Friday, October 10, 2025

Nostalgia: 2006: "The Christmas Story"---a true Story

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  SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2006 "The Christmas Story"---a true story Some years ago, I had the pleasure of being a computer salesman i...
Monday, September 29, 2025

Nostalgia: Tales from Normal Minn: Fiction : February 2025". :Patriot Dairy Farmers get their Firehose washed and ready to "Milk Baby Milk"

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  Well all the dairy farmers in the midwest are getting ready-----ready to milk all the cows 24/7 since many,...most of their  milking staff...

Nostalgia: 2006: Planning Commission: "Is it Complete?"

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  Nostalgia: Plan Commission: April 2006; Is it "Complete"?" (Ed. note: The following is a portion of the minutes of the Evan...
Friday, September 26, 2025

Reflection: 2009: Don Sheehan: "Plan your work and work your plan"

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 There was a saying back in around 1980 that for small business, the secret was to "Plan your work, and Work your Plan." It was th...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

AI Corner:

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  when a thimble is filled with the compassion of the federal government how much room is left? The statement "when a thimble is filled...

Reforms coming for Normal, Mn : FICTION

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 Just got a note from Herman in Normal, Mn who has been dutifully going to morning coffee at Betty Lou's Coffee Shop where all the bass ...

Nostalgia : 2008: Memories of Christmas 2008

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 The Elves of the Observer have noticed in the Christmas retail trade, the following: Shoppers are reviewing their lists, looking for deals....
Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Nostalgia: 2005: Memories of the EHS Lady Blue Devils

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  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2005 EHS Lady Blue Devils Stun Rock Valley Conference; Or, the Facts, the News, the DejaVu First the facts: The EHS gi...

Nostalgia: 2/1/2006: TRUST

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  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006 Classic Observer--Orig date 2-1-2006------TRUST (Ed. note. The following is a rough recollection of an actual ser...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Nostalgia: 2008: The Wild West: The Deregulation of Wall Street

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 Tuesday, February 5, 2008 "Cold Calling Cowboy"----The Wild West ; The Deregulation of Wall Street Over the past thirty years the...

Nostalgia: 2013: What President Bush told the Pope

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 I spoke with the Pope and disagreed about the Iraq war----I told him "Don't worry it will be a short war."
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Nostalgia: 2007: Memories of Northfield, Mn. "Just Like Jesse James"

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 In one of those old Cher crooning songs, she sings that she will shoot him down in flames, "Just like Jesse James." Yes. You woul...

Nostalgia: OpEd. 2008: "The Fix". ( ed.note. adjust for inflation)

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 The Crisis of the Stock Market today was caused, according to the analysts, by the failure of the legislative fix funding the bailout of ce...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

Nostalgia: 2014: Tales From Normal, Mn: Distinguished Economist fears the Poor will cause spike of INFLATION: FICTION

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 Just got the tweet...from the bass fishermen at Betty Lou's coffee shop...in Normal, Mn....the iconic coffee shop where all the coffee ...

Nostalgia: 2014: Tales from Normal, Mn: Publishers scramble to remove Lies from Books: FICTION

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 Just got the tweet from the bass fishermen at Betty Lou's---wild celebrations this morning with free coffee for all as they celebrated ...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Nostalgia: 9/1/2005: The Power of "NO"; Or How to Sculpt a David

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 Any parent who has lived through the "terrible two's" knows how long a day can be when a child first learns the word "no...

Nostalgia: (11/2005): Why Due Process Matters: Or The Coincidence of Opposites

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 Thursday, November 17, 2005 The Coincidence of Opposites; Or, Why Due Process matters  In any dialogue, in any debate, in any reflection, t...
Friday, June 20, 2025

Nostalgia: August 2007: Orange Alert: View from the Bridge: Need for Independent Engineering Review

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  Nostalgia: Orange Alert: Reflection: Post Mortem; View from the Bridge: INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING REVIEW (Ed. note: This is a follow up of t...
Thursday, June 19, 2025

Nostalgia: 2005: On why the HIGH ground is always the cheapest ground: Memories of Don Sheehan

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  On Why the High Ground is always the cheapest ground; Memories of Don Sheehan-Dale Carnegie Superstar Don Sheehan was a world famous Dale ...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Nostalgia: August 2010. Normal Mn celebrates historic destination: FICTION

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  "Normal, Mn. Declares Local Cemetary National Historic Tourist Destination:" FICTION What a bunch of totally excited folks today...
Friday, June 06, 2025

Nostalgia: 2012: Tales From Normal, Mn: FICTION: All the clergy are married in Normal, Mn

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All the Clergy are Married in Normal, Mn.: FICTION Well it's spring, and now that the frozen tundra has warmed up, it is time for me to ...
Wednesday, June 04, 2025

Nostalgia: Jan 2006: Memories of Judge Ali, or "A Modest Proposal for the Improvement of Justice in Evansville.

