http://www.katherineemmons.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:34:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Pre-Ramble: For the uninitiatied, the word Flugtag is pronounced "flew'- tog" ... rhymes with "blue'-fog" and it means something like "Flight Day" in German.  I consider myself an expert, now that I have attended the goofy event which was recently held in a big Saint Paul park on the banks of the Mighty ... http://www.katherineemmons.com/2010/07/flugtag-blog/ Pre-Ramble:  I have always admired, ... no, more than that, ... I have always revered people who could get by with very little sleep ... folks who could presumably get more awesome things done in a day because they weren't drooling on a pillow for seven or eight hours a night. Somewhere ... http://www.katherineemmons.com/2010/07/live-the-dream/ Pre-Ramble: While you're hanging around the Old Course this weekend waiting for Tiger to blow up, you might want to trot on over to the Althorp Estate and check out the goods. Apparently Earl Spencer, brother of our beloved Diana Spencer, auctioned off a bunch of family heirlooms last week, bringing in over 21 million ... http://www.katherineemmons.com/2010/07/sold-to-the-lady-in-the-pink-paisley-golf-shorts/ Pre-Ramble:  Just the sound of the word "innovation" gives me a rush of energy that rises up out of a cross section of art, science and the romantic notions of resourcefulness and hard work. Over the past decade, this glorified word has been slapped all over everything from business schools to soap, claiming the ... http://www.katherineemmons.com/2010/07/theres-no-place-like-innovation/ Pre-Ramble:  So, a friend of mine just got back from a trip to the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota.  The Boundary Waters is a revered place to Minnesotans; it is a Mecca of all things good and rustic and wild and adventurous.  FYI - If you're going to the Boundary Waters, you are ... http://www.katherineemmons.com/2010/07/pitch-the-tent-literally/ Pre-Ramble:  You can't swing a bag of gold bullion around here without having some top-tier philanthropist knocking at the door and imploring you to give away half of your wealth. The July 5th cover of fortuitously named Fortune Magazine features the smiling faces of billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates ... http://www.katherineemmons.com/2010/06/new-twit-on-tithing/ Pre-Ramble: So, gosh, it seems like forever since I wrote a blog post. I hope I haven't forgotten how. Hope my readers haven't given up on me and moved on to some other blog site that features quirky random topics ... For the past few weeks I've been mired in a blur of high ... http://www.katherineemmons.com/2010/06/its-all-a-blur/ Pre-Ramble:  Well, you know you're too busy when you're even too busy to write a blog about being too busy. There is so much going on that I want to write about ... the oil spill,... the spelling bee,... high school graduations,... Armando Galarraga's "perfect game" ... a cool huge pencil ... http://www.katherineemmons.com/2010/06/dizzy-busy/ Pre-Ramble:  After a delay of several hours due to pilot availability and then electrical problems with the plane, we finally touched down at Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport. It was 3:15 a.m. ... a long, long day.  Well, so we weary passengers were trudging up the jetway into the now vacant gate area, when there on the floor, off to ... http://www.katherineemmons.com/2010/05/memorial-day/ Pre-Ramble:  Every Sunday afternoon (except when it's raining, snowing, too hot, too cold, or there's something else happening at the same time), my husband and I play 9 holes of golf.  In case I haven't mentioned it, my husband is a rabid golfer. In fact, "rabid" really doesn't cover the extent to ... http://www.katherineemmons.com/2010/05/golf-lesson/