College will decide format once the checks clear: Fiction

Sure is quiet on the lake fishing now that kids are going back to school. The bass fishermen in Normal, Minnesota gathered for coffee this morn and over the extra strong coffee and the whipped cream they chuckled over the news that Frozen tundra University--it was just a junior college last year, but with a name change they get more tuition--has decided that they will not reveal whether they will offer real or virtual classes till all the fall tuition checks clear. Lots of upset students. Some want that authentic experience of dying of covid after a short party with peers. Stay tuned as I follow this story.

Dying to Play Football in Normal, Mn: Fiction

Took some time off from bass fishing this morning to have some super strong coffee with the fishermen in Normal,Mn. Watching the overhead tv at Betty Lous coffee shop it was hard for the guys to comprehend that college athletes all over the country are transferring from schools that have shut down football to open states like Florida. Their thinking is that football is the only hope they have and that. well. even if it means death even then it might only be to old people they give covid to and that it surely is worth the risk.

Minnesota chooses between Bars and School : Fiction

Last week Dr Fauci the head of infectious disease told Americans that they need to choose between Bars or Schools. The explosion of Covid cases can be traced to Bars and thus if we want to reopen the schools safely we have to shut the bars. For Minnesota the choice is clear. Bars trump schools hands down. Learning is fine as long as it does not interfere with a stiff shot of whiskey or. .. even a glass of cheap beer. Imagine. The home of Minnesota "nice". Last week the legislature nixed the appointment of the Governor for Commissioner of Labor and Industry thus sending a message that they have no intention of working for the public good in the reopening of business in Minnesota. Partisans in the Minnesota legislature want the authority of the Governor to issue emergency orders in the interest of public health to be eliminated. So. the preference for Bars over schools runs in high circles as well as low. Stay tuned as the pandemic in Minnesota spins out of control.

Big Ten thinking outside of the cremation urn. Government not so much. FICTION

Big news today from the Big Ten. They have cancelled the football season. in related news the head of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve has called for a national lockdown as the only remaining way to stop the virus. Dr Fauci has continued to suggest we lock down the bars. It does seem that there are a few who are thinking outside of the box---or the cremation urn. Some governors are mostly concerned with appeasing rural legislators and bar owners but as far as public health--not so much. Up in Normal, Mn hours above the Twin Cities they have a wayside grotto for Abe Lincoln. It honors the last two years of Lincolns life. until then Abe was concerned with being "esteemed of men" and was hesitant to fire poorly performing generals or hire the right ones. only when our leaders get courage and are determined to think outside the cremation urn will they lock down the bars or cancel the football seasons or do a national lockdown. doing yoga poses and hoping....hoping everybody will be safe is lame and unacceptable..Remember Lincoln. and yes avoid the theatre.