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Reblogging “Working on a Simple Plan to Stay Fit?”
I’m reblogging the 2025 post “Working on a Simple Plan to Stay Fit?” mainly because I finally tried the dollar jump challenge again. They should call it the dollar bill jump chump challenge because there’s an easy way to win it. There are variations of it and one involves grabbing your ankles instead of grabbing…
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Reblogging “Cribbage Could Help Preserve Your Brain Health”
I’m reblogging the “Cribbage Could Help Preserve Your Brain Health” post from this date in 2025 because for what seems like months, I’ve been losing cribbage games to Sena. However, my losing streak seems to be ending lately. The link to an article that seemed to suggest scientific evidence that cribbage might improve brain health…
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Iowa Hawkeyes Win Against Michigan Wolverines in Last 2 Seconds!
Wow! The Iowa Hawkeyes football team wins against the Michigan Wolverines in the last 2 seconds of the game with a stunning touchdown tonight! The winning score 20-19!
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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…
