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ERIC BERGESON: Cowboy culture
Today, you can drive across the United States in all directions and stay in the same hotel chain and eat the same food in the same restaurant chain and drive on freeways that all look the same. The scenery changes as you go, of course, as do the accents of the gas station clerks and the waitresses, but if you’re just passing through it is possible to think that everything else is pretty much the same. Wrong. Culture changes, too. But a person doesn’t notice that until you stick around a while and get to know the locals.
Sunday, September, 06, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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Today, you can drive across the United States in all directions and stay in the same hotel chain and eat the same food in the same restaurant chain and drive on freeways that all look the same. The scenery changes as you go, of course, as do the accents of the gas station clerks and the waitresses, but if you’re just passing through it is possible to think that everything else is pretty much the same. Wrong. Culture changes, too. But a person doesn’t notice that until you stick around a while and get to know the locals.
Sunday, September, 06, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Forget Old Faithful
The Mountain West of the United States is an astonishingly varied showcase of nature’s wonders. From the Grand Canyon to Glacier Park, Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Mt. Rushmore and many other national parks, the American West is like a widely dispersed Disneyland. And the world knows it. Elbow your way into one of the national parks on a weekend, as I did recently in Yellowstone, and you will find traffic worthy of Manhattan.
Sunday, August, 30, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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The Mountain West of the United States is an astonishingly varied showcase of nature’s wonders. From the Grand Canyon to Glacier Park, Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Mt. Rushmore and many other national parks, the American West is like a widely dispersed Disneyland. And the world knows it. Elbow your way into one of the national parks on a weekend, as I did recently in Yellowstone, and you will find traffic worthy of Manhattan.
Sunday, August, 30, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Prairie prosperity?
Forbes publisher, Rich Karlgaard, is optimistic about the economic future of the heartland
Times are changing, and for the first time in 90 years, they might be changing in our favor. Instead of seeing small farm towns as places from which to escape, the world may soon see them as places that have a competitive advantage. Who knows, in another 50 years the prairie countryside may once again have more people above ground than below.
Sunday, May, 31, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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Forbes publisher, Rich Karlgaard, is optimistic about the economic future of the heartland
Times are changing, and for the first time in 90 years, they might be changing in our favor. Instead of seeing small farm towns as places from which to escape, the world may soon see them as places that have a competitive advantage. Who knows, in another 50 years the prairie countryside may once again have more people above ground than below.
Sunday, May, 31, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Dandelions
instead of pouring chemical on our lawns to eradicate every last dandelion, perhaps it is time we learned to love the weed. Once you learn to love a weed, of course, it ceases to be a weed. You don’t have to pull it, spray it or curse at it. If we return to a child-like love of dandelions, our lives would be a whole lot easier and safer. Who knows, dandelions may even make us rich!
Sunday, May, 24, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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instead of pouring chemical on our lawns to eradicate every last dandelion, perhaps it is time we learned to love the weed. Once you learn to love a weed, of course, it ceases to be a weed. You don’t have to pull it, spray it or curse at it. If we return to a child-like love of dandelions, our lives would be a whole lot easier and safer. Who knows, dandelions may even make us rich!
Sunday, May, 24, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Peanut butter is good as any excuse to go to town
My grandfather had a thing for peanut butter. He ate it by the spoonful. It couldn’t be just any peanut butter. It had to be organic peanut butter with a layer of clear grease on top to prove that it was unpasteurized. What’s more, Grandpa was of the belief that organic unpasteurized peanut butter could only be purchased one place and one place only: At the grocery store in his old home town of Twin Valley, Minn.
Sunday, August, 16, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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My grandfather had a thing for peanut butter. He ate it by the spoonful. It couldn’t be just any peanut butter. It had to be organic peanut butter with a layer of clear grease on top to prove that it was unpasteurized. What’s more, Grandpa was of the belief that organic unpasteurized peanut butter could only be purchased one place and one place only: At the grocery store in his old home town of Twin Valley, Minn.