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 Beloit is about to begin it's own version of Court TV. It will begin broadcasting the municipal court on TV. It's going to be ...
Monday, June 02, 2025

Nostalgia: 2011: On Plenty: On Satisfaction : On Much much More

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 On Plenty; Or, Why a lot of a little is a little and a little of a lot is a lot; Or, a thought on parables Phil Laut was a new age author t...

Nostalgia: 2007: The bin Laden Videos---the challenge

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 The BinLaden Videos---the challenge  Recently the two videos from Osama Bin Laden had put the Evansville Observer himself in quite a tizzy....

Nostalgia: 2007: Mason Speaks: No TIF for Eastside per "No But" rule.

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  Evansville Observer: Nostalgia: 2007: Mason speaks: NO TIF for Easts...
Saturday, May 31, 2025

It's Gardening Time

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Nostalgia: 2007: Memories of Ft. Erbe: "You are Never too Old to begin"

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 Wednesday, April 4, 2007 "You are Never Too Old to Begin"--Memories of Fr. Erbe  Eight years ago, Fr. Erbe was still the pastor o...

Nostalgia: July 2008: A Postscript on the Wild West

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 There is a notion...and it has been pretty doggone persistent over a few hundred years, that back in them there pioneer days, there was jus...
Friday, May 30, 2025

Nostalgia: January 2008: On the Perfect Marriage: On Mr and Mrs Smith--the Movie: On Politics

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 Recently we've had a debate in our family. After viewing "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" staring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, I theoriz...

Nostalgia: 2007: Tales From Normal, Mn :FICTION: The Cameras

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  SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2007 Dateline Normal: The Cameras-----Fiction Last night after watching the live camera in the historic four square of ...
Sunday, May 25, 2025

2008: Nostalgia: "The Cold Calling Cowboy"

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 (Ed.note: Republished from 2008 due to popular demand: It is from the "Traders Little Black book" or as my brother calls it, ...
Friday, May 16, 2025

Nostalgia: December 2007: "It is More than the bricks that you seek"

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  Recently our town restored the brick street downtown, in an effort to revitalize the downtown business district. On the way back from the ...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Nostalgia: 2014: Tales From Normal,Mn: FICTION: Distinguished Trust Representative urges Investors to Hold

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 A distinguished executive from the Frozen Tundra Investment Fund was in Normal, Mn. this morning to speak at the Big Minnow Rotary Society ...

Nostalgia: OpEd: 2010: Evansville Budgets: Getting to Zero: DeJa Vu

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  OpEd: Evansville: Budgets: "Getting to ZERO"  2010 All across America cities and states are facing difficult budget seasons wher...

Nostalgia: August 2013: Tales From Normal, Mn: Bystander Arrested for thinking thoughts of possibly asking a question: FICTION

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  Bystander arrested for thinking thoughts of possibly raising a question: Tales from Normal, Mn.: FICTION Just got the text...seems a bass ...

Nostalgia: 2011: Austerity Days Come to Normal, Mn: Fiction

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  Austerity Days" Come to Normal, Mn: Fiction Just the got the text today that there is a huge celebration in Normal, Mn. this weekend ...
Friday, May 09, 2025

Nostalgia: 2008: Bear Markets ---The Poem

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In bear markets things go down stocks hope families dreams health faith and people too On a global view Over the long haul In a greater good...
Wednesday, May 07, 2025

Nostalgia: 2008: "Past Results do not guarantee Future Performance".

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 Ed. note: This is a post from The Traders Blue Book from 2008: It is one of the most popular posts.) Past Results Do Not Guarantee Future P...

Nostalgia: 2005: X-19: The story of Don Thompson

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 As an Evansville regular of the library, you may notice the silver Honda with the license plate, X19, each morning and you may notice an ol...
Saturday, May 03, 2025

Nostalgia : 2013: The Legend of Theodore Robinson

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 Many years ago, Chris Eager, the then president of UBT bank, and activist in the move to create the Evansville Senior Center, came to a mee...
Monday, April 28, 2025

Nostalgia: November 2006: That I Might See: That I might Hear: That I might speak

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 (Ed.note. Whenever the Observer finds an unusual sermon locally, I will try to summarize it for my faithful readers. In case some might hav...
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Nostalgia: 2014: Tales From Normal, Mn: Heritage found preserved in cave in Normal, Mn FICTION

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 Just got the news...via tweet...from the bass fishermen in Normal, Mn, who have taken the rainy morning off and are holed up at Betty Lou...
Saturday, April 19, 2025

Nostalgia: 2017: Tales from Normal, Mn FICTION: Candidate wants to use his vast bankruptcy experience to help America

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 Just got the tweet from the bass fishermen at Betty Lou's coffee shop....where there has been some hot and heavy talk this morning abou...

Nostalgia: 2022: Tales from Normal, Mn: FICTION: National Day of Fraud Repentence Scheduled.

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 A national Day of Fraud repentance will be celebrated on Sunday January 30,2022 in Normal, Minnesota. This will be a day long event held at...

Signs of the Resistance

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