Siftings
Sep
27
Because It’s Not There
This version of the three bears has nothing to do with the temperature of porridge or comfort of furniture. It is not a children’s parable about the joys of breaking and entering. Rather, it begins with a discomforting story about figuring out whether the grunting beast fifty feet away from the...
Sep
16
10 Years Ago
Davenport Reported For Duty (click here)
Sep
11
This Just In
DavenportToday.com wins multiple awards in national public communications competition. Here's what the judge's said as DavenportToday.com won in the Digital Interactive - Overall Website category:
"Great use of colors that draw attention and guide the eye. Very well-written, transparent, and well...
Sep
09
Scuffed
Nothing makes a City Council meeting go slower than blood pooling in your shoe. Even an unhurried remembrance from the Fifth Ward doyen is a too-short delight in comparison to looking down to see if you are leaking on the floor. Curt Shilling took the Red Sox thing literally and made an extra...
Sep
06
Days of Labor
“I’m sorry, Mayor”, Library Director Lawanda Roudebush said, taking advantage of the open door policy. Mayor Gluba and I were in my office. We were on the cusp of a miracle solution that would rid Davenport of potholes forever, reduce property taxes and create nine new acres of riverfront park. ...
Aug
27
On The Way, Home
We startle each other. Rounding a trail bend just after dawn, the bighorn is surprised to see me. And I him. Aptly named, ovis canadensis is. Those are BIG horns. The goal was to hike to the top of Sunset Peak by sunrise. Sunset, at sunrise. I thought that would be a productive and humorous...
Aug
21
Craig’s Friday Countdown - Leadership Lessons du jour
This may make more sense next week, but some nice folks out west have asked me to stop by to chat. They’ve also asked thirty-four questions, in writing, so far.
The most recent questions were of the situation – action – result variety, where you tell them about something that happened and...
Aug
17
Science !
City manager selection procedures, brought to life through inferential statistics. Sure, you could find something else to read on the internet as you pretend to be working, but just imagine how wracked with guilt you'd be.
Methodology and findings (click here) that are certain to be a hit at...
Aug
12
The Things We Carry
Thirty thousand ACT-conquering words and one Estwing hammer. Three thousand two hundred and forty two iTunes songs and eighteen sockets. Two guitars and eight screwdrivers. Colin’s picked the former, and I’ve picked the latter. We’re creatures of habit and one of my habits is to send the...
Aug
11
A Recommendation
Sorry if you stopped by looking for somethig new today. I'm in the middle of three different writing assignments. If you came looking for a three to five minute slice of life, this piece (click here) by Leah Carroll is - I'm guessing - the best thing you'll encounter on the interweb this...
