August 07, 2013 by justin
in Locker Room
If the name Lincoln Hawk means anything to you, there is no doubt you’re familiar with the rules of arm wrestling. Two competitors face each other from across a table. Each person places one arm (both using right or left) on the table with his or her elbows bent and
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August 07, 2013 by justin
in Civic Skinny
The Des Moines Register is making more news than it is reporting — and it isn’t reporting the news it is making. The newspaper last week laid off five persons in the newsroom, including assistant sports editor Mark Emmert and city and county reporter Jeff Eckhoff. Both are what pass
Read More →There’s something about Weird Al Yankovic’s work that’s always struck me as kind of manic. Maybe it’s because most of us became acquainted with his work when we were kids and all hopped up on sugar at some birthday party, but when that accordion starts to play, it gets hard
Read More →The good Water. Cool water. Twenty Iowa cities will benefit from a combined total of more than $42.3 million in low-cost water quality loans through the State Revolving Fund. State Revolving Fund Construction Loans are a low-cost construction financing option available for municipalities. The Iowa Finance Authority and the Iowa
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August 07, 2013 by justin
in Film Review
“Blue Jasmine” 2 stars Rated PG-13 98 minutes Drama Starring: Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins Woody Allen has bottomed out. His latest attempt at interpreting yet another global mecca — this time San Francisco — through a prism of flailing romance, barely manages to elicit a couple of subdued
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August 07, 2013 by justin
in Belly Up To...
“How do you want me to spell it?” I asked Cory Steiner, new owner of Canz. “Well, it’s spelled with an ‘s’ that looks like a backward ‘z.’ Spell it like that,” he insisted. “I can’t do that. My computer doesn’t know how to type an ‘s’ that looks like
Read More →Every few years a technological innovation comes along that is so obvious it’s infuriating that you didn’t come up with it yourself. A few recent examples include eBay, the iPod and YouTube, each of which revolutionized its field and practically changed the world. The beauty of these ingenious tech tools
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August 07, 2013 by justin
in The Sound
Violent Fade is something of a niche within a niche. An instrumental three-piece, the band straddles a line within ambient rock that’s more structured than a jam band and more technically-minded than an avant garde noise-rock outfit. It is a sound that not everyone will take to right away. “We
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Fay Jones HarperCollins 8/12/2013 $14.99 336 pp. Michael Perry’s new book “Visiting Tom: A Man, a Highway, and the Road to Roughneck Grace” is a beautiful portrait of his neighbor, Tom Hartwig. Perry lives on a small farm in Wisconsin near where he grew
Read More →Amount: $905 To: CDW Government (Chicago, Ill.) For: Purchase of a Kodak 12600 Scanner. Amount: $750 To: Kaldenberg’s PBS Landscaping For: Payment for services repairing a wall at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Amount: $222 To: Amana Furniture Shop For: Purchase of three AAA Cherry Harvest Highboy clocks ($49 each)
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