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Jun 04

Those roided-up monsters still aren’t Ninja Turtles

I said it before and I’m saying it again: What Michael Bay and his henchmen have done to the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” franchise is criminal. Nearly $200 million criminal, but still. With the sequel rolling around, this time, you … Continue reading

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May 10

The closest I’ve gotten to Alaska

September 14, 2015 Alaska, Wisconsin, is an unincorporated village consisting of a post office and a couple other buildings on WI 42 near Kewaunee. Since 2009, when I crossed Delaware and Nevada off my list, Alaska and Hawaii remain the … Continue reading

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May 09

The circus begins

May 8, 1986: Preschool circus at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church basement in Traer. Event #1 on family videotape #1. The church building has been expanded since then, but this is how I remember the basement, from preschool to Scout meetings. … Continue reading

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Apr 29

The ‘Oregon Trail’ Generation

With the news that millennials now outnumber baby boomers, I want to pass along this Huffington Post piece that points out not all millennials (and late X’ers) are created equal. I’ve thought for years that Generation Y should be broken … Continue reading

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Apr 28

$1.986

I had back-to-back interesting number issues while filling my gas tank recently. (I also have a gas tank that refuses to let the pump run until it gets full, but that’s another issue.) First, I got caught in a “nine-tenths” … Continue reading

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Apr 20

The wanderlust awakens

May 8, 2009: US 138 is an artifact of the early US highway system, when US 38 went across Nebraska instead of US 6. Today, US 138 spends about 11 miles in the Cornhusker State and has its east end … Continue reading

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Apr 09

I will not.

We will lowercase internet effective June 1, when the 2016 Stylebook launches. #ACES2016 pic.twitter.com/vv53323GL6 — AP Stylebook (@APStylebook) April 2, 2016 Like many changes the AP has made to its stylebook this decade, this is capricious and unnecessary and arguably … Continue reading

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Apr 07

That is NOT a contributed photo

The “TI News Daily” website appears to be a place to collect and republish state transportation press releases, and with a tagline of “News and opinion on an American Fundamental – our infrastructure”, I’m not 100% sure English is the designer’s first … Continue reading

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Apr 02

This week in ‘Verbing Weirds Language’

Less than 24 hours after the filing deadline for county offices, Linn County Supervisor Linda Langston, who had already said she wasn’t running for re-election, gave her two weeks’ notice of resignation. (How conveeeenient.) Whatever the implications of the timing, … Continue reading

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Mar 16

Music to drown by

Oh, no reason. No reason at all.

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