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Jun 06

D-Day, 75 years later

Iowa man pilots historic C-47 in 75th anniversary of D-Day

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Jun 04

May 35

Because I can, and a billion and a half people can’t.

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May 30

A misadventure in timing

The scene: Where the tall corn grows Status of the protagonist: Getting cross-eyed staring at spreadsheets, realizing that one was set up with different alphabetization rules than the other The internal dialogue: “Woof, transferring one data set to sync with … Continue reading

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May 17

The unwatched masses

For purposes of comparison continuity, numbers come from the tvseriesfinale.com website. A TV show has a series finale Sunday. You might have heard about it. It’s “last show that everyone watches at the same time” (in 2017!). It’s “the last show … Continue reading

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May 06

Dad’s new toy

There’s another dependent in the family, and probably his early birthday present to himself. In fairness, this is only the second tractor of the gang that’s younger than I am, and the other isn’t by much. (Consider this, also, our … Continue reading

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May 04

The only opinion column that matters this week

Washington Post: James Holzhauer is a menace to ‘Jeopardy!’ (warning: autoplay video) States move to legalize sports betting and a professional sports gambler breaks Jeopardy. Probably just a coincidence. But he didn’t know about either Ben Sasse or the University of … Continue reading

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May 03

End of a TV era

My EyeTV programming subscription expired today — but it died the evening of Feb. 5. I was away, so I didn’t know it happened until I came back and found an empty screen where the TV listings were supposed to … Continue reading

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Apr 12

Still nothing going on in Ames this weekend

Nothing at all. The Student Organization Database was updated on 01 Dec 2014. The student organizations which were hosted at this address have been removed. Please contact the organization for more information. Not even a spring game.

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Mar 28

See the Apollo 11 documentary, if it’s not too late

Do you like history? Do you like space? Do you like watching great Americans do great things? Do you like watching ordinary Americans do great things? Do you want to see a nation that believes in itself pushing the boundaries … Continue reading

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Mar 26

‘Orville’ production design drops the ball

It’s probably understandable that a 25th-century spaceship crew doesn’t know what a newspaper is. It’s not understandable that a 21st-century production design and/or prop team can’t be accurate. In last week’s episode of “The Orville” (a show I have fangirled … Continue reading

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