everything But The Stewart Cink\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-69 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Making Hay While The Sun Shines\" data-date=\"2009-07-15T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/making-hay-while-the-sun-shines\/\" title=\"Making Hay While The Sun Shines\" rel=\"bookmark\">Making Hay While The Sun Shines<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>That noise you hear coming from the Keloland countryside is the sound of corn, soybeans and alfalfa growing. I know that some farmers have suffered hail and wind damage because of all the storms passing through over the last several weeks but in the fields that have been spared, I don&rsquo;t remember ever seeing such&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/making-hay-while-the-sun-shines\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Making Hay While The Sun Shines\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-70 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Lund at Large At The Movies\" data-date=\"2009-07-12T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lund-at-large-at-the-movies\/\" title=\"Lund at Large At The Movies\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lund at Large At The Movies<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I used to love going to movies. Now, not so much. I&rsquo;ve written here before about how my desire to see a new film has been tempered by the actual movie-going experience. &nbsp; First, the cost of tickets and treats causes my jaw to drop from sticker shock. Then, despite, pleas from the theater management&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lund-at-large-at-the-movies\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lund at Large At The Movies\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-71 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Water On The Brain\" data-date=\"2009-07-09T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/water-on-the-brain\/\" title=\"Water On The Brain\" rel=\"bookmark\">Water On The Brain<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Shhhhhhh&hellip;.don&rsquo;t say it out loud or you might jinx it..but after many..many attempts it appears our talented Keloland webmaster, Jonathan, has figured a way to get rid of&nbsp; most of&nbsp; that spam that&rsquo;s been infesting our blog world. I&rsquo;m not talking about that mystery meat they pulverize and squeeze into square tin cans at a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/water-on-the-brain\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Water On The Brain\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-72 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Where&#8217;s The Fire? (Designs)\" data-date=\"2009-07-06T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wheres-the-fire-designs\/\" title=\"Where&#8217;s The Fire? (Designs)\" rel=\"bookmark\">Where&#8217;s The Fire? (Designs)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It usually doesn&rsquo;t take me long to zip through the Argus Leader each morning. I guess I&rsquo;m not all that interested in the things the Argus thinks I should be like the latest medical acquisitions of our illustrious billionaire banker, Denny Sanford. But something on the front page this morning nearly caused me to fall&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wheres-the-fire-designs\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Where&#8217;s The Fire? (Designs)\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-73 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Lund&#8217;s Annual Lake And Food Review\" data-date=\"2009-07-02T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lunds-annual-lake-and-food-review\/\" title=\"Lund&#8217;s Annual Lake And Food Review\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lund&#8217;s Annual Lake And Food Review<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Just back from another mini vacation..or &ldquo;stay-cation&rdquo; as some might call it. The cell phone stays in the glove compartment and the computer remains in the case&hellip;okay, I did have it along but only fired it up once. I&rsquo;ve written here before how much Linda and I enjoy our annual summer sojourns to Watertown..me for&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lunds-annual-lake-and-food-review\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lund&#8217;s Annual Lake And Food Review\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-74 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Covering A King&#8217;s Death\" data-date=\"2009-06-26T12:44:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/covering-a-kings-death\/\" title=\"Covering A King&#8217;s Death\" rel=\"bookmark\">Covering A King&#8217;s Death<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Now would be an excellent time for congress and the president to get things done in Washington without a lot of media scrutiny. The death of Michael Jackson has news operations putting just about everything else on hold..and that will likely be the case until&nbsp;Jacko is planted.&nbsp; &nbsp;The many faces of Michael Jackson. Which one&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/covering-a-kings-death\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Covering A King&#8217;s Death\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-75 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Lund at Large Talkin&#8217; Trash\" data-date=\"2009-06-23T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lund-at-large-talkin-trash\/\" title=\"Lund at Large Talkin&#8217; Trash\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lund at Large Talkin&#8217; Trash<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>One of the real joys of retirement is being able to wake up each morning naturally (or in my case by nature calling) without a screaming alarm clock jarring us into consciousness. Every morning except Monday, that is. Monday is garbage collection day and apparently everyone in our part of town subscribes to a different&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lund-at-large-talkin-trash\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lund at Large Talkin&#8217; Trash\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-76 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Father Didn&#8217;t Always Know Best\" data-date=\"2009-06-19T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/father-didnt-always-know-best\/\" title=\"Father Didn&#8217;t Always Know Best\" rel=\"bookmark\">Father Didn&#8217;t Always Know Best<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I caught a whiff of cigarette smoke on the golf course the other day and it immediately triggered memories of my father. Dad was only 70 when he died 32 years ago. I say ONLY 70 because as I get closer to that age it doesn&rsquo;t seem so old and by today&rsquo;s life expectancy standards,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/father-didnt-always-know-best\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Father Didn&#8217;t Always Know Best\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-77 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Day With Ella\" data-date=\"2009-06-17T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-day-with-ella\/\" title=\"A Day With Ella\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Day With Ella<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Linda and I are babysitting today..well, Linda is babysitting..I&rsquo;m sitting here writing about it offering to do my part as soon as I&rsquo;m finished which is why I may be dawdling some. But it really is great to have a little kid running around the house again looking for the toys and music boxes she&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-day-with-ella\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Day With Ella\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-78 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"So Long Old Friends\" data-date=\"2009-06-12T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/so-long-old-friends\/\" title=\"So Long Old Friends\" rel=\"bookmark\">So Long Old Friends<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; I don&rsquo;t know how in the world I ever got to sleep at night before television. While most people require absolute quiet and darkness to achieve a proper night&rsquo;s rest, I have to have a little light and a little noise to lull me into slumber. I&#8217;m not sure if it&#8217;s a basic&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/so-long-old-friends\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about So Long Old Friends\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-79 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"What Month Is This Again?\" data-date=\"2009-06-09T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/what-month-is-this-again\/\" title=\"What Month Is This Again?\" rel=\"bookmark\">What Month Is This Again?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Our desert daughter, Christy, arrived here last Sunday evening from Phoenix.&nbsp; Linda and I went to pick her up at the airport and sat double parked outside the baggage claim..waiting. (It&rsquo;s great that Allegient offers non-stop flights in and out of Sioux Falls..but they really should figure a way to speed up the process of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/what-month-is-this-again\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about What Month Is This Again?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-80 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Powerball Dreams\" data-date=\"2009-06-07T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/powerball-dreams\/\" title=\"Powerball Dreams\" rel=\"bookmark\">Powerball Dreams<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Seeing that nice young man from Mission, South Dakota&nbsp;hit the big Powerball jackpot reminded me of a story I wrote a couple years ago after another big money prize had been claimed. Since we&#8217;re in to Summer re-runs (or REPEATS as we used to call them) I thought I&#8217;d&nbsp; do a REPOST for those who&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/powerball-dreams\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Powerball Dreams\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-82 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"An Ace In The Hole\" data-date=\"2009-06-05T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/an-ace-in-the-hole\/\" title=\"An Ace In The Hole\" rel=\"bookmark\">An Ace In The Hole<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;Hey, Doug..you and Linda want to join Joanie and me at the Alpine for a drink?&rdquo; said my pal Denny Graves when he called&nbsp;one evening a few days ago. We usually get together with the Graves&rsquo; at least once a week, but I could tell there was a different tone in his voice this time..almost&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/an-ace-in-the-hole\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about An Ace In The Hole\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-83 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"GM, The Events Center And Other Annoyances\" data-date=\"2009-06-03T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/gm-the-events-center-and-other-annoyances\/\" title=\"GM, The Events Center And Other Annoyances\" rel=\"bookmark\">GM, The Events Center And Other Annoyances<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sorry, it&rsquo;s been awhile since my last entry. I&rsquo;ve started several blogs in the last couple days concerning a few issues that I find troubling but then had to ask myself, &ldquo;Do you really want to go there?&rdquo; So I&rsquo;ll try to be brief. Monday, General Motors finally filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Usually, that&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/gm-the-events-center-and-other-annoyances\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about GM, The Events Center And Other Annoyances\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-84 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Linda And I Have Been Stimulated\" data-date=\"2009-05-28T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/linda-and-i-have-been-stimulated\/\" title=\"Linda And I Have Been Stimulated\" rel=\"bookmark\">Linda And I Have Been Stimulated<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Like manna falling from heaven kept the desert-roving Israelites from starving to death in the old testament, Linda and I have just received a blessing from on high too; a pair of Social Security bonus checks totaling 500 dollars for&hellip;well, I guess I don&rsquo;t know why. Perhaps it&rsquo;s just a little something from Barack&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/linda-and-i-have-been-stimulated\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Linda And I Have Been Stimulated\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-85 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Oh, What A Night!\" data-date=\"2009-05-25T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-what-a-night\/\" title=\"Oh, What A Night!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Oh, What A Night!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>To be honest, I wasn&rsquo;t sure how many would actually show up at the Shrine Mosque in Sioux Falls Sunday evening for the very first South Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association hall of fame induction ceremony and dance. (whew, such a long title..gotta do something about that) After all, it was Memorial Day weekend..plus&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-what-a-night\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Oh, What A Night!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-86 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"It&#8217;s Time To Rock And Roll\" data-date=\"2009-05-22T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-time-to-rock-and-roll\/\" title=\"It&#8217;s Time To Rock And Roll\" rel=\"bookmark\">It&#8217;s Time To Rock And Roll<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>After 33 years of interviewing people FOR Keloland News..I&rsquo;M the one who&rsquo;s being interviewed BY Keloland News this time. My old pal and colleague, Perry Groten, has me up with the roosters Saturday morning to talk about the South Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Shrine Mosque (Formerly&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-time-to-rock-and-roll\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about It&#8217;s Time To Rock And Roll\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-87 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I&#8217;m In An Episode Of Cops\" data-date=\"2009-05-19T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/im-in-an-episode-of-cops\/\" title=\"I&#8217;m In An Episode Of Cops\" rel=\"bookmark\">I&#8217;m In An Episode Of Cops<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;Alright, Douglas,&rdquo; said the nice policeman, (nobody calls me Douglas anymore except for Linda when she&rsquo;s torqued at me about something) &ldquo;just sign here and you can be on your way.&rdquo; &nbsp; On my way with a careless driving citation in my hand after sitting in the front seat of his Crown Vic for an&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/im-in-an-episode-of-cops\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I&#8217;m In An Episode Of Cops\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-88 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Lady Liberty From The Inside Out\" data-date=\"2009-05-15T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lady-liberty-from-the-inside-out\/\" title=\"Lady Liberty From The Inside Out\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lady Liberty From The Inside Out<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I don&rsquo;t know about you but hardly a day goes by that I&rsquo;m not reminded of that September morning in 2001 when terrorists crashed 2 hijacked airliners full of passengers into the World Trade Center..causing the twin towers to come down as the world watched in horror on television. Every time I see a program&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lady-liberty-from-the-inside-out\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lady Liberty From The Inside Out\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-89 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Myron Lee and the Caddies\" data-date=\"2009-05-12T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/myron-lee-and-the-caddies\/\" title=\"Myron Lee and the Caddies\" rel=\"bookmark\">Myron Lee and the Caddies<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Whether it&rsquo;s an aroma..a sight..or a sound..our senses are sometimes able to trigger a memory that&rsquo;s so real it&rsquo;s as if time travel was actually possible. &nbsp;For many of the baby-boomer generation, all that&#8217;s needed is to hear a song from the early days of rock and roll to be transported to a ballroom somewhere..&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/myron-lee-and-the-caddies\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Myron Lee and the Caddies\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-90 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Name Game\" data-date=\"2009-05-08T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-name-game\/\" title=\"The Name Game\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Name Game<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Just think..fifty or so years from now, a little farm girl in Kansas may get a nasty bump on her head from a flying door during a tornado and slip off into a parallel universe where her only desire will be to get back home to her Auntie Em..short for Emma or maybe Emily.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dorothy just&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-name-game\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Name Game\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-91 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Railroading In The Rockies\" data-date=\"2009-05-05T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/railroading-in-the-rockies\/\" title=\"Railroading In The Rockies\" rel=\"bookmark\">Railroading In The Rockies<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;Mr. Lund,&rdquo; said the always cheery voice of Becky Otto when she called me from KELO a few weeks ago, &ldquo; Jay was wondering if you could stop down and see him at the station when you have a chance.&rdquo; Jay is Jay Huizenga..the President and General Manager of Keloland. My ample stomach immediately began&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/railroading-in-the-rockies\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Railroading In The Rockies\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-92 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Rock and Roll III\" data-date=\"2009-05-02T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rock-and-roll-iii\/\" title=\"Rock and Roll III\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rock and Roll III<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As the weeks wind down to the South Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association&rsquo;s&nbsp;Hall of Fame induction&nbsp;ceremony May 24th at the Shrine Mosque (formerly Arkota Ballroom) in Sioux Falls, here&rsquo;s a closer look at two more of the groups who were selected to be included into the first group of inductees. In the late 1950&rsquo;s,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rock-and-roll-iii\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rock and Roll III\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-93 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Rummage Anyone?\" data-date=\"2009-04-30T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rummage-anyone\/\" title=\"Rummage Anyone?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rummage Anyone?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was startled out of sleep early this morning by the sound of slamming car doors and the shrill voices of women talking rather loudly as they walked by just a few feet away from my window.&nbsp;Okay it was 8 o&rsquo;clock..but still..when you&rsquo;re a retired guy who desperately needs all the beauty sleep he can&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rummage-anyone\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rummage Anyone?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-94 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Driving Off Into The Sunset\" data-date=\"2009-04-28T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/driving-off-into-the-sunset\/\" title=\"Driving Off Into The Sunset\" rel=\"bookmark\">Driving Off Into The Sunset<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Little GTO, you&#8217;re really lookin&#8217; fine Three deuces and a four-speed and a 389 Listen to her tachin&#8217; up now, listen to her why-ee-eye-ine C&#8217;mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTO. I never owned a GTO like Ronnie and the Daytonas sang about in the their 1964 hit&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/driving-off-into-the-sunset\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Driving Off Into The Sunset\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-95 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Rock &#038; Roll part 2\" data-date=\"2009-04-24T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rock-roll-part-2\/\" title=\"Rock &#038; Roll part 2\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rock &#038; Roll part 2<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Keloland Television&rsquo;s Captain Eleven may have been the only man with the power to control time..but those of us involved in the newly formed South Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association are making an effort to rock back the clock to the roots of rock and roll music in South Dakota.&nbsp;Seven bands who played a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rock-roll-part-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rock &#038; Roll part 2\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-96 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Never Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth\" data-date=\"2009-04-22T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/never-look-a-gift-horse-in-the-mouth\/\" title=\"Never Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth\" rel=\"bookmark\">Never Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>How does a former Mitchell, South Dakota cop, earning less than 20 bucks an hour, end up deciding how to spend the multi billion dollar fortune of New York&rsquo;s notorious &ldquo;queen of mean,&rdquo; Leona Helmsley?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, it&rsquo;s one of the perks of being the late hotelier&rsquo;s grandson. 32 year old Walter Panzirer is one of four&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/never-look-a-gift-horse-in-the-mouth\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Never Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-97 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Down In The Boondocks\" data-date=\"2009-04-20T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/down-in-the-boondocks\/\" title=\"Down In The Boondocks\" rel=\"bookmark\">Down In The Boondocks<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I guess one of the sure signs that you&rsquo;ve crossed the line from middle age to geezer-dom is when people keep sending you e-mails about it. For instance, here&rsquo;s a list someone sent me just the other day:You start saving nuts, bolts, nails and screws in little glass jars. You keep more food in the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/down-in-the-boondocks\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Down In The Boondocks\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-98 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Adventures In Space\" data-date=\"2009-04-17T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/adventures-in-space\/\" title=\"Adventures In Space\" rel=\"bookmark\">Adventures In Space<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was 15 when Alan B. Shepard became the first American to fly in space.&nbsp;I remember being a bit disappointed that his flight was intended to only last 15 minutes and not to actually go into orbit like the Russian cosmonaut had already done.&nbsp; We had to wait until John Glenn&rsquo;s mission in February of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/adventures-in-space\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Adventures In Space\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-99 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hall of Fame Rockers Volume 1\" data-date=\"2009-04-14T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hall-of-fame-rockers-volume-1\/\" title=\"Hall of Fame Rockers Volume 1\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hall of Fame Rockers Volume 1<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Aside from church and the Brandon Golf Course, I don&rsquo;t belong to any clubs or organizations like the Rotary, Lions or Optimists. I did, however, accept an invitation last year to become a member of theSouth Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association board of directors.&nbsp;Being an old rock &lsquo;n roller myself, I have a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hall-of-fame-rockers-volume-1\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hall of Fame Rockers Volume 1\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-100 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Serving Two Masters\" data-date=\"2009-04-08T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/serving-two-masters\/\" title=\"Serving Two Masters\" rel=\"bookmark\">Serving Two Masters<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Depending on the moon&rsquo;s cycle, Easter can fall anywhere between late March to late April.&nbsp;Unfortunately, this year it has fallen on the same Sunday as the final round of the Masters Golf Tournament..which means I&rsquo;ll be sharing my celebration of Jesus&rsquo; resurrection with Phil Mickelson&rsquo;s birdie putts on the tricky greens of Augusta National.&nbsp;&nbsp;I&rsquo;m already&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/serving-two-masters\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Serving Two Masters\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-101 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Shrouded In Mystery\" data-date=\"2009-04-02T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/shrouded-in-mystery\/\" title=\"Shrouded In Mystery\" rel=\"bookmark\">Shrouded In Mystery<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Every year around this time, I think about one of the most fascinating interviews I ever did for Keloland News.&nbsp;It was with a Dr. John Jackson..who took part in that famous scientific examination of the Shroud of Turin in 1978.