Feb

28

Unbelievable

February 28, 2007 | 14 Comments

I just finished reading the 99+ comments on Tyler’s latest post, and I have to say, I’m embarrassed. I feel like I’m stuck in the middle of a bad junior high movie about puberty and growing up and decision making and responsibility and all that stuff. Having an opinion and backing it up is one […]

Feb

24

Are the Barnstormers coming back?

February 24, 2007 | 44 Comments

The Register ran a story this morning discussing the return of an arena football team to Des Moines. According to the article, Des Moines will be one of the cities receiving an expansion franchise for arenafootball2, the minor league of Arena football, beginning next season.
The article also mentioned that Des Moines is a likely destination […]

Feb

23

Weekly Recap

February 23, 2007 | 5 Comments

Congratulations to the WCV girls on a successful basketball season. Their accomplishments: Conference Champs, District Champs, #12 in the final Class 2A rankings. Not a bad year. Look for some postseason awards soon.
Britney Spears (pictured) went crazy. She’s become an embarrassment to white-trash like me everywhere.
We’ve all been working too much.
Local smoking bans were debated. […]

Feb

19

I found a job

February 19, 2007 | 12 Comments

It’s not really a job for me, but I thought it sounded interesting anyway.
Check it out.

Feb

17

West Central Valley Girls District Champions

February 17, 2007 | 7 Comments

The West Central Valley girls outlasted Nodaway Valley in the District final tonight, winning 55-42. The Wildcats will meet the winner of the Ogden/North Polk game on Tuesday night at 7:00 in Perry.
The Wildcats were led by Emily Marnin’s 26 points, including 7 free throws in the last minute. Leah Hammond came off the bench […]

Feb

16

Weekly Recap

February 16, 2007 | 9 Comments

Good luck to the WCV girls tomorrow night in the Regional Final against Nodaway Valley in Greenfield. The game starts at 7:00. Let’s make sure we give the girls good crowd support on their way to the state tournament.
The Iowa senate is looking at a bill that would allow land-based casinos. Maybe Stuart’s industrial park […]

Feb

12

Illegal Immigration in Iowa

February 12, 2007 | 11 Comments

The Des Moines Register ran a story today with the results of an immigration poll. Eight hundred Iowan adults responded to the following questions:
- Do you think the state should or should not encourage people from other countries to settle in Iowa?
- Do you think the nation should or should not increase the number of people […]

Feb

9

Weekly Recap

February 9, 2007 | 24 Comments

The Colts won the Super Bowl. And Stuart hired a new Chief of Police. And somebody likes me. That’s it for this week.
Have a good weekend. I need a beer. Hopefully I won’t end up like this…again.

Feb

7

Bob Smith, huh?

February 7, 2007 | 7 Comments

Comments?

Feb

6

A new chief for Stuart

February 6, 2007 | 22 Comments

In a few short hours Stuart will have a new police chief. Considering the drama Stuart has seen lately, this appointment carries a lot of weight. There’s a spotlight on the police department, and the chief position in particular, that we haven’t seen for a while, and increased public scrutiny is a virtual guarantee.
So what […]

Feb

2

Weekly Recap

February 2, 2007 | 4 Comments

I don’t really have anything new for you, just some random stuff from the net.

- I have a new logo (check the sidebar on the right)
- Good luck to the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl. Expect big games from Dallas Clark and Bob Sanders.
- I Vanilla-Iced again last weekend in […]

Feb

2

Iowa Women

February 2, 2007 | 4 Comments

Three men were sitting together bragging about how they had given their new wives duties. The first man had married a woman from Florida and had told her that she was going to do dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple days, but on the third day he came home to a clean house […]