Catching up with some old friends who aren't in the slammer

On Monday morning, it was time to touch base with some characters who make this world interesting.

Take Andy Kockelman, a 1988 Roseau High School graduate, whose late dad, Ron P. Kockelman, was the RHS principal. RPK was a stickler for rules, which meant that we occasionally clashed even if I was only a wrestling coach.

I called Andy down in the Twin Cities, and he was at home. Where else would he be?

He's an IT specialist and works out of his home all the time, not just during this coronavirus pandemic.

"I commute to my basement every day," he said, adding that before graduating from the Univ...