“Oh, it looks like Rhapsody has two mommies.”

You can actually see unobstructed for so far that, theoretically, one can detect the curvature of the earth aright outside of Fargo, ND. It is FLAT (I’m from the flat & boring part of SD). Eastern ND and SD were at the bottom of the glacial lake Agassiz at the end of the last ice age.

Being in a place so flat that you can watch your dog run away for three days can make people go a little nuts.

Hey, Hobo,

sorry to hear about your loss.

Sherman certainly has a pawful of toes.

Garrett hits just the right combination or self-deprecating and snarky in terms of tone.

I think making teeth, which helps people immensely, is a good job. There is also something really gratifying about doing something with an immediately tangible result.

I teach college, which isn’t as challenging as the K-12 system but, honestly, it’s not as easy as it used to be: lots of kids in school who either don’t want to be or don’t know why they are there, and the pressure on them is immense (as is their debt).

Alec Baldwin wasn’t exactly “unknown” though his movie career was just kicking off, and he didn’t have Ford’s Star Power, yet.

great comparison.

Yes. The style ages her.

Yep. Eastern SD.

Many, many moons ago, my mother (silent generation, not Baby Boomer) was the president of the Eastern S.D. chapter of NOW; she was the community liaison to a safe house for battered women, marched for ERA and against the imprisonment of Leonard Peltier; she also sued our local Boys’ club under Title IX to pressure…

what did I just watch?

Hey, where I grew up LOTS of girls had their senior pictures taken in cowboy hats with or without horses. Not that unusual.

We have a framed photograph of Lambeau field on prominent display, and like everyone else who hails from WI, my partner owns “stock” in the Packers.

LOL. I grew up in SD and MN but am partnered to a Cheese Head.

Yes. It’s been a long time coming (frankly, I’m not sure I ever believed that women would be working as NFL coaches).

Sarah Palin?