“Sorry don’t get it done, Dude. That’s the second time you hit me. Don’t ever do it again.” -John T. Chance Rio Bravo (1959) The Iowa State-Texas game was over about 2 minutes into the sad, sordid affair. It was a rainy, gloomy day. The pictures from this debacle are… Read More »Texas Sized Beatdown
I was counting up the ways that a person could make contact with me and I decided that I needed one more way. So I actually took the time and energy and told the guy that hosts my website (Frank) to give me an address at my own domain. So… Read More »A Very Non Exciting Announcement
I’ve just had a few random thoughts cross my brain in the last few days. Harvest Moon Last night was the Harvest Moon. I didn’t really get to check it out myself because it was cloudy and I fell asleep on the couch waiting for score updates from the Padres… Read More »The Presbyterian Experience
I have two brief experiences from the last two days to share. Nader’s 20th Anniversary This past Friday marked the 20th anniversary of Nader’s arrival to these United States of America. There is a Lutheran church in Gilbert that sponsored Nader’s immigration. They invited him to attend the church service… Read More »Two Stories from the Last Two Days
When I look back on it, I believe that Saturday was a nearly perfect day. There is perhaps only one more thing that would have made the day better. I got to spend the day in a series of social interactions with some of my favorite people in the world.… Read More »Culbertson 15-13: A Parable of Redemption
It is the week of the Big Game. I recently got an e-mail from Jason Baier that I thought that I would repost. The Iowa-Iowa State game is a big deal in this state. There are times when the rivalry does affect our lives because of how seriously a person… Read More »The Big Game
So Saturday was a pretty horrible game. Iowa State got completely smoked by a Division 1-AA opponent on its home field. Please don’t give me the line that if we hadn’t committed all of the turnovers or missed the field goal and the extra point we could have won the… Read More »A Cold Mountain
I don’t have the pictures from Saturday’s butt whooping that UNI put on us put together yet, but there was one story that occurred on Saturday that I wanted to share right away. I didn’t do my normal tailgating on Saturday. Instead I went to see 3:10 to Yuma with… Read More »Brush with Fame
I eventually plan on writing about the debacle that was the beginning of the Gene Chizik era, but not quite yet. However, I thrown some pictures of the game in the Snapshots section of the website. If you don’t want to browse on over there, you can just follow the… Read More »Flashed
Most of the recent conversations I have had with my Cyclone friends have been about the proposed designs for the new Cyclone helmets. The athletic department has unveiled three potential new designs. They will eventually choose one of these three designs and the Cyclones will start sporting that new helmet… Read More »Going On Record
College football season is nearly upon us. That means it is about time for those of you that think that you possess knowledge about the game need to put up. Last year there were 8 of us who got together over the internet and put our pride wear our mouth… Read More »College Football Fan
Who is up for a random collection of pictures that come without descriptions? Perhaps including a picture of the worst John Wayne statue I have ever seen and pictures of some really sweaty dudes.
This is taken from Paul Shirley’s ESPN Diary. It is a retelling of one of the greatest injustices in the history of College Basketball. Plus he only gives a cursory look to my least favorite college basketball memory (I watched that game in F-ing Hunky Dory’s!) and the peripheral reason… Read More »Why I Love College Basketball
I went on a brief sojourn to Minnesota this past weekend. I had some pretty ambitious plans for a photo montage, but that fell through. So I put this little thing together to make me feel better about me. The Drink “This beer tastes like dog rectum. Jay let me… Read More »Something Out of Nothing
I have had difficulty in getting back in my mode to finish up this mostly uninteresting tale. It has been over a week since most of this stuff has transpired. My memory of the events may be more than a little bit foggy. I’ll do my best recollect these events… Read More »Reflections on the Last Few Days (Part III)
All false male bravura aside, the ride home from work today SUCKED!!! I can’t emphasize this point nearly enough. You could underline that word about 4 more times and the point still wouldn’t quite be made. I think visibility at times was a negative number. My sister asked me how… Read More »Reflection on the Last Few Days (Part II)
I was saddened on Wednesday by the passing of the founder of Hilton Magic. I have one quick story about Barry Stevens I wish to share. Back when Barry Stevens used to play for the Cyclones my mom worked the training table. After wins they would prepare a victory dinner.… Read More »Random Notes, Nothing on a Scandal
Just thought I would jot down a few quick thoughts. First of all, I would like to share the fruits of my labors from Craft Night!! Okay . . . so one could make the case that painting a frame and matting a picture hardly constitutes a “craft”. I’m not… Read More »Spirit Pumps
I got lots of information to get out there, so I’m going to dispense with the niceties and just jump in and get this “blog” on!!! Well the response to my anti-Dasher Management rant and artwork has been universally negative. Just some of my favorite e-mail responses: “What you don’t… Read More »Rectification
So I thought quite some time about beginning a new segment on this blog. I was going to do some endorsements. You know, endorsing products, ideas, people. I was all set to endorse my first product: Heartland Creamery Milk. In fact, I even went so far as to have the… Read More »Failed Beginning