http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/?refid=0 Dale Connelly's comments and characters Copyright 2009, Minnesota Public Radio Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.21-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) Tonight on Radio Heartland at 9pm on Minnesota Public Radio News stations, I'll welcome Twin Cities music legend Willie Murphy. Through the years Willie has produced recordings for Bonnie Raitt and John Koerner and has led his bands The Bees... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/11/willie_murphy_john_gorka.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/11/willie_murphy_john_gorka.shtml Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:00:00 CST mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) I found the following soggy note pasted to my desk this morning. A hunk of something like seaweed was smeared across the middle, but I was able to make out these words: Avast, ye spoiled whiners! I caught wind of... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/11/change_agent.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/11/change_agent.shtml Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:00:00 CST mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) Every day when I get home from work I have to check the basement for bodies. Autumn is move-in time for the mice. They are persistent and creative, and they love peanut butter a little too much for their own... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/11/rabbits_and_rodents.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/11/rabbits_and_rodents.shtml Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:00:00 CST mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) Radio Heartland has tickets for you to see Tim Ericksen at the Cedar Cultural Center this coming Thursday night! We'll close off entries at 1pm today. Enter the drawing. Obey the rules. Good luck! I read an article yesterday about... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/11/i_usually_dont_do_this_but.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/11/i_usually_dont_do_this_but.shtml Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:55:00 CST mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) Radio Heartland has tickets for you to see Tim Ericksen at the Cedar Cultural Center this coming Thursday night! We'll close off entries at 1pm on Wednesday. Enter the drawing. Obey the rules. Good luck! Here's a special election day... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/11/ignorant_pride.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/11/ignorant_pride.shtml Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:00:00 CST mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) Welcome to November. And welcome back to Standard Time. Today we start a new schedule on Radio Heartland. The thing you'll notice first is that we will have programs in the early evening during the weekdays - starting at 6pm... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/11/the_comfort_of_routine.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/11/the_comfort_of_routine.shtml Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:59:00 CST mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) That actually happened to me once when I was going to college at Southern Illinois University - I stayed too late in the remote stacks and had to call the campus police to come let me out. I could have... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/a_dark_night_locked_in_the_lib.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/a_dark_night_locked_in_the_lib.shtml Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:06:06 CDT mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) Tomorrow is Halloween and I'll spend the evening hunkered down at home. Somehow our neighborhood has become a trick-or-treat magnet for the surrounding area - we'll decorate the house on our usual "Eyeball" theme and be prepared for 500 costumed... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/the_halloween_scene.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/the_halloween_scene.shtml Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:05:00 CDT mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) Welcome to the last day of the member drive for Fall '09. Thanks to everyone who made a contribution in support of Radio Heartland. Let's finish it up today! A couple of late posts on yesterday's blog got my attention.... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/lemonade_stand.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/lemonade_stand.shtml Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:47:46 CDT mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) A note arrived yesterday from perennial sophomore Bubby Spamden, asking for advice on a seasonal small business start-up. Hey Mr. C., Me and my buddy Dwight are starting an after school business picking up leaves and stuff for old people... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/customer_service_expert.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/customer_service_expert.shtml Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:15:00 CDT mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) The story of the two pilots who overshot the Twin Cities because they were discussing the new company scheduling system while using their personal laptop computers in the cockpit reminds me of how glad I am that my job is... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/workplace_negligence.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/workplace_negligence.shtml Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:26:23 CDT mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) Last week's discussion about our favorite parodies got me thinking about toilet paper. There's a battle going on in the biffy. Environmentalists say America's love of soft toilet paper is wasteful of old growth forests because the softer paper requires... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/a_rough_choice.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/a_rough_choice.shtml Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:30:00 CDT mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) Together again! Just kidding. But they'll be in close proximity tonight on Radio Heartland, from 9 to 11 pm on Minnesota Public Radio News stations. Hour one will feature the charming and witty Twin Cities songwriter Ann Reed with some... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/ann_reed_and_buddy_holly.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/ann_reed_and_buddy_holly.shtml Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:30:48 CDT mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) Congratulations to the winners of tickets to a show by Loudon Wainwright III and Chris Smither on October 31st. Cliff, Judith and John, all of Minneapolis, will be there courtesy of The Cedar Cultural Center and Radio Heartland. Thanks, everyone,... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/first_book_friday.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/first_book_friday.shtml Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:30:00 CDT mail@mpr.org (Dale Connelly) Today we launch our Fall Member Drive at Radio Heartland, which is important moment in the Fundraising Year - it's the beginning of the on-air portion of our effort to pay the bills. Quiet work has been underway since the... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/are_we_there_yet.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/trial_balloon/archive/2009/10/are_we_there_yet.shtml Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:05:00 CDT