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Al Sturgeon
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Lucky husband and dad. Native Arkansan. Current Wisconsinite. Lots of other beautiful people and places in between.
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Launching an Instagram page to promote the beauty you can discover when you go outside for a run.
May 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Holy the Firm
We misplaced our hiking habit in our move to Wisconsin, but it magically reappeared last weekend during our trip to the Wisconsin Dells to celebrate Jody’s birthday. And that makes me happy. …
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April 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Is Contentment Overrated?
The Far Side, by Gary Larson Happiness has me surrounded. I have been married to my best friend in the world for 30+ years. We live in a cool, historic house in a cool, historic town, and we both w…
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March 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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From @theathletic.bsky.social: No. 10-seeded Arkansas ousted St. John’s, a No. 2 seed coached by Rick Pitino, in an upset. Follow along for more updates from the men’s NCAA Tournament.
Men’s March Madness 2025 second round scores, live updates: NCAA Tournament schedule, results, and highlights
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March 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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A Line in the Sand
Confession: I struggle to keep up. The well-orchestrated and rapid-fire actions of the second Trump administration are dizzying, and while I have many opinions on many issues, I just can’t seem to …
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March 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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The Televised Revolution
“The revolution ‘bout to be televised. You picked the right time, but the wrong guy.” – Kendrick Lamar (New Orleans, February 9, 2025) “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” &#8…
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February 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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A House (Still) Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand (Forever)
“A house divided against itself, cannot stand.” – Abraham Lincoln on the campaign trail in Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858 Our friend, Flo, graciously gave me a signed copy of Erik Larson’s la…
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February 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Well… (Or, Facing Reality)
I fancy myself an early riser and enjoy getting to the office before the campus comes to life, but I often encounter a wonderful member of our custodial staff who has been at work long before my ar…
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January 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Chaos or Community?
It seems to me that a debate over where a nation’s flags should be positioned today should be about the national holiday’s namesake rather than two others who are not, the national holi…
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January 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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How President Jimmy Carter Changed My Life for Good
Biloxi, Mississippi (2008) After a hundred years of life and a week’s worth of funeral activities, President Jimmy Carter’s remains will finally be laid to rest in his Georgia hometown this evening…
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January 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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2024: My Year in Books
I started tracking the books that I read in 2017 and have maintained that habit ever since. I typically read twenty-to-thirty each year, although that jumped to forty during the crazy COVID year of…
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December 30, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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Holiday Travel
4am: The alarm sounds. We are going to California today to celebrate Christmas with daughters and friends. 5am: We leave the house. It’s dark, there are seven inches of snow on the ground…
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December 22, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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Abstraction Kills
What can lead one person to kill someone they have never met? I suspect you saw the news. On December 4, a gunman in a hooded jacket shot and killed Brian Thompson, the 50-year-old CEO of UnitedHea…
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December 13, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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Oh the Weather Outside Is Frightful
Ripon, Wisconsin Wisconsin old-timers speak of harsher winters in days gone by, but I’m telling you that it’s colder than penguin snot here today. Wind chills are twenty below zero, which I recentl…
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December 12, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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America Raw
I am going to share a disturbing metaphor. It is unpleasant, so consider yourself warned, but I do hope you will read on and consider. To begin, I confess that I have not followed the professional …
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December 2, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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The Ghost of Vince Lombardi
“…I firmly believe that any man’s finest hours – his greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear – is that moment when he has worked his heart out in good cause and lies exhausted on the field o…
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November 25, 2024 at 11:57 PM
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An Historic Election: Looking Backward, Inward, and Forward
I confess a deep sadness following last week’s presidential election. It is a personal sadness, sure, but it is far more on behalf of those from historically-marginalized groups that feel especiall…
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November 19, 2024 at 2:05 AM