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Svengoolie Show Movie: “Destroy All Monsters”
Svengoolie Intro: “Calling all stations! Clear the air lanes! Clear all air lanes for the big broadcast!” The Svengoolie show 1968 movie set in futuristic 1999 “Destroy All Monsters” was one of the kaiju shows which have an Astro Boy feel to them. It was supposed to be the last of the kaiju films, but…
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The Day the Firefighter Retired Reblog
Today is the day I retired back in 2020. That feels like such a long time ago. It was the end of a phased retirement pathway to giving up my role as a consulting psychiatrist for the University of Iowa Heath Care. We were in the process of moving to an older house. And we…
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KCCK Friday Blues Edition with Bobby D Which Inspired My Song Bowel Prep Blues
Well, last night was Bob DeForest’s last Friday night bridging the path for the new Friday Blues guy, Uncle Ed English. He’ll be starting to spin the records on July 10, 2026. I really appreciate Bobby D’s great work and dedication for filling the time gap between Big Mo’s retirement and Uncle Ed’s arrival. Last…
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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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Sena Gives Up on Apple Cider Vinegar and How It Connects to Miracle Whip
Well, as of this morning, Sena gave up on apple cider vinegar (ACV). After a couple of months of daily doses of The Mother, she’s calling it quits. The main reason is that it tastes awful. I think I lasted a couple of weeks before I quit. There’s no solid scientific evidence that it makes…
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Guess Who Came to Dinner?
Sena noticed a Red-tailed hawk feasting on something this morning. It’s pretty different from yesterday, I can tell you. At first, I thought it was a squirrel. Sena made a better identification. See if you can guess. This hawk knew what it was doing and it looked hungry. It also peered all around and up,…
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Red-tailed Hawk Pecking at Breakfast
We got a video of a Red-tail Hawk eating a mouse—or maybe it’s better to say it looked like it was trying to eat it. The last time we saw the hawks in the nest we saw only one chick in the nest. That was a little over a month ago. I just read that…
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Remember the Pregnant Man Emojis? Reblog!
Hey, this is a reblog about the trend for people to include asking men if they’re pregnant story. I haven’t heard about this in a long while. Maybe folks got over that? I hope so. Check out this web page for pregnant man jokes.
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Sena Tries to Tell a Dad Joke
Sena had a dad joke for me today that she saw in a newspaper article on line: “My roof got tilted today. And the contractor said it was on the house.” Dad jokes can be cringeworthy but they shouldn’t make you wrinkle your forehead. I started wondering: How do you tilt a roof? Do contractors…
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Svengoolie Show Movie: “The Time of Their Lives”
Svengoolie Intro: “Calling all stations! Clear the air lanes! Clear all air lanes for the big broadcast!” Just in time for the July 4th celebration of the 250th birthday of the founding of America, Svengoolie showed the 1946 film, “The Time of Their Lives.” I had to work hard to keep up with the rather…
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