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ISMAY: But this ship can’t sink! ANDREWS: She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. And she will. It is a mathematical certainty. — From James Cameron’s Titanic July 28, 2015: Scale model of the Titanic’s bow as it … Continue reading →

In retrospect, scheduling the physical for the Monday after Thanksgiving may not have been the brightest idea. The Shopko (former Pamida) in Vinton was open for business with a semi-sizable crowd at 7:30 PM on Thanksgiving. Everyone voluntarily involved in … Continue reading →

The blog graciously allocates some space for a public service. — Ed. Attention shoppers, On this, the holiest day of American capitalism, we must alert you to a holey plague that has gone on for a year at least, with … Continue reading →

GREAT SCOTT! This is heavy. There’s a podcast that started in late 2015 that, like the “Star Wars Minute”, tackled the “Back to the Future” trilogy, dissecting every minute of the movies in 15- to 20-minute segments. The podcast link … Continue reading →

I’m going to geek out for a moment about the Ready Player One trailer released last weekend. Specifically, I’m looking at the “Back to the Future” trilogy reference dropping in at the 1:42 mark. (Ready Player One is a book, … Continue reading →

Rant week? Fine, rant week. Keeping up on the “beats” of Iowa highways, school districts, and other things means a regular look for stories. For that, I use Google News a lot. It did a pretty good job of tracking … Continue reading →

Remember the joke, “Does Britain have a Fourth of July?” It was funnier when Americans actually remembered the reason the day was special. But now, we get stuff like this. This was the image in an e-mail from MidAmerican Energy: … Continue reading →

As you can see from editing of the last post, something Very Very Bad happened last week, causing quite a consternation. Through some digging, it appears my blog contracted the equivalent of a disease so bad and rare the doctor … Continue reading →

“You can never have too many kolaches”. It may be a seasonal article, but consider the alternative…

From California: Man receives ticket after hitting 88 mph in his DeLorean Absolutely worth it.