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Optimistic Blues Music: “All Around the World” by TajMo on KCCK with Bobby D
It’s been a week since I heard the song “All Around the World” by Taj Mahal and ‘Keb ‘Mo on the Iowa KCCK radio show ‘da Blues on Friday night hosted by Bobby Deforest (Bobby D). Compared to all the other blues tunes, that one sounded almost too optimistic for a blues song. A couple…
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Post Office National Dog Bite Awareness Campaign
Reblog time! I wrote about this back in 2023. It’s the United State Postal Service (USPS) annual Dog Bite Awareness Campaign and its importance for our postal service delivery persons to feel safe from dog attacks. The good news is that “In 2025, dog attacks on postal workers dropped to just over 5,200 incidents nationwide.”…
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New Talking Statue of Iowa City Historian Irving Weber!
Here’s a short news item about Iowa City historian Irving Weber, whose statue is on Iowa Avenue in downtown Iowa City. You can also find the notice about the talking Irving Weber statue at this link. This has a couple of connections to point out. Irving Weber worked in the dairy industry for man years…
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Thoughts on the Cribbage 29 Hand, Ghosts, UFOs, and Bigfoot
Just so you know, I’m aware of the difference between the 29-hand in cribbage, ghosts, UFOs and extraterrestrials, and Bigfoot and all that. This is an update on my reblog below of my blog post from a year ago, “Thoughts on the Elusive 29 Hand Score in Cribbage.” It’s about how to verify that you…
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Dental High Jinks!
I’m having a dental breakdown. Over the weekend, one of my crowns popped out while I was flossing. What do you think about that? Trying to do something healthy for my teeth and I had to see a dentist about the hazards of flossing. Flossing doesn’t usually hurt your teeth, but this reminds me of…
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Bigfoot Knows It’s National Dairy Month Reblog Update
Here’s a rewind below from June 15, 2022 with a twist. Because it’s National Dairy Month, I’m sharing a Bigfoot meets dairy farming vid I stumbled on. It’s hilarious.
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Rounding at Iowa Podcast on Ultra Processed Foods & Other Tomfoolery
There’s a recent Rounding@Iowa podcast on Ultra Processed Foods that’s interested. Right off the bat, it fits in with June being National Dairy Month. It’s interesting that the less processed foods tend to be at the outer perimeter of the grocery store where they can be kept cooler and the more processed foods tend to…
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House of Svengoolie Show Movie: “Idle Hands”
Svengoolie Intro: “Calling all stations! Clear the air lanes! Clear all air lanes for the big broadcast!” The movie “Idle Hands” was released in 1999 and, according to the Sven Squad, cost $25 million to produce and made only about $4 million at the box office. I can see why. But hang on, there are…
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Thoughts on Dave Barry’s New Book “Class Clown”
This is not going to be a review of Dave Barry’s 2025 book “Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass,” which I finished a couple days ago. I’m basically saying it’s funny as hell and you should run out and buy it right now. I do have some remarks, none of which will be…
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My Two Cents
I saw the recent news story about the Iowa Supreme Court’s decision to block the University of Iowa from redirecting a private scholarship fund to first-generation college students despite the donor’s intention by that it go to black students. I believe the donor, Ezra Totton, intended that the scholarship go to black students and because…
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