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jackson, along with 40 other scientists, were granted permission by Catholic Church leaders to carefully conduct&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/shrouded-in-mystery\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Shrouded In Mystery\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-102 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Ad Nauseum\" data-date=\"2009-03-31T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ad-nauseum\/\" title=\"Ad Nauseum\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ad Nauseum<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;ll be the first to admit that I know little or nothing about insurance..other than I&rsquo;m required by law to have some of it on my house and car. To me, insurance salesmen have always ranked right up there with Jehovah Witnesses on my &ldquo;duck around the corner when I seem &lsquo;em coming list.&rdquo;&nbsp; I&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ad-nauseum\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ad Nauseum\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-103 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Are You In The Dark About Earth Hour?\" data-date=\"2009-03-27T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/are-you-in-the-dark-about-earth-hour\/\" title=\"Are You In The Dark About Earth Hour?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Are You In The Dark About Earth Hour?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>People of the world UNITE! Shut off all your lights and electrical appliances Saturday evening between 8 and 9pm local time (or 8:30 to 9:30 depending on who you ask) because it&rsquo;s EARTH HOUR. Just think, if you hadn&rsquo;t checked out Lund at Large today, you might have missed your chance to participate in this&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/are-you-in-the-dark-about-earth-hour\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Are You In The Dark About Earth Hour?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-104 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Fit To Be Tied\" data-date=\"2009-03-25T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fit-to-be-tied\/\" title=\"Fit To Be Tied\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fit To Be Tied<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>In the summer of 1965, one of my jobs at Cotton &amp; Company grain elevator was to stuff 100 pounds of fluffy oat hulls into burlap bags..stitch them shut with a sewing machine..stack them up five high on a wooden cart and wheel them into the warehouse.&nbsp;&nbsp;Next to scooping out moldy grain from underneath the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/fit-to-be-tied\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fit To Be Tied\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-105 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"What A Team!\" data-date=\"2009-03-23T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/what-a-team\/\" title=\"What A Team!\" rel=\"bookmark\">What A Team!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>WOW! South Dakota State University 90Texas Christian University&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 55 Apparently I wasn&rsquo;t the only one who missed a good portion of the South Dakota State Women&rsquo;s incredible debut in the NCAA tournament Sunday night.&nbsp;We were under the impression their game against TCU in Buddy Holly&rsquo;s hometown of Lubbock Texas was going to be televised by&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/what-a-team\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about What A Team!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-106 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"MGB For Sale (Maybe)\" data-date=\"2009-03-18T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mgb-for-sale-maybe\/\" title=\"MGB For Sale (Maybe)\" rel=\"bookmark\">MGB For Sale (Maybe)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Best as I can figure, I&rsquo;ve owned just 16 cars in my lifetime and still have four of them.&nbsp;I&rsquo;ve told you before about my inability to part with vehicles until they&rsquo;ve lost all trade-in value and are in such bad shape they could be written off as totaled if the gas tank is about empty.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mgb-for-sale-maybe\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about MGB For Sale (Maybe)\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-107 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Food For Thought\" data-date=\"2009-03-13T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/food-for-thought\/\" title=\"Food For Thought\" rel=\"bookmark\">Food For Thought<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I used to enjoy going to the grocery store. Now..not so much. I just get mad.&nbsp;&nbsp;Food shopping has gotten like buying gasoline last summer: you know you&rsquo;re getting ripped off but there&rsquo;s not a dang thing you can do about it.&nbsp;When the cost of food shot through the roof last year, we were told it&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/food-for-thought\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Food For Thought\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-108 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Bit Of Cheer On A Stormy Day\" data-date=\"2009-03-10T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-bit-of-cheer-on-a-stormy-day\/\" title=\"A Bit Of Cheer On A Stormy Day\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Bit Of Cheer On A Stormy Day<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Snow..cold..gusty Northwest winds..blechhh.It&#8217;s March so what did you expect..sunny, mild, bird-song singin&#8217; zip ah dee do dah days until we slip gently into Spring?&nbsp;I don&#8217;t think so..not around here anyway.&nbsp;No, the month of March is like Lucy holding the football for Charley Brown to kick. He knows she&#8217;s probably going to pull it away at&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-bit-of-cheer-on-a-stormy-day\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Bit Of Cheer On A Stormy Day\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-109 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Strike Up The Banned\" data-date=\"2009-03-06T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/strike-up-the-banned\/\" title=\"Strike Up The Banned\" rel=\"bookmark\">Strike Up The Banned<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, unless Governor Rounds pulls a fast one like he did on the abortion ban, smoking in every public place..except a couple cigar bars..will be banned as of July 1st.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank god.&nbsp;The wishes of the many have triumphed over the rights of the few.Now people can stop worrying about catching cancer or having a heart attack&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/strike-up-the-banned\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Strike Up The Banned\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-110 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Lenten Miracle\" data-date=\"2009-03-04T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-lenten-miracle\/\" title=\"The Lenten Miracle\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Lenten Miracle<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>(I don&#8217;t intend to make a habit out of doing&nbsp;blog re-runs but&nbsp;someone the other day asked me about this one I wrote a couple years ago so I&nbsp;decided to give it a second go around.)&nbsp; What are you giving up&nbsp;for Lent? We Christians love to ask that question and compare the degrees of personal sacrifice&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-lenten-miracle\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Lenten Miracle\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-112 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Radio Days\" data-date=\"2009-03-02T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/radio-days\/\" title=\"Radio Days\" rel=\"bookmark\">Radio Days<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It&rsquo;s a long drive between Sioux Falls and Phoenix..lots of time to spend listening to the radio.&nbsp;&nbsp;For some reason, (I can&rsquo;t imagine why) Linda and I enjoy the oldies stations best.&nbsp;We must not be the only ones because no sooner would we drive out of one station&rsquo;s signal range than we&rsquo;d press the scan button&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/radio-days\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Radio Days\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-113 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Puff On This\" data-date=\"2009-02-24T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/puff-on-this\/\" title=\"Puff On This\" rel=\"bookmark\">Puff On This<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It&rsquo;s Tuesday already and I&rsquo;m still in a quandary over what say in the blog. &nbsp;&nbsp;I suppose it would make more sense, then, &nbsp;to just not write anything at all rather than ramble on. But I have found that rambling does sometimes lead to an occasional idea or two. I know what I&rsquo;d &ldquo;like&rdquo; to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/puff-on-this\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Puff On This\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-114 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Confessions of a Rubber Necker\" data-date=\"2009-02-19T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/confessions-of-a-rubber-necker\/\" title=\"Confessions of a Rubber Necker\" rel=\"bookmark\">Confessions of a Rubber Necker<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I don&rsquo;t get that many calls.&nbsp;The only time I&rsquo;m sure the phone will ring is at home when I&rsquo;m in the bathroom&nbsp;or in church on Sunday right in the middle of the pastor&rsquo;s sermon where he&rsquo;s just about to explain a crucial element of sanctification by grace. Brrrrring..Brrrrrring..&rdquo;Oh, dear lord,&rdquo; I say to myself while&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/confessions-of-a-rubber-necker\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Confessions of a Rubber Necker\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-115 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Lund: The Al Bundy Years\" data-date=\"2009-02-17T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lund-the-al-bundy-years\/\" title=\"Lund: The Al Bundy Years\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lund: The Al Bundy Years<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It doesn&rsquo;t take much, these days, to send me drifting off into some trance-like state where even forty year old memories can pop into my mind as fresh as the smell of this morning&rsquo;s coffee. &nbsp;Everybody daydreams, I suppose, but these journeys of mine are like self hypnosis. It happened the other day as I&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lund-the-al-bundy-years\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lund: The Al Bundy Years\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-116 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Paraskavedekatriaphobia\" data-date=\"2009-02-13T12:24:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/paraskavedekatriaphobia\/\" title=\"Paraskavedekatriaphobia\" rel=\"bookmark\">Paraskavedekatriaphobia<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; There should be lots of you reading the blog today as you sit huddled at home afraid to leave the house because it&rsquo;s&hellip;well, you know, FRIDAY THE 13TH. I&rsquo;ll probably stick close to home too but it has nothing to do with being superstitious, I just don&rsquo;t have anywhere to go.&nbsp;&nbsp;That&rsquo;s not to say&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/paraskavedekatriaphobia\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Paraskavedekatriaphobia\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-117 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Meriwether Lewis S.D.Legacy\" data-date=\"2009-02-10T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/meriwether-lewis-s-d-legacy\/\" title=\"Meriwether Lewis S.D.Legacy\" rel=\"bookmark\">Meriwether Lewis S.D.Legacy<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I watched some of President Obama&rsquo;s news conference last night and quickly realized I should have paid more attention to the teacher during high school economics and bookkeeping classes because nothing he was saying sounded familiar.&nbsp;&nbsp;I kept thinking, isn&rsquo;t this like a guy in debt up to his eyeballs, trying to get a few more&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/meriwether-lewis-s-d-legacy\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Meriwether Lewis S.D.Legacy\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-118 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Keloland Homecoming\" data-date=\"2009-02-05T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/keloland-homecoming\/\" title=\"Keloland Homecoming\" rel=\"bookmark\">Keloland Homecoming<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Bzzzzzt! &ldquo;My gosh, it still works,&rdquo; I thought to myself&nbsp;as I waved my old coded &nbsp;ID card in front of the little black box outside the Keloland parking lot and the gate slowly rose to let me in.&nbsp;It had been a few months&nbsp;since I&rsquo;d paid a visit&nbsp;to the TV station where I spent so many&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/keloland-homecoming\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Keloland Homecoming\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-119 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"O.K. Steve, I Apologize\" data-date=\"2009-02-03T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/o-k-steve-i-apologize\/\" title=\"O.K. Steve, I Apologize\" rel=\"bookmark\">O.K. Steve, I Apologize<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I know, I know, this is a day late..but in the spirit of Hemmingsen&rsquo;s National Day of Apology, I would like to extend a belated &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry&rdquo; to the Arizona Cardinals football team..its fans and everyone who lost money wagering on the Super Bowl.Kurt&#8217;s obviously not superstitious but I am It&rsquo;s all my fault; the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/o-k-steve-i-apologize\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about O.K. Steve, I Apologize\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-120 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig\" data-date=\"2009-01-30T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/home-again-home-again-jiggity-jig\/\" title=\"Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig\" rel=\"bookmark\">Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Alas, the time has come for us to point the big ol&rsquo; Lincoln Northeast and head back where we belong; the land of cold and ice and snow. This vacation has been wonderful but there&rsquo;s something unnatural about two South Dakota marshmallows dodging all the responsibilities of winter in order to wallow in the warmth&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/home-again-home-again-jiggity-jig\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-121 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Give Me A Ring\" data-date=\"2009-01-25T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/give-me-a-ring\/\" title=\"Give Me A Ring\" rel=\"bookmark\">Give Me A Ring<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>If you&rsquo;ve just finished eating or are about to start..I apologize in advance for the following: I was reminded this week of an old joke about a Norwegian gentleman using an outdoor toilet.&nbsp;As he was pulling up his pants, some change fell out of the pockets and down the hole. He then took a five&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/give-me-a-ring\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Give Me A Ring\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-122 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"God Speed, Mr. President\" data-date=\"2009-01-21T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/god-speed-mr-president\/\" title=\"God Speed, Mr. President\" rel=\"bookmark\">God Speed, Mr. President<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I suppose some of you might be wondering if I have anything to say about the torch being passed in Washington on Tuesday or if I&rsquo;m just going to continue writing about cats. Probably cats. Reporters and commentators have pretty much exhausted the English language trying to come up with just the right superlatives to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/god-speed-mr-president\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about God Speed, Mr. President\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-123 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Cat Tails, Cardinals &#038; Cinerama\" data-date=\"2009-01-19T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cat-tails-cardinals-cinerama\/\" title=\"Cat Tails, Cardinals &#038; Cinerama\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cat Tails, Cardinals &#038; Cinerama<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Well, that was a startling start to the morning. As I stumbled into the kitchen in my bare feet, I accidentally stepped on one of the cat&rsquo;s tails and in a fraction of a second all of her feline genetic juices kicked in. Her ears instinctively went back tight to her head..she fell&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cat-tails-cardinals-cinerama\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cat Tails, Cardinals &#038; Cinerama\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-124 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Wish You Were Here!\" data-date=\"2009-01-16T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wish-you-were-here\/\" title=\"Wish You Were Here!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Wish You Were Here!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; I always hated it when people would travel to warm places for their winter vacations and send back postcards of bronze women in bikinis dipping their toes in the tepid blue-green waters of a tropical ocean. Or of guys in short sleeve shirts and plaid Bermuda shorts playing January golf on a stunningly beautiful&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wish-you-were-here\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Wish You Were Here!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-125 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Living in a Cat House\" data-date=\"2009-01-12T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/living-in-a-cat-house\/\" title=\"Living in a Cat House\" rel=\"bookmark\">Living in a Cat House<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; There have been a few changes in this beautiful town of Fountain Hills, Arizona in the year since we&rsquo;ve been here. Oh, the air is still much purer than in the valley below and the community still doesn&rsquo;t allow street lights so the stars shine gloriously bright in the night sky. The local residents,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/living-in-a-cat-house\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Living in a Cat House\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-126 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"&#8220;A Lousy Drummer?&#8221; Ouch!\" data-date=\"2009-01-09T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/quota-lousy-drummerquot-ouch\/\" title=\"&#8220;A Lousy Drummer?&#8221; Ouch!\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;A Lousy Drummer?&#8221; Ouch!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Whew! It was getting&rsquo; a little rough over there at that other blog; kinda personal too. Let&rsquo;s try starting fresh here. I always expect a certain number of readers to get their undies in a bunch whenever I post something political but the one on Al Franken being certified winner of Minnesota&rsquo;s tight U.S.Senate race&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/quota-lousy-drummerquot-ouch\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about &#8220;A Lousy Drummer?&#8221; Ouch!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-127 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Franken, My Dear, I Don&#8217;t Give a Damn\" data-date=\"2009-01-06T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/franken-my-dear-i-dont-give-a-damn\/\" title=\"Franken, My Dear, I Don&#8217;t Give a Damn\" rel=\"bookmark\">Franken, My Dear, I Don&#8217;t Give a Damn<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &ldquo;Saturday Night Live&rdquo; will probably be remembered more for the catch phrases that came out of the show than the belly laughs it generated. Ie: &ldquo;Never mind&quot;, &quot;Isn&rsquo;t that special,&quot; &quot;I live in a van down by the river,&quot; &quot;We just want to pump you up,&quot; &quot;Yeah, that&rsquo;s the ticket, &quot; &quot;Schhhwingg,&quot; I&quot;&rsquo;m getting&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/franken-my-dear-i-dont-give-a-damn\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Franken, My Dear, I Don&#8217;t Give a Damn\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-128 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Oh, What A Tangled Web We Weave\" data-date=\"2009-01-02T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-what-a-tangled-web-we-weave\/\" title=\"Oh, What A Tangled Web We Weave\" rel=\"bookmark\">Oh, What A Tangled Web We Weave<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Is it ever okay to tell a lie? &nbsp; I certainly hope so otherwise, Linda and I had better get fitted for asbestos underwear because we&rsquo;ve been unloading some whoppers for the last several weeks. &nbsp; As I mentioned in an earlier blog, our desert daughter, Christy, couldn&rsquo;t make it home for Christmas&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-what-a-tangled-web-we-weave\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Oh, What A Tangled Web We Weave\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-129 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Reading The Happiness Meter\" data-date=\"2008-12-31T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/reading-the-happiness-meter\/\" title=\"Reading The Happiness Meter\" rel=\"bookmark\">Reading The Happiness Meter<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; I&rsquo;m not big on making resolutions. &nbsp; The times I have vowed to start doing something or stop doing something at the beginning of the New Year usually lead to self loathing by the first of February. So I simply choose not to set myself up for failure and disappointment. &nbsp; Instead of New&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/reading-the-happiness-meter\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Reading The Happiness Meter\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-130 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Dream Season\" data-date=\"2008-12-29T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dream-season\/\" title=\"Dream Season\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dream Season<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>In the immortal words of Ronald Reagan, &ldquo;Well, there you go again.&rdquo; After an 0-2 start to the season, I had no illusions that the Minnesota Vikings would have the power to suck me back into the fold, especially with that Jackson guy as quarterback.&nbsp;But little rays of hope did return when he was pulled&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dream-season\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dream Season\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-131 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Grandpa John&#8217;s Christmas Homecoming\" data-date=\"2008-12-24T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/grandpa-johns-christmas-homecoming\/\" title=\"Grandpa John&#8217;s Christmas Homecoming\" rel=\"bookmark\">Grandpa John&#8217;s Christmas Homecoming<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>When John Gruseth first stepped off the ship&rsquo;s gangway onto solid ground once again he still had his sea legs and felt a bit wobbly.&nbsp;It had been a long rough voyage across the Atlantic in late December and he was mighty glad to be standing here at Trondheim Harbor on Christmas Eve day 1906.&nbsp;As he&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/grandpa-johns-christmas-homecoming\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Grandpa John&#8217;s Christmas Homecoming\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-132 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Best Christmas of My Life\" data-date=\"2008-12-22T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-best-christmas-of-my-life\/\" title=\"The Best Christmas of My Life\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Best Christmas of My Life<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>If you&rsquo;re allergic to corn, or are diabetic, stop reading now!It&#8217;s about to get awfully corny and sugary sweet around here. As I close in on my 62nd Christmas, I got to thinking about which ones have been the most memorable. The first Christmas I have any recollection of at all was in 1949 when&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-best-christmas-of-my-life\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Best Christmas of My Life\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11398 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Long Night On Holiday Avenue\" data-date=\"2008-12-19T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-long-night-on-holiday-avenue\/\" title=\"A Long Night On Holiday Avenue\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Long Night On Holiday Avenue<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Call it Karma, fate, coincidence or irony but no sooner do I write about the patience and perseverance of our pioneer ancestors during the long winter of 1880-81 than my own winter survival ability&nbsp;is put to the test. The story actually began a couple weeks ago when I received a letter from Midcontinent Communications which&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-long-night-on-holiday-avenue\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Long Night On Holiday Avenue\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-134 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Long Winter\" data-date=\"2008-12-17T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-long-winter\/\" title=\"The Long Winter\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Long Winter<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sorry.It&rsquo;s been a while since my last entry and I have no excuses other than..well, let&rsquo;s see, I&rsquo;ll blame the weather. Nothing&nbsp;dulls my senses or freezes-up the creative juices more than a few days of skin-cracking cold with snow and a 35 mile an hour north wind thrown in for good measure.We&rsquo;ve been living like&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-long-winter\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Long Winter\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-135 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"An Evening In The Captain&#8217;s Quarters\" data-date=\"2008-12-12T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/an-evening-in-the-captains-quarters\/\" title=\"An Evening In The Captain&#8217;s Quarters\" rel=\"bookmark\">An Evening In The Captain&#8217;s Quarters<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Whenever I&rsquo;m out and about (which isn&rsquo;t that often these days) invariably, someone will ask if I ever see Captain 11 (A.K.A., Dave Dedrick) anymore.