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May 19, 2004: My first encounter, but not first payment, of $2 gas in Iowa was at this station at the Lime Springs corner on US 63. I managed to avoid that mark for another 10 months. I’ve been keeping … Continue reading →

Chicago Tribune: More remote workers are moving to small towns like Quincy that better match their lifestyles as pandemic reshapes the workplace For Marcus Medsker, the pace of life in Quincy, Illinois, is slow. … Quincy, home to about 40,000 … Continue reading →

Or, Misbegotten Tales of W-H-O-A Super Bowl Sunday: KWWL Wednesday: That graphic is watermarked with the initials of an organization that does graphics for TV news! It’s in the URL too! *bangs head on table repeatedly* UPDATE 2/19: IT’S ALL … Continue reading →

I’ve done a LOT of reading in the past year, but nearly all of it was on the Internet. I only got through two hard-copy books. One, The Story of the Titanic As Told By Its Survivors, arguably doesn’t count … Continue reading →

NBC Sports Network is dead, ESPN Classic is dead, and the sports cable bill is going up. Makes total sense. The wholesale cost of television channels is Mediacom’s largest expense and in the past year, rates from the national networks, broadcast … Continue reading →

A suitably silly short film from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University. Observe: Meteorologists in their natural habitat. Please do not tap on the glass. It frightens the meteorologists. Its is okay to feed them.

In the past two years: Kacey Musgraves released an album with an intentionally lowercased title and all-lowercase songs. Taylor Swift released not one but TWO albums with intentionally lowercased titles and all-lowercase songs. She has gone back to regular capitalization … Continue reading →

Since the 20th anniversary of Iowa Highway Ends and the 3000th post on this blog are converging, it’s convenient to look back a quarter-century… The project cover includes representations of how sign styles changed over time (not as direct-descendant-of). Created: … Continue reading →

Tonight, the No. 12 North Tama volleyball team faces No. 4 Lisbon in Van Horne. At stake is either North Tama’s third state volleyball appearance in six years, or Lisbon’s first ever. Stories: North Tama Telegraph (covering the regional semifinal … Continue reading →

My brother is getting a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology at Iowa State University. My brother’s job does not involve anything in genetics, development, or cell biology, but he majored in it, so … Continue reading →