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Minnesota #AuthorsGuild LEWIS SINCLAIR AND THE GENTLEMEN COWBOYS from CamCat Books Emmy-nominated/grant-awarded Educated in 12-student school Rode bus thru France w/retired showgirl Extra in movie Fargo Slept through London hurricane www.dmsfick.com

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · Nov 2

I wrote and animated a mashup of 70s film, Greek & Roman mythology and 60s TV hillbillies. It's not for everybody. It could use some more work.
It succeeds at what I was trying to do.

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 7h

I'd rather Nic Cage instead of Leo.

D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 7h

I have his autograph.

David @archaeomather.bsky.social · 8h

Harold P. LeVander, 32nd Governor of Minnesota (1967-1971), portrait by Barbara Brewer Peet in the Minnesota State Capitol.

“HAROLD P. LEVANDER
32nd GOVERNOR 1967-1971
IN 1966, a little-known Republican Party activist named Harold LeVander organized his first campaign for elected office, aiming immediately for the governor's chair. His victory over Karl Rolvaag, a DFLer whose campaign had suffered from party infighting in the primary season, made him the thirty-second governor of Minnesota.
Karl Harold Phillip LeVander was born in Nebraska, went to high school in Watertown, Minnesota, and graduated with honors from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1932. He went on to get his law degree from the University of Minnesota and began a thirty-year career at the South St. Paul law firm, Stassen & Ryan. LeVander served as an assistant county attorney for Dakota County (1935-1939) and also taught speech and coached debate at Macalester College until 1940. He was president of South St. Paul's Chamber of Commerce from 1952 to 1954 and president of the South St. Paul United Federal Savings and Loan Association from 1953 until his inauguration.
LeVander rode into office with the highest vote total ever received by a Republican up to that point. Early in his term, the state legislature levied Minnesota's first sales tax, overriding two gubernatorial vetoes.
This led many Minnesotans to refer unfairly to the tax assessed on many purchases as "LeVander pennies." As governor, he created the Metropolitan Council, the Pollution Control Agency, and the country's first Human Rights Department. Also under his leadership, Minnesota became the first state to ratify the twenty-sixth amendment, which extended the right to vote to U.S. citizens eighteen and older.
Less than a month before the primary election of 1970, LeVander surprised everyone by announcing that he would not seek re-election.
Instead, he chose to return to his law firm, now called LeVander, Gillen & Miller. He later became director of The St. Paul Companies (1973-1981), the Billy Graham Evangelical Association (1974-1981), and the St. Paul Chamber o…

D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 7h

Personally, I'm keeping my conkers boxed.

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MacKenzie Scott cuts Amazon stake by 42%, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4ojT0g0

MacKenzie Scott cuts Amazon stake by 42%, Bloomberg News reports

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has reduced the size of her stake in Amazon.com by 42% since last year, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a regulatory filing.

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 8h

Tip of the Hat for getting the capitalization right on the band name. I wouldn't have guessed it.

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 8h

Hmm. He talks about the film he thinks is his best in an Eric Lax book. Been quite a while since I read it so I may have it confused with another movie.

D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 8h

Katrina And The Waves won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2020.
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Home - Katrina And The Waves

Katrina And The Waves were a 1980/90s rock band built. Kimberley Rew guitarist/writer. Katrina Leskanich vocals. Best known for the 1985 hit Walking On Sunshine

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 8h

TENS is good to have on hand. A worthy unit for a ridiculously low price. Alpha-Stim is better tech for pain relief that goes beyond needing massage.

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 8h

I think Allen considers this the film that most accomplished what he had in mind for it to do.

D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 8h

Turns out the words I sang in my head are not in this song! (Perhaps they exist in different versions.)

D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 9h

If you think you'd like it, see if you can get a prescription. Helps to have a discount on the price.

D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 9h

I apologize in advance if you get lots of suggestions. I do know that Alpha-Stim has helped people I know.
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Relief from Anxiety, Insomnia, Depression & Pain | Alpha-Stim

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 10h

I watched this Joe Strummer doc on Pluto last night. (Make your own joke here.) Looks like you can watch it at this link as well. It's short but pretty good. Interviews with Mick and Topper. There were commercial breaks but each break was only 15-30 seconds long.
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Watch Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten for Free Online

As the front man of the Clash from 1977, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. Stream...

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 10h

I don't think this is Keaton singing. I think it might be Peggy Lee.

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 10h

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Diane Keaton - I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard (Reds) (1981)

YouTube video by Retrospective Soundtrack

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 10h

I worked at a cable company when Reds came to TV. Employees got all the pay services for free. I reckon I watched Reds a couple of times. The tune that plays when Keaton lives on the east coast beach just popped back into my head and I'm surprised that I know the words. Haven't heard it in ages.

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 13h

Was he snoring too loud?

D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 18h

It's so perfect to lead us through all that fear for the children to bring us to her. I feel better just thinking about her. (Helps me abide.)

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