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Phoenix, Arizona — The blog has been silent aside from the “by the numbers” posts because I’ve been in Texas for a week. I decided that I would rather post polished entries with pictures, which I wasn’t particularly interested in … Continue reading →

In addition to the new sets, its logo has noticeably changed for the first time in 20 years. The yellowish 3-D “9” has been around since 1989 and a form of that is still the focus, albeit slightly tilted. It’s … Continue reading →

June 25, 2006: One of the last photos I took with film, near Gitchie Manitou State Park It’s been over five years since I bought my last Kodak product, a pair of disposable cameras in Mitchell, S.D., in 2006, when … Continue reading →

Today, we get our televisions back. After weeks of political ads filling daytime television, evening television, Christmas specials, and football games, it’s time for a few months of seed corn and herbicide commercials. (Remember, the Jan. 3 date is all … Continue reading →

The Washington Post: It’s no surprise whatsoever that Chelsea Clinton didn’t electrify broadcast journalism with her debut Monday night on NBC’s “Rock Center With Brian Williams,” because she has no experience in broadcast journalism. She didn’t cut her teeth with … Continue reading →

What the East Coast just experienced was a throwback to a Midwestern weather event. In Minnesota, it was the Halloween Blizzard. In Iowa, it was ice. Lots and lots of ice. It wreaked havoc on trick-or-treating and resulted in some … Continue reading →

From a lifelong Mac user: Thank you, Steve.

On September 5, 2001, Julien Menichini was in the middle of a trip to New York City, photographing landmarks up and down Manhattan. Here is a view of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, as he prepared to … Continue reading →

YMJ through YNR assigned outside of Polk County, then another stack back to Polk. Assuming the continued omission of U and V but the inclusion of all other letters in second and third positions, that leaves 816 combinations.