In Minnesota, we have apparently reached the I’m-so-bored-I-need-to-think-of-new-ways-to-tell-me-I’ve-caught-a-fish stage of the ice-fishing season.
A Minnesota blogger has set up a rig to launch a model rocket when a fish gives a line a tug.
(h/t: BoingBoing)
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins