Uncanny likeness of me on a McDonalds baked apple pie box! Thanks for finding this Lampl.
Beating Goliath
I’m not a big fan of sports analogies, but this article in the New Yorker by Malcolm Gladwell tells the story of a young girls basketball team (by young, I mean 12) and their foreign, analytical coach - an outsider to the game - who took them to the Junior National tournament by having them play the full-court press all the time.
By applying effort over ability, these girls defeated team after team of more gifted players - that is until the establishment decided enough was enough.
Anyone who has tried to improve or change something within the “established rules of the game” only to be shut down, will appreciate the insight into both the David and Goliath way of thinking, seeing, and acting.
A Blackhawk helicopter picks up 1 ton sandbags to stop the breach at Claussen Springs dam. The downstream hamlet of Kathryn, ND was evacuated as a precaution.
A Blackhawk helicopter drops a 1 ton sandbag to stop the breach at Claussen Springs dam. High winds made it difficult and they periodically had to abort until the winds died down. They expected to drop about 100 bags.
Don’s place is an island south of Fargo. He’s named this body of water Lake Pleasant.
Highway 46 west of Kindred was washed out.
A Blackhawk helicopter picks up 1 ton sandbags to stop the breach at Claussen Springs dam. The downstream hamlet of Kathryn, ND was evacuated as a precaution.
Brooks West playing at Studio 222 in downtown Fargo on his way to Nashville.
Part of the wall holding back the Red River in south Fargo. Surveyed at 42.95 ft, the river has crested at 40.88 but another crest may yet occur.
Surface
The rising river brings you
To the surface, it
Brings me to the surface.
What we’ve built ‘round us
Is washed away by the water
Becoming another’s burden.
He may see it twisted, splintered
Letting it wash by;
Or he may use it to build
Something of his own.
Either way,
I can see you
Now that we have surfaced.
Kevin Tobosa
