Solar Panels
Worst Investment Ever
To produce enough energy to heat and cool a Minnesota house with solar panels will require a 28,000 dollar up front investment. Let’s say the typical utility bill is 280 dollars a month (that’s a lot but near what members of my family pay for their larger homes in Central Minnesota). [...]

John McCain
I am an early supporter of John McCain’s in the 2008 GOP presidential nomination. There are no other serious candidates in the race other than Giuliani and I think Giuliani’s stances on abortion and gun control are unacceptable to me. McCain is not perfect but he has a solid voting record on gun rights, [...]

This is News How?
College Students are Narcissists
Narcissism can have benefits, said study co-author W. Keith Campbell of the University of Georgia, suggesting it could be useful in meeting new people “or auditioning on ‘American Idol.’”
“Unfortunately, narcissism can also have very negative consequences for society, including the breakdown of close relationships with others,” he said.
The study [...]

Random Link o’ the Day:
http://www.draftgore.com/

What Can I do?

Poll
The Minnesota Twins play their first spring training game today and this signals the beginning of weekly installments of the Twins Podcast (Live broadcast tomorrow at 10pm). I was wondering what people thought of the new format. Last season I did short 10-20 minute long twins podcasts and this year I have moved [...]

Random Link o’ the Day:
http://members.aol.com/schwenkler/scalia/

TTM Successes

-Johnny Lujack, 1947 Heisman Trophy winner signed 2 index cards c/o home address
-Joe Mullen sent 1 signed card of his own and didn’t sign the 2 index cards I sent him c/o NHL HOF
- Merrill McPeak, USAF Chief of Staff, signed 2 index cards c/o home (I had two addresses for him, both ended up [...]

About
I was originally going to use this as an “about” page for the blog but I never got around to finishing it. Since I’m moving to WordPress there is not reason to create a blogpost to accomplish the “aboutness.” So, I’m publishing this as-is, included are a list of subjects I would like [...]

Another New Project
This is something I’ve always wanted to do, and now there is finally a service which offers what I need. I’ve opened up the Minnesota Conservative Wikipedia. It is to be a wikipedia focused on preserving and presenting Minnesota politics from a conservative perspective. It is to be written by [...]