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(and Peter - scroll down a little to find a report about anyone ... heading to the north shore this year.)

So Tom, when can we expect the next chapter in your book/blog?

Fall is upon us! Trees are turning colors, and the weather is getting cooler. Look at the beautiful splash of color on the trees outside my work!



Is anyone planning on heading to the north shore this year to see the leaves? I think the entire family should go to Lutsen or somewhere on the north shore some year for a family getaway.. what do you think?

Happy Birthday

to Lynda... I hope you had a wonderful day.
to Tom... How well I remember 23 years ago today! A very happy day, indeed.
to Janelle... 11 days late... best wishes to you too!
I went to my first Twins game of the year tonight. Two home runs, a triple and a great catch in right field.
Looking forward to Saturday. Our cross country team is hosting a big event in Powderhorn park earlier in the day... teams from 5 states coming.
This really is Nancy... you can tell by my style of speech.

the day when the clowns came in from their long years of crying

hello all of you buckeroos out there. how are you all doing. this is nancy of course, if you hadnt already guessed by my style of speech. just kidding gang. this is stevie. so liv and norris I guess this is where you yell things like "raise da roof" and dance around all ghetto. peace out cousins. happy birthday to all my peeps in radioland. peace

Happy Birthday, Lynda and Tom!

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Don't like your job, and wish you had something better? Remember to count your blessings, it could be worse!

Happy birthday, Tom and Lynda!

Joel and I had a nice time on the North Shore and saw Matt and Janelle in passing (they were in Grand Marais on a church retreat). I kept thinking of how nice it would be to have an Anderson get-together up there, but don't know if we'll ever manage such a thing again. Maybe without the "kids"...

IAC's Executive Director, Deborah Wexler, just found out that "Dear Abby" will be publishing her letter about influenza vaccination during the second week of October. "Dear Abby" reaches 110 million readers and the letter is supposed to include a link to "my" website for the public, www.vaccineinformation.org. So, look for it in your local paper! Janelle had a hand in editing it.

Happy Birthday Tom!

Happy Birthday Tom! You're gettin old!

Share the Insanity!!

Share the Insanity!!
I'm having fun with slide rules, and you can too! (sorry, these only work with Internet Explorer. note: AOL uses IE, so it will work with AOL).

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or Click HERE


If you want to make your own: SlideRule.MrKlingon.org. (I didn't make this program up, I've just set up a copy on my web pages).

Hey from Bloomington

Hey y'all.
Well, it's great to be done riding, but the bike ride went really well. Really great weather and a pretty strenuous tour. If you like fields of corn, soybeans, tobacco, old barns and lots of hills, try southern Indiana. The town of Madison, an old riverboat town on the Ohio river was nice -- kind of like Redwing. I'm at Ingrid's apartment and the pizza just arrived. L8r,

John

Well shiver me timbers!! that be true to life pirate speak! Ahoy Mae "Peg Leg" - your matey,

Peter "Salty Dog" Anderson

Thanks, Ingrid. Matt and I will have to visit Indiana some day. Sounds nice. How's your research going?

Janelle

Indiana Andersons

Hello from Indiana,

I went to visit Dad last night at Spring Mill State Park, which is about 45 minutes south (by car) of Bloomington. He was on his fourth day of riding his recumbent bicycle through miles and miles of rural Indiana, with two more days to go. It was good that I got to visit him, as 'hills' and 'miles' seemed to be the main subjects of conversation with the other bicyclists, a surprising number of whom also rode recumbent bicycles. We went to visit an historic mill, built in 1817, that is a main attraction of the state park and had dinner at the 'Windmill Buffet'. We've had beautiful weather the past fews days here in Indiana--I wouldn't mind being outside all day myself. More from Dad on the ride when he finishes on Friday!

Nice photos, Teresa! Hope you had a happy birthday, Janelle.
Ingrid

When you find a good photo op...

I realized that I have used the same dinosaur in the Rapid City park as a prop for three pictures taken over a period of almost 40 years. The first is of my parents, cousin Ann, and dog, Sam, circa 1966. The second photo is of Norris in 1986. The third was taken this summer on our way to the Rez.

Arrr.... anyone want to talk like a pirate?


September 19th, mateys!

Thanks, everybody. :)

Have a safe trip, John!

Janelle

Happy Birthday Janelle!

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Happy Birthday, Janelle!