&nbsp; Well, the answer, I&rsquo;m ashamed to admit, is &ldquo;no.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp; Linda and I drove by their house a few times this past summer hoping to spot Dave and Marjean sitting out&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/an-evening-in-the-captains-quarters\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about An Evening In The Captain&#8217;s Quarters\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11399 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Marlboro Man\" data-date=\"2008-12-10T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-marlboro-man\/\" title=\"The Marlboro Man\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Marlboro Man<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Oh no! Barack Obama still sneaks a cigarette from time to time. Am I one of the few people who had no idea that the President Elect has smoked cigarettes most of his adult life and that recent attempts to quit have, by his own admission, not been entirely successful? I&rsquo;ll bet if my golfing&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-marlboro-man\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Marlboro Man\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-137 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Seeing Red at Christmas\" data-date=\"2008-12-08T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/seeing-red-at-christmas\/\" title=\"Seeing Red at Christmas\" rel=\"bookmark\">Seeing Red at Christmas<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Even though I don&rsquo;t have to punch a clock anymore (figuratively speaking, of course,) I&rsquo;m still not a big fan of Mondays. Especially Mondays like this one; cold, grey and cloudy with snow in the forecast. What really got me in a grumpy mood, though, was not so much the weather but discovering that the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/seeing-red-at-christmas\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Seeing Red at Christmas\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-138 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Piece (of lefse) On Earth\" data-date=\"2008-12-05T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/piece-of-lefse-on-earth\/\" title=\"Piece (of lefse) On Earth\" rel=\"bookmark\">Piece (of lefse) On Earth<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was getting worried.Just three weeks before Christmas and I still wasn&rsquo;t in the Christmas Spirit. Back when I was a kid, all it took was a slight stimulation of any of the 5 senses; &ldquo;hearing&rdquo; Gene Autry singing about Rudolph the red nosed reindeer during Ray Loftesness&rsquo; Holiday Inn program on KSOO Radio. &ldquo;Seeing&rdquo;&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/piece-of-lefse-on-earth\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Piece (of lefse) On Earth\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11400 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hi, I&#8217;m Doug..Welcome To ?? Mart!\" data-date=\"2008-12-03T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hi-im-doug-welcome-to-mart\/\" title=\"Hi, I&#8217;m Doug..Welcome To ?? Mart!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hi, I&#8217;m Doug..Welcome To ?? Mart!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;m just now starting to thaw out from spending the better part of an hour blowing the 1.5 inches of snow from my walk and driveway..along with some of my neighbor&rsquo;s sidewalks.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s times like this when I&rsquo;m reminded of my Norwegian heritage; not because of my stout hardiness in cold weather but for being too&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hi-im-doug-welcome-to-mart\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hi, I&#8217;m Doug..Welcome To ?? Mart!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11401 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"What&#8217;s In A Name?\" data-date=\"2008-12-01T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/whats-in-a-name\/\" title=\"What&#8217;s In A Name?\" rel=\"bookmark\">What&#8217;s In A Name?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;I know you but you don&rsquo;t know me.&rdquo; I still hear that a lot when people bump into me at a restaurant, bar, some social function or when we&rsquo;re traveling.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;After 33 years of exposure on Keloland TV, folks have always figured they know me well enough to come over and say Hi..and I love it.&nbsp;The&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/whats-in-a-name\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about What&#8217;s In A Name?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-142 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Thanksgiving Leftovers\" data-date=\"2008-11-28T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thanksgiving-leftovers\/\" title=\"Thanksgiving Leftovers\" rel=\"bookmark\">Thanksgiving Leftovers<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It was six a.m. when Linda and I staggered groggily into the kitchen to get things going for the Thanksgiving meal which we and 25 others would be sitting down to in 6 and a half hours. First things first; get a strong pot of coffee started while the oven is heating up to 350.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thanksgiving-leftovers\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thanksgiving Leftovers\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-143 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Let&#8217;s Talk Turkey\" data-date=\"2008-11-25T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lets-talk-turkey\/\" title=\"Let&#8217;s Talk Turkey\" rel=\"bookmark\">Let&#8217;s Talk Turkey<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; About 42 million turkeys, which, let&#8217;s face it, aren&#8217;t the most beautiful bird in the world with a head like a vulture and&nbsp;body of a peacock, will be elevated to the rank of superstardom this week as they are sacrificed, stripped clean, brined, baked, broasted or deep fried and proudly&nbsp;presented before family and friends&nbsp;to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lets-talk-turkey\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Let&#8217;s Talk Turkey\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-144 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"She&#8217;s BAAAAACK!\" data-date=\"2008-11-21T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/shes-baaaaack\/\" title=\"She&#8217;s BAAAAACK!\" rel=\"bookmark\">She&#8217;s BAAAAACK!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>change &ensp; var interfaceflash = new LEXICOFlashObject ( &#8220;http:\/\/cache.lexico.com\/d\/g\/speaker.swf&#8221;, &#8220;speaker&#8221;, &#8220;60&#8221;, &#8220;18&#8221;, &#8220;&#8221;, &#8220;6&#8221;); interfaceflash.addParam(&#8220;loop&#8221;, &#8220;false&#8221;); interfaceflash.addParam(&#8220;quality&#8221;, &#8220;high&#8221;); interfaceflash.addParam(&#8220;menu&#8221;, &#8220;false&#8221;); interfaceflash.addParam(&#8220;salign&#8221;, &#8220;t&#8221;); interfaceflash.addParam(&#8220;FlashVars&#8221;, &#8220;soundUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.lexico.com%2Fdictionary%2Faudio%2Fluna%2FC03%2FC0316100.mp3&#8221;); interfaceflash.write(); verb, changed, chang&sdot;ing, noun &ndash;verb (used with object) 1. to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/shes-baaaaack\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about She&#8217;s BAAAAACK!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-145 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"White Lightnin&#8217;\" data-date=\"2008-11-19T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/white-lightnin\/\" title=\"White Lightnin&#8217;\" rel=\"bookmark\">White Lightnin&#8217;<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Linda and I did something yesterday we haven&rsquo;t done in a long, long time.&nbsp; (Oh, please, clean it up!) We went for an afternoon ride in the car. Not just any car..but our old white Lincoln..the same one I used to haul leaves in a couple weeks ago. &nbsp;&nbsp; I&rsquo;m sure this will sound strange&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/white-lightnin\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about White Lightnin&#8217;\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-146 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Running Around In Circles\" data-date=\"2008-11-17T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/running-around-in-circles\/\" title=\"Running Around In Circles\" rel=\"bookmark\">Running Around In Circles<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>One of the great luxuries in my life is the DVR (digital video recorder) that&rsquo;s part of my cable TV package. Because of it, I&rsquo;m able to record programs like NASCAR racing in high definition and zip through all the boring parts of a four hour race in about an hour. Believe me, there are&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/running-around-in-circles\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Running Around In Circles\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-147 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Uncle Art\" data-date=\"2008-11-12T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/uncle-art\/\" title=\"Uncle Art\" rel=\"bookmark\">Uncle Art<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As most anyone who knows me is well aware, I&rsquo;m a charter member of the procrastinator&rsquo;s club. So writing a story about a veteran on the day AFTER Veterans&rsquo; Day would be totally in character for me..Lund&rsquo;s late again.&nbsp;But the truth is, this time I waited on purpose in hopes of giving this particular vet&nbsp;some&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/uncle-art\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Uncle Art\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-148 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Doug&#8217;s History Of Television\" data-date=\"2008-11-10T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dougs-history-of-television\/\" title=\"Doug&#8217;s History Of Television\" rel=\"bookmark\">Doug&#8217;s History Of Television<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was back on television over the weekend! No, KELO didn&rsquo;t call and ask me to fill-in on the news or anything like that. In fact, I never had to leave the house. Our son, James, as promised, sent us one of those little high definition cameras to hook up to our computer. After a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dougs-history-of-television\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Doug&#8217;s History Of Television\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-149 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Love Me Or Leaf Me\" data-date=\"2008-11-06T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/love-me-or-leaf-me\/\" title=\"Love Me Or Leaf Me\" rel=\"bookmark\">Love Me Or Leaf Me<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Oh my God, Linda&hellip;I have a Charlie horse in my thumb! That&rsquo;s what woke me up this morning; the painful sight of &nbsp;watching my left thumb curling up&nbsp;like a rattle snake about to strike. Then, as I was rubbing the inside of my left hand I noticed I could hardly open and close EITHER hand.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/love-me-or-leaf-me\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Love Me Or Leaf Me\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-150 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Monday Morning Quarterback\" data-date=\"2008-11-03T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/monday-morning-quarterback\/\" title=\"Monday Morning Quarterback\" rel=\"bookmark\">Monday Morning Quarterback<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Forget the headline..today&rsquo;s entry really has nothing to do with comments on Sunday&rsquo;s football games..well, nothing other than the Vikings managed to make me yell at the TV again&nbsp; as they tried their very best to &nbsp;give away a 14 point lead. But they didn&rsquo;t and the Colts beat New England last night so all&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/monday-morning-quarterback\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Monday Morning Quarterback\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-151 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Halloween Memories\" data-date=\"2008-10-31T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/halloween-memories\/\" title=\"Halloween Memories\" rel=\"bookmark\">Halloween Memories<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Halloween was always fun and exciting for me as a kid..well, except for that one year where some do-gooder in the church convinced my and most every other child&#8217;s parents that instead of going door to door trying to extort as much candy as possible, we should trick or treat for UNICEF.&nbsp; Thankfully, that only&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/halloween-memories\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Halloween Memories\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-152 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Twins Baseball Back Outdoors..Brrrr\" data-date=\"2008-10-29T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/twins-baseball-back-outdoors-brrrr\/\" title=\"Twins Baseball Back Outdoors..Brrrr\" rel=\"bookmark\">Twins Baseball Back Outdoors..Brrrr<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>By the time some of you read this..the cold, rainy, windy, snowy 2008 World Series may mercifully be over. If the &nbsp;Tampa Bay Rays lose they&rsquo;re probably just glad the thing ended so they could shake off the biting chill of &nbsp;late October baseball in Pennsylvania and fly back home to the healing warmth of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/twins-baseball-back-outdoors-brrrr\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Twins Baseball Back Outdoors..Brrrr\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11396 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Rolling To A Stop\" data-date=\"2008-10-27T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rolling-to-a-stop\/\" title=\"Rolling To A Stop\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rolling To A Stop<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just too hard to skate with you, Doug,&nbsp; you&rsquo;re too short..sorry.&rdquo; I still remember the sting&nbsp; of those words from Bethany Anundson..a girl from our&nbsp; neighborhood in Volga who was a year ahead of me in school.&nbsp; She was also an excellent roller skater and had agreed to help teach me the basics at&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/rolling-to-a-stop\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rolling To A Stop\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-154 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"See You Sunday\" data-date=\"2008-10-23T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/see-you-sunday\/\" title=\"See You Sunday\" rel=\"bookmark\">See You Sunday<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Bulletin:&nbsp; Hog farmers in Minnehaha County were shocked to discover that their pigs had suddenly sprouted wings and taken flight. Bulletin: Word from the nether region is that the fires of damnation have been extinguished and Hades is now enveloped in ice. Bulletin: The Sioux Falls City Council has UNANIMOUSLY agreed on something. Okay, now&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/see-you-sunday\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about See You Sunday\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11397 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Tim &#038; Tom Chapter 2\" data-date=\"2008-10-22T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/tim-tom-chapter-2\/\" title=\"Tim &#038; Tom Chapter 2\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tim &#038; Tom Chapter 2<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As I sit here looking out my window, I see the trees bending over in the cold October wind..trying unsuccessfully to hang on to their dying leaves just a while longer.&nbsp;There&rsquo;s a steady rain beating against the house. It makes a tapping sound and the droplets are sticking to the glass which can only mean&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/tim-tom-chapter-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Tim &#038; Tom Chapter 2\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-156 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Tony Dean RIP\" data-date=\"2008-10-20T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/tony-dean-rip\/\" title=\"Tony Dean RIP\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tony Dean RIP<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I know it&rsquo;s not as important today but when I was young one of the key requirements to finding success in broadcasting was to have a great voice. One of the finest radio and television voices that I ever heard fell silent this past weekend when Tony Dean (DeChandt) &nbsp;died way too young at his&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/tony-dean-rip\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Tony Dean RIP\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-157 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Oh, Lord. Lund&#8217;s Writing About His Grandkids Again\" data-date=\"2008-10-14T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-lord-lunds-writing-about-his-grandkids-again\/\" title=\"Oh, Lord. Lund&#8217;s Writing About His Grandkids Again\" rel=\"bookmark\">Oh, Lord. Lund&#8217;s Writing About His Grandkids Again<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I have to admit that I wasn&rsquo;t too thrilled when, on November 7th, 1992, our daughter Brenda and her husband Dale announced that they&rsquo;d decided to name their newborn son, &ldquo;Tucker.&rdquo;&nbsp;I was worried that insensitive classmates would one day tease him..using words..one in particular..that rhyme with it.By November 9th, though, Tucker&rsquo;s name was the least&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-lord-lunds-writing-about-his-grandkids-again\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Oh, Lord. Lund&#8217;s Writing About His Grandkids Again\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-158 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hail Hail Rock &#038; Roll\" data-date=\"2008-10-11T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hail-hail-rock-roll\/\" title=\"Hail Hail Rock &#038; Roll\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hail Hail Rock &#038; Roll<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;Hey Doug, you&rsquo;re the trivia master,&rdquo; our friend Alona said when she called this week, &ldquo;Who sang the song Be my baby?&rdquo; (She&rsquo;s right, Hemmingsen and I used to be pretty darn good Trivial Pursuit players. In fact, when the board game first came out in the 80&rsquo;s; our Keloland team usually scored high at&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hail-hail-rock-roll\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hail Hail Rock &#038; Roll\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-159 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"If You Can&#8217;t Stand the Heat Stay Off the Golf Course\" data-date=\"2008-10-03T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/if-you-cant-stand-the-heat-stay-off-the-golf-course\/\" title=\"If You Can&#8217;t Stand the Heat Stay Off the Golf Course\" rel=\"bookmark\">If You Can&#8217;t Stand the Heat Stay Off the Golf Course<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I took some more political heat from my golfing buddies Thursday; buddies who are still dumbfounded at the notion of my still intending to vote for Obama next month.&nbsp; &ldquo;You gonna watch the debate tonight?&rdquo; Bob said. &ldquo;Yeah, I suppose.&rdquo; &ldquo;You just wait, Palin&rsquo;s gonna kick Biden&rsquo;s butt.&rdquo; (only he didn&rsquo;t say butt and from&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/if-you-cant-stand-the-heat-stay-off-the-golf-course\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about If You Can&#8217;t Stand the Heat Stay Off the Golf Course\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-160 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Off The Beaten Path\" data-date=\"2008-10-01T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/off-the-beaten-path\/\" title=\"Off The Beaten Path\" rel=\"bookmark\">Off The Beaten Path<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Okay, Wild Bill, I&#8217;ll get out of DeadwoodThe vote was unanimous; on our annual excursion to the Black Hills this autumn, Linda and me along with our traveling companions, Denny and Joanie Graves, were going to get off the beaten path and go places and do things we hadn&rsquo;t done in years or never at&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/off-the-beaten-path\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Off The Beaten Path\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-161 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Black Hills Staycation\" data-date=\"2008-09-29T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/black-hills-staycation\/\" title=\"Black Hills Staycation\" rel=\"bookmark\">Black Hills Staycation<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Well, Linda and I have been off an another of our cost-saving &ldquo;stay-cations.&rdquo;&nbsp; We and our traveling partners, Denny and Joanie Graves are on our annual pilgrimage to the Black Hills..allegedly to drink in the beauty of the season..and it IS beautiful..but in reality it&#8217;s to drink up the local wine and to give&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/black-hills-staycation\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Black Hills Staycation\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-162 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Mark Twain Tonight\" data-date=\"2008-09-25T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mark-twain-tonight\/\" title=\"Mark Twain Tonight\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mark Twain Tonight<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Ever since I watched Hal Holbrook&rsquo;s incredible portrayal of Mark Twain on a CBS television special in 1967, the idea of seeing his performance in person has been on my bucket list; you know, things you want to do before you kick the bucket. Well, I can now scratch that one from the list thanks&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mark-twain-tonight\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mark Twain Tonight\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-164 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Model Fit To A T\" data-date=\"2008-09-22T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-model-fit-to-a-t\/\" title=\"A Model Fit To A T\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Model Fit To A T<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>My dad was one of the million or so guys who suffered a broken arm trying to crank start a Model T Ford. Long before cars had electric starters, the only way to fire up the four cylinder engine was to turn it over manually using the crank provided in front. Trouble was if the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-model-fit-to-a-t\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Model Fit To A T\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-165 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Is There A Doctor In The House?\" data-date=\"2008-09-18T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/is-there-a-doctor-in-the-house\/\" title=\"Is There A Doctor In The House?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Is There A Doctor In The House?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;ve been a fan of Garrison Keillor&rsquo;s &ldquo;A Prairie Home Companion&rdquo; since 1982. I used to plan my Saturday&rsquo;s around the two hour public radio show, especially the weekly monologues in which he rambles on for 20-30 minutes about life in the fictitious small town of his youth, Lake Wobegon, Minnesota. It wasn&rsquo;t until Keillor&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/is-there-a-doctor-in-the-house\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Is There A Doctor In The House?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-166 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Back To The 1st Grade\" data-date=\"2008-09-16T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/back-to-the-1st-grade\/\" title=\"Back To The 1st Grade\" rel=\"bookmark\">Back To The 1st Grade<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Funny the interesting things one can discover when one leaves the house to do something besides play golf. Such was the case on our recent weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska. Our daughter, Suzan had taken Friday afternoon off so that we could pick-up granddaughter Zoey from her new school, Cavett Elementary, &nbsp;and perhaps arrive early enough&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/back-to-the-1st-grade\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Back To The 1st Grade\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-167 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Presidents In My Lifetime\" data-date=\"2008-09-12T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/presidents-in-my-lifetime\/\" title=\"Presidents In My Lifetime\" rel=\"bookmark\">Presidents In My Lifetime<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As November 4th inches ever closer It dawned on me that we&rsquo;re about to have the twelfth new president in my lifetime. I decided to share some thoughts and memories with you about the first eleven. Harry S. Truman (The &ldquo;S&rdquo; didn&rsquo;t stand for anything) I was born several months after Truman inherited the presidency&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/presidents-in-my-lifetime\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Presidents In My Lifetime\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-168 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Seeing Red\" data-date=\"2008-09-09T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/seeing-red\/\" title=\"Seeing Red\" rel=\"bookmark\">Seeing Red<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I put on my Minnesota Vikings sweatshirt last night, popped a can of diet cream soda and settled-in on the couch in front of the TV to watch the Vikes finally put a can of wop-ass on the Green Bay Packers. Instead it was another case of Childress confusion as the head coach spent the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/seeing-red\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Seeing Red\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-169 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Not a Packer..But a Husker\" data-date=\"2008-09-08T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/not-a-packer-but-a-husker\/\" title=\"Not a Packer..But a Husker\" rel=\"bookmark\">Not a Packer..But a Husker<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It was not a fight, really, Linda and I don&rsquo;t have many of those, thank God.