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Feb 12

“SEC! SEC!”

Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 12:25 AM by Jeff

It didn’t last too long — it happened before free throws with 1:33 left in the game — but the Iowa State fans came through. Hilton Coliseum is now, to my knowledge, the northernmost venue to hear an “S-E-C!” chant. … Continue reading →

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Feb 11

Photos by the numbers: 101

Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

July 31, 2001: Eureka, California. Love the cutout shields. They’re not quite the old style without the state name, though. Our trip up 101 between San Francisco and US 199 was interrupted only by a trek through the Avenue of … Continue reading →

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Feb 11

Texas Day 8: Wandering around central Texas

Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at 3:00 AM by Jeff

Austin, Texas, Jan. 30 — I spent the entire morning at the George H.W. Bush Museum in College Station. I was glad I hadn’t tried to cram it in earlier. The museum is well put together, aside from the “Oval … Continue reading →

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Feb 11

Numerical coincidence

Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at 1:05 AM by Jeff

According to Clinched Highway Mapping, I have traveled approximately 1036 miles on I-40 and 1035 miles on US 40. That’s not going to be the case for long, though. Once the Crosstown Expressway’s westbound lanes open in Oklahoma City, I … Continue reading →

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Feb 10

License plate countdown — ZDC and the Null Set

Posted on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 11:25 PM by Jeff

Fifteen years and a month after 000AAA was handed out to someone in Adair County, we’ve reached Z. There are less than 500,000 combinations left, assuming IOQUV are skipped again. (Use of D in the second position may or may … Continue reading →

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Feb 10

Photos by the numbers: 100

Posted on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

July 16, 2006: Junction of IA 100 (Collins Road) and Business US 151 (1st Avenue) in northeast Cedar Rapids. This was the end of IA 100 in 1984-96, and before then, IA 150 turned left here in a wrong-way multiplex … Continue reading →

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Feb 09

Texas Day 7B: I-610 and Washington on the Brazos

Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2012, at 12:00 PM by Jeff

This post covers the rest of my Sunday outside of the basketball game. College Station, Texas, Jan. 29 — I started out the day by clinching I-610 in light traffic. I had a little snag after exiting I-10 to get … Continue reading →

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Feb 09

Photos by the numbers: 99

Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2012, at 7:06 AM by Jeff

May 12, 2008: Former IA 99 was signed as County Road 99 through the rest of the 2000s but in the past few years changed to X99 to match style. I don’t even know where the county would have acquired … Continue reading →

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Feb 08

Iowa State 65, Missouri 52

Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 11:06 PM by Jeff

Columbia, Missouri — It was so quiet I could hear Bill Fennelly talk. It was only once or twice, but to hear the Cyclones’ coach’s voice at all is a minor miracle after his cancer treatments, let alone in a … Continue reading →

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Feb 08

ISU women vs. Missouri: Pregame thoughts

Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 4:00 PM by Jeff

Margie Miles, my grandmother’s sister, lived near the University of Missouri campus. On one trip down there, Mom got so sick of me asking where we were that she gave me a map and said, “Here. Follow Highway 63.” A … Continue reading →

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