Foreground is Hawkeye Free Soil. On the far side of the Mississippi River lies enslaved and disarmed (but I repeat myself) Illinois.
Oct 1, 2011
Shot while packing
Iowa taxpayers thoughtfully provide a scenic site for a returnee to retrieve his empty hi-cap 9mm from "locked storage" and slap in a magazine heavy with protective pills. The photographer memorializes the time and place (hard by the I-80 bridge) with his SW59 securely in his waistband.
Foreground is Hawkeye Free Soil. On the far side of the Mississippi River lies enslaved and disarmed (but I repeat myself) Illinois.
Foreground is Hawkeye Free Soil. On the far side of the Mississippi River lies enslaved and disarmed (but I repeat myself) Illinois.
I wouldn't want to live there, but Illinois...
... is great place to take a dump.
As Travis McGee said about a similarly palatial public building, "They will never live in a place so fine unless they contract something incurable."
Sep 24, 2011
Hat tip to the healers
A good lad is recovering nicely from the healers' cuts, and he thanks all of you who sent kind thoughts. As do I.
Dr. Skilsaw discovered a Meckel. He did the necessary repairs and thinks his work will put an end to a long spell of unexplained stomach pain and anemia.
Dr. Skilsaw discovered a Meckel. He did the necessary repairs and thinks his work will put an end to a long spell of unexplained stomach pain and anemia.
Sep 21, 2011
Why we're broke -- bonus report
Iowa education bureaucrats are in the midst of their annual back-to-school group whine about needing more tax money. They want a 7 per cent boost to maintain educational "quality" at the three state universities.
Meanwhile, down at Iowa State, quality is also on their minds. Prexy needs new downstairs carpet in his prexial mansion. Not just any carpet mind you. His feet must touch nothing less than the finest wool from superior sheep. The tab is $90,000 from foundation funds usually thought of as a source of scholarship money.
But it's all okay because image is involved here. We sure as Hell wouldn't want to be throught of as a bunch of trailer trash hicks with plain old nylon rugs.
"(Regent Bruce) Rastetter said, “And I think we all know, and having been to events, that the residence of the presidents of the university are really important in terms of fundraising, in terms of highlighting student scholarship, in terms of dignitaries and people that come here, that’s one of their first images of the university.”
If that doesn't tell you most of what you need to know about the shallow-brain dimwittery involved in running our public schools I'll kiss you arse under the campanile and give you leave to invite the entire membership of the AAUP.
Meanwhile, down at Iowa State, quality is also on their minds. Prexy needs new downstairs carpet in his prexial mansion. Not just any carpet mind you. His feet must touch nothing less than the finest wool from superior sheep. The tab is $90,000 from foundation funds usually thought of as a source of scholarship money.
But it's all okay because image is involved here. We sure as Hell wouldn't want to be throught of as a bunch of trailer trash hicks with plain old nylon rugs.
"(Regent Bruce) Rastetter said, “And I think we all know, and having been to events, that the residence of the presidents of the university are really important in terms of fundraising, in terms of highlighting student scholarship, in terms of dignitaries and people that come here, that’s one of their first images of the university.”
If that doesn't tell you most of what you need to know about the shallow-brain dimwittery involved in running our public schools I'll kiss you arse under the campanile and give you leave to invite the entire membership of the AAUP.
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