Some of TundraTalk Nation is under siege...

As most of you know, North Dakota (particularly Fargo) is in big trouble. They have had a few problems with some flooding, then a blizzard, then some thunder and rain, then more snow. The map above says it all. Alot of TT nation is in North Dakota. Ivy, Nick Chase, Shannon Just, Todd Holdman, are in the Fargo/Moorhead area. I know Shannon has been spending his days filling sand bags but I am unsure how the other guys are doing. Drop TT nation a note when you get dried out and let us know what happened?

I really wish I could get down there and do some good but work is keeping me here in Regina. The pic to the right was taken by Todd Holdman. I am unsure if this is in his backyard or what, but that shit is crazy. Keep fighting it Todd. I got your back. Oh and if there is anything any of you fine people in Fargo need that I can help you with, let me know.

Maybe I will write another award winning screenplay about your fight. Of course my first great screenplay was about the flood of 97 in Grand Forks starring everyones hero Tony Mutzenberger. I am unsure if he was deployed this time to Fargo. If he was we all know that he will kick that floods ass.

Hazen had its share of flooding last week also. I am not sure if this has ever happened in the past but man oh man is this crazy. Look at that photo. That is east of town near the golf course. My parents condo is a the bottom of the picture. That little row of trees at the top was the Knife River. Small little river that rose up and kicked some major ass this spring.

As for the flood in Hazen, Jody Murschel said that the river has receded a bit and all will be okay if the snow that they got while the flood was in progress melts at a normal rate. Good luck Hazen. The pic to the right is a shot from south of Main street Hazen. This of course is the home set and studio for WhiteHot productions earliest films. You remember those, Communist Uprising in Middle America, Star Trek Wars, Dakota Vice, and the cult classic Bonanza '87. Hazen was the center of the film universe for me back in the '80s.

Good luck to all of you in North Dakota I am thinking of you.

NEXT: I guess you are wondering why I have a pic of some random guy in line. Well that is the view of the line up for Saskatchewan Riders season tickets. I stood in line last week to see if I could get some for the upcoming season. Well TT Nation, I was successful and have two seats to every game this season. So if any of you ND geeks want to come up and see Weston Dressler light it up in Rider Green, come on up. I have got you covered.

Just jump on Riderville dot com and check the schedule. If you want to come on up and stay at the Peterson stronghold you are certainly welcome here. I can take you to a CFL game, buy you a Pilsner Beer, and we can cheer on the best team in the CFL. Sounds good to me.

NEXT: I went to see the Doodlebops with the kids the other day and man did it suck. I of course have plenty to say about a kids show, see the post about the Dora the Explorer show I took McKenna to. Oh and no one can forget the unedited rant about the Blues Clues show. I will post my opinions on the Doodlebops next week sometime. Yes I was the guy in the crowd yelling Freebird the whole time. Look out cause it is gonna be good.



FINALLY: In the 'It's about time you bastard" column, I will be interviewing Mitch Davis, of the Regina Brother In Law Davis', tomorrow for his Entourage audition. I will get it edited as soon as possible and up for you to listen to. Marty Frey will be up right after that.

Have a good weekend and Fargo stay dry okay?

Tony Mutzenberger - news mover and shaker....

Congressman Earl Pomeroy, left, visits with military and veteran representatives in Minot Monday. From left are National Guardsmen Tony Mutzenberger and Steven Johnson of the 164th Engineering Battalion and Jim Clifford of the American Legion.

Nick Chase, of the US attorney's office (not the ones that Alberto Gonzales was firing people, I believe his office must be Bushie enough), sent me this link with a pic of Tony Mutzenberger, of the Army National Guard's Mutzenberger's. He made the news today. In probably one of the biggest dailies in the US of A. The Minot Daily News, that's right. Forget the NY Times, the only source for news that Nick Chase trusts is the MDN. I am a bit dissapointed that the reporter, Jill Schramm, missed the real story. Which is that Tony, a war hero/Actor, is headed off to the suck one more time for another tour of duty. If there is anyone who can clean up the mess over there it is Tony. Tony will be deploying as the Operations Officer for a battalion-sized SECFOR unit (HQs company is from ND, subordinate units from MN and IA) and will be back zagain "sometime in mid 2008". All of us here at TundraTalk, and all members of TT Nation wish him all the best and will be looking forward to his return to the US on time and on target.

That reporter really missed the boat on this one. She could have documented his AWARD WINNING work in the past for WhiteHot Productions on such productions as Dakota Vice, Geraldo, and the blockbuster Star Trek Wars. His work as Runny Rocket still to this day has yet to be topped. Anyone who has seen that picture believed that he was a homeless snitch who lived on a park bench on Main Street in Hazen North Dakota. That role won him a Ruhtardie Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005. He also was the Pick the Pros guy for Christsake. Can you get any bigger than that? If you are Tony Mutzenberger, yes. He also was the subject of the script for a major motion picture called A Nice Little Disaster. Written of course by yours truly. It is a story of a National Guardsman who in incredible times of disaster, the flood in Grand Forks, he overcomes tremendous odds to save a reporter, a city, AND all along the while acting cool and cracking funny jokes. Amazing film. I would put some dialouge here but I am having a hard time getting the script off an old zip disc. Oh well, I think you are getting the point. Tony Mutzenberger is a stud and this MDN reporter missed the story.

