AS A BOOKKEEPER BY DAY I HAVE EXPERIENCED PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT LOOK AT THEIR BANK BALANCE AS THEIR GUIDE TO AVAILABLE MONEY. AND IT IS MY OPINION AND EXPERIENCE, IT IS YOUR CHECK REGISTER BALANCE THAT IS YOUR GUIDE. WITH THE ONLINE BANKING, SOMEHOW MY PEOPLE (HUSBAND & OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS TO REMAIN UN-ID'D) ARE NOW THINKING THIS IS THE BALANCE OF CHOICE. WHICH NOW MAKES ME WANT TO HAVE PRINTED ON CHECKS... NOT VALID AFTER 30 DAYS. AND IF I THOUGHT IT WAS REALISTIC... 48 HOURS.
COLLEEN KRUSE IS SO INTRIGUING THAT IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT THE ANDREW ZIMMERN SHOW WILL NOW BE THE COLLEEN KRUSE SHOW. CHRIS G WILL BE THERE AS WELL RIGHT? I FORGOT TO ASK.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT COLLEEN SPENT WITH ME THIS EVENING TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. I THINK COMMERICAL TIME HAS CHANGED SINCE CHUCK WOOLERY DAYS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT WAS NOT MY INTENT TO INTRUDE ON SURVIVOR TIME. I'M EXETREMELY GRATEFUL FOR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING AND THE SURVIVOR KRUSE KREW.
IN THE TIME I CONSUMED I FOUND OUT THAT COLLEEN HAS BEEN A COMIC ALL HER LIFE. FIRST INFLUENCED BY HER FATHER;S HUMOR, FOR WHICH HER MOTHER MUST HAVE BEEN THE STRAIGHT MAN AND/OR SET-UP (SHE DIDN'T SAY SO BUT WHAT MOTHER ISN'T). COLLEEN SAID THAT SHE WAS INFLUENCED BY CAROL BURNETT AS WELL. WHICH I REALLY ADMIRED BECAUSE BEING A PRODUCT OF THE 60'S; THIS WAS THE ONLY TV IN MY HOUSEHOLD THAT THE ENTIRE FAMILY WATCHED TOGEHTER. NOT TO MENTION, IT HAS YET TO BE DUPLICATED, BUT REALLY SHOULD BE.
THE MOST SURPISING THING THAT COLLEEN SHARED WITH ME WAS THAT HER FIRST STAND-UP WAS AT AGE 17. I WAS SO IMPRESSED. CAN YOU BE ANY MORE PASSIONATE AND DETERMINED THAN STANDING ON STAGE PURSUING A PASSION AT 17 YEARS OLD?
THE MOST PROPHETIC ANSWER GIVEN WAS COLLEEN'S QUOTE FROM PAUL KRASSNER. WHICH WAS RELATED TO, OBTAINING LAUGHTER FROM AN AUDIENCE IS LIKE CONDUCTING A SYMOMPHY OF JOY.
SO HERE IS TO A TOAST TO COLLEEN AND HER NEW ADVENTURE. MAY YOU ALWAYS BE THE CONDUCTOR OF JOY.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 12:00 AM CST
[General]
I JUST HAVE TO SAY OUT LOUD THAT ALTHOUGH COMMISSIONER CAROL MALNAU IS ULTIMATELY RESPOSSILBLE... WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT HER TEAM? SHE IS THE FIGURE HEAD BUT WHERE DO THE FIGURES COME FROM? WHY IS NO ONE ELSE IN QUESTION HERE?
I DID LOOK FOR SOME INFO ON OUR MNDOT TEAM. CURSORY GLANCE, THE ONLY ONE I COULD FIND WITH ANY ACCOUNTABLE KNOWLEDGE OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION IS ROBERT McFARLIN. AND THAT'S NOT SAYING MUCH.
I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE MEDIA FOR POINTING OUR ATTENTION TO BLAMING. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE ATTENTION PAID TO WHAT CAN BE DONE TO FACILITATE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION. ALTHOUGH I WAS NOT ON THE BRIDGE THAT DAY, AT THAT TIME, IT DOES AFFECT ME. SO LET'S GET ON WITH CONSTRUCTING A NEW BRIDGE OR AT LEAST LEADING ME TO A PATH THAT WILL HELP WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THANK YOU IAN FOR BEING A FAMILIAR VOICE IN THE CROWD OF NEWS. IT WAS COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT YOU WERE THERE AND LENT A CARING ASSURITY THAT SOMEONE WE TRUST WAS THERE TO HELP US THROUGH THIS EMOTIONAL EVOKING EVENT.
