If I’m reading my calendar correctly, and there is about a 50% chance that I am, today is the birthday of Carrie Baier. In truth, to tribute Carrie I should post a picture of a lighthouse, but I don’t have such a picture in my arsenal. I should look into… Read More »Happy Birthday Carrie
I have to admit that I’m kind of phoning this one in. I’m going to copy and paste and email I wrote about the Living History Farms Run on Saturday. You just need to know that there was some confusion about whether or not we would be able to watch… Read More »The Turkey Trot
Saturday was the final home game for the Cyclones. I don’t have many pictures because low light and cold temperatures do not make for ideal photographic conditions. Faust and I were defeated 12-10. Jesse and his reversible hat. Faust and his beverage. Ames Party Bus Senior Day Joe Cheerleader ISUCFVMB… Read More »It Ends
Shannon is getting ready to make her third donation to Locks of Love. She is getting her hair cut on Thursday. We went to Brookside Park and documented what she looked like now. There will be an after coming up at some point. This is where Shannon found a stray… Read More »Another Before
I had a pretty good Halloween. I hosted FNSC. I made chili. I made cornbread from scratch. I made apple cider. Jay made a blueberry buckle. Willy showed up in a costume. We watched some movies from a bygone era that some people might characterize as strange. However, I think… Read More »All Hallow’s Eve
On Thursday Jesse and I moved some furniture around. Later in the afternoon we went to check out the frisbee golf course in McHose. I had heard rumors about this course for quite some time. But I had only seen 1 or 2 holes. Jesse and I decided to find… Read More »McHose Park Mystery
I spent most of Monday with Sara. We started the day by lunching at Fresh Cafe and Market. It is an interesting little restaurant in West Des Moines that is only open about 20 hours a week. They specialize in serving an organic menu. We started the meal with a… Read More »Ottumwa
Iowa State’s entrance video is pretty cool. It shows intersplices action from this season with footage of many of the greatest Cyclones in history. The song that plays over the action is Saliva’s Ladies and Gentlemen. The opening lyrics of the song describe the Cyclone season, but not in the… Read More »An Explosion of Catastrophe
Here are some pictures from the suffrage march on Saturday. My favorite sign is from the march is the sign about “Idiots” having the right to vote, but not women. For some reason that sign reminds me of Buck vs. Bell. The 1927 Supreme Court where The Supreme Court concluded… Read More »Suffrage March
Last Friday was Brandon’s final home game. It was the first time that I’ve been to a Boone High football game since I graduated high school. It was an interesting experience. Some things have changed. Some surprising things happened. I took some pictures. Dan Behind the bleachers fenced off. Brandon… Read More »Last Home Game
I have posted pictures from Iowa State’s latest embarrassing debacle. Here is a taste. ISUCFVMB Flyby “S” Arnaud Injured Nebraska Player Cannon Reggie Stephens If you follow the link below you will find 94 more pictures from a football gameday that’s highlight was taking down a 16 oz ribeye after… Read More »Nebraska Debacle
Some pictures from the trip to Kalona. The beginning of the trip was a little bit sad. It turns out that one of my favorite restaurants, The Kalona Cupboard, has went out of business. We tried out The Parlor Cafe, but it was not anywhere near as good as The… Read More »Kalona (Part 1)
Friday was an interesting day. Of course there was the high of it being Free Gyro Day, but the rest of the work day went rather uneventful. It was near 5:30, the time I was going to run out of hours and check out for the week, when my phone… Read More »Euphonious
Last week was National Customer Service Week. I don’t know if this is a real week that exists in the real world, but it is a pretty big deal at the Computer Mine. This year we got 75 dollars in gift certificates, a travel mug and a 4 port USB… Read More »Spoiled
Becky is starting up her own business. I’m in the process of creating a website for this new business. You should check out that website: WEBSITE DELETED I have a collection of photos from the Party Bus restoration process. So if you have a large party, you should hit up… Read More »Restoration
I woke up this morning with a mighty powerful hankering for some Cyclone Crunch. Contributed Camera Phone Photo It is mighty tasty and I encourage you to go out and buy some today. It tastes mighty good after doing some crowbar work on a party bus. But I talk too… Read More »Doesn’t Turn Soggy in Milk
Before delving further into the Cyclone game, I need to post a website. WEBSITE DELETED You should check out this website if you live anywhere near Kansas (which according to Google Analytics none of you do, but I am strangely big in Gillette, Wyoming) and head to this sale. My… Read More »Work Half Done
Horace said: What’s well begun, is half done. Iowa State certainly began well. Coin Toss Cy Sideline Reporter Kansans Quigley O’Connell Arnaud and Robinson Arnaud Kickoff Coverage Arnaud Arnaud Jones Arnaud Arnaud Arnaud Robinson Arnaud Arnaud Hamilton Touchdown Celebration Flags Kickoff Coverage Reesing Patterson Reesing Crawford Another Cyclone First Down!… Read More »Quintus Horatius Flaccus
I’ve come to the conclusion that I need to move my website to a different server. That is going to be a goal of mine in the next couple of weeks. Until then, I’m going to have to post all of the Kansas game pictures in the journal. I’m going… Read More »Stupid John Greenleaf Whittier
Happy Birthday to this guy: I don’t know where he got his questionable taste in athletic teams…