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How can it have been 24 years? Remembering 9/11
9/11/25 Editor’s note: Today is the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I know better now than to try to show the “Welcome to the Rock” clip from the 9/11-themed musical Come From Away as my pre-class video in JMC … Continue reading
Riding With Strangers – 40th Anniversary Team Strange Airheads Grand Tour
NOTE: For the last eleven years, I’ve competed in a large-scale motorcycle scavenger hunt sponsored annually by Team Strange Airheads. This is a Twin Cities-based organization that got its start as a bowling team that evolved into a BMW motorcycle … Continue reading
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Tagged Grand Tour, motorcycles, Team Strange, Team Strange 2024, travel
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After 23 Years, Memories of 9/11 Are Still Raw
9/11/24 Editor’s note: Yesterday morning I showed the “Welcome to the Rock” clip from the 9/11 themed musical Come From Away as my pre-class video in JMC 100 – Global Media Literacy. I then tried to tell my class the … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, come from away, memories, motorcycles, Sept. 11
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Remembering A Motorcycle Ride to the United 93 9/11 Memorial on a Rainy Summer Day
It was 22 years ago this morning that I was teaching my freshman media literacy course at West Virginia University. I had a class with close to 350 students in it. C-SPAN’s Washington Journal morning show was playing on the … Continue reading
Remembering 9/11 over the years.
Editor’s note: Much of this is drawn from a series of annual posts I have made over the years to commemorate 9/11 It was 21 years ago this morning that I was teaching my freshman media literacy course at West … Continue reading
Riding the MABDR: Part 4 – All good things…
This is the last of a series of posts about riding the Mid Atlantic Backcountry Discovery Route with a couple of my old motorcycle friends. Stage 7 – Of Bees and Trees. As our ride up the Mid Atlantic Backcountry … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling, Travel
Tagged 2020 motorcycle trips, MABDR 2022, motorcycle, motorcycles
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Riding the MABDR: Part 3 – Getting schooled on the road
This is one of a series of posts about riding the Mid Atlantic Backcountry Discovery Route with a couple of my old motorcycle friends. After finishing the challenges of Stage 3, the next several days of riding were a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling, Travel
Tagged 2022 Motorcycle Trips, MABDR 2022, motorcycle, motorcycles
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Memories from 9/11 – Musicals, Movies and Motorcycles
It was 19 years ago this morning that I was teaching my freshman media literacy course at West Virginia University. I had a class with close to 350 students in it.C-SPAN’s Washington Journal morning show was playing on the big screen as … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 8, Diabetes, Health Issues, Motorcycling
Tagged 9/11, motorcycles, movies
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Travels With Putt Putt: Finishing out the season with a ride to the Ozarks.
Last week was fall break at UNK, and so it was one last chance for a multi-day ride before cold weather settles in for the season. First things first – get the bike ready to go complete with saddlebags, tank … Continue reading
Travels with Putt Putt: Mountain High, Valley Low
I don’t generally name my cars, and I don’t really set out to name my motorcycles, but it seems like over the past decade most of the motorcycles I’ve owned have somehow let me know what they wanted to be called. This … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling, Travel
Tagged 2019 motorcycle trips, motorcycles, National Parks, Putt Putt, Utah
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