&nbsp; But when one of us does something wrong..okay ME..things tend to get real quiet in our house. Such was the case Friday morning as we approached the scheduled departure time for our weekend in Lincoln. I had promised, the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/not-a-packer-but-a-husker\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Not a Packer..But a Husker\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-170 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Bill Connor R.I.P.\" data-date=\"2008-09-04T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bill-connor-r-i-p\/\" title=\"Bill Connor R.I.P.\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bill Connor R.I.P.<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Bill Connor died this week and I was shocked at the news. I just knew that even though the leukemia he fought off before had returned, he would lick it again. I first met Bill Connor 8 or 9 years ago. He called me at Kelo wondering if I&rsquo;d be interested in featuring his new&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bill-connor-r-i-p\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bill Connor R.I.P.\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-171 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Is Laughter Really The Best Medicine?\" data-date=\"2008-09-01T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/is-laughter-really-the-best-medicine\/\" title=\"Is Laughter Really The Best Medicine?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Is Laughter Really The Best Medicine?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;Sanford emergency.&rdquo; &ldquo;Yes, this is Linda Lund.&nbsp; I think my husband needs an ambulance.&rdquo; &ldquo;What&rsquo;s wrong?&rdquo; &ldquo;Well, I&rsquo;d rather not say.&rdquo; &ldquo;Please..we have to know the nature of his affliction.&rdquo; &ldquo;It&rsquo;s kind of embarrassing.&rdquo; &ldquo;What do you mean?&rdquo; &ldquo;Well, we were watching America&rsquo;s Funniest Home Videos and when a fat lady tried to break a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/is-laughter-really-the-best-medicine\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Is Laughter Really The Best Medicine?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-172 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Kings For A Day\" data-date=\"2008-08-30T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/kings-for-a-day\/\" title=\"Kings For A Day\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kings For A Day<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Linda and I were out with some friends the other night and a couple people, who recognized me from my TV days, stopped over at our table to say hi.&nbsp;As I approach two years of retirement, that sort of thing happens less and less these days.&nbsp;I&rsquo;m fine with that but I&rsquo;d be lying if I&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/kings-for-a-day\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Kings For A Day\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-173 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"It&#8217;s the Best State Fair in our State\" data-date=\"2008-08-28T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-the-best-state-fair-in-our-state\/\" title=\"It&#8217;s the Best State Fair in our State\" rel=\"bookmark\">It&#8217;s the Best State Fair in our State<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>My mom sounded a little like one of those carnival sideshow barkers as she opened the bedroom door to wake my brothers and me from our slumber; &ldquo;hurry, hurry, hurry, come on&nbsp;boys..time to get up and a movin&#8217;. We don&rsquo;t want to be late for the fair.&rdquo; It was still dark outside but my dad&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-the-best-state-fair-in-our-state\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about It&#8217;s the Best State Fair in our State\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-174 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hi Diddedy Dee, The Actor&#8217;s Life For Me\" data-date=\"2008-08-25T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hi-diddedy-dee-the-actors-life-for-me\/\" title=\"Hi Diddedy Dee, The Actor&#8217;s Life For Me\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hi Diddedy Dee, The Actor&#8217;s Life For Me<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;I was born to trod the boards to hear the roar of the crowd to have the smell of &nbsp;greasepaint in&nbsp;my nostrils. The only ones who knew how talented an actor I was, though,&nbsp;were the friends I played&nbsp;with as a kid.&nbsp;&nbsp;They would marvel at the site of me swimming around the dock in front&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hi-diddedy-dee-the-actors-life-for-me\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hi Diddedy Dee, The Actor&#8217;s Life For Me\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-175 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Men In Trees\" data-date=\"2008-08-20T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/men-in-trees\/\" title=\"Men In Trees\" rel=\"bookmark\">Men In Trees<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It had been a restless night; up every two hours to do what a lot of old guys have to do..especially if they consume a beverage or two before bedtime. My last call of nature was at 6:30a.m. so I just decided to stay up..make some coffee and read the paper.&nbsp;An hour later I&rsquo;m on&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/men-in-trees\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Men In Trees\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-176 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Miss Lee And Me\" data-date=\"2008-08-18T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/miss-lee-and-me\/\" title=\"Miss Lee And Me\" rel=\"bookmark\">Miss Lee And Me<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I talked with two of my granddaughters in Lincoln, Nebraska on Sunday to wish them well on their first day of school this week. 6 year old Zoey is starting the first grade while 18 year old Allison is one of the fresh new freshmen at the University of Nebraska.&nbsp;She arrived on campus over the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/miss-lee-and-me\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Miss Lee And Me\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-177 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Mogen&#8217;s Hero Worship\" data-date=\"2008-08-13T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mogens-hero-worship\/\" title=\"Mogen&#8217;s Hero Worship\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mogen&#8217;s Hero Worship<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>When John Mogen called me about playing drums and singing in his band, Mogen&rsquo;s Heroes, back in 1988, I hesitated&hellip;unsure of being up to the task. I&rsquo;d have to fill the shoes of Scott Klaverkamp who&rsquo;d been Mogen&rsquo;s Heroes&rsquo; first and only drummer and who could sing all the high notes. I&rsquo;d heard the group&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mogens-hero-worship\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mogen&#8217;s Hero Worship\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-178 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The New China Syndrome\" data-date=\"2008-08-09T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-new-china-syndrome\/\" title=\"The New China Syndrome\" rel=\"bookmark\">The New China Syndrome<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Years ago our Aberdeen bureau reporter for Keloland was&nbsp;reprimanded for what might be considered to be multi-tasking to the extreme.&nbsp;A viewer spotted him in the news vehicle on his way to cover a story.Not only was our guy speeding but he was also smoking a cigarette, drinking a cup of coffee and had the newspaper&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-new-china-syndrome\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The New China Syndrome\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-179 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Atkins Diet Grumbling\" data-date=\"2008-08-06T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/atkins-diet-grumbling\/\" title=\"Atkins Diet Grumbling\" rel=\"bookmark\">Atkins Diet Grumbling<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As I sit here at the computer this morning, my still ample-size stomach is growling away like Ol&rsquo; Yeller at the end of the movie just before they shot him. I&rsquo;m hungry. I&rsquo;m also angry. For some reason, the Atkins experiment has become the Atkins discouragement. Don&rsquo;t get me wrong, I&rsquo;m not giving up on&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/atkins-diet-grumbling\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Atkins Diet Grumbling\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-180 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Little Slice of Heaven\" data-date=\"2008-08-04T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-little-slice-of-heaven\/\" title=\"A Little Slice of Heaven\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Little Slice of Heaven<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Lund at Large My back is really aching after playing golf every day this past week.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s not that I want to play so much, you understand, I&rsquo;m retired and it&rsquo;s the law. On several occasions recently, my friend Denny Graves and I have teed &lsquo;em up.&nbsp;We play to about the same handicap and have tested&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-little-slice-of-heaven\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Little Slice of Heaven\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-181 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Buzz is Back to Bug Me\" data-date=\"2008-07-30T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-buzz-is-back-to-bug-me\/\" title=\"The Buzz is Back to Bug Me\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Buzz is Back to Bug Me<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Linda absolutely loves the summertime. In fact, she starts fretting about it being over on the very first day it begins because the summer solstice means that days will start getting shorter again and before you know it..bam..it&rsquo;ll be time to unpack the bulk knit sweaters and start planning Christmas dinner. For me, the sure&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-buzz-is-back-to-bug-me\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Buzz is Back to Bug Me\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11392 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Okoboji Memories\" data-date=\"2008-07-28T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/okoboji-memories\/\" title=\"Okoboji Memories\" rel=\"bookmark\">Okoboji Memories<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>The first time I ever set foot into the Keloland building in downtown Sioux Falls, where I would eventually spend so much of my life, was&hellip;I think&hellip;in 1961. My cousin and I were there to audition for a locally produced program called Okoboji Varieties. I don&rsquo;t remember too much about the show except it featured&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/okoboji-memories\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Okoboji Memories\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11393 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Doug&#8217;s Den KEEP OUT!\" data-date=\"2008-07-23T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dougs-den-keep-out\/\" title=\"Doug&#8217;s Den KEEP OUT!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Doug&#8217;s Den KEEP OUT!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Linda dared to invaded my little corner of the house this morning; &nbsp;it&rsquo;s where &nbsp;you can find me most any time of the day when I&rsquo;m not on the golf course or in front of the TV. It used to be Christy&rsquo;s room but since she hasn&rsquo;t lived here for 13 years, I decided, after&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dougs-den-keep-out\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Doug&#8217;s Den KEEP OUT!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11394 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"To Debate Or Not To Debate, That Is The Question\" data-date=\"2008-07-21T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/to-debate-or-not-to-debate-that-is-the-question\/\" title=\"To Debate Or Not To Debate, That Is The Question\" rel=\"bookmark\">To Debate Or Not To Debate, That Is The Question<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As my friend and I were riding home from the golf course a couple weeks ago, we were tuned in to Rick Knobe&rsquo;s program on KSOO radio. Rick was doing an interview with Senator Tim Johnson. It was a very difficult thing to listen to. The senator, as everyone knows, nearly died from a brain&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/to-debate-or-not-to-debate-that-is-the-question\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about To Debate Or Not To Debate, That Is The Question\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11395 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Sun Powered Cars\" data-date=\"2008-07-17T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sun-powered-cars\/\" title=\"Sun Powered Cars\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sun Powered Cars<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;m not sure if it was guilt over my anti-wind generator rant here earlier this week&hellip;or just a natural curiosity..but I rode my motorcycle over to Falls Park on Wednesday to check out the arrival of sun-powered cars taking part in the North American Solar Challenge race from Texas to Calgary. (they spell race r-a-y-c-e..like&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/sun-powered-cars\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sun Powered Cars\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-186 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Retirement..Some Second Thoughts\" data-date=\"2008-07-16T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/retirement-some-second-thoughts\/\" title=\"Retirement..Some Second Thoughts\" rel=\"bookmark\">Retirement..Some Second Thoughts<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Brrrrrrrrring! &ldquo;Good afternoon, Keloland news.&rdquo; &ldquo;Uh, hi. This is Doug Lund, could I speak to the general manager please?&rdquo; &ldquo;Doug who?&rdquo; &ldquo;Lund..I used to work there.&rdquo; &ldquo;Okay, Mr. Lind, I&rsquo;ll connect you.&rdquo; &nbsp; &ldquo;No, it&rsquo;s Lun&hellip;.&rdquo; &ldquo;Hello, this is Jay.&rdquo; &ldquo;Jay..it&rsquo;s Doug.&rdquo; &ldquo;Doug&hellip;&hellip;ahhhh?&ldquo;Lund!&rdquo; &ldquo;Oh, yes, Doug. What&rsquo;s up?&rdquo; &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll I&rsquo;ve watching the marathon coverage on&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/retirement-some-second-thoughts\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Retirement..Some Second Thoughts\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-187 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Giant Mistake\" data-date=\"2008-07-14T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-giant-mistake\/\" title=\"A Giant Mistake\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Giant Mistake<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; I watched the movie &ldquo;Giant&rdquo; the other night.&nbsp; Hadn&rsquo;t seen it since I was a kid when I thought it was just about the greatest movie ever. It starred Rock Hudson as Bick Benedict, an early 20th century Texas cattle baron who believed that cows were a better more respectable way to earn&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-giant-mistake\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Giant Mistake\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-188 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Help! My Yard Has Fallen and Can&#8217;t Get Up\" data-date=\"2008-07-10T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/help-my-yard-has-fallen-and-cant-get-up\/\" title=\"Help! My Yard Has Fallen and Can&#8217;t Get Up\" rel=\"bookmark\">Help! My Yard Has Fallen and Can&#8217;t Get Up<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>The grass is always greener&hellip;.in somebody else&rsquo;s yard. As I write this, a young lady from the South Dakota Extension Service is circling our house taking pictures of my sad looking lawn.During the spring, Green 4 Ever sent soil samples to SDSU for analysis to try figure out why..with an irrigation system to take care&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/help-my-yard-has-fallen-and-cant-get-up\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Help! My Yard Has Fallen and Can&#8217;t Get Up\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-189 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Where Do We Go After We Die?\" data-date=\"2008-07-05T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/where-do-we-go-after-we-die\/\" title=\"Where Do We Go After We Die?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Where Do We Go After We Die?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Did you ever think when the hearse rolls byThat&nbsp; you might be the next one to die?They wrap you up in a clean white sheetAnd bury you down about six feet deep. The worms crawl in the worms crawl outThe worms play pinochle on your snout. They eat your clothes they eat your hatThey crawl&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/where-do-we-go-after-we-die\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Where Do We Go After We Die?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-190 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Remembering Charles Kuralt\" data-date=\"2008-07-02T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-charles-kuralt\/\" title=\"Remembering Charles Kuralt\" rel=\"bookmark\">Remembering Charles Kuralt<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Doug, what I try to do is begin each story with a sentence or two that will get people&rsquo;s attention; arouse their curiosity so they&rsquo;ll want to read on. I like to end a story the same way, perhaps with a turned phrase or touch of irony that will leave the reader with a smile&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-charles-kuralt\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Remembering Charles Kuralt\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-192 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Beer..the Refreshing Investment\" data-date=\"2008-06-29T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/beer-the-refreshing-investment\/\" title=\"Beer..the Refreshing Investment\" rel=\"bookmark\">Beer..the Refreshing Investment<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Okay..after another 14 percent drop in the stock market last week I&rsquo;m really thinking about pulling out what little money Linda and I have left in our shrinking retirement fund and putting it into something that might keep us from having to move in with our kids. (I&rsquo;m not sure if they&rsquo;d take both of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/beer-the-refreshing-investment\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Beer..the Refreshing Investment\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-193 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Bodies Human Exhibit\" data-date=\"2008-06-26T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-bodies-human-exhibit\/\" title=\"The Bodies Human Exhibit\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Bodies Human Exhibit<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I got used to seeing a lot of dead bodies at a very early age. My aunt, Leila, was married to longtime Volga mortician and Brookings County coroner, Conrad Lee. He was in charge of picking up the person who had died, making arrangements with the families and embalming the bodies. She handled the job&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-bodies-human-exhibit\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Bodies Human Exhibit\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-194 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"One Tank Trip\" data-date=\"2008-06-24T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/one-tank-trip\/\" title=\"One Tank Trip\" rel=\"bookmark\">One Tank Trip<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sorry it&rsquo;s been so long since my last scribbling here but Linda and I have been on vacationwith our friends the Graves. I know what you&rsquo;re thinking..you&rsquo;re retired..your whole &ldquo;life&rdquo; is&nbsp;a vacation. That may be true but we sure enjoy our getaways each June with Denny and Joan.&nbsp;We made good on our threat to invade&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/one-tank-trip\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about One Tank Trip\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-195 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Ahem, is that my ATM?\" data-date=\"2008-06-19T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ahem-is-that-my-atm\/\" title=\"Ahem, is that my ATM?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ahem, is that my ATM?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;ll be getting my new ATM card in the mail within a few days. I drove up to make a withdrawal from a machine this past week and discovered that it was no longer in amongst my other cards and cash that I always carry in my front pocket. At first a little panic came&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ahem-is-that-my-atm\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ahem, is that my ATM?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-196 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Old Timers, Tiger, Ferguson &#038; Atkins\" data-date=\"2008-06-17T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/old-timers-tiger-ferguson-atkins\/\" title=\"Old Timers, Tiger, Ferguson &#038; Atkins\" rel=\"bookmark\">Old Timers, Tiger, Ferguson &#038; Atkins<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>When&nbsp;author Thomas Wolfe titled his final book, &ldquo;You Can&rsquo;t go Home Again,&rdquo; he didn&rsquo;t mean it literally, of course, because that&rsquo;s just what my brother, Denny, and I did this past weekend for the annual Volga &ldquo;Old Timer&rsquo;s Day&rdquo; celebration.&nbsp; Way back when, there must have been a younger member of the city council who&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/old-timers-tiger-ferguson-atkins\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Old Timers, Tiger, Ferguson &#038; Atkins\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-197 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"My French Father (In-Law)\" data-date=\"2008-06-14T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-french-father-in-law\/\" title=\"My French Father (In-Law)\" rel=\"bookmark\">My French Father (In-Law)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was pretty nervous the first time I met Linda&rsquo;s Dad, Len Trudeau, at a family picnic in Alcester 28 years ago. I&rsquo;m sure the fact that his second-born daughter was dating the likes of me..a twice divorced Norwegian Lutheran..caused him more than a little concern. But he knew who I was from watching me&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/my-french-father-in-law\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about My French Father (In-Law)\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-198 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Is My Les Paul Special?\" data-date=\"2008-06-10T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/is-my-les-paul-special\/\" title=\"Is My Les Paul Special?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Is My Les Paul Special?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Les Paul turned 93 this week. I&rsquo;m guessing a lot of you..especially those of you under 40..haven&rsquo;t the remotest idea of who Les Paul is. That&rsquo;s too bad because he changed music forever. In 1941, Les Paul pioneered development of the solid body electric guitar which made rock and roll possible.&nbsp;He also invented the 8&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/is-my-les-paul-special\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Is My Les Paul Special?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-199 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Watertown on the Brain\" data-date=\"2008-06-08T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/watertown-on-the-brain\/\" title=\"Watertown on the Brain\" rel=\"bookmark\">Watertown on the Brain<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I can&rsquo;t believe it..Summer begins in just a few days and I keep waiting for Spring to get started. Each Sunday, Pastor Haugrud, at our little rural church called Springdale, offers up prayers that God will grant favorable weather for the farmers in our midst. It&rsquo;s not very often around these parts that the Almighty&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/watertown-on-the-brain\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Watertown on the Brain\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-200 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Crazy Horse Then and Now\" data-date=\"2008-06-05T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/crazy-horse-then-and-now\/\" title=\"Crazy Horse Then and Now\" rel=\"bookmark\">Crazy Horse Then and Now<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Stop touching me.You stop touching me.&nbsp;I&rsquo;m not.&nbsp;You are too. (pinch)&nbsp;Ouch! (pinch back)&nbsp;Stop it Dumbo ears.