July 17, 2007
Told You So
Remember yesterday when I wrote the P-B watches Money Magazine like a dog with a biscuit on its nose? You do? Good.
July 16, 2007
So true. So very, very true
Here in Rochester, Minn., the local newspaper, the Post-Bulletin, makes a huge--shall we say "ginormous" now that it's a recognized word--deal when the city makes Money Magazine's #1 place to live in America, or falls in the Top 1,000, or is mentioned in passing in an ad the city of Rochester placed in the magazine.
Suffice it to say, the P-B apparently watches Money Magazine's "top places to live rankings" like a dog with a biscuit on its nose.
I thought I was the only one in the entire state who thought the Money Magazine ranking was about as meaningless as a Nick Coleman column. Thankfully, I was wrong!
Chaska is up two points in Money’s annual list of “Best Places to Live,” as defined by magazine editors who wouldn’t live there if you gave them a million dollars. Last year the tiny river town was #10; this year it’s #8. Like most lists, it’s an entertaining exercise in useless subjective judgments, and by some peculiar twist of events, the top ten cities are scattered throughout the country, as if to appeal to every possible market. New Hampshire, Colorado, Florida, California, Nebraska. It’s almost they expect blogs and talk radio to give them lots of publicity, for free.
Well, let’s get on with it, then.
A New Look
Since my jiu-jitsu rolling and subsequent numerous launderings has reduced my current uniform/gi into something just a step up from threads, I finally bit the bullet last night and ordered this:
Obviously, mine won't have a black belt, but it should still look pretty slick with a blue belt. I'm all about appearances in jiu-jitsu. Oh, sure, I'll still be tapping out and screaming like a girl, but I'll LOOK GOOD doing it, damnit!
Also, I suppose I should do a shameless shout-out to my Brazilian jiu-jitsu school, the Mario Roberto Jiu-Jitsu Association (MRJJA). Rochester, Minn. and surrounding area residents take note: this is THE place to train if you're at all interested in ground-based self-defense or mixed martial arts. Sure, I'm biased, but this is my ThunderJournal, so I'm allowed to be biased, even shamelessly so.
