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Posts tagged as “humor”

Prostrollo Advises Noem on Fashion

Heartland Consumer Power District posts another photo from Intern Kristi Noem's "community listening session" on April 20 in Madison. It shows our studious Congresswoman learning under the firm grip of Madison businessman Jerry Prostrollo. [Photo by Danielle Rosheim, HCPD; caption…

Weekend Wind Whacks Wayside Sign

Riding in to Madison this deceptively chilly (three layers!) spring day, I noticed something amiss: The good old motel sign outside of the erstwhile Lake Park, now slightly misnamed US-34 Motel on the west edge of town seemed a little…

After the Jubilation, a Bigger Boogeyman: Summer Fashion

I just perused this sobering Washington Post column by Petula Dvorak, who finds the street-party jubilation over the announcement of America's killing of Osama bin Laden "almost vulgar"... Because meanwhile, across the river, at the Pentagon, in the ghostly quiet…

McDonald’s: Short on Cheese, Long on Irony

I had supper at the 41st and Shirley McDonald's in Sioux Falls tonight, a block west from Barnes and Noble. The place certainly looks fancier than when Mom and Dad took me there on our Sioux Falls grocery trips—oh my!—35…

Noem: Obama Lacks Specifics on Budget

Irony check, from Rep. Kristi Noem, via Twitter: Irony hint.... ...and more specifics straight from the White House.

Area Arts Council Move Sparks Herman Incorporation Drive

The announcement that the Madison Area Arts Council is pulling up stakes and moving to Lake Herman has given momentum to a nascent municipal incorporation movement in Herman Township. Since resoundingly rejecting proposed county zoning ordinance revisions in a March…

Sinai Makes Maddow with Pronunciation

Sinai makes the national news! Well, sort of. Rachel Maddow, whom I don't watch (three channels here at Lake Herman, all PBS) but hear about from eager readers, opened her blog floor to discussion of odd toponym pronunciations. Naturally, folks…