&nbsp;Make me.. upside down ears. (shove, pinch, hit..wailing cry) That&rsquo;s usually when my red faced Dad would hit the brakes, pull our 1953 Mercury over to the side of the road turn around to my older brother and me in the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/crazy-horse-then-and-now\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Crazy Horse Then and Now\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-201 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Amazing Pictures From the Past\" data-date=\"2008-06-02T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/amazing-pictures-from-the-past\/\" title=\"Amazing Pictures From the Past\" rel=\"bookmark\">Amazing Pictures From the Past<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Ah, yes..another rainy Monday. &nbsp;Looks like golf is out again. I knew I should have mowed the yard yesterday. Dang! It&rsquo;s on days like this that I get lost on the internet. It&rsquo;s called surfing, I guess, but it&rsquo;s more like one thing leading to another. I&rsquo;ll see something about Harmon Killebrew and google his&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/amazing-pictures-from-the-past\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Amazing Pictures From the Past\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-202 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Spencer Tornado\" data-date=\"2008-05-29T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-spencer-tornado\/\" title=\"The Spencer Tornado\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Spencer Tornado<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Ugh! &nbsp; May used to be my favorite month of the year but after having a fourth straight golf outing called off because of weather..either too cold, too wet, too windy or a combination of all three, I&rsquo;ve about given up on it. As I was sitting here feeling sorry for myself, I got to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-spencer-tornado\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Spencer Tornado\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-203 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Atkins Diet Update\" data-date=\"2008-05-26T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/atkins-diet-update\/\" title=\"Atkins Diet Update\" rel=\"bookmark\">Atkins Diet Update<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, it&rsquo;s been a month on the Atkins low carb diet for me now and I haven&rsquo;t thrown myself in front of a moving pickup truck yet or snuck off to the B&amp;G Milky Way for a large blackraspberry malt.&nbsp;I&rsquo;m getting used to apologizing in public for my stomach which is constantly growling like a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/atkins-diet-update\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Atkins Diet Update\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-204 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"WARNING: Proud Grandpa Alert\" data-date=\"2008-05-22T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/warning-proud-grandpa-alert\/\" title=\"WARNING: Proud Grandpa Alert\" rel=\"bookmark\">WARNING: Proud Grandpa Alert<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>We had just seen our granddaughter, Allison, at her graduation open house a few hours earlier but as all 529 Washingon High School seniors slowly marched onto the Arena floor to the familiar melody of Pomp and Circumstance, a whole row of proud family members, including Linda and me, were on our feet straining to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/warning-proud-grandpa-alert\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about WARNING: Proud Grandpa Alert\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-205 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Y&#8217;all Come Back, Now, Ya Hear?\" data-date=\"2008-05-20T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/yall-come-back-now-ya-hear\/\" title=\"Y&#8217;all Come Back, Now, Ya Hear?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Y&#8217;all Come Back, Now, Ya Hear?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>For the last 23 years, Linda and I have made it a point to celebrate our anniversary in late June by taking a road trip somewhere. They&#8217;ve all been fun&nbsp;but some more memorable than others. For example, in 1987, we managed to talk our bosses into letting us have three whole weeks off at once&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/yall-come-back-now-ya-hear\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Y&#8217;all Come Back, Now, Ya Hear?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-206 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Mower set on Low\" data-date=\"2008-05-17T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-mower-set-on-low\/\" title=\"The Mower set on Low\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Mower set on Low<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It&#8217;s been a pretty busy week for this old retired guy.Wednesday Linda and I went to the retirement party for three Patrick Henry teachers, including our longtime friend and music mate, John Mogen.John has been teaching your kids to sing and to play an instrument for 32 years from Parkston to Lennox to Sioux Falls.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-mower-set-on-low\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Mower set on Low\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-207 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Me and My Big Mouth\" data-date=\"2008-05-14T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/me-and-my-big-mouth\/\" title=\"Me and My Big Mouth\" rel=\"bookmark\">Me and My Big Mouth<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sometimes it&#8217;s best to keep your opinions to yourself. I didn&#8217;t and it appears to have cost&nbsp;me the respect of my golfing buddies. (As if I had any in the first place.) &nbsp; Our Tuesday golf outing at Brandon had to be cut short after just nine holes &ldquo;again&rdquo; because of cold and rain and&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/me-and-my-big-mouth\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Me and My Big Mouth\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-208 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Atkins Again\" data-date=\"2008-05-12T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/atkins-again\/\" title=\"Atkins Again\" rel=\"bookmark\">Atkins Again<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Psssst..hey buddy, I&#8217;ll give you fifty bucks for that beautiful brown caramel roll. Do you know where I can score some potatoes?&nbsp;How about a few lines of powdered&nbsp;sugar? &nbsp; Yup, you guessed it. I&#8217;m on the Atkins Diet again and after just one week I&#8217;d crawl across the street in my underwear for anything made&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/atkins-again\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Atkins Again\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-209 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I&#8217;m Sorry Mom..and Thanks Again\" data-date=\"2008-05-08T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/im-sorry-mom-and-thanks-again\/\" title=\"I&#8217;m Sorry Mom..and Thanks Again\" rel=\"bookmark\">I&#8217;m Sorry Mom..and Thanks Again<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&quot;Geeze, it sure would be nice if we could hear how we sounded,&quot; my cousin said after a 1961 practice session at our house.&nbsp;With our electric guitars cranked high, we&#8217;d&nbsp;spend hours trying to figure out the right chords and correct Everly Brothers harmony for the latest rock and roll hit songs. &quot;I hear Larsen&#8217;s Music&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/im-sorry-mom-and-thanks-again\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I&#8217;m Sorry Mom..and Thanks Again\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-210 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Sport of Kings..and Queens\" data-date=\"2008-05-05T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-sport-of-kings-and-queens\/\" title=\"The Sport of Kings..and Queens\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Sport of Kings..and Queens<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It wasn&#8217;t meant to be a Kentucky Derby party. Our friends, Denny and Joanie came over&nbsp; Saturday to help us hang a ceiling fan in my computer room.&nbsp; By &quot;help&quot; I mean Denny actually does the work. It turns out, though,&nbsp;&nbsp;we didn&#8217;t have the proper bracket so it&#8217;s a job that will have to wait&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-sport-of-kings-and-queens\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Sport of Kings..and Queens\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-211 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"J Says Goodbye\" data-date=\"2008-05-02T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/j-says-goodbye\/\" title=\"J Says Goodbye\" rel=\"bookmark\">J Says Goodbye<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Dear Readers. A few weeks ago, I wrote about a former Keloland co-worker I identified only as &quot;J.&quot;&nbsp;After suffering a stroke 15 years ago she was left unable to speak or move below the neck. &quot;J&quot; had made a conscious decision to end her life. I can tell you now that her actual name is&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/j-says-goodbye\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about J Says Goodbye\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-212 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Getting Prostrate for the Prostate..Exam\" data-date=\"2008-04-30T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/getting-prostrate-for-the-prostate-exam\/\" title=\"Getting Prostrate for the Prostate..Exam\" rel=\"bookmark\">Getting Prostrate for the Prostate..Exam<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Remember that robotic voice you&rsquo;d hear when the National Weather Service would break-in radio or television programming to issue severe weather warnings? No, I&rsquo;m not talking about Jay Trobec. This voice had..and maybe still does have.. an androgynous monotone not unlike the Conehead characters when they say, &ldquo;we&rsquo;re from France.&rdquo; Thanks to advances in&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/getting-prostrate-for-the-prostate-exam\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Getting Prostrate for the Prostate..Exam\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-213 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"What&#8217;s Up Doc?\" data-date=\"2008-04-28T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/whats-up-doc\/\" title=\"What&#8217;s Up Doc?\" rel=\"bookmark\">What&#8217;s Up Doc?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&quot;What&#8217;s the patient&#8217;s name please?&quot; &quot;America..U.S. America.&quot; &quot;Is that&nbsp;with a K or a C?&quot; &quot;That would be a C.&quot; &quot;Okay, what seems to be the trouble with America?&quot; &quot;Well, she just hasn&#8217;t been herself lately, doc. She used to be so beautiful&#8230;inside and out. &nbsp;In fact, that&#8217;s what we called her, America the beautiful. She&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/whats-up-doc\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about What&#8217;s Up Doc?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-214 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Some Food for Thought\" data-date=\"2008-04-24T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/some-food-for-thought\/\" title=\"Some Food for Thought\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some Food for Thought<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittensBright copper kettles and warm woolen mittensBrown paper packages tied up with stringsThese are a few of my favorite things.&quot; I haven&#8217;t seen the movie, &quot;The Sound of Music&quot; in years..so why is that song running over and over through my head?&nbsp;I like the tune okay but can&#8217;t possibily&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/some-food-for-thought\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Some Food for Thought\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-215 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I Like Fast Women\" data-date=\"2008-04-21T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/i-like-fast-women\/\" title=\"I Like Fast Women\" rel=\"bookmark\">I Like Fast Women<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I suppose a headline like that could get me kicked right out of Springdale Lutheran Church just a week after joining. But get your minds out of the gutter, people, I&rsquo;m talking about women who are involved in motorsports..not as trophy girls but drivers. 26 year old Danica Patrick would be welcome as a trophy&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/i-like-fast-women\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I Like Fast Women\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11391 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Katie Couric, Dropping Anchor?\" data-date=\"2008-04-16T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/katie-couric-dropping-anchor\/\" title=\"Katie Couric, Dropping Anchor?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Katie Couric, Dropping Anchor?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Even though I&#8217;ve been away from it for a while now, I still read the web sites and blogs that focus on the business of television news and what I&#8217;m reading a lot about these days is the inescapable conclusion that the expensive&nbsp;Katie Couric experiment on the CBS evening news has been a magnificent failure&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/katie-couric-dropping-anchor\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Katie Couric, Dropping Anchor?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-218 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Taxing Issues\" data-date=\"2008-04-14T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/taxing-issues\/\" title=\"Taxing Issues\" rel=\"bookmark\">Taxing Issues<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &ldquo;Hi Dad..good to hear from you,&rdquo; my daughter, Suzan, said when I called Saturday. &ldquo;How are you doin&rsquo;? I asked. &ldquo;Well, I&rsquo;m a little frazzled, she said, &nbsp;because I haven&rsquo;t gotten our taxes done yet.&rdquo; &ldquo;You haven&rsquo;t? You&rsquo;re getting money back aren&rsquo;t you..why wait until the last minute to file?&rdquo; &ldquo;Daaaaad..you&rsquo;re a fine one&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/taxing-issues\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Taxing Issues\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-219 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Mt. Rushmore&#8217;s Secret Face Revealed\" data-date=\"2008-04-11T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mt-rushmores-secret-face-revealed\/\" title=\"Mt. Rushmore&#8217;s Secret Face Revealed\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mt. Rushmore&#8217;s Secret Face Revealed<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; I saw a strange sight today; a robin just outside my window..shivering in the icy wind and as she surveyed her frigid white surroundings, there was a look of disgust on her face. She actually seemed on the verge of speech. &ldquo;I told him it was too early to go back to South Dakota..but&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mt-rushmores-secret-face-revealed\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mt. Rushmore&#8217;s Secret Face Revealed\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-220 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Testing..One,Two, Three, Testing\" data-date=\"2008-04-09T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/testing-onetwo-three-testing\/\" title=\"Testing..One,Two, Three, Testing\" rel=\"bookmark\">Testing..One,Two, Three, Testing<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I detest tests. Always have. &nbsp; I do okay at crossword puzzles or games like Trivial Pursuit which challenge one&rsquo;s basic knowledge, but when it comes down to the real deal for important stuff, like a driver&rsquo;s license exam or applying for membership in the Mensa Society (kidding) &nbsp;I freeze up like a raccoon in&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/testing-onetwo-three-testing\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Testing..One,Two, Three, Testing\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-221 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Remembering Kenny Anderson\" data-date=\"2008-04-07T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-kenny-anderson\/\" title=\"Remembering Kenny Anderson\" rel=\"bookmark\">Remembering Kenny Anderson<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Well, here it is..Monday. The city election is tomorrow and I still haven&rsquo;t decided who I&rsquo;m going to vote for. Or is it whom? Ah, whom gives a darn? &nbsp; Linda and I live in the Northeast district which has had a real growth spurt in recent years..more of a growth gusher, actually. Unlike&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-kenny-anderson\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Remembering Kenny Anderson\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-222 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Picture Perfect\" data-date=\"2008-04-04T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/picture-perfect\/\" title=\"Picture Perfect\" rel=\"bookmark\">Picture Perfect<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; This is one of my favorite Normal Rockwell illustrations. It shows that even the greats can occasionally run out of ideas. I&rsquo;m certainly not comparing myself to Rockwell, but it&rsquo;s good to know that he&rsquo;d get stumped once in a while too when faced with a deadline&hellip;real or self made. As I was looking&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/picture-perfect\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Picture Perfect\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-223 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Last Letter from J.\" data-date=\"2008-03-31T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-last-letter-from-j\/\" title=\"A Last Letter from J.\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Last Letter from J.<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; I received a letter from an old friend today; a letter that left me stunned at first..then angry then terribly sad because it would be the last time I&rsquo;d ever hear from her again. In the e-mail, sent to several former colleagues, J. said she has decided to end her own life. And I,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-last-letter-from-j\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Last Letter from J.\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-224 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Captain Eleven Partytime\" data-date=\"2008-03-29T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/captain-eleven-partytime\/\" title=\"Captain Eleven Partytime\" rel=\"bookmark\">Captain Eleven Partytime<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>In his blog, Hemmingsen Weighs In, Steve has written about Captain 11, Dave Dedrick&#8217;s, 80th birthday bash at Champs Friday night. The following are some photos from the party.Happy Birthday, Pal!&quot;I thought we were just going out for burgers,&quot; said Dedrick upon entering the surprise party room with wife MarjeanLongtime friends Ray (brown sweater) and&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/captain-eleven-partytime\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Captain Eleven Partytime\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-225 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Mansion on a Hill\" data-date=\"2008-03-26T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-mansion-on-a-hill\/\" title=\"The Mansion on a Hill\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Mansion on a Hill<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Sounds like Linda and I could be moving. &nbsp; She saw the story in the paper this week about the Van Epps mansion being up for grabs and she would love to grab it. &nbsp; We&rsquo;ve lived in the same neighborhood in our same little ranch house since we got married ah..let&rsquo;s see&hellip;twenty&hellip;ah&hellip;twenty four?&#8230;yeah, 24&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-mansion-on-a-hill\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Mansion on a Hill\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-226 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hey Epp, Lay Off My Family\" data-date=\"2008-03-24T14:06:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hey-epp-lay-off-my-family\/\" title=\"Hey Epp, Lay Off My Family\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hey Epp, Lay Off My Family<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Its okay for me to occasionally bad mouth a member of my family but when someone else does it, well, they&rsquo;re in for a fight. &nbsp; A year or so ago, the people who make decisions at Keloland TV invited some of South Dakota&rsquo;s better known political bloggers to present their various points of view&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hey-epp-lay-off-my-family\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hey Epp, Lay Off My Family\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-227 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Aroma of Easter\" data-date=\"2008-03-21T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-aroma-of-easter\/\" title=\"The Aroma of Easter\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Aroma of Easter<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;God created the month of March to give people who don&rsquo;t drink a chance to feel what a hangover is like.&rdquo;Garrison Keillor Another dreary cloud-filled March day here in the part of our world we like to call Keloland. Like a lot of you, I&rsquo;ve accepted the reality that March is going to be windy,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-aroma-of-easter\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Aroma of Easter\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-228 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"TV From Revulsion to Revolution\" data-date=\"2008-03-19T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/tv-from-revulsion-to-revolution\/\" title=\"TV From Revulsion to Revolution\" rel=\"bookmark\">TV From Revulsion to Revolution<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&quot;Hello, my name is Doug&nbsp;and I&#8217;m a tv-aholic.&quot; &quot;Hi Doug.&quot; (responds the coffee-slurping crowd through clouds of cigarette smoke.) &nbsp; There, it feels good to finally get that off my chest and fess up to a condition I&#8217;ve had&nbsp;since childhood&#8230;when dad brought home&nbsp;our very first television set (a Caphart, black and white of course)&nbsp;in 1953.&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/tv-from-revulsion-to-revolution\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about TV From Revulsion to Revolution\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-229 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Gentlemen, Start Your Engines\" data-date=\"2008-03-17T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/gentlemen-start-your-engines\/\" title=\"Gentlemen, Start Your Engines\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gentlemen, Start Your Engines<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>In the summertime most homeowners follow a strict code of conduct as to how early in the morning you are allowed to fire-up the lawn mower or any other noisy yard-care equipment so as not to disturb those who live around you. &nbsp;After 9:00 a.m. is okay, any time before that is just being..well, unneighborly.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/gentlemen-start-your-engines\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gentlemen, Start Your Engines\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-230 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Cossacks of the Court\" data-date=\"2008-03-14T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cossacks-of-the-court\/\" title=\"Cossacks of the Court\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cossacks of the Court<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>(Sung to the tune of &quot;On Wisconsin&quot;) &nbsp; Onward Volga, onward Volga, you&rsquo;re the school for me. When we battle (fill in name of opposing town here) high school, happy we will be. Onward Volga, onward Volga, fight them for your fame. So fight, fellas fight, fight, fight to win this game. &nbsp; I&rsquo;ve had&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cossacks-of-the-court\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cossacks of the Court\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-231 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Come On Baby Light My Fire\" data-date=\"2008-03-12T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/come-on-baby-light-my-fire\/\" title=\"Come On Baby Light My Fire\" rel=\"bookmark\">Come On Baby Light My Fire<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;ve been perpetuating my own reputation as a procrastinator this week by not making any blog entries for a few days. The truth is, I&rsquo;ve started quite a few then decided to take some time to cool off before writing something I&rsquo;d regret later. A lot of things in the news this week, though,&nbsp;have got&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/come-on-baby-light-my-fire\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Come On Baby Light My Fire\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-232 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Amazing Rory Hoffman\" data-date=\"2008-03-07T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-amazing-rory-hoffman\/\" title=\"The Amazing Rory Hoffman\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Amazing Rory Hoffman<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;Hey Doug, you gotta come over to the studio and do a story on this guy from Lemmon&#8230;you won&rsquo;t believe it.&rdquo; &nbsp; That was a call I got nine years ago from Will Prines who operates &ldquo;Creative Communications&rdquo; in Sioux Falls and who has produced and recorded the music of many very talented people since&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-amazing-rory-hoffman\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Amazing Rory Hoffman\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-233 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Foshay Can You See?\" data-date=\"2008-03-05T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/foshay-can-you-see\/\" title=\"Foshay Can You See?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Foshay Can You See?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>The internet never ceases to amaze me&hellip;or get me into trouble with the little woman. I start out most every morning telling Linda I&rsquo;m going to my computer to come up with some ideas for my next blog. Before I realize it, though, I&rsquo;m engrossed in one thing..which will lead me to check out another&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/foshay-can-you-see\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Foshay Can You See?