Jordan Independent - video - Comments

Those guys are crazy.

Tom Schardin — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:23:09 -0500

Those guys are crazy.

A simple Google search

Mathias Baden — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:53:42 -0500

A simple Google search revealed:

- a life coach that follows your philosophy (http://www.orgcoach.net/newsletter/march2001.html);

- a band named after the Fat Tuesday party held on a particular day -- bet you can't guess which day!!! (http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?arti...);

- someone who claims that day isn't really Brandon's made-up holiday at all, rather that it's National Grammar Day (http://beingfearless.blogspot.com/2008/03/march-fourth.html);

- and, quite appropriately, people marching in the streets (http://www.pdx.edu/events/18454/).

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

I have to say, I'm not the

Brandon — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:13:59 -0500

I have to say, I'm not the only one who thinks March 4 is the best day ever. I've been following a story on ESPN's Web site about a woman trying to become an Olympic athlete. The latest chapter in the story recently popped up on espn.com, and the woman found out she would be able to race for St. Kitts and Nevis on March 4. She didn't mention it was Moped Day, but she did mention that it was an amazing day:

"This is the greatest day on the calendar for anyone on a quest, anyone seeking answers, anyone who ever doubted herself and wondered if she should keep going. March forth." (at almost the end of the story)

Check out the story at http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=olympianpart10&lpos=sp....

Aside from the Moped Day love, it's a pretty interesting concept. You should start at part 1 and read all the way through.

A live cam at the Lagoon

Mathias Baden — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:50:39 -0500

A live cam at the Lagoon Park waterfall would be neat, wouldn't it? Or maybe somewhere along the Minnesota River? The Mini-Met? Brandon's office live?

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Thats just what we

Jason Allen — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:02:52 -0500

Thats just what we need.....let the wacko's that go into these schools and shoot people be able to see what times the kids are in the halls. I don't think so.

I think it’d be cool to

Brandon — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:36:23 -0500

I think it’d be cool to have a live Web cam feed from one of Jordan’s public school hallways. There’s always something going on at the school, even if it’s custodians cleaning the halls late at night. It would be fun to see the students between classes, too.

Speaking of YouTube......did

Jason Allen — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:03:04 -0500

Speaking of YouTube......did you see the CNN story about them on the news last evening. They are being sued for Billions of dollars. Will be interesting to see if they are still around in another month.

Good job Brandin - This is

bigbobbob — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:50:48 -0600

Good job Brandin - This is the first posting - I have seen in any newspaper - and I have opened quite a few, that developed into a movie. This is very well done and if a few 'glitches' appear who will notice or care. I had no idea the being a 'Newspaper Editor' was so hazardous. Take care. JI is deserving of its awards.

It may not be something with

Brandon — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:04:52 -0600

It may not be something with which you often feel, but I’m pretty sure the nerve endings in my forehead had gone numb. A friend responded after seeing the video that he hoped I could feel my forehead again. Luckily, I can.

That’s an excellent

Brandon — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:52:56 -0600

That’s an excellent question! As a proud native of P-ville (or, as some have taken to calling it in recent years, P-Vegas), I know the story well. I'll share it with you, with a little too much information:

Platteville is home to Wisconsin’s first teaching college (formed in 1866), and that college, according to Wikipedia, joined with a new mining college in 1907 (you can see the M and a bell symbolizing education in the school's official symbol). And that’s what the “M” stands for – mining. Zinc was found in the area in the early 1900s, and there was a huge mining boom. The "M" is a big whitewashed letter M on the side of a hill. The school doesn’t have a mining program any more, but it is a big engineering school. One of the engineering programs takes care of and cleans the “M.” Every couple of years they re-whitewash the whole “M,” and every year they do an “M”-lighting ceremony where they light it up with candles and you can see it throughout the area. It’s pretty cool.

Hopefully this summer I can do a few more moped videos that show the actual “M” – maybe even a hike up the hill or a view from the top.

Oh, I should also point out that there’s about a million urban legends about “The Big M,” but my favorites are that it’s full of gold bars stolen during prohibition, and that a Japanese company challenged its claim to “World’s Largest” but lost that challenge when the “M” was measured.

"I can't feel my forehead!"

Mathias Baden — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:57:01 -0600

"I can't feel my forehead!" That's my favorite part of the video.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Your moped trip was

J-Town Knitter — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:06:16 -0600

Your moped trip was breathtaking and exhilarating! However, your video adventure leaves one unanswered question. WHY is the biggest M out in the country near Platteville, Wisconsin? Please report in. After all, it's your job.

Boy I wish we had that snow

Richardcarmen — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:26:40 -0600

Boy I wish we had that snow here.My wife and I are former jordanites.We make our home at north pole, alaska now. and the weather at 5 am this morning was -44.were expecting a high of -20 that much snow would be great.It would warm things up a bit...

I was ready to be done with

Brandon — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:14:29 -0600

I was ready to be done with the snow, but it really is beautiful outside today. My guess, though, is that I’ll be singing a different tune tomorrow afternoon. I’m supposed to be making the 5-hour drive to my parents house, and I don’t want to cancel my trip or see my travel time prolonged because of the weather.

And that's what YouTube is

Mathias Baden — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:31:36 -0600

And that's what YouTube is all about. Painful, painful home videos. Whew! I'm sure mine are at least that bad, but now I get paid to take them and then link them to the Web site -- that's the good part.

Plus, it's pretty fun, too.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)