Jeff Rider uncensored
Artist encourages debate When you walk into Jeff Rider’s studio at Mainframe Studios, you’ll find artwork with skeletons, a butterfly, candy corn and Monopoly play money. Glancing at the paintings, [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Iowa Artist
Posted January 02, 2019in Book Review
Book Reviews
‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ The unnamed narrator of “My Year of Rest and Relaxation” has one goal in mind: to remain asleep for as much of the day as possible. [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Walks of Life
Posted January 02, 2019in Your View
Posted January 02, 2019in Duffy
Posted January 02, 2019in Stray Thoughts
Bush 41 and Iowa farm couple have lit the way
We all have something we can give. We Americans are an impatient bunch. We typically don’t like to wait in line — unless there’s something we truly want, like much-sought-after concert tickets [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Lunch With...
Dick Grangaard at Manhattan Deli
Brokering, fishing, skiing and gambling Dick Grangaard is a retired stockbroker. Active stockbrokers cannot talk to the media without jumping through hoops, so I recently asked Grangaard to lunch to discuss a lifetime [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Sound Notes
Sound Advice
After all the merrymaking over the holidays, 2019 starts a bit slow in the arena concert scene. This might be a good time to bundle up and check out smaller bar [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Collections & Hobbies
R-e-s-p-e-c-t
Nearly 6,000 memorials added to online archives such as www.findagrave.com and The IAGenWeb Project. Death is something all humans eventually accomplish. But on the way, many get to be mothers, [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Tech Talk
Flying below the radar on Reddit
“The front page of the Internet” has everything in place to be the next YouTube. The Internet can be a fickle place when it comes to success. For years, a [...]
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