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-234 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Look Into My Eyes\" data-date=\"2008-03-03T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/look-into-my-eyes\/\" title=\"Look Into My Eyes\" rel=\"bookmark\">Look Into My Eyes<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t trust anybody who doesn&rsquo;t look me square in the eye.&rdquo; We&rsquo;ve all heard people say that because making eye contact with others as we speak or listen does show that we&rsquo;re being truthful in what we&rsquo;re saying and interested in what we&rsquo;re hearing. The trouble is, a lot of us Norwegians are naturally&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/look-into-my-eyes\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Look Into My Eyes\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-235 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Night Sweats\" data-date=\"2008-02-27T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/night-sweats\/\" title=\"Night Sweats\" rel=\"bookmark\">Night Sweats<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;ve been having real weird dreams lately. It usually involves me being late for something. Now, Linda might say, well, that&rsquo;s not a dream it&rsquo;s how I really am and she&rsquo;s right, I do procrastinate. In fact, I&rsquo;m the poster boy for putting things off until tomorrow what I could have done today. It drives&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/night-sweats\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Night Sweats\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-236 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Bye Bye Buggs &#038; Ole\" data-date=\"2008-02-25T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bye-bye-buggs-ole\/\" title=\"Bye Bye Buggs &#038; Ole\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bye Bye Buggs &#038; Ole<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>In the last few days, two well known institutions of higher learning in South Dakota have taken on a new look&hellip;a leaner, meaner appearance that, according to the image makers, will not only boost the pride factor at each respective school but also strike fear into the hearts of their rivals on the field of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/bye-bye-buggs-ole\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bye Bye Buggs &#038; Ole\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-237 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"So You Think This is Cold?\" data-date=\"2008-02-20T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/so-you-think-this-is-cold\/\" title=\"So You Think This is Cold?\" rel=\"bookmark\">So You Think This is Cold?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &ldquo;Boy it sure got cold last night.&rdquo; &ldquo;How cold was it?&rdquo; &ldquo;It was so cold that the town flasher ran up to a woman and described himself.&rdquo; &nbsp; As I sit here at my computer desk looking out the window, it&rsquo;s hard to realize that on the other side of the glass, just a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/so-you-think-this-is-cold\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about So You Think This is Cold?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-238 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Dallas..Scene of the Crime\" data-date=\"2008-02-18T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dallas-scene-of-the-crime\/\" title=\"Dallas..Scene of the Crime\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dallas..Scene of the Crime<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was with several other members of the senior class at Volga High School who had just finished eating lunch in the school cafeteria and were slowly drifting back to the study hall for a few minutes before our next class. It was Friday and, as usual, hard to concentrate on school work with the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dallas-scene-of-the-crime\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dallas..Scene of the Crime\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-239 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"What About Bob?\" data-date=\"2008-02-15T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/what-about-bob\/\" title=\"What About Bob?\" rel=\"bookmark\">What About Bob?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>All my life, I&rsquo;ve had this thing about cats; I don&rsquo;t like them all that much. It&rsquo;s not that cats are particularly evil or anything it&rsquo;s just that they seem to have this superiority complex and condescending attitude that I find annoying and, yes, intimidating. When I was a boy, I remember a stray cat&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/what-about-bob\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about What About Bob?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-240 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Miles and Miles of Texas\" data-date=\"2008-02-12T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/miles-and-miles-of-texas\/\" title=\"Miles and Miles of Texas\" rel=\"bookmark\">Miles and Miles of Texas<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Howdy folks.. &nbsp; Ah bet y&rsquo;all were fixin&rsquo; to call out the police figerin&rsquo; that yer trusty ol&rsquo; blogger had been abducted &nbsp;by aliens around Roswell, &nbsp;New Mexico or had ventured a mite too close to the Mexican border at Juarez &nbsp;and wound up in the back of a truck headed off to an avocado&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/miles-and-miles-of-texas\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Miles and Miles of Texas\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-241 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Seeing Stars\" data-date=\"2008-02-01T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/seeing-stars\/\" title=\"Seeing Stars\" rel=\"bookmark\">Seeing Stars<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;ve been looking around trying to spot some of the hundreds of celebrities that are in Phoenix for the Super Bowl and the FBR pro golf tournament but haven&rsquo;t seen a one. Perhaps that&rsquo;s because Linda and I rarely leave the peace and tranquility of this lovely town called Fountain Hills. Located a dozen or&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/seeing-stars\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Seeing Stars\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-242 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Enter the Wild Kingdom\" data-date=\"2008-01-31T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/enter-the-wild-kingdom\/\" title=\"Enter the Wild Kingdom\" rel=\"bookmark\">Enter the Wild Kingdom<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>We South Dakotans may have to put up with pesky disease carrying mosquitoes and those annoyingly noisy cicadas that screech from the treetops each summer. We may have to live in constant fear that a deer or raccoon will decide to end it all by scampering out onto the road directly front of our car.But&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/enter-the-wild-kingdom\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Enter the Wild Kingdom\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-243 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Ken Hirsch..Rest Easy\" data-date=\"2008-01-28T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ken-hirsch-rest-easy\/\" title=\"Ken Hirsch..Rest Easy\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ken Hirsch..Rest Easy<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Alzheimers &nbsp;has claimed another victim..an old friend and fellow broadcaster, Ken Hirsch. This awful disease started attacking Ken&rsquo;s brain several years ago stealing away the Ken we all knew..little by little until he no longer knew us. &nbsp; My first exposure to Ken Hirsch was watching him doing sports and weather on the brand new&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ken-hirsch-rest-easy\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ken Hirsch..Rest Easy\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-244 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Flat Rock Rain\" data-date=\"2008-01-27T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/flat-rock-rain\/\" title=\"Flat Rock Rain\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flat Rock Rain<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>When he was the popular Keloland weatherman, &nbsp;Dave Dedrick could get by with saying a lot of things on the air that no one else could&hellip; then or now. I loved it when he would say stuff like, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to get cold tonight.&rdquo; &nbsp;Then Hemmingsen, Burt and me would all respond off camera in&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/flat-rock-rain\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Flat Rock Rain\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-245 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Strange Desert Sightings\" data-date=\"2008-01-25T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/strange-desert-sightings\/\" title=\"Strange Desert Sightings\" rel=\"bookmark\">Strange Desert Sightings<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Hillary stopped by the other day. She showed up fashionably late for a rally at a Phoenix high school talking about health care and the need for America to start setting goals again. That disappointed many in the crowd of 10 thousand who wanted some answers on the mortgage crisis which is blamed for about&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/strange-desert-sightings\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Strange Desert Sightings\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-246 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Global Warming My Eye\" data-date=\"2008-01-21T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/global-warming-my-eye\/\" title=\"Global Warming My Eye\" rel=\"bookmark\">Global Warming My Eye<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Wednesday: Lincoln, Nebraska to Kearny, Nebraska..our first day out. &nbsp;13 degrees, snow, 40 mile an hour wind..near blizzard conditions at times but we press on. Thursday: Sterling, Colorado. Six below zero. It&rsquo;s coldest weather I&rsquo;ve experienced in years. Car groans to a reluctant start in motel parking lot. (Thought I&rsquo;d write something for the blog&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/global-warming-my-eye\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Global Warming My Eye\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-248 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Arizona, A Cure for the Common Cold\" data-date=\"2008-01-15T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/arizona-a-cure-for-the-common-cold\/\" title=\"Arizona, A Cure for the Common Cold\" rel=\"bookmark\">Arizona, A Cure for the Common Cold<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>CAN&#8217;T WAIT TO TRY OUT MY NEW &quot;TREE&quot; WOOD ON VACATION.&nbsp; YEAH, THAT&#8217;S ME WITH A BUTT FULL OF PINE NEEDLES.Just in the nick of time, the Lund&rsquo;s (without a new dog) are scootin&rsquo; Southwest for our own little exodus to the Arizona desert. &nbsp; Linda has been packing and repacking for several days now&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/arizona-a-cure-for-the-common-cold\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Arizona, A Cure for the Common Cold\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-249 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I Want a Dog, Doggonnit\" data-date=\"2008-01-12T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/i-want-a-dog-doggonnit\/\" title=\"I Want a Dog, Doggonnit\" rel=\"bookmark\">I Want a Dog, Doggonnit<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;Honey, what would you say about us getting a dog?&rdquo; &nbsp;&ldquo;I&rsquo;d say you need to open the garage door if you&rsquo;re going to run the motorcycle in the wintertime.The fumes seem to have affected your thinking.&quot;&quot;No, come on, I&rsquo;m serious.&nbsp; Now that we&rsquo;re retired and home a lot,&nbsp;wouldn&#8217;t it be kind of fun to have&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/i-want-a-dog-doggonnit\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I Want a Dog, Doggonnit\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-250 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Band of Brothers\" data-date=\"2008-01-09T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-band-of-brothers\/\" title=\"A Band of Brothers\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Band of Brothers<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>My brother, Denny, and I look an awful lot alike. But that&rsquo;s pretty much where the similarity ends. He&rsquo;s always looked for the opportunities and challenges of life. I&rsquo;ve always been reluctant to take risks. When I started being recognized from television, people would often mistake him for me..which, I would imagine, became rather annoying.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-band-of-brothers\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Band of Brothers\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-251 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Till Death Do Us Part\" data-date=\"2008-01-04T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/till-death-do-us-part\/\" title=\"Till Death Do Us Part\" rel=\"bookmark\">Till Death Do Us Part<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&quot;I, Angelique,Take you, Michael,To be my husbandTo have and to hold,From this day forward,For better, for worse,For richer, for poorer,In sickness and in health,To love and to cherish,&#8217;Till death do us part.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp; Linda and I were among those sitting in church that day, in 1994, when her niece, Angie, said those words as&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/till-death-do-us-part\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Till Death Do Us Part\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-252 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hooray for Harriet\" data-date=\"2008-01-02T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hooray-for-harriet\/\" title=\"Hooray for Harriet\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hooray for Harriet<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was always amazed at which stories would get the greatest response from Keloland viewers. I once did a Lund at Large about the little things in life that drive me crazy. One of those&nbsp;frustrations was trying to separate a single filter from the stack of filters so I could brew up my&nbsp; morning pot&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hooray-for-harriet\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hooray for Harriet\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-253 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"LET&#8217;S PARTY!\" data-date=\"2007-12-31T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lets-party\/\" title=\"LET&#8217;S PARTY!\" rel=\"bookmark\">LET&#8217;S PARTY!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;What should we do tonight? I asked Linda. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know, what do you wanna do?&rdquo; &ldquo;It&rsquo;s New Year&rsquo;s Eve, I suppose we should celebrate somehow.&rdquo; &nbsp; For most of my adult life there was never a question about what I would be doing the last night of December. I&rsquo;d be playing drums with the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lets-party\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about LET&#8217;S PARTY!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-254 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"At The Movies\" data-date=\"2007-12-28T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/at-the-movies\/\" title=\"At The Movies\" rel=\"bookmark\">At The Movies<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>So I went ahead and shelled out an extra $3.50 a month to Midco Cable in order to get the NFL channel back and be able to see all those important football games at home instead of the bar. Now I find out the NFL has caved-in and will not only allow Saturday&#8217;s big game&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/at-the-movies\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about At The Movies\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-255 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Kings and I\" data-date=\"2007-12-23T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-kings-and-i\/\" title=\"The Kings and I\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Kings and I<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>1959 was perhaps the most interesting year of my life. I was 13 and it was a year of discovery..if you know what I mean. &nbsp; It got off to a rough start when less than two weeks after my birthday, we heard on the radio that Buddy Holly had been killed in a plane&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-kings-and-i\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Kings and I\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-256 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Ralphie and Me..Good Chemistry\" data-date=\"2007-12-19T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ralphie-and-me-good-chemistry\/\" title=\"Ralphie and Me..Good Chemistry\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ralphie and Me..Good Chemistry<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I see TBS is going to run one of my favorite movies of all time, A Christmas Story, 24 hours straight again..that&rsquo;s 12 times non-stop beginning Christmas Eve. &nbsp; I was one of those who actually went to see the film when it first came out in theaters in 1983 and have seen it at&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ralphie-and-me-good-chemistry\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ralphie and Me..Good Chemistry\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-257 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The 12 Pounds of Christmas\" data-date=\"2007-12-17T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-12-pounds-of-christmas\/\" title=\"The 12 Pounds of Christmas\" rel=\"bookmark\">The 12 Pounds of Christmas<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;m just dreading the next trip to the doctor for my two to five year annual check-up. &nbsp; It&rsquo;s not the snap of the latex glove and instructions to bend over that has me worried. It&rsquo;s the look on his face when he checks my chart and says, &ldquo;Do you know how much weight you&rsquo;ve&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-12-pounds-of-christmas\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The 12 Pounds of Christmas\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-258 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Springing off to Springdale\" data-date=\"2007-12-13T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/springing-off-to-springdale\/\" title=\"Springing off to Springdale\" rel=\"bookmark\">Springing off to Springdale<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Linda and I have a mixed marriage. &nbsp; She was raised Catholic and I, of course, grew up in the one true faith..Lutheranism. &nbsp; Alright, don&rsquo;t get your choir robes all in a bunch..I&rsquo;m just kidding. &nbsp; I appreciate the traditions of all denominations but some of them can get pretty tight which, among other&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/springing-off-to-springdale\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Springing off to Springdale\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-259 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I Remember 1968, Too, Tom\" data-date=\"2007-12-10T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/i-remember-1968-too-tom\/\" title=\"I Remember 1968, Too, Tom\" rel=\"bookmark\">I Remember 1968, Too, Tom<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>There have been two times in my life that I was truly afraid this country was done for. The first was in October of 1962 when President Kennedy had ordered a naval blockade to stop Soviet ships that were carrying nuclear weapons into Cuba. The two great superpowers had finally brought the world to the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/i-remember-1968-too-tom\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I Remember 1968, Too, Tom\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11385 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Remembering Pearl Harbor\" data-date=\"2007-12-07T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-pearl-harbor\/\" title=\"Remembering Pearl Harbor\" rel=\"bookmark\">Remembering Pearl Harbor<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&quot;December 7th, 1941. A date which will live in infamy.&quot;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/remembering-pearl-harbor\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Remembering Pearl Harbor\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-261 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"An Offer the Vikings Can&#8217;t Refuse\" data-date=\"2007-12-04T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/an-offer-the-vikings-cant-refuse\/\" title=\"An Offer the Vikings Can&#8217;t Refuse\" rel=\"bookmark\">An Offer the Vikings Can&#8217;t Refuse<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;Just when I think I&rsquo;m out they pull me back in.&rdquo; *Michael Corleone, Godfather III &nbsp; It&rsquo;s probably not a good idea to compare myself to a mobster..even if it&rsquo;s a movie mafia mobster&hellip; but I know exactly how Michael Corleone felt when, in spite of his best efforts at going straight, he just couldn&rsquo;t&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/an-offer-the-vikings-cant-refuse\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about An Offer the Vikings Can&#8217;t Refuse\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-262 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The News Blues\" data-date=\"2007-12-02T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-news-blues\/\" title=\"The News Blues\" rel=\"bookmark\">The News Blues<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I feel like an ostrich lately: burying my head in the sand to shut out the world. I know, I know, ostriches really don&rsquo;t stick their head in the ground to escape things but..they do sometimes duck into the bushes to hide or just lie down and wrap their useless wings around their body..apparently trying&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-news-blues\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The News Blues\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-263 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Christmas Collectables\" data-date=\"2007-11-28T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/christmas-collectables\/\" title=\"Christmas Collectables\" rel=\"bookmark\">Christmas Collectables<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>In my 32 years at Keloland I guess I did stories on just about every kind of collection you can imagine. From caps, cars, tractors, (both real and toy) beer cans, dolls, Elvis, Avon, trains (both real and toy)McDonalds stuff, Vikings stuff, Packers stuff, clocks, dishes, pheasant feathers, outhouses, barbed wire and hundreds of other&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/christmas-collectables\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Christmas Collectables\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-264 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Cold Blooded Bells\" data-date=\"2007-11-26T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cold-blooded-bells\/\" title=\"Cold Blooded Bells\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cold Blooded Bells<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was awakened early this morning by a thumping noise coming from the basement followed by a faint sound that reminded me of the bell that teachers use to call kids in from recess. There has been a little criminal activity in our part of town lately and my first thought was, &ldquo;there&rsquo;s a burglar&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cold-blooded-bells\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cold Blooded Bells\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-265 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Thanksgiving Wish(bone)\" data-date=\"2007-11-21T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-thanksgiving-wishbone\/\" title=\"A Thanksgiving Wish(bone)\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Thanksgiving Wish(bone)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Besides gorging on fantastic food to the point of explosion, Thanksgiving Day in my youth was always exciting because after the feasting, there was a chance the adults would choose me to be one of&nbsp; the kids to pull on the turkey wishbone and maybe..just maybe.. have the larger section snap off on my side&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-thanksgiving-wishbone\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Thanksgiving Wish(bone)\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11386 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Baking With Kim Ode\" data-date=\"2007-11-19T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/baking-with-kim-ode\/\" title=\"Baking With Kim Ode\" rel=\"bookmark\">Baking With Kim Ode<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;Honey..do you care if I drive up to Brookings for the day?&rdquo; &nbsp; &ldquo;What&rsquo;s in Brookings?&rdquo; &nbsp; &ldquo;Well, I&rsquo;d like to spend some time with Kim Ode&hellip;a gal I&rsquo;ve had a crush on for 25 years.&rdquo; &nbsp; &ldquo;Oh, well go ahead then.&rdquo; &nbsp; That&rsquo;s sort of how the conversation went between Linda and me last&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/baking-with-kim-ode\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Baking With Kim Ode\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11387 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Yellowstone Fever\" data-date=\"2007-11-15T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/yellowstone-fever\/\" title=\"Yellowstone Fever\" rel=\"bookmark\">Yellowstone Fever<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Do you have trouble falling asleep at night? I have the answer; my dad&rsquo;s home movies of Yellowstone National Park. Trouble is, I haven&rsquo;t figured out&nbsp;how to market them to all you insomniacs out there yet. &nbsp; We made that family trip to Yellowstone in the summer of 1956, I believe. I just remember being&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/yellowstone-fever\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Yellowstone Fever\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11388 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Million Here..A Million There\" data-date=\"2007-11-13T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-million-here-a-million-there\/\" title=\"A Million Here..A Million There\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Million Here..A Million There<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>One of my favorite TV shows growing up in the fifties was &ldquo;The Millionaire.