Sunday, August, 16, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: The only thing we have to fear is lack of fear itself
“People need to realize,” Hank said in a suddenly scholarly tone, “that the only thing we have to fear is the lack of fear itself!” Either that, I thought to myself, or we should worry about angry old men glued to their computers in their musty basements, longing for the days when they mattered.
Sunday, June, 14, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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“People need to realize,” Hank said in a suddenly scholarly tone, “that the only thing we have to fear is the lack of fear itself!” Either that, I thought to myself, or we should worry about angry old men glued to their computers in their musty basements, longing for the days when they mattered.
Sunday, June, 14, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Think twice before turning your life over to technology
My latest vehicle, unlike the primitive previous one, is loaded with technological gadgets that make your life easier. For instance, if I scream out a song title at the rear-view mirror, the computer will start playing one of the 5,000 songs on my iPod. It never gets the right one, but sometimes it gets pretty close. Then I can holler who I want to call and the car will shut off the stereo, hook up to the phone in my pocket and dial approximately the person I said.
Sunday, July, 05, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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My latest vehicle, unlike the primitive previous one, is loaded with technological gadgets that make your life easier. For instance, if I scream out a song title at the rear-view mirror, the computer will start playing one of the 5,000 songs on my iPod. It never gets the right one, but sometimes it gets pretty close. Then I can holler who I want to call and the car will shut off the stereo, hook up to the phone in my pocket and dial approximately the person I said.
Sunday, July, 05, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: The true route to happiness lies in having the right toys
After years of cruel and unusual delays, during the spring of fifth-grade I was finally granted the birthright of every country-born male-child: A Honda 50 motorbike.
Sunday, May, 17, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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After years of cruel and unusual delays, during the spring of fifth-grade I was finally granted the birthright of every country-born male-child: A Honda 50 motorbike.
Sunday, May, 17, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Boyle is a triumph of the ordinary in a world of phonies
There’s something about Susan Boyle. The British spinster with the astonishing voice has taken the world by storm in a single week. No need to worry if her career will be a success. Boyle’s already brought tears to the eyes of tens of millions of people. What more could a karaoke singer ever want?
Sunday, April, 26, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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There’s something about Susan Boyle. The British spinster with the astonishing voice has taken the world by storm in a single week. No need to worry if her career will be a success. Boyle’s already brought tears to the eyes of tens of millions of people. What more could a karaoke singer ever want?
Sunday, April, 26, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Living things are beautiful to the extent that they are temporary
This is probably the most beautiful week of the year. The petals of the flowering crab blooms have started to drop while the lilacs are just opening for one sensual, scented week of bloom. Unfortunately, for most people this week is also the busiest week of the year. People are as busy as the bees on the blooms.
Sunday, June, 07, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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This is probably the most beautiful week of the year. The petals of the flowering crab blooms have started to drop while the lilacs are just opening for one sensual, scented week of bloom. Unfortunately, for most people this week is also the busiest week of the year. People are as busy as the bees on the blooms.
Sunday, June, 07, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: The truly mystical days of Santa Fe are long gone
It is no mystery why so many people love Santa Fe, N.M. High altitude cities always have a mystical air, and Santa Fe is more mystical than most.
Sunday, August, 23, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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It is no mystery why so many people love Santa Fe, N.M. High altitude cities always have a mystical air, and Santa Fe is more mystical than most.
Sunday, August, 23, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: There are a lot of unsung heroes in this flood fight –– I’m not one of them
All the way home, I pushed my feet against the floorboard to press my back into the ergonomic seat in the Ranger, which eased the pain a bit. By three a.m., I was home in bed, waiting for the ibuprofen to kick in. Yes, there are a lot of unsung heroes in this flood fight –– but I’m not one of them. No, the big thanks for this one has to go to the kids.
Sunday, April, 05, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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All the way home, I pushed my feet against the floorboard to press my back into the ergonomic seat in the Ranger, which eased the pain a bit. By three a.m., I was home in bed, waiting for the ibuprofen to kick in. Yes, there are a lot of unsung heroes in this flood fight –– but I’m not one of them. No, the big thanks for this one has to go to the kids.
