Big Lubowski

You might have missed the part where I said it wasn't personal. But, you have a nice day and have a great next dining experience.

It's nice to have more dining options in GF and it's difficult to see restaurants close. But, as jdub27 suggested, the restaurants that are viable and well patronized, will stay open. Those that aren't, won't. It's the law of the market. This comment is not aimed at you personally, but at an opinion I've heard a few times about noisy restaurants in GF. I know I'm stating the obvious, but you don't suppose that a restaurant is noisy before it opens its doors on a typical day do you? It's not the restaurant that's noisy, it's the customers. And what do noisy restaurants have in common? They're busy. And they're busy because they're doing something, or many things, right--good food, good service, good vibe, or maybe people like going there because they're busy. So, you can go to one of the noisy restaurants--Texas Roadhouse, Blue Moose, Speedway, The Hub, The Frog--and put up with the noise while you're enjoying a good meal, or you can go to a Green Mill before it closes, or a Crooked Pint, before it closes, and have your peaceful meal. Your choice. Now get off my lawn!

Couldn't agree more. Kacie has a tendency to play hero ball. As we've seen, that doesn't even work in the NBA--see Ant earlier this season. Mal has to find a way to get Kacie to spread the offense around more. That's the only way the other girls are going to get better. Then opposing teams will need to prepare for more than one player and Kacie will be more effective too. I feel like early on last year it was sort of the Kacie show and the rest of the team got more involved as the season went along. Hoping something similar happens this year.

My fave in GF--unpretentious, dive bar/restaurant. Parking is an adventure but the food is worth the trouble. I like their ribs--I think they're an old midwest recipe, very unlike the modern BBQ food trucks etc--they're not smoked (sometimes some of the BBQ afficionado stuff tastes like you're eating the coals...) Their BBQ sauce is good. And, their burgers are second to none, their steaks are very good, and their homemade appetizers--cheeser cheesers & hot tots, to name a couple--are excellent. Must be a reason they're so busy.

Oh yeah it does. Can’t despise SDSU any where near what I do NDSU.

I should have said that would be a legit explanation. I understood you were speculating.

That's a legit explanation. And if BB told us that, we'd all say: "kids," and go on our way.

Ok. I'll check my homeowner's coverage to see if it will cover a libel claim. But, if Tarek brings a claim against me, we'd probably get to the bottom of the issue at trial...

I don't think the main gist of this story is in doubt--BB's daughter, with lawyer, who is friend of BB, got the trademark. Subsequently, when stuff hit the fan, it was apparently turned over to UND without compensation from UND. What part of that is rumor, and risking a libel claim? All of that was in Port's story so the forum obviously doesn't see a potential libel problem. Doesn't look like we're ever going to get an explanation from BB. While this is the easy way out, it doesn't "clear his name." The thing still has an odor that can't be cured without sunlight and fresh air. But we knew all of this a week ago; what brings your comment now? Is there something new?

Twins Daily article I quoted from has now been taken down. I assume the trade wasn't consummated?

Twins trade Arraez to Marlins. Good player. Hope they get some good pitching back...

I took these two comments as suggesting physical action should be taken for comments some posters made.

Are you Heidi Heitkamp's sister? I think we are all very aware now of your disgust for Port--give it a rest. And I think many of us are quite tired of your suggestions that you know the "true story." Me thinks if you did you'd have spilled by now. And the same with your veiled physical threats against anyone who questions what happened here. Cave man "logic" doesn't usually carry the day. Just because some hockey program die hards say there is nothing here doesn't mean it's so. I agree with everyone on here that thinks there still needs to be an explanation, if not by BB then by his daughter, for her father's sake. If there weren't something rotten here, it wouldn't smell so bad.

Agree 100% with this. And as someone may have already mentioned, getting a trademark takes significant time and money, so this wasn’t just a lark. if I were advising BB, I’d say get out in front of this and hold a presser, or issue a statement very soon.

Meant gracius.

Gracious.

Port at 8:44. Sorry, don’t know how to link it, but it’s on the Herald site.

Port now has a new article after UND’s press release, with many questions that need answering. UND and BB need to clear the air if they want this to go away.

What was the “full story?” Becuz whatever it was 3 hours ago it’s now different after UNDs press release. This assignment does not end the story. We still need to know why BB’s daughter had the rights in the first place. What was her intent? Did she make money on it before this assignment? Something still smells here.

You seem to be saying there’s nothing to see here. Couldn’t disagree more. And even if Port didn’t know the full story—and that’s at least partly becuz UND wasn’t very forthcoming—it is news. And it has an odor. At the very least his story should get the rest of the story for those of us that aren’t otherwise in the know. Port has gone after SU hard for several issues. I don’t think he was out of bounds on any of them. He’s doing his job—we need transparency from our governmental entities.

Didn’t watch the game, just the highlights. Looked like NAU was running a hook & lateral of their own on the last play of the game, but even if the receiver hadn’t touched his knee down, it looked like the D was ready for it—guessing our D has seen that play in practice.

There was a VD straight across Stanford Road from Frenchy's--about 100 yards south of Gateway.

Part of the problem with Fufeng is the timing. ND usually has a work force available. It doesn’t right now. So, my point is, we’re just substituting a subsidized international employer for the home grown ones we have. There won’t be a significant economic gain.

It means letting the market determine what works from a financial standpoint. Which most businesses are required to do. It's not when one comes calling for subsidies and the city rolls them out and they have a significant deleterious effect on already existing businesses. We usually talk about economic development in terms of creating "good jobs." I think that means the type of jobs that will cause people to want to move to GF and cause our young people to want to stay. There are a few of those with Fufeng. But, most will be jobs where local employees just move over to Fufeng.

That's also an interesting point. GF's city government/engineering dept has a reputation for being difficult to work with. I can speak from some limited experience there but I also know some Fargo developers who have told me the same thing--they try to avoid GF because it's just too much hassle. Maybe Bochenski has made some inroads there and I hope he has.