&rdquo; It wasn&rsquo;t a reality show like today but a half hour drama series that ran for six years. Each week an eccentric billionaire, John Beresford Tipton, would give a total stranger a cashier&rsquo;s check for a million dollars..tax free. Tipton apparently&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-million-here-a-million-there\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Million Here..A Million There\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11389 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Veterans Day 11-11-07\" data-date=\"2007-11-09T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/veterans-day-11-11-07\/\" title=\"Veterans Day 11-11-07\" rel=\"bookmark\">Veterans Day 11-11-07<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Thank you!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/veterans-day-11-11-07\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Veterans Day 11-11-07\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11390 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"History Anyone?\" data-date=\"2007-11-07T00:00:00-06:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/history-anyone\/\" title=\"History Anyone?\" rel=\"bookmark\">History Anyone?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I love going to cemeteries. Not for funerals but just to hang out. On a nice summer day I can spend hours in the peace and quiet of a cemetery walking amongst the tombstones, especially the real old ones, reading the names and dates trying to figure out the stories of those who lie a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/history-anyone\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about History Anyone?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-271 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Dollars and Common Sense\" data-date=\"2007-11-04T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dollars-and-common-sense\/\" title=\"Dollars and Common Sense\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dollars and Common Sense<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve learned a couple things during my first year of retirement. &nbsp; 1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Playing a lot of golf has not made me a better golfer. 2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Living on a fixed income is a pain in the place where I sit down. &nbsp; The comment Linda and I always used to make when faced with&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dollars-and-common-sense\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dollars and Common Sense\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-272 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Goodbye Jack\" data-date=\"2007-10-30T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/goodbye-jack\/\" title=\"Goodbye Jack\" rel=\"bookmark\">Goodbye Jack<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I was a pretty good shoe salesman in my day. Yes, for those who don&rsquo;t know, I was the real Al Bundy for about three years prior to worming my way into broadcasting. &nbsp; I actually enjoyed it because I had a good product to sell, a good selection from which to choose and a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/goodbye-jack\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Goodbye Jack\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11373 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"#$@!% Cancer\" data-date=\"2007-10-25T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cancer\/\" title=\"#$@!% Cancer\" rel=\"bookmark\">#$@!% Cancer<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve never been influenced much by national month designations. Oh, I might eat a little more ice cream in June because it&rsquo;s dairy month..or at least that&rsquo;s my excuse for eating more ice cream. But I don&rsquo;t spend a lot of time in March contemplating women because it&rsquo;s women&rsquo;s history month. I don&rsquo;t need&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/cancer\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about #$@!% Cancer\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11374 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Your Neighbor Lady\" data-date=\"2007-10-23T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/your-neighbor-lady\/\" title=\"Your Neighbor Lady\" rel=\"bookmark\">Your Neighbor Lady<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>My favorite neighbor has died. &nbsp; &ldquo;The Neighbor Lady,&rdquo; Wynn Speece, never lived within 100 miles of my house in Volga but she showed up every day anyway &#8230;on the radio.. and was a constant&nbsp;companion to my mom and thousands of other homemakers and farm wives. &nbsp;&ldquo;Hello good friends&rdquo; was her on-air greeting for 64&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/your-neighbor-lady\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Your Neighbor Lady\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11375 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Some Abstract Thoughts\" data-date=\"2007-10-19T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/some-abstract-thoughts\/\" title=\"Some Abstract Thoughts\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some Abstract Thoughts<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>In all my years at Keloland, I only got royally chewed-out by my bosses a couple of times..and both had to do with comments I made on the air about so-called works of art. The first was after I had been sent to cover the unveiling of a new water fountain in the center court&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/some-abstract-thoughts\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Some Abstract Thoughts\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11376 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Another Cat Tale\" data-date=\"2007-10-16T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/another-cat-tale\/\" title=\"Another Cat Tale\" rel=\"bookmark\">Another Cat Tale<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>When my bosses at Keloland decided to allow me the opportunity to write this blog, I hadn&rsquo;t planned on letting it get as personal as it has occasionally become. But I&rsquo;ve found that telling you stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with my years on Keloland news is not only enjoyable for me but,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/another-cat-tale\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Another Cat Tale\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11377 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Coming Out Of The Closet\" data-date=\"2007-10-15T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/coming-out-of-the-closet\/\" title=\"Coming Out Of The Closet\" rel=\"bookmark\">Coming Out Of The Closet<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>There&rsquo;s something about three days of cold rainy weather that can really put you in a bad mood. So bad that even a surprise victory by the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday can&rsquo;t shake it entirely. Linda got up this morning..took one look out the window..muttered something about building a big boat and then decided to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/coming-out-of-the-closet\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Coming Out Of The Closet\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11378 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"True Confessions\" data-date=\"2007-10-12T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/true-confessions\/\" title=\"True Confessions\" rel=\"bookmark\">True Confessions<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;How are ya doin&rsquo; sonnybuck?&rdquo; &nbsp; That was the usual greeting I&rsquo;d get every time my first father-in-law saw me..which was quite often in my &nbsp;years of marriage to his step-daughter from 1965 to 1972. &nbsp; Byron was one of the best-natured people I ever knew. He had a huge smile that stretched from ear&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/true-confessions\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about True Confessions\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11379 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Man For All Seasons..Except Fall\" data-date=\"2007-10-10T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-man-for-all-seasons-except-fall\/\" title=\"A Man For All Seasons..Except Fall\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Man For All Seasons..Except Fall<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I know a lot of you fall in love with fall&hellip;but not me. &nbsp; You can romanticize all you want about this time of year calling it &ldquo;Autumn&rdquo; but it&rsquo;s still Fall and plants are dying, birds are leaving, it&rsquo;s getting cold out and I find it all depressing. &nbsp; While others point to the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-man-for-all-seasons-except-fall\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Man For All Seasons..Except Fall\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11380 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Off to the Races\" data-date=\"2007-10-05T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/off-to-the-races\/\" title=\"Off to the Races\" rel=\"bookmark\">Off to the Races<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I know where I get my love for cars..from my dad. &nbsp; After retiring from a career in construction, dad shocked a lot of us when he started scouring shelterbelts and attending auctions to find parts for Model T Fords. Then in our tiny garage, he spent hours and hours restoring and reassembling them. Everybody&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/off-to-the-races\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Off to the Races\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11381 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Curing Cancer &#038; Burning Water\" data-date=\"2007-10-03T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/curing-cancer-burning-water\/\" title=\"Curing Cancer &#038; Burning Water\" rel=\"bookmark\">Curing Cancer &#038; Burning Water<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;ve had a couple of seemingly sure-bet investment opportunities in my lifetime..opportunities that could have taken a lot of the financial stress out of early retirement had I found the money to follow through on them. &nbsp; The first was about 11 years ago when our daughter Christy first moved to Phoenix. She along with&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/curing-cancer-burning-water\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Curing Cancer &#038; Burning Water\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11382 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hear the Big News Boys on Radio\" data-date=\"2007-09-29T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hear-the-big-news-boys-on-radio\/\" title=\"Hear the Big News Boys on Radio\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hear the Big News Boys on Radio<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>A couple weeks ago, Grant Peterson interviewed Dave Dedrick, Steve Hemmingsen and me for his radio program. We had a great time talking about our years together in broadcasting at Keloland TV.Grant has made audio of the program available on his Brookings Radio website.Here&#8217;s the address: Click here to listen in. If you listen..be sure&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hear-the-big-news-boys-on-radio\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hear the Big News Boys on Radio\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11383 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Plane Truth\" data-date=\"2007-09-27T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-plane-truth\/\" title=\"The Plane Truth\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Plane Truth<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I try to understand other people&rsquo;s point of view..I really do. But this latest attempt at creating an uproar over the state&rsquo;s 2 million dollar purchase of an 8 year old airplane to replace a 29 year old airplane really has me scratching my increasingly grey-haired head. &nbsp; Many, including a political poster on this&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-plane-truth\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Plane Truth\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-285 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Price of Gas\" data-date=\"2007-09-25T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-price-of-gas\/\" title=\"The Price of Gas\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Price of Gas<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &ldquo;Vegetarian is an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.&rdquo; Red Green &nbsp; Alright..alright..you vegetarians don&rsquo;t get your rutabagas in a stew, it&rsquo;s &nbsp;only a joke. &nbsp; Here&rsquo;s another joke that I read the other day and thought was pretty funny: &ldquo;Eating less meat could help slow global warming by reducing the number of livestock&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-price-of-gas\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Price of Gas\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-286 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Dan, We&#8217;d Rather You Just Shut Up\" data-date=\"2007-09-21T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dan-wed-rather-you-just-shut-up\/\" title=\"Dan, We&#8217;d Rather You Just Shut Up\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dan, We&#8217;d Rather You Just Shut Up<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Okay, I admit it from the start..I&rsquo;ve never been a fan of Dan Rather..even before he decided to bite the CBS hands that fed him with a 70 million dollar lawsuit claiming he was made a &ldquo;scapegoat&rdquo; in the news story that led to his departure from the network. &nbsp; I never felt he was&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dan-wed-rather-you-just-shut-up\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dan, We&#8217;d Rather You Just Shut Up\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11384 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I&#8217;m Not One of the Giants\" data-date=\"2007-09-19T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/im-not-one-of-the-giants\/\" title=\"I&#8217;m Not One of the Giants\" rel=\"bookmark\">I&#8217;m Not One of the Giants<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Every time I see my proudly Norwegian cousin Marty Gruseth Erickson, she asks if I&rsquo;ve read &ldquo;Giants in the Earth&rdquo; yet and gets a little frustrated every time I have to tell her &ldquo;No I haven&rsquo;t.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s the famous novel written in the late 20&rsquo;s by Ole Rolvaag about Norwegians coming to America and enduring&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/im-not-one-of-the-giants\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I&#8217;m Not One of the Giants\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-288 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"O.G. O.J.\" data-date=\"2007-09-17T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/o-g-o-j\/\" title=\"O.G. O.J.\" rel=\"bookmark\">O.G. O.J.<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Does the long arm&nbsp;of the law&nbsp;finally have a head lock on O.J. Simpson? It would appear so after the former football star&rsquo;s latest demonstration of his belief that the law doesn&rsquo;t apply to him. This time, O.J. got caught on audio tape as he and a couple of other thugs went to retrieve some O.J.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/o-g-o-j\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about O.G. O.J.\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-289 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Smorgasbord of Memories\" data-date=\"2007-09-15T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-smorgasbord-of-memories\/\" title=\"A Smorgasbord of Memories\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Smorgasbord of Memories<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>No matter what Brookings Radio host, Grant Peterson says, I do not put myself in the category of &ldquo;legend&rdquo; in the broadcasting business..but I know and worked with a few people who are and on Friday we got a chance to sit together in the sunshine sharing stories, laughter and all the Nick&rsquo;s hamburgers we&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-smorgasbord-of-memories\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Smorgasbord of Memories\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-290 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Big News Team on Radio\" data-date=\"2007-09-13T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/big-news-team-on-radio\/\" title=\"Big News Team on Radio\" rel=\"bookmark\">Big News Team on Radio<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Look out world, the Big News Team is on the loose and on the air..one more time! &nbsp; Ever since I retired..gosh, nearly a year ago already, Grant Peterson, a longtime broadcaster himself, has been after Steve Hemmingsen, Dave Dedrick and me to come on his radio program and reminisce about our years together at&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/big-news-team-on-radio\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Big News Team on Radio\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-291 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Patriot Day\" data-date=\"2007-09-11T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/patriot-day\/\" title=\"Patriot Day\" rel=\"bookmark\">Patriot Day<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, here it is another Patriot Day. What does the government think I should I be doing to commemorate 9-11..the reason Patriot Day was created?&nbsp; Should I pause a moment to remember the three thousand killed by terrorists six years ago? I don&rsquo;t need anybody to tell me to do that. Should I make sure&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/patriot-day\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Patriot Day\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-292 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Perry Nature Area\" data-date=\"2007-09-10T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/perry-nature-area\/\" title=\"Perry Nature Area\" rel=\"bookmark\">Perry Nature Area<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Shhhhh.&nbsp; Can you keep a secret? &nbsp; There&rsquo;s a beautiful little out-of-the way spot just east of Sioux Falls where you can go for a picnic, a quiet walk, or do some historic exploration. The best part? It&rsquo;s free and hardly anybody goes there or even knows it exists! You&rsquo;ll have the place pretty much&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/perry-nature-area\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Perry Nature Area\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-293 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"It&#8217;s Not Easy Being Green\" data-date=\"2007-09-05T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-not-easy-being-green\/\" title=\"It&#8217;s Not Easy Being Green\" rel=\"bookmark\">It&#8217;s Not Easy Being Green<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Ever heard of &ldquo;global dimming?&rdquo; &nbsp; Neither had I until I watched &nbsp;&ldquo;NOVA&rdquo; on PBS last night. &nbsp; I thought it might be about the sun running out of gas or something but the science program was actually pointing out that&nbsp; tiny airborne pieces of&nbsp; soot, sulphur and ash along with thin clouds from airplane&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-not-easy-being-green\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about It&#8217;s Not Easy Being Green\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-294 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Thank You, Carolyn!\" data-date=\"2007-09-01T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thank-you-carolyn\/\" title=\"Thank You, Carolyn!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Thank You, Carolyn!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>One of Sioux Falls most popular eating establishments just won&rsquo;t be the same after next February. Carolyn Downs, executive director of &ldquo;The Banquet&rdquo; for the past 20 years, is retiring. &nbsp; Keloland&rsquo;s Lou Raguse did a nice story on her the other day but it&rsquo;s hard to sum up the career of a person like&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/thank-you-carolyn\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thank You, Carolyn!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-295 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Playing Through The Pain\" data-date=\"2007-08-29T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/playing-through-the-pain\/\" title=\"Playing Through The Pain\" rel=\"bookmark\">Playing Through The Pain<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Kevin and Tina didn&rsquo;t have to use a computer dating service to find out if they were right for each other, they knew as soon as they met a year and a half ago on the campus of South Dakota State University&hellip;probably at the fitness center. Sports was their common denominator and both were already&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/playing-through-the-pain\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Playing Through The Pain\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11365 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Powerball Dreams\" data-date=\"2007-08-26T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/powerball-dreams-2\/\" title=\"Powerball Dreams\" rel=\"bookmark\">Powerball Dreams<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Sometimes when I have a hard time falling asleep, I close my eyes and imagine that I had just won the Powerball Lottery Jackpot and 300 million dollars. Oh, man&hellip;what would I do with all that money? I know it&rsquo;s not very Christian to have such fantasies, &ldquo;the love of money being the root&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/powerball-dreams-2\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Powerball Dreams\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-297 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"It&#8217;s Only a Game..Only a Game\" data-date=\"2007-08-23T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-only-a-game-only-a-game\/\" title=\"It&#8217;s Only a Game..Only a Game\" rel=\"bookmark\">It&#8217;s Only a Game..Only a Game<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It couldn&rsquo;t have happened at a better time. My kid brother, Tom, and his wife from New Jersey (ya gotta problem with that?) were coming back to South Dakota for 9 whole days. That would mean lots of time for lots of golf..and I was ready. My older brother, Denny, is just starting to heal&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/its-only-a-game-only-a-game\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about It&#8217;s Only a Game..Only a Game\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-298 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The First Mourning of School\" data-date=\"2007-08-20T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-first-mourning-of-school\/\" title=\"The First Mourning of School\" rel=\"bookmark\">The First Mourning of School<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Alarm clocks that had sat silent since late last May, suddenly rang to life early this morning jarring kids out of a deep slumber and forcing them to face the reality that their three month period of hibernation has ended It&rsquo;s back to pencils, books and teacher&rsquo;s dirty looks. In a few homes, the start&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-first-mourning-of-school\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The First Mourning of School\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11366 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Curious George\" data-date=\"2007-08-17T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/curious-george\/\" title=\"Curious George\" rel=\"bookmark\">Curious George<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Aside from being from South Dakota, what does former senator, George McGovern have in common with Pat O&rsquo;Brien, Cheryl Ladd, Catherine Bach, Mary Hart, Tom Brokaw and Captain 11? Give up? Well, hold onto your hats folks, McGovern is soon to be immortalized as a bobblehead. On Wednesday evening at the Sioux Falls Canaries baseball&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/curious-george\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Curious George\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11367 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Party Animal\" data-date=\"2007-08-13T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/party-animal\/\" title=\"Party Animal\" rel=\"bookmark\">Party Animal<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Well, maybe not &ldquo;animal&rdquo;..but I have been spent the last couple weekends on the party circuit. &nbsp; Pretty tame ones, though, no loud music or heavy drinking and most everybody kept all of their clothes on. The first was the annual Phil and Roberta Trooien lawn party at their farm a few miles west of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/party-animal\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Party Animal\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11368 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Drive-In Memories\" data-date=\"2007-08-07T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/drive-in-memories\/\" title=\"Drive-In Memories\" rel=\"bookmark\">Drive-In Memories<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>What is it hey? Why it&#8217;s Buttercup..popcorn.Add sweet cream butter to hot popcornmix it up, wrap it up, buttercup is born.It&#8217;s delicious, so nutritious, it&#8217;s a taste delightIt&#8217;s so munchy, crisp and crunchy, you&#8217;ll enjoy each bite.Eat Butter drenched Buttercup, popcorn at its bestServed in a king sized cup.It beats all the rest.Okay, anybody else&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/drive-in-memories\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Drive-In Memories\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11369 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Mother Mary is Going Home!