Sunday, April, 05, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Baseball's charm
Like good history, baseball entertains best when colorful, offbeat characters perform grand deeds.
Sunday, April, 12, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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Like good history, baseball entertains best when colorful, offbeat characters perform grand deeds.
Sunday, April, 12, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Mating rituals
In spring, when love is in the air, it’s hard to get a good night’s sleep
When the mating instincts kick in, animals do truly strange things. Sandhill cranes bounce up and down as if they’re jumping on the bed. Swans bob their heads. Mockingbirds imitate as many other birds as possible. And that’s just birds.
Sunday, May, 03, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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In spring, when love is in the air, it’s hard to get a good night’s sleep
When the mating instincts kick in, animals do truly strange things. Sandhill cranes bounce up and down as if they’re jumping on the bed. Swans bob their heads. Mockingbirds imitate as many other birds as possible. And that’s just birds.
Sunday, May, 03, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Open water
People love the water! Why else would they drive miles and pay millions to spend a few weekends per year on the edge of a lake? There’s something calming about a body of water, and not just a lake. People close to oceans or rivers say the same, at least when the waters aren’t stirred by floods and hurricanes. It seems that looking out at a body of water, churning or still, really mellows a person out.
Sunday, June, 21, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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People love the water! Why else would they drive miles and pay millions to spend a few weekends per year on the edge of a lake? There’s something calming about a body of water, and not just a lake. People close to oceans or rivers say the same, at least when the waters aren’t stirred by floods and hurricanes. It seems that looking out at a body of water, churning or still, really mellows a person out.
Sunday, June, 21, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Smear vs. online Boggle
Come to think of it, there is a big difference between online Boggle and Smear. You play online Boggle alone at home, staring at a screen. Smear, however, requires that you go to the cafe and develop some basic social skills like knowing when to swear and when to belch.
Sunday, October, 25, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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Come to think of it, there is a big difference between online Boggle and Smear. You play online Boggle alone at home, staring at a screen. Smear, however, requires that you go to the cafe and develop some basic social skills like knowing when to swear and when to belch.
Sunday, October, 25, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Leaving Las Vegas
Gambling is bad news –– almost as bad as the stock market, I’ve heard. But I decided that since I was passing through Las Vegas, I should probably check out the wonders of The Strip.
Sunday, February, 22, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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Gambling is bad news –– almost as bad as the stock market, I’ve heard. But I decided that since I was passing through Las Vegas, I should probably check out the wonders of The Strip.
Sunday, February, 22, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Admiring Brett Favre
Good grief, Brett Favre is fun to watch when he’s on your side. The Vikings are loaded with talent, but in football all the talent in the world can waste away without an on-field leader to pull it together. Favre was the final piece to the puzzle, or so he has been for the first half of a very fun Vikings’ season.
Sunday, November, 15, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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Good grief, Brett Favre is fun to watch when he’s on your side. The Vikings are loaded with talent, but in football all the talent in the world can waste away without an on-field leader to pull it together. Favre was the final piece to the puzzle, or so he has been for the first half of a very fun Vikings’ season.
Sunday, November, 15, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Twins fans don't despair
I will remember this season as the summer of Joe Mauer, when Twins’ catcher amazed baseball fans everywhere with his magical bat. The losses to the Yankees? Already forgotten. Spring training is just around the corner.
Sunday, October, 18, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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I will remember this season as the summer of Joe Mauer, when Twins’ catcher amazed baseball fans everywhere with his magical bat. The losses to the Yankees? Already forgotten. Spring training is just around the corner.
Sunday, October, 18, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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ERIC BERGESON: Cleanliness has nothing to do with being moral and everything to do with morale
A study by three research psychologists released last week titled, “The Smell of Virtue,” claims to show that cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.
Sunday, November, 01, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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A study by three research psychologists released last week titled, “The Smell of Virtue,” claims to show that cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.
Sunday, November, 01, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Community
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