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We were flipping back and

Ruth Anne Maddox — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:07:46 -0500

We were flipping back and forth between the two last night and, since I was in charge of the remote, it was my fault that we missed the three runs the Twins scored when they went from seven to 10 -- like I was supposed to know it was going to happen in the few minutes we were on the Olympics!

I've watched swimming,

swansonmej — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:47:43 -0500

I've watched swimming, volleyball, basketball, gymnastics, diving, women's softball, sculls, just to name a few. I try to watch sports that I am not familiar with to learn about them. The only time the TV hasn't been on the Olympics is when I turn to check on the MN Twins.

The police department has

Brandon — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:18:51 -0500

The police department has done a great job with a small staff. They should be commended.

I watched a bunch of the

Brandon — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:10:39 -0500

I watched a bunch of the track events last night, and it was pretty interesting. My wife is a big fan of Jamaica (she’s on the American board of Sunbeam Boys Home in Jamaica), so she was happy to see a number of Jamaican runners fare well. It was fun, too, to watch with my dad, who used to be a high school trackster himself and was a track coach.

Not to draw attention to my

Mathias Baden — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:00:21 -0500

Not to draw attention to my own fateful prediction, but I wanted to offer the hope y'all were looking for earlier. Casilla is coming back. See the story: http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080819&content_id=.... And dry my tears.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Check these out. Andy's

Mathias Baden — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:56:55 -0500

Check these out. Andy's sharing some very good photos with us here.

That's a unique photo shoot -- the dog going down waterslides. Ha!

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

MMMMM! What I would give for

Ruth Anne Maddox — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:00:38 -0500

MMMMM! What I would give for that meal right now!

I had a honey/almond/flax seed granola bar about 10 a.m. and I didn't bring lunch today since I couldn't find any leftovers in the fridge that appealed to me and the bread was old so I didn't want to make a sandwich. So far, I haven't gotten hungry or motivated enough to venture out for something to eat.

But without all those junk

Ruth Anne Maddox — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:00:09 -0500

But without all those junk e-mails, I would never repeatedly win the lotteries of various countries or receive any "Dear Sweetest" letters begging for help with moving money into American bank accounts.

Just today, I was offered 20 percent of $45 million U.S. if I just use my bank account as a vehicle for exchange from Johannesburg, South Africa.

Mr. Richard Laubsheri assures me, "After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr Smith B. Andrew, a foreigner, and a miner at a Gold Company, a geologist by profession and died since 2000. No other person knows this account or anything concerning it, the account has no beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that the company does not know anything about this account ..."

I am so honored to be chosen (insert strong sarcasm here). I can't believe that people actually fall for this and lose their life savings "helping" people.

Quick update: I’m eating

Brandon — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:40:36 -0500

Quick update: I’m eating my lunch right now, and it totally reminds me of my sack lunches in high school. My wife packed it, and it includes a cup of apple sauce, a sandwich, cheese curls, a dessert and a Kool Aid Blast drink. It’s like I’m in elementary school.

I have to first close the

Kyle Thill — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:12:52 -0500

I have to first close the ad, then reload the page in order to go on. The site is free and ads are certainly a part of that, but for at least this PC it is certainly more than troublesome.

Yeah that pop up ad really

Macktastic miguel 0 — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:08:22 -0500

Yeah that pop up ad really blows. It slows down everthing on this site.

the straight jacket is a

westender73 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:48:02 -0500

the straight jacket is a great idea (in more ways than one)......
By the way, does anyone else find that stupid MLS pop up the most annoying thing going on our favorite local newspaer site????
Like , make it go away, man ;-(

Yeah, I know that's the

Mathias Baden — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:41:34 -0500

Yeah, I know that's the idea, but if the Vikings wanted him, wouldn't they just trade three first-round draft picks to the Jets? For the missing link to a Super Bowl, it might be worth it.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

The Packers made sure Favre

Tom Schardin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:13:21 -0500

The Packers made sure Favre will never be a Viking. If the Jets trade him to Minnesota, the Jets owe Green Bay 3 first-round picks.

After they trade him to the

Mathias Baden — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:54:57 -0500

After they trade him to the Vikings, I'll be the first one to buy the replacement cover of Favre in the purple and gold.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)