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Single Leg Sit to Stand-In Your Dreams!
We’ve got a new challenge and it’s the single leg sit to stand exercise. It strengthens the glutes, quads, hamstrings, and your resolve to never exercise again. You remember the one leg stand, which Sena and I can do. The single leg sit to stand is a different thing altogether. You can cheat by using…
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We Tried Domino’s New York Style Pizza
The other day, we tried a large Domino’s New York style pizza. You may have seen a recent commercial in which focus group members at first aim criticisms at Domino’s pizza until the leader springs the new pizza on them without telling them what brand it is. After they rave about it, the leader tells…
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Big Mo Pod Show “King of the Segway”
Hey, I managed to catch the Big Mo Blues Show on July 19, 2024 and then listened to the podcast the next day. Because our big Bose wave radio is packed away in storage as we wait for our house to be built, I had to use our little portable Sony Dream Machine in the…
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What Does a Dickcissel Sound Like?
We walked the Terry Trueblood Trail the other day and ran into a couple of other bird watchers. They said they’ve seen many birds called dickcissels on the trail. I couldn’t remember ever seeing or hearing a dickcissel. We have enough trouble catching a clear sight of goldfinches. Both birders said the name comes from…
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Earthquakes and Railroads and Magic Fingers, Oh My!
The hotel we’re staying in while our house is being built is very close to railroad tracks. We hear the whistle and then, we feel the train going by. No kidding, we can feel the rumble. It shakes the chairs, the sofa, the bed. The whole room shakes for as long as the train passes…
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U-Haul is Laying Down the Lavatory Law!
Ok, the other day, we were out to U-Haul, not to get more boxes, thank goodness, but so I could use the bathroom. There was this new sign on the door laying down the law about how construction workers should keep it clean-or else. You should know that the Iowa City U-Haul is building a…
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Where is the Weather Channel Going?
Have you noticed where the Weather Channel is going lately with its commercials? We’ve been staying in a hotel while our house is being built and the TV defaults to the Weather Channel-no matter which channel it’s on when you turn it off. OK, what’s up with the Blue Chew commercials? I honestly thought it…
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The Haunted Bellman’s Luggage Carts
When we moved into the hotel we’re camping in to wait for our house to be built, I rediscovered the joy of driving the bellman’s luggage cart. Does anyone besides me find this a major challenge? I always get the cart with the crazy, wobbly wheel. Worse yet, they are impossible to steer and the…
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Mall Walker
Our hotel is about a 20 minute walk from the shopping mall. Both ways it’s about a 2.5 mile walk. I’ve been over there a few times and I think I’m becoming a mall walker. The other day at the mall, an older lady approached me and asked me if I’d help open her water…
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What’s the Skinny on Indoor Saline Pools and Vitamin D?
We saw a sign in the hotel elevator that made us curious. Part of it said: “There are also lots of ways to get out and soak up some good ‘ol vitamin D from our saline pool to our grill and patio area.” Not to quibble or get too sciency (“sciency” turns out to be…
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