Saturday was the 2008 Iowa Spring Game in Iowa City. A time for friends to gather, practice their tailgating skills, and cheer for football. It was a semi-warm and damp day. I joined the gathering in one of the lots behind the rec building around 10am. How lovely to be able to find a free [...]
Archive for April, 2008
not a good sign
Its raining quite heavily here today (my umbrella suffered an unfortunate injury on the way in from the parking lot). But I wasn’t prepared for how hard it was raining until I went to walk out the door of my apartment building. There was a duck huddled next to the door looking in through the [...]
Good things for a Wednesday
Random things that made me happy so far today: More live Bonerama recordings. Bonus happy points for ‘Lost My House’, ‘Hard Times’, and ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ Best Game Ever: Fun and heart-warming. Iowa is thisclose to having a smoking ban! Woo! [Though I honestly wonder what will become of The Deadwood.] Spending time online with [...]
to move or not to move…
That is the question for the day. Like the Amazing Race, my apartment has both pros and cons (but sadly no Phil). Pros: affordable rent can have my cat already moved in there nice closet space close to movie theater Cons: shifty neighborhood far away from most stuff (realizing that “far” is a relative term [...]
Morning with Mac
Mac looked especially photogenic this morning so I took a bunch of pictures of her. If you’d like to see more (including some extreme close-ups), click the picture:
Bonerama Road Trip : audio/visual experience
I have a lot to write about, but I thought I would start with the visuals to help add to the narrative structure of my crazy five day trip. Photos from four of the five shows (nothing from Madison, more on that later…) If you click on a photo when it is the big photo, [...]
April Fools Day
… is not the day to get back online to my normal routine after a rather extended absence. I trust no one and nothing I’m reading today. A tons of posting is coming very soon. So much media to process and upload. So much sleep to find time for. So much joy to still attempt [...]