May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Couch Surfing
The traveling artist Meet Melinda Hoffman, an artist from San Diego, California, who travels the world selling her art at shows. She has developed a network of folks who she has met through social media that allows her to live like a local in every city she tours. She came
Read More →Antidotes to Trump (and Reynolds) If you seek respite from the madness and despair inflicted by Donald Trump, you’re fortunate to have two “safe houses” within a few hours of Des Moines. One is 125 miles east of town, in West Branch, and is called the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum; the
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May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Tech Talk
And, passively, it’s all your fault. Ninety-five percent of the world has no idea how the Internet works. Security breaches, data leaks, identity theft — these are life-altering events that the Internet has inflicted on millions of people (probably billions at this point). So why did every media outlet cover
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May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
One small step for man and one man’s mission to touch history Most people know Paul Revere for his famous late-night horse ride while proclaiming, “The British are coming! The British are coming!” Fewer people are aware that when Revere wasn’t saving the nation from tyranny, the American hero earned
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April 25, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
The executives at Wells Fargo & Co., nation’s third-largest bank, should send a nice sympathy card and a big bouquet of flowers to former president George H.W. Bush. Were it not for the death last week of Bush’s beloved wife Barbara, the latest installment in the ongoing scandals that have
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April 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
Blood, bullets and attacks at local churches have many getting serious about safety. Violence against people of faith is nothing new. At some point during the first century, probably around 30 AD, Roman authorities crucified the very first Christian, a man named Jesus of Nazareth. The execution’s finer points — such as the number of nails
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