Tom LaForce
@tomlaforce.com
An Edina guy who doesn't care for cake. In search of pragmatic progress, based on what's true. Guiding change, building teams, and nudging people to be better. Minnesota isn't always cold. Seriously.
So much winning in the world's hottest country.
Verizon is laying off over 13,000 workers
Verizon is the latest company to carry out widespread layoffs.
www.theverge.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
So much winning in the world's hottest country.
Now that I've seen northern lights, that just leaves a tornado for me to still see, preferably moving away from me.
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Now that I've seen northern lights, that just leaves a tornado for me to still see, preferably moving away from me.
Within the past week, I could have sworn I heard someone from the government claiming gas to be approaching $2.00 a gallon. Today's fill was at $3.29 for regular. I'd call that a long ways from $2.00.
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Within the past week, I could have sworn I heard someone from the government claiming gas to be approaching $2.00 a gallon. Today's fill was at $3.29 for regular. I'd call that a long ways from $2.00.
The story is that there are lots of protest planned for today. Why did @apnews.com feel compelled to add a GOP talking point to its headline? 😖
October 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The story is that there are lots of protest planned for today. Why did @apnews.com feel compelled to add a GOP talking point to its headline? 😖
Anyone who does the family grocery shopping knows which way food prices are going. Everything is more expensive.
October 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Anyone who does the family grocery shopping knows which way food prices are going. Everything is more expensive.
Today's gospel. The Good Samaritan. The priest hit many good points in his homily. Might have been just a bit more clear for people who couldn't connect the dots to the government's deportation effort.
July 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today's gospel. The Good Samaritan. The priest hit many good points in his homily. Might have been just a bit more clear for people who couldn't connect the dots to the government's deportation effort.
What's to prevent dark money donations from encouraging pastors to make the preferred endorsements? This is a pathway to churches losing members. www.npr.org/2025/07/08/n...
IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates
Since 1954, an IRS rule had barred houses of worship from explicitly endorsing political candidates.
www.npr.org
July 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
What's to prevent dark money donations from encouraging pastors to make the preferred endorsements? This is a pathway to churches losing members. www.npr.org/2025/07/08/n...
The US spends more on defense than the next 9 biggest spending countries, including 3x as much as its closest rival. Can someone help me understand why we need to increase it at the cost of programs for food and healthcare? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of countries with highest military expenditures - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The US spends more on defense than the next 9 biggest spending countries, including 3x as much as its closest rival. Can someone help me understand why we need to increase it at the cost of programs for food and healthcare? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
1 day a year we eat garlic scapes. Today was that day.
June 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
1 day a year we eat garlic scapes. Today was that day.
You know how pro wrestlin' has a lot of insults flying as part of the show? The audience eats it up. Wondering if we're being played by the feud.
June 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
You know how pro wrestlin' has a lot of insults flying as part of the show? The audience eats it up. Wondering if we're being played by the feud.
If the bill is so "beautiful", you'd think they would have not chosen to go with the middle of the night to pass it.
May 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If the bill is so "beautiful", you'd think they would have not chosen to go with the middle of the night to pass it.
You know that moment when someone lets you know that you are singing the wrong lyrics to a song? Yes, it's embarrassing, but you adjust and proudly sing the right lyrics from that day forward. This same concept applies when professing "facts" that turn out to be wrong.
May 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
You know that moment when someone lets you know that you are singing the wrong lyrics to a song? Yes, it's embarrassing, but you adjust and proudly sing the right lyrics from that day forward. This same concept applies when professing "facts" that turn out to be wrong.
Lyin' and tariffs and bribes, oh my.
dorothy from the wizard of oz says " oh my "
ALT: dorothy from the wizard of oz says " oh my "
media.tenor.com
May 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Lyin' and tariffs and bribes, oh my.
Just noticed the word "Young" to describe the fryer I started roasting. It was 5.55 lbs. Is there actually any time variation when individual chickens in a poultry barn are selected for processing? I was under the impression they fill a barn one day and X days later, process the whole barn.
April 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Just noticed the word "Young" to describe the fryer I started roasting. It was 5.55 lbs. Is there actually any time variation when individual chickens in a poultry barn are selected for processing? I was under the impression they fill a barn one day and X days later, process the whole barn.
Has anyone discovered a way to effectively help people see that they are believing and acting on lies?
April 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Has anyone discovered a way to effectively help people see that they are believing and acting on lies?
Pope Francis inspired me to be a better person. I will miss him.
April 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Pope Francis inspired me to be a better person. I will miss him.
If there's waste and fraud in a system, you find it, eliminate it, and implement prevention strategies. You don't just throw out the system.
March 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
If there's waste and fraud in a system, you find it, eliminate it, and implement prevention strategies. You don't just throw out the system.
Of all the countries one might have guessed the U.S. would be feuding with in 2025, I can't imagine anyone thinking it would be Canada. And yet, here we are.
March 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Of all the countries one might have guessed the U.S. would be feuding with in 2025, I can't imagine anyone thinking it would be Canada. And yet, here we are.
First time I put gas in the snowblower for the last two winters. Happy to report it started on pull 2. Big Red got a workout today.
March 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
First time I put gas in the snowblower for the last two winters. Happy to report it started on pull 2. Big Red got a workout today.
Quote post with a picture you took in a National Park.
Joshua tree in, you guessed it, Joshua Tree NP.
Joshua tree in, you guessed it, Joshua Tree NP.
February 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Quote post with a picture you took in a National Park.
Joshua tree in, you guessed it, Joshua Tree NP.
Joshua tree in, you guessed it, Joshua Tree NP.
Simple wish for my fellow Americans: Pay Attention.
February 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Simple wish for my fellow Americans: Pay Attention.
If you're close to or north of normal retirement age and still won't vote based on your principles for fear of losing your seat, then you aren't doing your job. More than half the senate is 65+. Reach deep and do what's right. You'll have a happier retirement.
February 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
If you're close to or north of normal retirement age and still won't vote based on your principles for fear of losing your seat, then you aren't doing your job. More than half the senate is 65+. Reach deep and do what's right. You'll have a happier retirement.
I'm beginning to notice that many former clients and colleagues have retired. Not sure how I feel about this insight.
February 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I'm beginning to notice that many former clients and colleagues have retired. Not sure how I feel about this insight.
Pandemic movies always seem to have that one person on an airplane who looks a little feverish. Now airplanes aren't needed for viruses to go global. Birds are those planes. Bad time to put handcuffs on the CDC.
It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild
That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and mammals around the world. And that's a serious risk for human health.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Pandemic movies always seem to have that one person on an airplane who looks a little feverish. Now airplanes aren't needed for viruses to go global. Birds are those planes. Bad time to put handcuffs on the CDC.
Food safety. Medical treatments. Travel safety. And hundreds of things govt kept an eye on in the past. The days of assuming fed agencies are protecting us is over. Now what?
February 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Food safety. Medical treatments. Travel safety. And hundreds of things govt kept an eye on in the past. The days of assuming fed agencies are protecting us is over. Now what?