Archives » August 2nd, 2007

Minneapolis bridge story hits home

After seeing all the images of the collapsed I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, I’m feeling kind of good today about the the replacement and updates on our aging Bijou and Cimmarron street bridges over I-25.
Well, better than I ever have, at least.
Anyone whose commute into downtown Coloradao Springs requires using or crossing the path of I-25 […]

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It’s a doggy dog world

While lounging about in Tony’s last night, I was alerted to a new phrase in [american] english: It’s a doggy dog[g] world.
This came to me from school teachers who have not only heard students using the phrase, but also adults. At first we were all surprised and dismayed, noting the derivation from It’s a dog-eat-dog […]

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Whatever Rupert Wants, Rupert Gets

Way back in the early 70’s, when I was pretending to be an investment banker in New York, I met with a delegation of Native Americans who were concerned about plans to construct a massive coal-fired generating plant on tribal lands. In heart-rending detail, they told me how disruptive this would be to their way […]

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