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Lover of Snow, Winter Vacations, Good Beer & Great Music, Minnesota Weather, French Wine & Sidewalks. Yogi for life.

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  • Come check of Patsy O’Brien at The Irish Fair of Minnesota

    Originally posted on clorblog: Many vendors are to be at The Irish Fair of Minnesota.  One in particular is the Patsy O’Brien. About Patsy O’Brien Patsy O’Brien is a Irish Guitar.  Patsy has toured extensively with Eileen Ivers, Paddy, Keenan, Cathie Ryan, Teada and numerous other ensembles, as well as touring as a solo act…

  • The Fine Art of Sheep Herding

    I have a Collie. In his mind, all the kids in my backyard must stay together. When one wanders off he barks to herd them back together. He’s a herding dog by nature. While my kids are used to Laddie, the neighbor kids don’t always appreciate being treated like wandering sheep. Every year the kids beg to take…

  • How Irish is St. Paul? All Roads Meet at the Celtic Junction

    Depending upon who you ask, St. Paul, MN is very Irish– about 7% today (per the Census Bureau) but the second most populous ethnic group in the 1850s. Regardless of the statistics, Irish culture plays a big part of the St. Paul culture:  10 Irish mayors from 1932-1972 and the last two, as well; A Plethora…

  • Academic Integrity: Courage

    Courage What does courage mean in college? Claiming your education? Be honest with yourself? Doing the right thing when it’s extra work? Regardless, you need to be fearless. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/woman-fists-with-fearless-across-the-knuckles-royalty-free-image/118374682  

  • Integrity: Fair Play

    Today in MKTG 2350 Integrated Marketing Communications we begin two modules: Academic Integrity and Intellectual Property Rights. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/vintage-kids-alphabet-blocks-saying-fair-play-royalty-free-image/171664848

  • I’ve Got $20 in my pocket. No, actually, I didn’t.

    I had $2, mostly in quarters in my pocket as I biked past the Minnesota Wild merchandise booth at Grand Old Day. T-shirts and hats for $10. Eight quarters wasn’t going to help, but my debit card did. How many Grand Old Day merchants missed out on sales because they only accepted cash? It’s well…

  • What do I need to know to work in marketing?

    The question should really be, what skills do I need? For me, it’s how should I prepare my students? They need to understand social strategy, to measure sentiment, create a visual experience, and analyze like an economist — and write really well, too. 2013 Marketing Jobs Outlook from Monster.com, last year, sums this up well: Demand…

  • Class Blog Post #2: Julie Hewitt Lipstick

    My Integrated Marketing Communications class writes an almost-weekly marketing communications blog. My goals are to teach the blogging medium and business writing skills. I promised to write 500 words with them every week. Here’s my first post. The topic is my favorite thing. I assign this topic to have my students market it across the…

  • My hot is your warm, my warm is your freezing.

    When the hair in your nose instantly congeals and bubbles freeze on bushes; it’s cold. “What are you doing blowing bubbles, if it’s that cold?” I hear you asking. When it is that cold, we cancel school and invent science experiments to pass the time—bubbles do freeze quickly; boiling water does not. Old timers and…

  • 10 Reasons Why Winter is a Good Thing

    Butterflies descend from my ceiling, my drapery wires, on the woodwork, and from my indoor Norfolk Pine tree? Why? It’s too cold for a Minnesotan like me to go outside. If it were 70 and sunny everyday, my office would still be half painted, the butterflies would still be in their boxes, and my creative…