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I don’t know how large the Venn diagram overlap is for “people who want a fun Star Trek and not grimdark” and “people who enjoy ‘Sound of Music’ references in their ‘Star Trek with the serial numbers filed off’”. It … Continue reading →

March 10, 2011: Mural at Memory Hall, Liberty Memorial, Kansas City — a highly recommended visit. It’s the 100th anniversary of the end of the War to End All Wars, that didn’t end all wars. The peace that followed would not … Continue reading →

In light of the last time we went through this, a thought: As an Iowa State fan, I have seen defeat snatched from the jaws of victory in more ways than I care to think about. The game is never … Continue reading →

Here is the conservationists’ side of why the US 65 “Marsh Kink” exists on the diagonal highway northeast of Bondurant. Deciding what to do about this wetland delayed construction of the four-lane. The old road mostly exists, except for a … Continue reading →

How about that. I’ve never been to the Old Threshers Reunion, so I’m looking forward to it. The “lifehack” is: Bring a column of address labels to put on entry forms.

August 18, 2015: Are you sure you want to run away and join the media circus? Today is Day 1403 of the 2016 presidential campaign, dating back to the Des Moines Register‘s first Iowa Poll on the election. (If you … Continue reading →

In 1920, the first paved road in rural Black Hawk County opened. It was Rainbow Road between Cedar Falls and Waterloo, and yes, it was a rural road at the time. The road went past the National Cattle Congress and … Continue reading →

This is not a post irrationally ranting about “newbo evolve”, the Cedar Rapids “music, art and inspiration” festival this weekend that wants to be something like a South by Southwest, charges $375 $402.50 for the high-end pass, and insists on being … Continue reading →

And now for something completely different.

Finally, someone else noticed. The beginning of the bro-country era can be pegged to mid-December 2012, when Florida Georgia Line displaced Taylor Swift at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country charts, stayed there for five of the next six weeks, … Continue reading →