Vivvo CMS 4.1 Observer News http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Observer News http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/files.php?file= http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/ Observations: Death and Taxes http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3175-Observations_Death_and_Taxes.html Observations Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:44:00 +0000 It turns out I’m worth more dead than alive. Observations: Old and crabby http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3150-Observations__Old_and_crabby.html Observations Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:09:00 +0000 A midlife crisis isn’t so much a desperate attempt to reclaim lost youth as it is a last-ditch effort to find some purpose. Observations: Swallowing the hook http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3139-Observations_Swallowing_the_hook.html Observations Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:59:00 +0000 Life is an adventure — sometimes it’s joyous, sometimes it’s tragic Observations: Baby manatees don't care about the price of gas http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3129-Observations_Baby_manatees_dont_care_about_the_price_of_gas.html Observations Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:14:00 +0000 There has been a definite change in vibe over the past days and weeks. Observations: Let's not race to mediocrity http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3124-Observations_Lets_not_race_to_mediocrity.html Observations Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:39:00 +0000 By Mitch Traphagen On a beautiful spring day in 1975, Reuben Svingen stood in his classroom at Worthington Junior High School, held up a silver coin A change in perspective http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3008-A_change_in_perspective.html Observations Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:48:00 +0000 It is amazing how the passage of time can change perspective. I once read a generalization that said if you aren’t a liberal while young, Exporting dreams http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3441-exporting-dreams.html Observations Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:48:49 +0000   By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Years ago a friend invited me to spend a weekend at his cabin in the north woods of Minnesota. Northern Minnesota is stunningly A change in perspective http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3440-a-change-in-perspective.html Observations Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:01:43 +0000 I expected a small town renaissance to take place during the recession but instead I found a lot of snow and ice. Although it Proven wrong http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3439-proven-wrong.html Observations Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:03:43 +0000 Shadow Marie at home in the Little Harbor Village Marina in Ruskin. By MITCH TRAPHAGEN A few years ago during the peak of the housing bubble, I Not enough rose coloring in my glasses http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3438-not-enough-rose-coloring-in-my-glasses.html Observations Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:44:05 +0000   By MITCH TRAPHAGEN As time has passed, I’ve become a firm believer in the adage that discretion is the better part of valor. Upon hearing of Observer News