Enjoying life in a new city
The move to Wisconsin is complete. My belongings were packed up on Saturday 14 April in Iowa, and they were unloaded on Sunday 15 April in Wisconsin. The move went smoothly thanks to help from friends and family. Abigail remains...
Tags: appleton · iowa · iowa city · moving · wisconsin
Posted by Daniel Stout on May 1, 2007 10:04 PM · Permalink
Hillary Clinton campaigns in Decorah
I snapped this picture with my cell phone. New York senator and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton came to Decorah, Iowa on Sunday. She spoke "town hall" style to a standing room crowd of around 1,500 people about putting the...
Tags: campaign · decorah · democratic · hillary clinton · iowa · presidential candidate
Posted by Faust Gertz on April 23, 2007 10:07 PM · Permalink
Don’t go back to Rockville
With a pending move, I've had a chance to look back over the past decade that I've spent here in Iowa City. Long, strange trips, indeed. I never could have imagined what was in store for me when I showed...
Tags: appleton · iowa · iowa city · moving · philosophy · wisconsin
Posted by Daniel Stout on April 5, 2007 11:00 PM · Permalink
Leaving.
I had some news I wanted to share with you about big moves. In a couple of weeks, I will be leaving the pastoral splendor that is Iowa for the northern beauty of Wisconsin. I've accepted a position within my...
Tags: appleton · iowa · moving · wisconsin
Posted by Daniel Stout on April 4, 2007 11:06 PM · Permalink
The Writing University
The local university, home of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, has a new website highlighting happenings in the world of writing both here and elsewhere. It's called The Writing University, and they've done a fairly nice job with it. There are...
Tags: iowa · iowa city · iowa writers workshop · press-citizen · university · writing
Posted by Daniel Stout on March 7, 2007 12:03 AM · Permalink
Tom Vilsack for President 2008
Iowa's Democratic governor Tom Vilsack announced his bid for the U.S. presidency yesterday. He's the first Democrat to throw his hat into the ring. Vilsack did not run for re-election this time out, and the speculation was that he...
Tags: 2008 · candidate · governor · iowa · presidency · tom vilsack · vote 2008
Posted by Daniel Stout on November 9, 2006 9:10 PM · Permalink
Count my vote, dammit!
Okay, so most of the vote tallies are in, in my state of Iowa. Well, except for the local US House race in Iowa District 2. That includes left-leaning Johnson County where I live. The incumbent is Jim Leach (R)...
Tags: dave loebsack · iowa · iowa district 2 · jim leach · politics · vote 2006
Posted by Daniel Stout on November 8, 2006 12:22 AM · Permalink
Today’s the day: Vote or die
If you haven't voted already, today's the day. It's the first Tuesday in November, which means it's time for an election. It's been a long, heated battle as the candidates have rolled out many an attack ad. I'm glad when...
Tags: candidates · center for citizen media · citizens guide · get out the vote · iowa · voting
Posted by Daniel Stout on November 7, 2006 7:56 AM · Permalink
Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you
Dan links to one of the strangest, grammatically-correct sentences I've seen: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. I'm sure the meaning is perfectly clear. Well, there are three different uses of the word buffalo in that sentence, namely:...
Tags: buffalo · hawkeyes · iowa · language · linguistics
Posted by Daniel Stout on October 1, 2006 9:02 AM · Permalink
You are so missing out
I know you've been meaning to come out to Iowa. But it's a long, expensive* flight from the coasts. What can I say? We like to keep our secret treasures to ourselves. But if you came, we'd be happy. For...
Tags: guinea pigs · iowa · life in iowa · pig plasma · pigs · plasma
Posted by Daniel Stout on June 20, 2006 2:21 PM · Permalink
The Prodigal Son returns home
I was trying to describe my state of mind over the past couple of days and that old Luna song Freakin' & Peakin' popped into my head. The Realtor came over tonight, and I signed the papers. My place goes...
Tags: freakin · hugs · intense emotions · iowa · iowa city · luna · peakin · prodigal son · wisconsin
Posted by Daniel Stout on May 31, 2006 10:57 PM · Permalink
Do Not Resuscitate
An 80-year-old woman from Dyersville, which is just west of Dubuque here in eastern Iowa, had tattooed on her chest the words, "Do Not Resuscitate." Good choice. This from the Des Moines Register, which broke the story. Of course...
Tags: decorah · des moines register · do not resuscitate · dyersville · garys tattoo · iowa · tattoo
Posted by Daniel Stout on May 20, 2006 7:18 PM · Permalink
Iowa City Tornado was in the F2 Category
Morning After 6, originally uploaded by psalakanthos. The National Weather Service is reporting that the tornado that hit the heart of Iowa City last night was an F2 scale tornado with sustained winds of over 150 miles per hour....
Tags: f2 · f2-scale · iowa · iowa city · tornado · tornados · twister
Posted by Daniel Stout on April 14, 2006 7:21 PM · Permalink
Tornados hit the heart of Iowa City
Tornado Car IV, originally uploaded by julay. This was the scene last night in Iowa City, as our fair city got hit dead on by a couple of tornados. St Joseph's Catholic church had it's roof blown off, as...
Tags: destruction · iowa · iowa city · tornado
Posted by Daniel Stout on April 14, 2006 9:44 AM · Permalink
David Lynch explores the Frontiers of Consciousness (in Iowa)
Well, David Lynch has decided to come to Iowa again. You'll recall his 1999 movie entitled The Straight Story about the man who drove his riding lawn mower from Iowa to visit his sick brother in Wisconsin. He went...
Tags: david lynch · explore the frontiers of consciousness · fairfield · iowa · maharishi · maharishi mahesh yogi · mum
Posted by Daniel Stout on March 2, 2006 6:05 AM · Permalink
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