South Dakota Gun Owners recently sent out a mailer about the weak responses of South Dakota Dist. 35 House candidate Jack Siebold. It reveals some things that had already started to become evident about the “Republican” candidate from statements on his website and in a recent candidate evaluation.

To kick off summer, the Department of Game, Fish and Parks encourages families to spend the weekend outside during the Parks’ Open House Weekend and Free Fishing Weekend May 18-20. During the annual three-day event, anglers can fish without a license anywhere in the state, and entrance fees are waived for all visitors to South Dakota’s state parks and recreation areas.

No matter how this mad dash to nowhere is spun one thing is certain: all bubbles burst. Maybe the slogan for President Obama’s second term shouldn’t be “Forward.” Perhaps it should be “I deserve a re-do.” Just remember: all bubbles burst.

A gone-fishing portfolio has a limited number of investments with a balanced asset allocation that should do well with dampened volatility. Its primary appeal is simplicity. As a secondary virtue, it avoids the worst mistakes of the financial services industry. This year I limited myself to 12 investment vehicles.

Every so often someone asks me to help publicize an event in their community. This time it was a former resident of Vivian wanting me to give a push for its annual Syttende Mai (Norsky Independence Day) celebration to be held this Thursday, May 17, and tie in that old, old, story about the Vikings wintering in Ireland “I believe you wrote about one time.” And for the umpteenth time I have had to say no because if I did, that’s about all I would get accomplished. Besides, I’ve told that story almost annually for years that it is starting to smell like lutefisk.

On May 2, 2012, I helped a client who is an elderly man from Munster, Indiana. He brought to our office a bill from a medical service provider with an unpaid balance. Three claims were for original billed amounts of $245, $225, and $75. The insurance company got the claim for $245 and paid its portion of the claim. But, it did not get the other two claims from Medicare. You can’t blame an insurance company for not paying on a claim that Medicare never sends to it.