Author Archives: Jeff

Mar 17

The mistakes that keep on giving

Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Remember when this season’s Iowa State team was “Sweet 16 is the floor” instead of “Sweet 16 is the ceiling”? The bracket wags have, but they haven’t forgotten about the Cyclones’ other classic tournament flops. “Just look at last season … Continue reading →

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Mar 16

Music to drown by

Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at 10:21 AM by Jeff

Oh, no reason. No reason at all.

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Mar 15

RAGBRAI map analysis, in dribs and drabs

Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

For the first time in decades at least, the full RAGBRAI route was not printed as a single map in The Des Moines Register. This year, the Iowa Life cover on the first Sunday of March was about… prom styles. … Continue reading →

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Mar 14

e.e. cummings, web and logo designer

Posted on Monday, March 14, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

No wonder today’s students can’t understand capitalization rules. Informal typing is one thing, but then there is this ridiculousness. First, this is how election results (in this case, Iowa’s) look on CNN’s website. There isn’t a single capitalized letter to … Continue reading →

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Mar 12

The Onion writes an unbelievable headline

Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at 10:39 AM by Jeff

“Area Dad Concerned He’s Running Out Of Family Photos To Digitize” I assure you, this is not physically possible.

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Mar 11

Detailed plan for new 30 in Tama County released

Posted on Friday, March 11, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

When the initial announcement was made about this month’s meeting regarding expansion of US 30 between Tama and IA 21, I noted the text left an opening for leaving existing 30 behind as a frontage road. The map (PDF) does … Continue reading →

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Mar 10

Woodbury County US 20 detour starts Monday

Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The calendar catches up with the weather in shifting from “Still Winter” to “Construction” on Monday. US 20 will be closed between Moville and Correctionville until Thanksgiving week. The existing lanes will be destroyed and new lanes built just to … Continue reading →

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Mar 09

S is for Swan

Posted on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 30, 2014 The tiny village of Swan (2010 pop. 72) built a school in 1928. Swan is two miles into Marion County off IA 316.

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Mar 08

Rule of 106

Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

In one of its few non-property considerations, the Board accepted the resignation of high school math teacher Terry Stamp and voted to hire Judith Lyons to replace her. Ms. Stamp taught here one year. She asked to be released from … Continue reading →

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Mar 07

Private schools make up half of 2A boys’ state basketball field

Posted on Monday, March 7, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Des Moines Christian joins perennial/semi-perennial state basketball tournament teams Kuemper Catholic (Carroll), Pella Christian, and Western Christian in this year’s Class 2A boys’ bracket. It’s the most private schools in one class in a state tournament since last year’s girls’ basketball … Continue reading →

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