December 22nd, 2009
I just received confirmation that my second Bob White Birder Murder, "Murder on Warbler Weekend," has been nominated for the 2009 Minnesota Book Award. That makes it two for two, since the first book in the series "The Boreal Owl Murder" received a nomination last year. Finalists will be announced in February.
This coming March is shaping up to be an interesting marketing month for me. The first weekend of the month I'll be at the International Owl Festival in Houston, MN. Last year's event was delightful, so I'm looking forward to meeting birders and signing books there again. For the last weekend in the month, I've been invited to come speak and sign books at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, MN. I haven't visited the new center there yet
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Tags: appearances, awards, book signing, Minnesota, Murder on Warbler Weekend, owls
Posted in Jan's Blog
December 1st, 2009
Chaska, MN (DWI) – Local investigators have gathered unmistakable evidence that a natural disaster of epic proportions is only weeks away, and it won’t be appearing on your neighborhood movie screen.
Instead, it’s going to happen in neighborhoods all over the world.
“The effects of global warming are nothing compared to this baby,” said Dr. Steven Moron of the National Daylight Monitoring Center. “We are talking about complete geophysical, biological, and economic meltdown here. I don’t want to cause a panic, but our data shows we have barely eight weeks left of life as we know it. The Big Lights-Out is on its way.”
The Big Lights-Out is the term coined by Moron to describe the cataclysmic event that he and his team of investigators are now predicting as imminent: total darkness.
“We’ve been
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Tags: trust me
Posted in Trust Me
November 16th, 2009
For years, researchers have been insisting that Americans have become increasingly violent because they watch excessive violence portrayed on television shows. Since my own TV viewing is probably less than an hour a month, I have never felt like I had anything to contribute to this debate.
In the last few weeks, however, I have been following an exercise show on FitTV almost every day in hopes of dropping a few pounds and tightening my glutes. Based on this experience, I can now say without hesitation that watching television has, indeed, made me more violent.
“Let’s do some cardio boxing!” the TV exercise guru shouts at me. “Ready? Go! Jab, jab, cross! Jab, jab, cross! Jab, jab, cross!”
I do the boxing moves and it feels pretty darn good.
“Now, let’s add a kick
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