Just think of how many papers they could move telling the story of a small town boy, turned award winning actor, turned all American war hero. Gold my friend, gold. I have half the notion to send that reporter an email letting her know that she has betrayed Edward R Murrow's journalistic ideal. She went to a story looking for journalism and she walked away with bla, bla, bla, bla, bla. Had she gotten the real story, she would have had kapow, blam, zowie. Yup what she got was a story about a blowhard politician/hypnotist, Earl Pomeroy, sitting in for a photo op, a bad one I might add. Come on Minot Daily News, hire some photogs. Reporters taking pictures is a bad idea. Exhibit A is the picture above.

CLICK HERE to read the story in it's entirety. No quotes from Tony. Tragedy. Oh well, Have a nice day and GET BACK TO WORK...

New year, new BLOG...

Well it is a new year, and I have yet to put up a blog and say Happy New Year. So here it is Happy New Year! I have a lot to get to today so I will not waste any of your time. Oh by the way the pic above is of me and McKenna in front of the Apple Store in Scottsdale Arizona. I love the Apple store. It just gives me warm fuzzies thinking about it. Bill Gates, you suck.



First off McKenna has something to share with all of you. I think you might find this interesting. That is just a picture above, below is the actual video. You must have Quicktime to view the video. Download it by clicking on the link to the right.


CLICK HERE to watch it on a separate page.

That's right, the law has not been changed yet to keep me from procreating so we did. Donna will be having our second child this August. McKenna is voting for another girl and I am voting for anything as long as the kid can run a fade route and bring the Packers another Super Bowl Championship. For all you Viking fans, the Pack have three. How many do you have?

Back to the topic on hand, Donna has wanted another child for a while now but I was just not convinced. After a conversation last year we struck a deal. Donna gets another child, I get a HD big screen TV. I think I got the better in that deal, sex and a TV. The child is scheduled to arrive in August, hopefully the TV will arrive sometime around the Super Bowl. Pelicans still deliver those things don't they? That must be hard to fly carrying a 50 inch Sony.



NEXT: To all you WhiteHot members that attended the reunion this summer, wait no longer. The DVD's are on the way. After a long negotiation with the distributer, we made a deal on the distribution rights for Zimbabwe. You saw what I got out of the deal with Donna for the kid, you can only imagine what I got in this deal. I will be sending them out to you in groups as the postage will be big so I am spreading it out. I hope you like it and make sure you send me your comments as soon as you watch it. Plus I still have a few shirts left. SEND ME AN EMAIL if you need another one.


Mr. Brad Johner(performer) accepting the award for FREE

NEXT: Lots of big things have happened to the collective, including one of our own getting a pretty big award. James Grandy, of the MSU Grandy's, has snagged a SOCAN award. SOCAN is the music licensing entity here in Canada, and it looks as if Mr. Grandy has snagged the SOCAN INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for his song "Free". Nice job James. James is also a vetran of many WhiteHot Productions during college at Minot State University. James lives in Minnesota now, I think. I lost his email, so James if you are reading this
SEND ME AN EMAIL so I can put you back on the list.

Here is an official announcement from the SOCAN website....

BMI composers who received SOCAN Awards included Lauren Christy and Scott Spock of The Matrix for "I'm With You" (Avril Lavigne), James Grandy for "Free" (Brad Johner) and Brett Beavers for "What Was I Thinkin'" (Dierks Bentley). BMI rockers Nickelback received the SOCAN International Achievement Award for bringing international recognition to Canada through their music.

NEXT: I have added a new website for you paruse on the side of my blog. It is the Rick Mercer site. This guy is funny as hell. If you have some time go and watch the video parodies on his site. I know you have time, you are at work.



NEXT: I also am a bit sad today. I was doing a google search the other day, as I do frequently, and I found THIS SITE... Scroll down to the bottom left corner, see anything familiar? An audio tour guides site from Florida has swooped in and stolen the name WhiteHot Productions. 2004 it looks like they registered the name. I feel like someone has gut shot me. I really don't have much to stand on, because I never registered the logo or name, but I feel like it is mine. I have video dating back to 1986 or so with the name on it, but I don't think that means anything. Nick, what do you think? It is my own fault. I would google WhiteHot once a year and would find nothing, until now. Oh well. If you want to send them hate emails go ahead. I will just sit here and cry in my cereal.

NEXT: I will leave you with one more thing. I found THIS SITE on the web the other day. It allows you to pick a point on earth and it will show you where you come out on the other side if you were to start digging from that point. Who hasn't tried to dig to the other side of the earth? Raise your hands. Just me? Okay, I am a loser. Remember, ALWAYS call before you dig.

I am working on a blog about how much it sucks to travel via airplane today. I HATE FLYING. The airlines suck and so does all the security. Wait for it...

NOW GET BACK TO WORK...