Siftings
Dec
03
Thanks, I’ll Pass
Do you have anything about ten degrees cooler and substantially less - cough, cough - congested?
Dec
02
Canyon, Aptly Named
Almost makes you root for Mike Meloy, in his valiant battle to stop Bettendorf from reining in (the some future day majestic) Duck Creek.
Dec
01
Tues Morn, Land Of Enchantment
Stopped for gas.
Thought about buying a few scratch-off lottery tickets, just to have something to do.
Decided against it, went with contemplating the cruelty of a 65 mph speed limit instead.
Nov
30
Scrolling
Kerouac’s masterwork, now owned by one of the billionaires profiting from the CTE industry known as the National Football League, is called “The Scroll”. Taped together, the pages run 120 feet. Single-spaced and without paragraph breaks, “The Scroll” became On The Road, novelizing a series of...
Nov
26
Dug In
First Wrigley, now this. Can’t anyone leave well enough alone? Checking in on Rand Wonio Field, I see the dugouts are gone. They were old and worn, made of wood some decades ago. The benches were small, the roofs leaked and birds nested in them. They were nowhere near on par with the quality...
Nov
24
Not Thirteen Minutes. Twelve.
Mellow Larry was anything but. A youth sports coach with creaking knees and a cranky disposition, he served as a nickname role model for the kids. Namely; the best nicknames are the opposite of how you act. Larry had a particular obsession about the sanctity of the playing surface even during...
Nov
22
Trades
“Leave em for Frank*.” Dropping off my “D” and “P” Scrabble letter cufflinks at Mayor Gluba’s office, I don’t want to be presumptuous or sexist about who the next Davenport City Administrator may be. All I know is the chances of me suiting up with D/P cufflinks in the future are such that there’s...
Nov
14
Gimme The Pill, Skip
Reading this morning’s account of Bettendorf’s loss in the state semi-finals, I recall one of my favorite pictures from Colin’s tour of Bulldog baseball duty. Colin (right) and Jacob Weir (left) coming in from the bullpen in the top of an inning, ready to put out the fire starting to smolder on...
Nov
04
Yamaha On A Roll
Last week, they unveil a lithe little supercar concept (here) and this week, they continue with another in their "Faster Sons" series with a Roland Sands FZ9 that King Kenny comes calling for.
If motorcycle racing history is your thing, check out the video (here). Be sure to wait for the...
Nov
04
Even Terry’s Bummed
The guy who wanted to guarantee every Davenport child a shot at a better life, lower everyone's taxes and help a few Honduran kids ... still had a heck of a run.
My take, from the day after - or, at least a day after - (here), which I think holds up well.
On the topic of thinking, it just might...
