Tag Archives: Because I can

Guest Blog Post: Babies don’t belong in cages

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

Thanks to romance writer and family friend Holly Jacobs for this powerful guest blog post.  I try to stay away from non-media politics here, but the recent events on the US-Mexican border are not about politics, they are about basic … Continue reading →

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Remembering “Plamegate: The Opera”

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

With everything else going on, you may be forgiven for missing reports that President Trump is considering issuing a pardon to Lewis “Scooter” Libby, who was at one time Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff. If you need a … Continue reading →

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Snow Day Recipe: Solly’s Cottage Cheese Muffins

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

The news yesterday was that a major winter storm, a blizzard even, was on its way.  Both the university and the public schools closed for today by noon on Sunday.  And so everyone in Kearney, Nebraska waited for the weather … Continue reading →

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More Bridges of Buffalo County

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

Earlier this fall, thanks to a post on an ADVRIDER discussion board (for people who go on motorcycle adventures…), I discovered the website Bridgehunter.com.  Bridge Hunter is a database of historic and notable bridges around the United States and is a … Continue reading →

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The Bridges of Buffalo County

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

Earlier today, thanks to a post on an ADVRIDER discussion board (for people who go on motorcycle adventures…), I discovered the website Bridgehunter.com.  Bridge Hunter is a database of historic and notable bridges around the United States and is a great … Continue reading →

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XKCD answers the question “What will new technology do to us?”

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

When you have questions about what will technology do to us, the first place to look at is the web comic XKCD: Remember: New technology is always scary!

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24-hour Video Game Streaming Fund Raiser

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

My friend and occasional guest blogger Aaron Blackman is doing a 24-hour live streaming video game fund raiser for Omaha Children’s Hospital. He writes: My wonderful wife Michelle had surgery on her heart when she was 3 years old. She … Continue reading →

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Why you need to pay attention to what you write (It can be spelled right and still be wrong)

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

Over the last few weeks there have been several spectacular copyediting errors in newspapers around the country that probably passed right through a spelling/grammar check but still managed to totally humiliate the publication and the staff members responsible. For example: … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – All-Disney Edition

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

How many African-American writers does Hulu have working on their series? Zero, none, zip, nada. (And just 4.8 percent of all TV writers are black.) Behind-the-camera diversity can be as important as in-front-of-the-camera. (Disney is one of the major owners … Continue reading →

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How Lin-Manuel Miranda helped boost a tweet about insulin in Puerto Rico

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

The one thing you need to know about me as I tell this story is that I’m an insulin-dependent diabetic. My pancreas checked out several years ago and no longer does much.  Which means that I have to manually control … Continue reading →

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