LYNN HUMMEL
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A salute to mashed potatoes 
How was your Thanksgiving dinner? They’re almost always wonderful, aren’t they? But before you talk about the traditional turkey and dressing, let me address a more basic issue — mashed potatoes.
By Lynn Hummel , December 07, 2011
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The working man blues
The last straw for me was when I read this morning that one of the popular presidential candidates announced that our child labor laws are “truly stupid” and that what we ought to do is fire school janitors (all except one master janitor) and hire the students to clean schools instead.
November 30, 2011
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Sorry, you have the wrong number
I picked up the ringing phone. “Hello — good morning.”
“Kitchen please.”
“Sorry, you have the wrong number.”
That was the end of the conversation. But it didn’t have to end that way. That wrong number could have been the beginning of a new friendship.
November 23, 2011
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Not everything can be awesome
When I was a teen-ager, the best things ever got was “darn good.” That expression was reserved for the very limited and the very special. But the expressions kept changing and the best things ever came to be described as great, wonderful, terrific, fabulous, marvelous, fantastic, unbelievable, incredible, and finally, awesome.
By LYNN HUMMEL , November 16, 2011
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Tell it to me in a letter
I just read (in a magazine that arrived three weeks ago — don’t throw ‘em until you’ve read ‘em) that the U.S. Postal Service reports that the average box holder receives a personal letter only once every seven weeks. Is that terrible or is it just another sign of the changing times?
By Lynn Hummel , November 09, 2011
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I can’t get this package open
I bought a ham salad sandwich just this noon that was wrapped in a cellophane package. The cellophane was folded so that the price label sealed the whole package. I pulled on the wrapper to unwrap it. Couldn’t get it open. I tried to gnaw the tiniest beginning to rip the package open. Teeth too dull.
By Lynn Hummel , November 02, 2011
A one-of-a-kind hockey stick
How much is a hockey stick worth? If you’re an NHL hockey player scoring a goal or two every game with an occasional hat trick (three goals in one game), you’re earning millions and you would consider your hockey stick to be priceless.
By LYNN HUMMEL , October 26, 2011
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Bud Light — the pick of the litter
I hereby crown Bud Light the Pick of the Litter. Bud Light is the little brother of Bud, the King of Beers. I was on a litter pick-up crew last week (community service, but not court-ordered) and as I slogged through the ditches filling my garbage bags full of throw-out-the-car-window trash, I realized how popular Bud Light is.
By Lynn Hummel , October 19, 2011
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Dreamers, fools and losers
What would you do if you won $100 million (after taxes) in the lottery? Even those of us who don’t play the lottery can sit and spin off the wonderful scenario of what we would do. That’s an easy decision — so much money there’s no end to our generosity: pay off the house, get a new car, quit my job, a million for my church, one for my community, one for cancer research, one for heart research, one for the homeless, one for the starving in Somalia, one for Haiti, one for the school, one for education in America and one for the poor children in America.
By LYNN HUMMEL , October 12, 2011
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Be happy: Make up the rules
When you meet Dean Hermanson, he will tell you with a smile that he’s 60 years old. His gray, almost white hair would suggest he could be older. But his young-man face pleads for a verdict of less than 60. But it doesn’t matter — Hermanson doesn’t count like the rest of us — he makes up his own rules.
By LYNN HUMMEL , October 05, 2011
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Obedience, defiance and conscience
There is a time to obey and a time to defy. For Marine Corps Corporal Dakota Meyer, it was a time to defy. You may have just read about Cpl. Meyer or caught his interview on 60 Minutes. Meyer was granted the nation’s highest military award by President Obama, the Medal of Honor.
By Lynn Hummel , September 28, 2011
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Kicking the tires or just browsing
(Editor’s note: Lynn Hummel is on vacation this week. This article was originally published in 2006.)
In the auto sales business it is well known that there are three categories of customers coming in to look at the cars: buyers, serious shoppers and tire kickers.
September 21, 2011
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Does the male ego exist in U.S.?
We all hear talk every so often about “the male ego” as if it were a proven fact that there is any such thing. What we always seek in this column is the truth, so today we will examine some of the evidence relating to the male ego on both sides of the case.
By Lynn Hummel , September 07, 2011
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‘Half Nelson’ donates a kidney
When our first grandson, “Half Nelson” was born we made a comment here in the column so you could help us mark the passage of time. Then we commented again when his hockey team came within 48 seconds of winning the North Dakota State Hockey Championship — again, to help us mark the passage of time. Otherwise, we’ve said very little.
By Lynn Hummel , August 31, 2011
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Tell me your dreams and I’ll tell you mine
What do dreams mean? Men have asked this question for centuries. Way back in the 2nd century, A.D., Artemidorus of Daldis, the Greek, wrote an entire text on the interpretation of dreams.
By Lynn Hummel , August 24, 2011
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