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Fargo and the Raging Red: Moar Sand!

Sandbag Season Has Fargo Thinking of a Better Way

More than 14 miles of permanent levees have been built in Fargo, N.D., seen flooded in 2010.
By JOHN ELIGON
Published: April 2, 2013

FARGO, N.D. — Just last fall, the reservoirs and rivers here in the Red River Valley were so low from drought that Mayor Dennis R. Walaker of Fargo was concerned that the faucets and shower heads in his city would run dry.

Anda Mason Jar!

To Shake: Making Your Drinks Shaken, Not Spilled

A classic Mason jar doubling as a cocktail shaker is the brainchild of Eric Prum and Josh Williams, who were inspired by their college days at the University of Virginia. No surprise to me. Before these two were born, I remember frat boys pouring drinks like rum punch out of Mason jars when I was invited to Charlottesville for one of the school’s stupendous weekends, like Easters in the spring. What’s nice about the Mason-jar shaker is how much it holds (a full quart of sours and ice, for example), how secure the top is (it’s also a jigger) and how you can see the contents: $29 from masonshaker.com. Moar

Just sayin'

The next time we want to throw an unwinnable war, let's make it cancer, Alzheimer's, or AIDS. We can give bright ribbons to researchers, and gobs and gobs of money to universities and have their marching bands play. It won't be the same, of course, if we lose. No reparation payments, no rebuilding, no missing WMD. Sure, a few munitions makers will miss the money, but think of the pharmaceutical companies! And, even if we lose, we just might have killed less people.

Ian Banks
Roger Ebert