Gene L.Thompson

Gene L.Thompson

Minnesota native. Obsessed with fishing and hockey. Formerly homeless, worked in a homeless shelter for over 11 years. Quit the bad stuff, got married, retired. Enjoying the happily ever after. Sadly aware that money & appearances are the most important things in the world, by far.
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Education is routine - high school and a bit of college. The important education is what I was forced to learn after I thought I knew it all.

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Interests include fishing, hockey, baseball, the written word, classical music including Bob Dylan, Tchaikovsky.

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  • Social Networking Departure
    11/17/2011
    Some people aren't meant to be part of the social networking world. Guess who's one of them.
  • The Dakota Floods
    10/16/2011
    Lots of water all over the state, but for the first time in months, it's not all harmful water.
  • The Lowest Scam, the Lowest Scumbag
    9/27/2011
    The horrors of Africa have been well documented, from Somalia to South Sudan. Millions of innocents are dying, but this doesn't stop the scumbags from using them to steal from us, all of us.
  • The Accident on the Hill
    9/20/2011
    When we saw the truck start rolling down the hill, we foresaw catastrophe, and it very easily could have been, but something happened that changed everything.
  • The Selling & Moving Blues
    9/20/2011
    We've worked very hard to get ready for the impending move, but it's not excitement we're feeling. Not yet.
  • Remodeling
    9/18/2011
    The simplest remodeling task becomes unbearably involved when you're in an older home. For the sake of everyone who loves you, call a pro.
  • Being Homeless, Getting Out
    9/18/2011
    When someone struggles to break out of homelessness, the effort has to include tons of hard work, and even more importantly, it has to include kindness.
  • Maplewood State Park, Minnesota
    9/14/2011
    There are miles and miles of silence up here, and acres and acres of great fishing. Why aren't you here?
  • Top 10 Greatest Yankees
    9/14/2011
    There have been hundreds of great Yankees, so it's hard to boil them down to just 10, but here we go.
  • Paint It
    9/13/2011
    If you're not quite sure how to fix something that's just ugly and not destroyed, paint it. Amazement will be your reward.
  • The Genius We Trapped
    9/10/2011
    What would the world be like today if the people who inspire us hadn't been inspired?
  • What's the Meaning of Cobwebs in a Fishing Boat?
    9/8/2011
    It's been such a lousy summer that the spiders have claimed my boat and I want it back.
  • The Husker Boys
    9/6/2011
    When it's time to leave your lifelong home, it's sometimes best to leave some things behind.
  • The Prayer (Part III)
    9/4/2011
    If prayers are answered in a manner we don't understand, it's not evidence that there are no answers. It's evident that we don't understand, and nothing more than that.
  • The Prayer (Part II)
    9/3/2011
    My friend's anguish is painful to see and feel, but it will end. There's a way, always.
  • The Prayer
    9/3/2011
    When a friend asks you to pray for his dwindling faith, he just proved that his faith is whole.
  • The Fargo-Moorhead Walking Trail
    9/1/2011
    The Red River has been above flood stage since spring thaw, but there's hope. The river is falling and the trail may open soon, just in time for winter.
  • A Military Life Will Reward You
    8/31/2011
    Being in the service means recognizing your weaknesses and overcoming them. It means being tough and it means being kind. It means challenge and reward.
  • Not Another Article About Movie Stars!
    8/27/2011
    Movies are very, very, very important and don't you dare forget it. Where would we be without Tom or Jennifer?
  • Luddites Are Real You Know
    8/22/2011
    It's not technology that gives me gas, it's the absurd screeching about it being necessary. It ain't.
  • Learning What We Want to Learn
    8/22/2011
    We can't force someone to learn. If they don't want to learn, that's all there is to it.
  • I Won't
    8/20/2011
    Compromise is essential, but some things can't be compromised.
  • The Neighbor, the Crabby One
    8/20/2011
    Sometimes there are reasons for lack of communication, and sometimes there aren't. Maybe it's just better to accept it.
  • Esteem for American G.I. Comes Roaring Back After 9/11
    8/19/2011
    The American G.I. had not been held in high regard since the end of World War II and no one knows why. What is known is that the esteem came roaring back after 9-11, and I want to say thanks.
