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Bob Collins
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Builder of airplanes. Professional grandfather. Waterer of Woodbury's trees. Voted America's best baseball park usher 5 times.
I'll never understand why public radio has turned away from finely produced story packages from reporters in favor of host Q&A's, particularly when reporters are clearly reading scripted answers to anchor questions .
December 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
My grandson came over to pick up my spirits today so we invented rocking chair hockey
December 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The final episode of All in the Family when Mike and Gloria were moving to California featured a scene on their porch with Rob Reiner and Carroll O'Connor. It was one of the greatest scenes in TV history

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December 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Drove my car today for the first time in a month to physical therapy. Then, with my new freedom, drove straight to Culver's.
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Rob Reiner spoke at a breakfast for the MN delegates at the 2004 Democratic National convention at the Radisson in Cambridge and to this day I have no idea why I didn't interview him.
December 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A new era
December 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
9 years ago this morning it was -17 at altitude. I can't believe I took a plane up in that weather, but I had to ferry it to its new owner in Grand Rapids.
December 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Please be sure to report to their employers anyone not showing the proper respect to the Reiners.
December 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Journalists constantly wrap themselves in the cloak of Edward R Murrow, but never approach their job asking, "what would Murrow do?"

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America has tragically changed, but journalism is still stuck in old ways
The swift slide into authoritarianism should have been a five-alarm fire for the media
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December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My first thought is a MAGA soldier killed Rob Reiner and his wife. It's also my second and third thoughts
December 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
45 minute warmup so far for the neighbor's SUV
December 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The daily paper is indispensable for when you need to know what happened two days ago.
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My son has a theory that if McDaniels gets 18+, Wolves win. I think it's probably true
December 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Bills > Patriots
December 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The Patriots are back
December 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The women of the Mansfield Dental School in Rochester, NY knew the score back in 1949 (my mother in law's roommate)
December 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some Sundays I finish reading the Strib and say, "wow, that was really a great effort "

Today is not one of those days. It was close to MediaNews Group-level mediocrity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
There is no mass shooting story on the front page of the Strib this morning.
December 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Reposted by Bob Collins
It’s just a joke…🤣😩
December 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
There was a Strib on the driveway today. That's heroic work right there.
December 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Nice job fucking up, AI.
December 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Reposted by Bob Collins
The White House continues to make our work harder. They’ve:

✂️ Cut funding for transportation and education
👎 Effectively told families in poverty “you’re on your own”
❌ Presided over the longest government shutdown in history
🚨 Failed to act after Western Maryland was hit by a devastating storm.
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I really dislike the Almanac political panel
December 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Timberwolves fans are feeling pretty left out this evening.
December 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM