Hawkeye Football Off-The-Field News That’s Positive

Good morning from 500 Third! I have a lot that I need to do here at the office in the next couple of days, so I’m going to make this quick, but I did want to share with you some news sent over by my alma mater, The University of Iowa. It goes without saying [...]

Sky Surfing

When I went to Great Britain back in the fall, I took Northwest Airlines. It was an eight-hour ride between London Heathrow and the airports where I made my connection: Detroit on the way there and Minneapolis/St. Paul on the way back. The aircraft, an Airbus A330, was equipped with an entertainment system in each [...]

RIP “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”

The first time I can recall watching “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” on NBC was in the summer of 1996, while we were staying with our aunt and uncle and their kids just east of Ames. That night, there was a sketch where closed captioning was supposed to show what Conan and his then-sidekick Andy [...]

From Q to Z: CR Hit Radio in the late ’90s

I was going to post something new last night, but a)I had nothing new to talk about, b)I was too tired by the end of the night, and c)my previous post was doing so well. It’s time now to switch gears though. First of all, I reached a milestone this morning: three of them, actually. [...]

TV Talk

We all like to watch some sort of television, and I’m in the mood to talk about it tonight, so it’s time to tune in! I just got done watching the latest episode of “Law and Order: SVU.” It was about a transgendered 13-year-old whose father is beaten outside of a strip joint. I won’t [...]

Don’t You Know Who My Father Is?

I’m quite certain I used this line when I was young and much more immature than I am now. My father’s a good man, he’s helped the community out in a lot of ways, but you might not know who he is. I mean, it’s not like he was a coach for the national champion [...]

New York Gets Serious About Safe Sex

My ClustrMap shows that my viewership has risen around the New York City area, so for all those young adults in the Big Apple, this one’s for you. New York considers itself to be “the greatest city in the world,” and why not? It’s the largest city in the United States at eight million people, [...]

Another Friday the 13th in Cedar Rapids

I’m starting to believe there’s something to this whole Friday the 13th myth. Today the City of Five Seasons got dumped with snow, leading to 76 accidents in a four-hour period. Yikes! I had to brush the snow off of my car twice this evening, and it was a pretty slick drive home from the [...]

25 Random Things About Me

It dawned on me today that two years ago this week, I joined Facebook. I’ve spent a lot of time on the social networking site in the two years and have reconnected with people from my past, and even made some new friends. One of the most recent trends I’ve noticed on Facebook is a [...]

Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

The big day is just three days away, time to show your significant other how much you truly care for them. But this economy might have you looking for ways to say “I love you” without having to spend a fortune. My story about Valentine’s Day on a budget was printed in Sunday’s Gazette, and [...]