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
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
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
One non-stop ticket to Iowa City, please
Despite reports to the contrary, Iowa City is still my home. My job request did not go unheard, and within a matter of days, the offers were rolling in. So I just wanted to post this update so you didn't...
Tags: cheesehead · iowa city · jobs
Posted by Daniel Stout on July 23, 2006 6:08 AM · 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
Seasons Change…Ten at a Time
This Memorial Day weekend has been hot. It's been in the 90s here in Iowa City. It's a special Memorial Day weekend in my heart though because it marks ten years that I've been here. I moved to Iowa City...
Tags: change · inflection · iowa city · madison · memorial day · milwaukee · moving · pdf · resume
Posted by Daniel Stout on May 29, 2006 7:38 PM · Permalink
Audio of Noam Chomsky Lecture
Mike G of Iowa Liberal alerts us to the existence of an audio recording of Noam Chomsky's lecture last week at the Englert Theatre here in Iowa City. We've added some metadata and made the MP3 iPod friendly. The...
Tags: chomsky · englert theatre · iowa city · lecture · mp3 · noam chomsky · spoken word
Posted by Daniel Stout on April 18, 2006 9:19 AM · 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
Overflow crowd for Noam Chomsky
Overflow crowd for Noam Chomsky, originally uploaded by dstout. The Englert Theatre filled up fast for Noam Chomsky's lecture last night. Pictured here is the overflow crowd that spilled out onto the street. The organizers setup speakers outside so...
Tags: englert theatre · iowa city · lecture · noam chomsky
Posted by Daniel Stout on April 11, 2006 10:05 AM · Permalink
Boing Boing Earwax Misinformation
Mark Frauenfelder has run a series of posts recently on Boing Boing about alternative ways to clean your ears. This culminated in a post yesterday evening about cleaning out earwax with a bobby pin. To stop this disturbing trend of...
Tags: boing boing · ear · earwax · iowa city · otolaryngology · uihc
Posted by Daniel Stout on March 30, 2006 9:39 AM · Permalink
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