  • The Speaker's Bureau
    8/19/2011
    Speaking in public is very difficult. For most of us to succeed at it, we'd need hours of training from a master. That would be the Speaker's Bureau. They charge millions. Their students make billions.
  • Listening to Howard
    8/16/2011
    The old guy gave advice that fell into the category of why didn't I always know that.
  • Generational Adhesion, Generational Split
    8/15/2011
    The people who fight the wars are not the same as the people who promote them, profit from them.
  • The Saga of the Red Continues, Worsening
    8/12/2011
    We have summer to finish, then fall and winter to go through, but already the warning is issued. We will flood again next year.
  • Put Shoeless Joe into the Hall
    8/11/2011
    Shoeless Joe Jackson was part of the Black Sox scandal, without doubt. But this is America. We forgive people and we welcome them back. Put Shoeless Joe into Cooperstown.
  • John McCain Stands for Something
    8/11/2011
    If there's something on John McCain's mind, he'll say it, no matter what. That takes courage, and he is the most courageous man in Congress, hands down.
  • Lies Are Always Lies, but People Are Going to Believe Them
    8/11/2011
    Lies can be devastating and politicians know this better than most people. If they repeat a lie often enough, it's believed by people, sometimes enough to get him elected. Sometimes not.
  • The Beloved Twins Are Having a Bad, Bad Year
    8/11/2011
    The Minnesota Twins are struggling this season, losing more than they have in years. It's enough to make a baseball fan want another walleye-on-a-stick.
  • Doc & Gracie
    8/11/2011
    The river destroyed their home and many others, but life does go on. Even when something is missing, life goes on.
  • The Tea Party is Not Helping Us
    8/11/2011
    It was the poor among us who voted a lot of these guys in, and now they're saying thanks by trying to take away the programs that make life more bearable for the innocent and vulnerable.
  • If You Will Stay with Me
    8/11/2011
    A proposal, sort of
  • Cabbage Weeds and Walleyes
    8/11/2011
    Fisherman learn wher to look for what they're after, and they know that finding them doesn't mean they'll catch them. That's the part that doesn't matter.
  • After 10 Years, the Pain is the Same
    8/10/2011
    The attacks of 9-11 changed the world. It made us more aware, but it also made us less tolerant and more likely to point fingers at the things we don't understand.
  • Drove My Chevy to the Levee
    8/10/2011
    The old truck was an eyesore, but it had personality and power. Sadly, though, it also had a very short life span.
  • Television is Good and It's Good for You
    8/8/2011
    Television is trying to convince us of some stuff. Now you can meet the people responsible for the stuff.
  • The Helpers: People Are More Important Than Money
    8/6/2011
    Large segments of today's life have been interrupted by small print and wide-spread greed. A few people took matters into their own hands, trying to restore sanity, but they weren't prepared for what happened.
  • The Way of the Misbegotten
    8/4/2011
    The Visitor's interview had been completed and the editor was pleased, but the interviewer had serious apprehensions and fears. Something had to be done, but he couldn't do it.
  • Interview with a Visitor
    8/4/2011
    There's an adage that says to be careful of what you wish for because you might get it. If you have a chance to talk to a visitor, be careful what you ask him. He's going to tell you.
  • The Red River is Flooding Again (and Again and Again)
    8/4/2011
    The Red River is responsible for some of the richest soil on Earth, but it is also responsible for some horrific destruction. The flooding is alarming and there seems to be no end to it.
  • The River and the Fall
    8/4/2011
    When it's not as warm as it was and not as cold as it's going to be, go fishing. Find a river, find a shore, find a little bait, find some peace.
  • Yellowstone Park is Inviting, but Not to a Peterbilt
    8/4/2011
    I'd always wanted to visit Yellowstone, but not in a semi. I wanted to camp, see the elk, go to Old Faithful. But I had to get in, get out, be gone.
  • The Man Not Named
    8/4/2011
    In 1880, Dakota Territory, the peace was shattered by two senseless killings. Who the killer was and why he did what he did was never known, until now.
  • Eternal Ramadan
    8/3/2011
    The 9-11 attacks were purportedly to destroy the infidel, but Islam has another way and it doesn't involve violence.

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