\" data-date=\"2007-08-03T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mother-mary-is-going-home\/\" title=\"Mother Mary is Going Home!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mother Mary is Going Home!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;How&rsquo;s my miracle lady today?&rdquo; &nbsp; That&rsquo;s been the cheery greeting from the doctor this week as she enters my Mother-in-Law&rsquo;s hospital room at Avera Mckennan ..a room that &nbsp;Mother Mary will be vacating later today. &nbsp; That&rsquo;s right! Two weeks after the family had been called together in the intensive care unit to consider&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mother-mary-is-going-home\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mother Mary is Going Home!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-304 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"What About Other Bridges?\" data-date=\"2007-08-02T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/what-about-other-bridges\/\" title=\"What About Other Bridges?\" rel=\"bookmark\">What About Other Bridges?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It was one of those surreal moments when I first saw the breaking news from Minneapolis last evening of the I-35 W. bridge collapse. It&rsquo;s so close to home and a structure most of us have been over hundreds of times. Knowing how busy that highway is, especially at rush hour, my first thought was&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/what-about-other-bridges\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about What About Other Bridges?\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11370 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"How Sweet it is!\" data-date=\"2007-07-30T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/how-sweet-it-is\/\" title=\"How Sweet it is!\" rel=\"bookmark\">How Sweet it is!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;People have tried and tried but sex is not better than sweet corn&rdquo; (Garrison Keillor, &ldquo;A Prairie Home Companion&rdquo;) &nbsp; I don&rsquo;t know if I&rsquo;d go that far, but I certainly have to agree with the bard from Lake Wobegon, that dining on fresh sweet corn with butter and salt is about as pleasurable experience&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/how-sweet-it-is\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about How Sweet it is!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-306 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"When it was a Game\" data-date=\"2007-07-25T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/when-it-was-a-game\/\" title=\"When it was a Game\" rel=\"bookmark\">When it was a Game<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Aside from worring that the Russians could start a nuclear war at any minute and blow us all to kingdom come, the fifties was a great time to be a kid..especially a kid who loved baseball. If we weren&rsquo;t playing the game on some makeshift ball diamond, we were thinking about it. Back then, most&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/when-it-was-a-game\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about When it was a Game\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-307 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Pondering Life&#8217;s Mysteries(updates in comments)\" data-date=\"2007-07-23T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/pondering-lifes-mysteriesupdates-in-comments\/\" title=\"Pondering Life&#8217;s Mysteries(updates in comments)\" rel=\"bookmark\">Pondering Life&#8217;s Mysteries(updates in comments)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Last Friday,&nbsp;another family that&rsquo;s been spending a lot of time in the Avera Mckennan ICU waiting room got the bad news that their loved one..a young man in his early 20&rsquo;s, had lost his battle with leukemia. Amid their sorrow&hellip;just a few feet away..our family was rejoicing after the doctor for &nbsp;my 83 year old&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/pondering-lifes-mysteriesupdates-in-comments\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pondering Life&#8217;s Mysteries(updates in comments)\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-308 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"ICU (updates..click comments)\" data-date=\"2007-07-19T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/icu-updates-click-comments\/\" title=\"ICU (updates..click comments)\" rel=\"bookmark\">ICU (updates..click comments)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It&rsquo;s a real privilege that Keloland allows me this space on the website to share some of my thoughts and memories with you. I hadn&rsquo;t planned on it being used for daily updates on my mother-in-law&rsquo;s condition but so many people have indicated that they keep checking the blog for news. Many of you don&rsquo;t&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/icu-updates-click-comments\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about ICU (updates..click comments)\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-309 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Waiting Game\" data-date=\"2007-07-18T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-waiting-game\/\" title=\"The Waiting Game\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Waiting Game<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Dear Lord..please grant me patience&hellip;and grant it to me NOW. &nbsp; That&rsquo;s an old joke I probably read in a book of church humor somewhere but there certainly is some truth to it..in my case anyway. &nbsp; Most of you have gone through what we are going through now: waiting..and waiting..and waiting in the hospital&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-waiting-game\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Waiting Game\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-310 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Mother Mary (update in comments)\" data-date=\"2007-07-15T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mother-mary-update-in-comments\/\" title=\"Mother Mary (update in comments)\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mother Mary (update in comments)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>As most of you probably know, I&#8217;ve been married before. Well, okay, twice before.&nbsp;Lucky for me, Linda has stuck with me for 23 years now..and we both figure it will probably work out.I only bring&nbsp; this up&nbsp;&nbsp;because, contrary to what comedians like to joke about, I have gotten along great with all my mothers-in-law&#8230;espcially Linda&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/mother-mary-update-in-comments\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mother Mary (update in comments)\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11371 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Post Execution Thoughts\" data-date=\"2007-07-12T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/post-execution-thoughts\/\" title=\"Post Execution Thoughts\" rel=\"bookmark\">Post Execution Thoughts<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I had a blog all written out earlier this week containing some personal thoughts on the upcoming execution of Elijah Page. I write these things out on the computer and was in a hurry as I was copying it over to the Keloland web site and somehow hit a wrong button and the entire column&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/post-execution-thoughts\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Post Execution Thoughts\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11372 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Keloland Gold Rush\" data-date=\"2007-07-06T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-keloland-gold-rush\/\" title=\"The Keloland Gold Rush\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Keloland Gold Rush<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>When I used to go on CBS promotional junkets for Keloland TV to places like New York and Los Angeles, it gave me a chance to meet representatives of other network affiliate stations from around the country. Invariably the conversation would get around to ratings. Most were delighted if &nbsp;their local newscasts could muster a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-keloland-gold-rush\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Keloland Gold Rush\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11347 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Silver Salute to Independence\" data-date=\"2007-07-04T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-silver-salute-to-independence\/\" title=\"A Silver Salute to Independence\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Silver Salute to Independence<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It would be like Christmas without lefse (Norwegian version of a tortilla only made from potatoes) if I didn&rsquo;t see at least a short fireworks display on the Fourth of July. So, tonight just before dark, I&rsquo;ll try drag Linda, who doesn&rsquo;t share my sentimentality about tradition, off to some public fireworks show. A few&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-silver-salute-to-independence\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Silver Salute to Independence\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11348 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"I love my country but&#8230;.\" data-date=\"2007-07-02T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/i-love-my-country-but\/\" title=\"I love my country but&#8230;.\" rel=\"bookmark\">I love my country but&#8230;.<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>After longtime CBS news anchor, Walter Cronkite returned from a trip to Vietnam in 1968 and reported his observations on the air, many people began to change their minds about that war. Cronkite concluded that our military leaders were not telling us the whole story and U.S. involvement in Vietnam, in his view, could no&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/i-love-my-country-but\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about I love my country but&#8230;.\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11349 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Boys up front..Girls in back\" data-date=\"2007-06-27T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/boys-up-front-girls-in-back\/\" title=\"Boys up front..Girls in back\" rel=\"bookmark\">Boys up front..Girls in back<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>On the road again, like a band of gypsies we go down the highway.We&#8217;re the best of friends, insisting that the world keeps turning our way.Willie Nelson Big motel disappointment while on family vacation in the fifties&hellip;.no indoor toilet. &nbsp; Big motel disappointment while on family vacation in the sixties&hellip;no TV. &nbsp; Big motel disappointment&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/boys-up-front-girls-in-back\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Boys up front..Girls in back\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11350 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Miracle on Center Avenue\" data-date=\"2007-06-20T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/miracle-on-center-avenue\/\" title=\"Miracle on Center Avenue\" rel=\"bookmark\">Miracle on Center Avenue<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Do you believe in miracles? &nbsp; Well, I&rsquo;m here to tell you that Linda and I witnessed one first hand last night and we&rsquo;re still reeling from the experience. &nbsp; We don&rsquo;t see our good friends, Dave and Marjean Dedrick as often as we should. It&rsquo;s always a fun time when we get together, especially&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/miracle-on-center-avenue\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Miracle on Center Avenue\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11351 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Dad\" data-date=\"2007-06-17T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dad\/\" title=\"Dad\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dad<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>He wasn&rsquo;t daddy or papa or pop or father..just Dad. &nbsp; Harry Lund would have been 101 this year and it&rsquo;s 30 years since he died but I still think of him every day and see his face every morning in the mirror. &nbsp; Like most boys of his era, Dad left school after the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/dad\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dad\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11352 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Wizard of Ahhs\" data-date=\"2007-06-13T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-wizard-of-ahhs\/\" title=\"The Wizard of Ahhs\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Wizard of Ahhs<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Mention the word &quot;wizard&quot; today and kids automatically think of Harry Potter and his magic wand-toting&nbsp;pals at Hogwarts.But in my generation there was only one Mr.Wizard and he made Saturday morning television&nbsp;magical in&nbsp;millions of homes across America in the 50&#8217;s and 60&#8217;s.Don Herbert was born in Waconia, Minnesota but went to college in LaCrosse, Wisconsin&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-wizard-of-ahhs\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Wizard of Ahhs\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11353 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The Cycle of Life\" data-date=\"2007-06-11T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-cycle-of-life\/\" title=\"The Cycle of Life\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Cycle of Life<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Hindsight really is 20-20&hellip;or maybe 20-60. But the fact is, I see things about my growing up years a whole lot clearer now than when I lived them. &nbsp; As a kid, I remember thinking how my parents, dad especially, seemed to favor my two brothers over me. I was the middle son..not the first-born&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-cycle-of-life\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Cycle of Life\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-320 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"D-Day and Uncle Ray\" data-date=\"2007-06-06T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/d-day-and-uncle-ray\/\" title=\"D-Day and Uncle Ray\" rel=\"bookmark\">D-Day and Uncle Ray<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>At the age of 35, my uncle, Private &nbsp;1st Class Raymond Lund, would have been considered the old man of his outfit, Company C. of the 357th infantry. Most of the soldiers who climbed over the side of their ship and down the rope ladder to waiting landing craft below on D-Day, were 10 to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/d-day-and-uncle-ray\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about D-Day and Uncle Ray\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-321 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Notes from a Jailbird\" data-date=\"2007-06-01T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/notes-from-a-jailbird\/\" title=\"Notes from a Jailbird\" rel=\"bookmark\">Notes from a Jailbird<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I can see the headline now.. &nbsp; &ldquo;Former Keloland News anchor, Doug Lund, jailed for watering violation.&rdquo; &nbsp; &ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t figure out how to program the dumb automatic sprinkler controls,&rdquo; Lund was quoted as saying as he was being lead off across his beautiful green lawn in handcuffs early Saturday morning. &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll have plenty of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/notes-from-a-jailbird\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Notes from a Jailbird\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11354 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"The retirement party is over.\" data-date=\"2007-05-29T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-retirement-party-is-over\/\" title=\"The retirement party is over.\" rel=\"bookmark\">The retirement party is over.<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &ldquo;So, how&rsquo;s retirement going there then?&rdquo; &nbsp;Are you &ldquo;enjoyin&rsquo; all that free time you have now-ah days?&rdquo; &nbsp; &ldquo;Do you wish you were still on the TV? Bet you&rsquo;re glad to be done with those crazy hours, huh?&rdquo; &nbsp; &ldquo;Retirement must be treatin&rsquo; you right..looks like you haven&rsquo;t been missing any meals..ha, ha, ha.&rdquo;&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-retirement-party-is-over\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about The retirement party is over.\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11355 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Memorial Day musical memories\" data-date=\"2007-05-25T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/memorial-day-musical-memories\/\" title=\"Memorial Day musical memories\" rel=\"bookmark\">Memorial Day musical memories<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; When it was first conceived after the Civil War, Memorial Day..or Decoration Day as it was called for the next 100 years, was supposed to be a time for paying tribute to Americans killed in war. In my lifetime, though, it&rsquo;s come to mean honoring &ldquo;all&rdquo; who have died by making trips to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/memorial-day-musical-memories\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Memorial Day musical memories\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11356 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Blustery Blog\" data-date=\"2007-05-22T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-blustery-blog\/\" title=\"A Blustery Blog\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Blustery Blog<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>(Two Norwegians on their first visit to South Dakota) &nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Doss da vind alvays blow dis vay?&rdquo; &ldquo;No, I hear dat sometimes it blows da odder vay.&rdquo; I know, I know, windy days are all part of the great South Dakota living experience but, like me, it&rsquo;s getting old. I&rsquo;m tired of worring about the huge&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-blustery-blog\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Blustery Blog\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11357 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Oh My Gosh, It&#8217;s Garth\" data-date=\"2007-05-20T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-my-gosh-its-garth\/\" title=\"Oh My Gosh, It&#8217;s Garth\" rel=\"bookmark\">Oh My Gosh, It&#8217;s Garth<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Taylor.. Dale.. Smith. They called out the name of our oldest grandson and in a matter of seconds he walked across the stage, received his high school diploma and turned his tassel over all as Linda and I sat in the crowd at the West Central gym sort of stunned wondering where in the world&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/oh-my-gosh-its-garth\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Oh My Gosh, It&#8217;s Garth\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11358 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Hagar.. not so horrible.\" data-date=\"2007-05-16T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hagar-not-so-horrible\/\" title=\"Hagar.. not so horrible.\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hagar.. not so horrible.<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Happy Independence Day! &nbsp; I know, it sounds like I&rsquo;m posting this a little (several weeks) early but if you happen to have a few pints of Norwegian blood running through your veins, you know that the 17th of May is Syttende Mai..celebrating the day in 1814 when Norwegians drew up a constitution and declaration&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/hagar-not-so-horrible\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hagar.. not so horrible.\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11359 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Help, I&#8217;m on a fixed income now!\" data-date=\"2007-05-14T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/help-im-on-a-fixed-income-now\/\" title=\"Help, I&#8217;m on a fixed income now!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Help, I&#8217;m on a fixed income now!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&ldquo;FORTY SIX DOLLARS AND FIFTY SIX CENTS!&rdquo; &nbsp; That&rsquo;s what it cost to fill-up yesterday and it made me so angry that I wanted to lash out at somebody. &nbsp;Linda was in the car but&hellip;it was Mother&rsquo;s Day. There was the young girl working at the Canton convenience store (where the crime took place) who&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/help-im-on-a-fixed-income-now\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Help, I&#8217;m on a fixed income now!\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11360 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Memories of Mom\" data-date=\"2007-05-11T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/memories-of-mom\/\" title=\"Memories of Mom\" rel=\"bookmark\">Memories of Mom<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &ldquo;Why do you always have to wait until the last minute to get things done?&rdquo; &nbsp; Although she died over 11 years ago, I can still hear my mother&rsquo;s voice scolding me again for that flaw in my character. &nbsp;It&rsquo;s a flaw I&rsquo;ve never been able to shake even as I sit here trying&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/memories-of-mom\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Memories of Mom\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11361 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Riding with the Rocketman\" data-date=\"2007-05-06T11:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/riding-with-the-rocketman\/\" title=\"Riding with the Rocketman\" rel=\"bookmark\">Riding with the Rocketman<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp;When I read that former astronaut, Wally Schirra, died of a heart attack this past week, my thoughts immediately took me back about 15 years ago when I was chauffer to this American space pioneer. &nbsp; Schirra was one of our original seven astronauts and the only one to fly in all three manned space&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/riding-with-the-rocketman\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Riding with the Rocketman\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11362 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Lund Is Large\" data-date=\"2007-05-03T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lund-is-large\/\" title=\"Lund Is Large\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lund Is Large<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I&rsquo;m fat &nbsp; There I said it. &nbsp; I believe some people, including me, are predisposed to be fat.&nbsp;That&rsquo;s not an excuse, just an observation that I&rsquo;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&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/lund-is-large\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lund Is Large\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11363 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Splitting Hares\" data-date=\"2007-04-30T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/splitting-hares\/\" title=\"Splitting Hares\" rel=\"bookmark\">Splitting Hares<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Some exciting moments at our house this past weekend&hellip;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&rsquo;s okay with rabbits taking up winter quarters under our deck but not if it means they&rsquo;re going to kill off our favorite&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/splitting-hares\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Splitting Hares\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11364 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Getting Back In The Swing\" data-date=\"2007-04-25T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/getting-back-in-the-swing\/\" title=\"Getting Back In The Swing\" rel=\"bookmark\">Getting Back In The Swing<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I confess, I&rsquo;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&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/getting-back-in-the-swing\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Getting Back In The Swing\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11345 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"Ending The Ratt Race\" data-date=\"2007-04-19T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ending-the-ratt-race\/\" title=\"Ending The Ratt Race\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ending The Ratt Race<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; 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.&nbsp; At 67, my old friend and broadcast&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/ending-the-ratt-race\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ending The Ratt Race\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-11346 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lund-at-large category-60\" data-name=\"A Parent&#8217;s Worst Nightmare\" data-date=\"2007-04-17T00:00:00-05:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-parents-worst-nightmare\/\" title=\"A Parent&#8217;s Worst Nightmare\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Parent&#8217;s Worst Nightmare<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Those of us who spent a long time in the news business would always cringe whenever we heard a reporter say, &ldquo;A parent&rsquo;s worst nightmare.&rdquo; It has become one of those overused phrases like &ldquo;an accident waiting to happen&rdquo; or &ldquo;lucky to be alive.&rdquo;&nbsp; Yet, in the aftermath of what has occurred this week,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/a-parents-worst-nightmare\/\" class=\"dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Parent&#8217;s Worst Nightmare\">Read article<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1673071631158{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;about&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1509566305273{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1509566445127{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1509566455479{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1510132890741{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 120px !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;blog&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-microsite.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11336,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/11336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}