Ken Martin's Blog

[1]: http://www.eastsidereviewnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=64&SubSectionID=130&ArticleID=657 The latest East Side Review hits my step with a [page one (below the fold) summary][1] of the continuing foibles of the Maplewood Minnesota City Council and their embattled interim City Manager, Greg Copeland. The short of it is that the Maplewood City Council received the required background check concerning Copeland, but it [...]

Most people, when sending an email to a large group of people, simply go to their To: or Cc: field and start entering names. This is dreadful. It’s terrible. You must never do this. Why? Because if I am one of fifty people in that list of recipients, then you have just shared my email [...]

…yearningly remembering her days of beauty and attention. My blog traffic is back to normal. Normal is nice. I’m actually always surprised at how many folks drop by and linger for a while. But the last two days put these huge spikes on my traffic chart, and it’s making my formerly quite acceptable traffic look [...]

[1]: http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/04/29/the-local-paper-is-at-it-again/ [2]: http://www.kstptv5.com/article/stories/S17813.html?cat=1 Sauron’s all seeing eye no longer lights on my little blog. Yesterday, the day after the record-breaking day I noted, was yet another record breaking day. Lots of folks were interested in the happenings at the Maplewood City Council. But things are settling down now. Not much new to note on [...]

[1]: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/15107171.htm [2]: http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/07/15/maplewood-mn-and-greg-copelands-background-check/ [3]: http://www.google.com/search?q=maplewood+city+council+blog [4]: http://www.kstptv5.com/article/stories/S17813.html?cat=1 [The Saint Paul Pioneer Press has done a nice article][1] on the drama unfolding in the Maplewood Halls of Power. My previous coverage of the issue is available below (two posts down or click [here][2]). And man, has my site seen a lot of visitors from search [...]

My lovely bride and I need to get out of the house. A movie? A dinner? A stroll in a park? A shopping trip? A trip to Tahiti? We use babysitters for obligation-type stuff so often that we rarely get one for just plain fun. What should we do? A photo from our last date.

[1]: http://www.eastsidereviewnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=64&subsectionID=130&articleID=520 [2]: http://maplewoodmn.blogspot.com/ [3]: http://www.intercognition.net/mplwdcl/documents/referencedocs/schultz_Report.htm Well, I’ve had this in “Drafts” for a while; largely unwritten. I thought I’d better push it on out. Very little to say, but there was another [East Side Review](http://www.eastsidereviewnews.com/) article, noting that (cue the dramatic music) The Copeland Report is in. I can’t link to the article as [...]

[1]: http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/ He started with one red paperclip, and [traded up to a house][1]. Great story.

I drove by a local fitness chain and they had a sign out front: “$59.99 – Lose 10 pounds in 30 days!” Sure, if you pay in nickels.

[1]: http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:nx1GbeRwU08J:startribune.com/dynamic/story.php%3Ftemplate%3Dprint_a%26story%3D5557773+delasalle+site:startribune.com&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5&client=safari [2]: http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:njOYgHi1N9wJ:www.startribune.com/dynamic/story.php%3Ftemplate%3Dprint_a%26story%3D5557774+delasalle+site:startribune.com&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=8&client=safari [3]: http://www.delasalle.com/ [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLaSalle_High_School_(Minneapolis) [5]: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?district=59B [6]: http://www.delasalle.com/SitePlan_files/v3_document.htm [7]: http://www.minneapolisparks.org/documents/NicIs1983.pdf [8]: http://www.startribune.com/357/story/427579.html My friend Amy brought up the fracas concerning the DeLaSalle school athletic fields at Nicollet Island. I found a summary of the issue from StarTribune.com in [Google's cache][1]: > DeLaSalle, a highly regarded Catholic high school, has been a [...]