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Column: Loose lips sink ships, Wade Stadium walls, and Brian’s hopes for a Chipotle in Duluth

So have you heard the latest rumor that’s covering Duluth like a bad Phil Johnson toupee?

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Brian Matuszak column: It’s the end of the world as we know it, and as long as it’s zombies, Brian feels fine

So I recently found myself driving along a dark, lonely Proctor road (the only kind of road there is in Proctor), and, as they often do, my thoughts soon turned to the apocalypse.

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Brian Matuszak column: Random Thoughts for a random day

So it’s April Fool’s Day. April Fool! It’s only the middle of March. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have some foolish fun via a random thought or three.

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Brian Matuszak column: If she really wanted to, Mother Nature could take us all out

So remember back in June when Mother Nature was an irate Clubber Lang and smacked us around like a flabby Rocky Balboa? The clouds let loose and our region was crushed beneath a wet bulldozer of rain; roads were destroyed, restaurants were submerged, cats and dogs were living together. It was the The End of Days That Were Dry.

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Brian Matuszak column: It’s warm now, but don’t be fooled by Mother Nature

So what’s with all the mounds of white stuff around the Twin Ports? No, not the whipped cream on Kevin Jacobsen’s strawberry crepes. I’m talking about all the snow we’ve received this winter.

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Brian Matuszak column: Brian says goodbye, and thank you, to a theater mentor

John D. Munsell, a former theater instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, passed away last week at the way-too-early age of 70, and though his lanky, physical self may have shuffled off this mortal coil, his vibrant and passionate spiritual self will never leave us.

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Brian Matuszak column: Brian and Sue take a weekend walk on the water

So Sue and I recently walked on the water and we didn’t even have to travel to Galilee to do it.

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Brian Matuszak column: Brian chips some random thoughts out of his frozen brain

So it’s been cold, really cold, which shouldn’t have come as a newsflash to anyone except maybe the weekend weather guy on Channel 10.

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Brian Matuszak column: fun. was FUN!

So we got back from our middle-of-the-week concert in St. Paul with heavy eyelids, due to the late hour, and lighter pocketbooks, due to the merchandise table.

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Brian Matuszak column: What happened to Duluth concerts? Like Barry Manilow

So we’re heading down to the Cities this week and Kaylee is very excited. In fact, as my fingertips tap-dance along the computer keys right now and form words that are intended to be humorous, my daughter is figuring out what to wear for this huge teenybopper show

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Making Wisconsin Dells an annual winter getaway

BRIAN MATUSZAK: So you know that chunk of time you have right around the second or third weekend in November when Thanksgiving is so close it causes your chest to cinch up tighter than Jim Stauber’s wallet because you realize your year is basically over?

Brian honors the man (and woman) of La Pasta

BRIAN MATUSZAK: So, there used to be a time when a sketch comedy artist could stand on a stage in this town, utter the words “Jeno” and “Fedo” for two hours, and audiences would eat it up. Sadly, that time has now come to an end.

Renaming scat and other random thoughts from Brian

So, it’s Thanksgiving weekend, which means a lot of lethargic napping after turkey interaction. Or, as we refer to it in Minnesota: Vikings game day. I’m too groggy to concentrate, so let’s silly things up with another random thoughts column!

Brian says ‘Give thanks for Thanksgiving’

So, judging by all the Halloween merchandise on clearance (I can’t imagine why more people didn’t buy the fake Kardashian butts at K-Mart, but at 75percent off, I’ll take ‘em all – never know when you’ll have to host a Packer Party) and by all the Christmas stuff being shoved in my face faster than the Duluth School Board hustles Art Johnston out of closed-door meetings, I’d say the holidays are in full swing. But during this busy time of year, please don’t forget about Thanksgiving.