Excuse me for a moment of self-promotion. 🙂 I was featured in an article published last Friday in the Twin Cities Business Journal about what Dow Jones is doing here in Minneapolis, specifically some of the R&D; work that we’ve been focused on. While the article suffers from some …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Article in Twin Cities Business JournalI just got home from another business trip. I seem to be in the middle of another spat of business travel with all the requisite fun of airports, flights, taxis, rental cars and hotels. As I drove to the airport for this trip I noted the electronic sign at the entrance of the …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Threat Level OrangeI had a busy day on election day with an 8am meeting at work. I was determined to get out and vote and I ended up being the 37th vote in my polling station. This is the line that formed right before the polls open. Voting went smooth. I was leering at the scanner that read my …
Keep reading · 1 minute: #37It likely isn’t going to come as a surprise to anyone that the people who are currently finishing an installation of solar heat were at the opening showing of An Inconvenient Truth last night. I heard about this movie a few weeks ago and I’ve been eager to see it since.
Keep reading · 1 minute: An Inconvenient TruthWe recently were notified by the Hopkins School Board that our school district finished the year in statutory operating debt. I’m not sure if it is as bad as the newsletter made it seem, but I felt compelled to send them a letter on the proposal. Hopkins School Board, Last week …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Open Letter to Hopkins School BoardOkay,so maybe this is the Minnesota version of a celebrity spotting. It’s not Madonna, or Bono, or any other single-named person (really, how pompous do you have to be to only have one name?). Today when Tammy, Mazie and I were going into the Galleria for some shopping, we were …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Celebrity Spotting: Al FrankenA few months ago I sent a suggestion to the mayor of Minnetonka to request that they work with the League of American Bicyclists to get Minnetonka the designation of a Bicycle Friendly city. She had someone on her staff look into it but they ultimately decided it would be too …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Make Minneapolis Bicycle FriendlyWhen I was in the 2nd grade I had my heart broken. It wasn’t over some cute girl as you may expect. No, I was (and am) a geek at heart, and my heart was broken because I had learned that you could not be an astronaut if you required glasses. And there I was, in all my glory, with …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Congratulations Discovery!I recently received a flier from the League of American Bicyclists regarding the Bicycling Friendly Community campaign they run. I’ve been a member of LAB for years and plan to continue. I’m a member of many bicycling organizations but LAB is unique and in many ways the most …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Make Minnetonka Bicycle FriendlyI really don’t think the impact of the earthquake and tsunami have or will hit me. It’s hard to fathom that kind of disaster and it’s so far away. You hear the death tolls and the numbers just seem unreal. If you are looking for a way to help out in whatever way you can Amazon …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Amazon Raising Funds for Red Cross