What's on my mind this week? Kelsey Ray Vandenberg. This Monday, February 20, will be the third year to not have cake, not go to Cheddars or Steak 'N Shake, or eat her undertenderized beef …
Last Monday I would have sworn I was in a black and white live episode of the Twilight Zone watching the Lee County Board of Supervisors. If you haven’t been watching (or reading!) shame on …
Driving back from the Xtreme Arena Thursday night after watching a bunch of girls fighting on mats, I was a bit bored. When I’m bored, I think of weird things. Cheez-Its usually. I decided …
Sometimes life brings you gifts - a dream, a spouse, a friend...and sometimes it just punches you in the face. People in Fort Madison see me routinely with a backpack and a camera standing on the …
I like chess. You have to get your butt kicked before you get any good, and it helps define your ability to see the whole board. I've been naive a good portion of my life. Always wanting to …
Something funny kind of fell off the racks in the Missouri legislature this week. A woman moved to clarify the Legislature's dress code by pointing out that women should be wearing jackets …
We saw Patrick McCaffery step away from the Hawkeye basketball team to get some emotional grounding in his personal life. We saw the same thing from Naomi Osaka several years ago in the world of …
I can't deck the halls this year because they're all full of boxes. I haven't been much in the Christmas spirit this year. But I did watch a little Bad Santa - what a weird flick.
I've been thinking about fruits a lot lately. I don't know why. I guess its something 54-year-olds do when they're not doing sprints with their rehabbed sciatic. But I was at Aldi's the other day …
For the first time in more than 30 years, I didn't make a Thanksgiving turkey. The only smell in my house was the warm aroma of roasted garlic and onion. Adding those to your mashed potatoes …
I'm 54 years old. There I said it. I'm 6'3" tall, too. My wife insists I'm 6'2" but she lives in Texas now so I don't give a crap. I'm at my high school weight so that's a good thing. But the …
I flew to NYC kind of on a whim over the weekend, so this is 2:20 am. version for this week. I'm sitting in my Double Tree hotel in the Financial district getting ready for a Sunday in the city …
