Midwest Madness 🌽
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Are We Poor Now, Papa?
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4 min read
Growing up in rural Menomonie, Wisconsin, people had perceptions of our little family. Lots and lots of different perceptions. Most of it was that we were a rich family. We, unfortunately, were not rich. We weren’t poor, but we sure as shit weren’t rich. My father’s name was Norman Keith Rockwell. He was a cartoonist […]
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The Lutefisk Mafia Of Southern Minnesota
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7 min read
The criminals of Fargo (movie and TV Show) are not so far from the truth. I lived in Minnesota for over a decade and man, oh man, I have seen some things. Some… criminal things. In MINNESOTA. It ain’t all church socials, Velveeta hotdish, and Garrison Keillor in Minnesota. No sir. There are also ne’er-do-wells. […]
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The Wisconsin Cheese Curd Way
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9 min read
Fresh, room temperature, Wisconsin cheese curds. Salty and squeaky. If you haven’t had fresh cheese curds, you haven’t really had cheese curds. You just had “cheese.” I lived in Wisconsin for most of my life, but just over ten years ago we got on the real Oregon Trail, Interstate 90, never to return. Well, except […]
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Thank You, World Book Encyclopedia
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3 min read
I grew up in small town Wisconsin in the 1980s. In the before times. Before the internet times. We had a good little public school system, but I wasn’t exactly an honor roll student. Regardless of my standing at school, people thought I was smart. “He’s so smart!” they would say. Also, “He’s so arrogant!” […]
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