“So, where are you from?” I get asked that quite often. Sometimes I answer that it depends on what you mean by “from.” Do you mean where did I come from when I moved to Blue Earth? The answer is Tyler. If you mean, where was I born and grew up, the answer is San Diego, California. My ...
Well, we are getting pretty far into the year 2026, and we have yet to have a round of everyone’s favorite column, Cheers and Jeers, in 2026. Of course, the last one was in the Dec. 26, 2025 issue of the Register, so it has only been two months. But, as I looked back, there is a whole lot ...
You could file this week’s column under “You can learn something new every day. Even if you are on old guy.” I was visiting with a relatively new acquaintance the other day and she happened to mention that she needed to get her passport renewed, as it had expired. Oh, I asked, are you ...
How about that Super Bowl this year? Did you watch it? Were you shocked at the result? I know some Minnesota Vikings fans were wondering if Sam Darnold would fail to deliver in the big game. Others were wondering why the Vikings ever got rid of him. For me, I was just hoping that it would ...
As you can tell from a story and an ad elsewhere in this issue of the Faribault County Register, and from my column last week, I attended the 159th Minnesota Newspaper Association Annual Convention. It was not my first time. In fact, I believe I have only missed one in the last 40 years or ...
This week I am spending time talking about newspapers with a whole lot of newspaper people. Oh sure, we might talk about the cold weather a little, or about the Minnesota Vikings or Twins or other sports, and maybe even a little bit about our personal lives. But, the majority of the time at ...
As I write this week’s column very early on a frigid Friday morning, my thoughts are more on escaping this weather than on anything else. I mean, it is in the teens and 20s below zero actual temperature, with wind chills in the minus 30s and 40s. Yikes. For a Southern California boy, that ...
Sometimes finding a topic to write about in this space is difficult. Other times, an idea just pops into my head. Other times the topic for the week is obvious. There are times I can’t help myself and I write about a local happening. Other times it is about the Vikings, or the weather or ...
So where and how did you celebrate New Year’s Eve? The poll question in last week’s Faribault County Register asked what is the traditional way that you and your family celebrate New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Well, I am not sure my family has ever had a traditional way. Take ...
Each and every year it takes me way too long and way too much effort to come up with the Top Ten stories of the year. I mean, way too much. I spend a lot of time just listing all of the stories of the year, and then color coding them if they are on a similar topic. I mean like all the ...