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The Horror of Getting Older
The other day I was out getting a haircut and then went out to the mall. Both experiences gave me chills. The hair stylist asked me a question I’ve never heard before: “And would you like me to trim those eyebrows for you today?” It struck me pretty hard because I heard that question before…
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Oh, The Ponies Are at The Gate!
Last Friday night I heard a song by Iowa’s own blues star, Catfish Keith on the Ed English Big Shoes Friday Blues Show. It was Gambler’s Blues. Remember that line, “Oh, the ponies are at the gate!” (or something like that)? Of course not, especially if you didn’t play the Casino game by Hoyle. No…
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Cribbage Tournament at the Iowa State Fair This Year!
Hey, there’ll be the annual Iowa State Fair Cribbage Tournament on August 23, 2026. It’s on the last day of the Fair. The time and rules are below: We’ve never been to the Iowa State Fair, much less the annual cribbage tournament. According to a Facebook post, there are usually over 200 players who enter…
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Field of Dreams Baseball Game in Dyersville Today!
Well, maybe there’ll be a major league baseball game on the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa—or not, given the rain coming down so far this morning. We just found out that the Minnesota Twins are scheduled to play the Philadelphia Phillies today, 6:30 PM central time. It’s going to be wet. It’s a special…
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I Get a 28 Point Hand in Cribbage and Still Lose!
Sena and I played cribbage today and I just want to point out that I got a 28-hand. I would have gotten a 29-hand if my ten of spades card had been the nob Jack, which is the Jack of the same suit as the cut card, worth one point. The odds of getting a…
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Kickball Event Cancelled Due to Extreme Heat!
Great news! The University of Iowa Psychiatry Dept. annual kickball event has been cancelled because of the extreme heat warning! Now, about that annual cribbage challenge…
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Heat Forecast for Annual U of Iowa Psychiatry Dept Kickball-Play Cribbage Instead!
OK, a reminder that the University of Iowa Psychiatry Dept. Annual Kickball game is on for this coming Monday, June 29 and the heat forecast from the National Weather Service is for temperatures to be in the 90s with heat indices in the 100s. The announcement about the kickball game is: “What: Psychiatry department annual…
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New Top Ten YouTubes Reblog!
Reblog Time! It’s been a while since I published my Top Ten blog posts in 2019, so here’s the new list. I’ve relisted the top ten from the most views to less views with highest being number 1. Pseudobulbar Affect Top Ten is still the most popular and I think I got the wrong number…
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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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What You Need to Know About The Cow Cribbage Curriculum Conspiracy
This is National Dairy Month and the extraterrestrials know all about it. In fact, the one thing Agents Mulder and Scully didn’t know about was the Cow Cribbage Curriculum Conspiracy (CCCC) that has been under way since before the ETs crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. As Deep Throat put it on the X-Files, “They’ve been…
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