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Hometown Tragedy, Viewed From Afar

It’s been weird watching the news coverage of the Minneapolis bridge collapse from my comfortable desk on the East Coast. I spent my early years in Minneapolis (the green arrow above points roughly to my childhood home; the blue arrow…

State Slogans – Diesel Sweeties Style!

Diesel Sweeties presents: 5049 state slogans. Some of my favorites: Oklahoma! Like Texas with humility. Pennsylvania! Confusing road signs! Coal fires! Liberty! Connecticut! It’s not New Jersey! Minnesota! Fist of the North Star State! (We also invented Post-Its!) Tennessee! Imagine…