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The Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot has had a Red Panda for several years and they are very unique. Personally I had never heard of a Red Panda until they got one (BTW the zoo is about 500 feet from my home).I saw in/on the news last week that China owns all pandas in the United States and either has...

There are enough puzzling things in life that the Rubik's Cube held no fascination for me. I can proudly say it never wasted a minute of my time.I wish the same could be said about the puzzling paperwork we often have to go through as Real Estate Professionals (and Notary Public's). When I was th...

Even half asleep (or fully) certain noises or smells can wake us up. In this case Philemon heard something pleasant and he ran right to it. It was disappointing that Titus didn't offer to share.It's a big world, let's share it.Learning to share is not always easy. As a salesman for a photography ...

During the month of November I will be making a weekly post of what I am Thankful for. Each weekly installment is the result of a challenge by Debe Maxwell, CRS entitled Thankful Thoughts: ActiveRain’s November Gratitude Challenge. This is an annual challenge I really look forward to.1st and fore...

Minot North Dakota is one of only two B52 Air Force bases in the USA. The B52 is a humongous air craft that can drop more ordinance that any other plane.Just as amazing as the planes themselves are the young men who fly them. Can you imagine the pilots being in their twenties or thirties flying t...

I love this cartoon by Timmothy as it is something I never would have thought of and I've never seen anything like it by another cartoonist. Perhaps he got the idea from his sister who always dressed up the guinea pigs for every holiday.I'm thinking that if I was a kid and if I was offered candy ...

The Active Rain October Challenge is brought by Leanne Smith and Endre Barath, Jr. It is titled Trick or Treat Time to Share. The idea behind the challenge is to share tidbits of knowledge learned on Active Rain.Being I have been involved with Active Rain for many years it would be very hard (imp...

Just like Joe's costume sends mixed signals I know we can all relate to Philemon's response when we deal with clients/customers.Who of us have not been asked to find a home at about half of the current market value? Maybe more then a few of us have been asked to find a clients dream home in a hot...

As Halloween closes in so does the number of instances where we hear things go BUMP in the night (or day).I have written blog posts in the past about homes I listed that had definite paranormal activities in them.The owners of those listings made no qualms about the resident spirits in them.  I h...

Some Real Estate agents go out of their way to keep from being personal with their clients, I always befriended my clients if they showed an interest in being friends. Obviously I never "pushed" myself to be friends as that seldom works and would plain old be wrong.I subscribe to the thought that...