Okay, a not so slight delay

Okay, so that break was a bit long.  My bad.

I can relate to these kids from Conde.  My class wasn’t the last in Veblen, but we could see the end on the horizon. 

The fight over/for Hyperion heads to Pierre.

The Corn Palace hopes to con more people into stopping draw more tourists this year.  I give the ol’ bird feeder a hard time, but I saw “Weird Al” there, so I’ll always have fond memories of the place.

KAUR is dropping the stick to go online only.

Madison’s school has a fairly tame discipline problem, if this is the biggest problem.

I had no idea first contact had already happened in Rapid City.

Governor Rounds sees his balance dropping in the future.  By “balance”, I mean “employment“.

Aberdeen has quite a few people in need.

South Dakota has its own surf-rock band?

USD will keep cranking out journalists.

The Brookings school board had some catering at their last meeting.

Brookings is starting to ponder the possibility of wind turbines in city limits.

A Sioux Falls business is going to run with a Deere.

What’s on the mind of our Washington brain-trust?  Electricity, ethanol, and the EPA.

Hey, how the heck are you?

Things have been pretty good in my hood of late.  We went to Sioux Falls to visit my niece on Saturday.  As an added bonus, Rainbow Comics had some of the 501st’s Central Garrison on hand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don’t know if those guys will find this post, but if they do I just want them to know they helped make this weekend 1000 times more awesome.  The pictures were good (Braeden wouldn’t quite smile, but to his credit he didn’t cry) and the troopers and I talked about G.I. Joe for about five minutes.  They tried to get me to join, or at least steer me towards a group like Cobra Cares.  We’ll see.  Other Sioux Falls highlights included seeing my hella cool niece, a decent meal at the Olive Garden (with a very good server named Tsega), finding the perfect b-day gift for a friend at Gordman’s, buying a cat tie at Target, and sampling some candy that should be illegal at the Northwoods Candy Company.  The one downer of the day was turning the corner at the Empire Mall only to find that Great Plains Coffee was gone.  I was denied a Black Tiger, so I made do with an iced mocha at Caribou Coffee.  I did some quick google research tonight, and it looks like GPC changed their name and moved out of the mall.  I didn’t see a menu on their website, so I don’t know if the Black Tiger is still on the menu.  I’ll stop in next time I’m in town and find out.

Since my last post, I’ve had some medical happenings.  I’ve been diagnosed with hypothyroidism.  In case you don’t know or want to look that up, it means my thyroid isn’t producing enough of what it’s supposed to.  The pills they gave me should return the balance to normal, and I’ve noticed that I seem a bit more “with it” and less foggy and depressed.  I didn’t even consider that could be wrong with me, but after reviewing the symptoms it looked pretty obvious.  Also, my mom and brother have it, so that just seals the deal.

Next weekend I’m off to Iowa, so the link roundup might get pushed back, again.  You can always check out my Wednesday blog if you’re so inclined.