February 3rd, 2010 by jeffbahr
The movie “Precious” will stick around for another week at the Capitol. Going against the Super Bowl Sunday night, I wonder if anyone will be in the theater.
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On the radio Wednesday, Don Meyer said the Winona men sometimes “come in here on a natural high” and then go up to Mary and lose.
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This weekend, the Northern teams take the long trip to Winona and Upper Iowa.
“This is one of those road trips that’ll get me out of coaching sooner rather than later,” Curt Fredrickson said on “Wolves Midweek.”
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Frederickson said women’s basketball is the athletic program at Crookston that has come the farthest.
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Buster Olney donated his speaker fee from the Boys & Girls Club to Northern, Don Meyer reported.
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Meyer said visitors to the Barnett Center treat Olney the same way they treat Meyer. “They think we’re custodians.”
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Center Michael Zerr said the Northern football players have been asking recruits questions about plans for the Northern offense. Because at this point, they know more about it than the current players do.
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I always thought it was The Drink Factory, but even in the phone book it’s listed simply as The Drink.
“I still call it The Library,” Michelle says.
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The Drink, by the way, has poker every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
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A young woman, dressed like the Statue of Liberty, was dancing up a storm Tuesday in front of Liberty Income Tax.
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At David Lipscomb, Don Meyer had a player who once made 10 turnovers in the first half. He told the player that with him around, people at the concession stand needed to wear helmets.
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It’s hard to put a cat on a leash. “It’s easier to walk a goldfish,” Ron says.
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On Tuesday, when I came upstairs, I saw my shadow.
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If the Groundhog saw its shadow, that means six more weeks of winter.
“Let’s hope it’s only six,” Ron said.
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Ace reporter Elissa Dickey broke the news that Central music teachers Dennis McDermott and Dan Witte are retiring.
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Garrison Keillor says within a year or two, he’s going to step aside for a new host on “A Prairie Home Companion.”
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At West Point, Aberdeen native Naomi Fuhrman got an A minus in “Fundamentals of Combatives.”
In other words, don’t mess with her.
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I would buy an album of Dan Richardt singing local radio jingles. You should hear him do the Shenanigans commercial.
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The Philly steak sandwiches at Domino’s are very good.
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I’ve decided that revenge is a dish best served room temperature.
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How cushy does Brad Wilson’s dog have it? At Taco John’s, Brad buys a six-pack and a pound.
”I do four of the tacos and he does two.”
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The dog, Bubba, won’t eat Potato Oles unless there’s cheese on top.
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Shawn says Wild Oats will serve free tacos and nachos during the Super Bowl.
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Next Black Friday, I’m going to behave the same way the Northern men do. I’m going to show up, compete and be physical.
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On an e-mail I got this week, the person signed off “Warm regards.” Maybe my wife could use those regards to stay warm.
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Michelle says if they could focus, a cat would be a better bloodhound than a dog is.
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I have to admit that “The Good Wife” was pretty good Tuesday night. But I will never, ever enjoy “Castle.”
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At Quality Quick Print is a very large poster of Don Meyer and players that is apparently destined to hang at Shenanigans.
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What happened to the Rock? “Tooth Fairy” was only No. 4 at the Aberdeen box office last weekend.
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Mike says, “It’s always a sign of a good quality hotel when you can park in front of your room.”
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What do you call a mound where spiritual people gather?
Faith Hill.
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In disciplining her children, Kelda sometimes fails to deliver on her promises.
“I’m great with the empty threats.”
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I have absolutely no idea what ermine is. But I do know I’d look great in it.
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According to Mike Ferguson, moms who name their daughters Brittni have consigned them “to a life of having their name misspelled.”
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Ron’s wife of 46 years has fallen head over heels for Brett Favre. “I think I’ve been replaced in her heart,” he says.
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Dan Richardt figures tennis was invented by a woman. “All it is is arguing back and forth.”
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My dream is to someday attend the Iowa Pork Congress.
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Buster Olney has been away from ESPN so long that he thinks Bristol is a town in South Dakota.
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Dan Richardt says that in church league softball, you can have 11 players bat.
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Channel 18 has reached back for some old programs. “Peter Gunn” runs weekdays at 12:30 p.m., right after “The Riflelman.” Then at 1 p.m. is “Daniel Boone.”
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Why would I possibly want to Facebook The Daily Grind?
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In a movie Tuesday night on Syfy, “Bats: Human Harvest,” soldiers faced “genetically altered flesh-eating bats while pursuing a terrorist in the caves of Afghanistan.”
There’s a lot going on in that movie.
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Scott says the amount of mayonnaise and mustard Subway uses, even when you ask for a little, is “stunningly over the top.”
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This is the scouting report on me around the league: Try to sneak a fastball by him, and he’ll hurt you.
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“I’ll be interested to read about the SDSU castoffs the Bison locked up today,” says Jackrabbit fan Scott Waltman.