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New 2026 Sculptors Showcase in Iowa City!
We got out and about on August 25, 2026 to see the new sculptures in Iowa City! All 8 of them are up but most of them don’t have artist nameplates yet. The two exceptions were Tim Adams striking giant green and purple flower at Riverfront Crossings Park and mine, The Waving Man, at Scott…
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Reblogging Parody vs Satire on Old X-File Show
I’m reblogging this partly because I think it’s still funny and partly because I could no longer find the company on the web which called itself “ALT FUELS, Inc.” and used the slogan “Waste is a Terrible Thing to Waste.” I’m pretty sure I didn’t hallucinate that. After looking around a little further I found…
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Svengoolie Show Movie: “The Raven”
Svengoolie Intro: “Calling all stations! Clear the air lanes! Clear all air lanes for the big broadcast!” The 1935 movie “The Raven” starred Bela Lugosi as the evil surgeon, Dr. Richard Vollin and Boris Karloff as the equally evil Edmond Bateman who team up in this film loosely based on the story by the writer…
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Remember That Single Leg Sit to Stand Exercise?
I got to thinking about the recent remark I made about how many repetitions you should be able to do the single leg sit to stand exercise (10 to 15 reps per leg, hah!). Well, I got to wondering if I could do something like that. I looked on the web for the number of…
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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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Update on the Little Jumping Frog
Last night, Sena never heard the little frog jumping against the window well glass. But this morning Sena surprised herself and the little frog who has somehow gotten in and out of our window well a couple of times (supposedly). It was hiding in the mulch under the tree in our front yard. Sena was…
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The Celebrated Little Jumping Frog of Johnson County and More Pareidolia!
Sena told me she heard and saw that little frog again in our window well. She actually saw it and heard it slap against the window. Two days ago, I looked during the day and didn’t see any living critter in the window well. This is a little green frog no more than 2 inches…
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Did Anything Happen to the “Zing” of Miracle Whip?
I see that my two posts on the Miracle Whip taste in which a Kraft-Heinz representative declared that the salad dressing has never been changed has not persuaded at least one person who commented that the recipe has been changed because the Miracle Whip taste has lost its “zing.” Things do change. Just because I…
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Slash & Slam Ordinary Juggling
Yesterday, I finally got the hang of a couple of new juggling patterns: the orbit and the weave. They don’t look like exactly like what the experts do when I do them, but that’s just my ordinary juggling. The orbit is just a column juggling pattern with two balls in one hand and just waving…
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Frog in Our Window Well!
Last night, Sena kept hearing something tapping against the window in the window well. Then she saw a little critter sliding down the window. It was a frog that probably jumped into the window well and couldn’t get out. I got a photo of it although it’s a little hard to see because of the…
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