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Trekfest Almost Here!
The Star Trek festival, Trekfest is almost here! Don’t miss this event held in Riverside, Iowa on June 24 and 25th this week.
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Invasion of the Pregnant Man Emojis!
I just saw a pretty funny story in the news about an old guy who was not allowed to donate blood at a Scotland blood bank because he refused to answer a new questionnaire asking whether or not he was pregnant. I thought that was uproariously funny. Then I read the rest of the story…
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Cribbage Tee Shirts!
Sena got me a couple of cribbage themed T-shirts and they arrived yesterday. One of them is perfect for a retiree like me. The other has an image of the perfect 29 hand. It’s also perfect for me, not because I’ve ever had a 29 hand, but because I’ll take any lucky talisman I can…
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Scott Boulevard Trek
We took a walk on Scott Boulevard on a gorgeous day. We said hello to the Sitting Man. And we found a new sculpture of a praying dog just inside the entrance to Harvest Preserve. It looks like a very pious Bassett Hound. We don’t know the significance of the piece. I did a quick…
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The Proof is Way Out There
I watch the History Channel show, The Proof is Out There, hosted by Tony Harris, an American journalist and filmmaker. The show reviews videos of paranormal events, supposed cryptids, and other weird stuff and generally ends up debunking at least half of them. I’ve seen some of the videos on another TV show, Paranormal Caught…
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Weather Sealing Your Door Jambs
The other day I mentioned that I put off replacing the weather sealing around our sun room door because of the heat. Yesterday, I did it in the morning before it got to 100 degrees, because there was another Excessive Heat Warning. I saw a YouTube video of how to do this, and a guy…
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The Scientific Skinny on Bigfoot
What’s up with this Bigfoot thing? Could it be a few humans with the rarest form of Hypertrichosis (Werewolf Syndrome)? You know, some scientists said that Patty, the hairy creature featured on the Patterson Gimlin film back in the 1960s, was not genuine because she had hairy breasts. Hey, guess what? If a woman has…
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Replacing a Two-Hole Faucet
I’m the least handy person on the planet. If I can replace a two-hole faucet, then even Bigfoot can do it. Replacing the two-hole faucet is probably one of the easiest DIY jobs you can do. That doesn’t mean I didn’t have a problem or two with it. When you get to the step in…
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So Much Depends Upon the Serial Number
You’ll probably think I’m nuts and you’d be right, but a problem with ordering a replacement part for something from Pella Windows and Doors Company made me think of William Carlos Williams’ poem “The Red Wheelbarrow.” The poem is in the public domain because it was published before 1927, so I guess that means I…
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Nothing is Impossible?
The mural of Muhammad Ali throwing a punch next to the impossible quote is finished. It’s on the south side of the ICOR Boxing building, which faces Highway 6. “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore…
