Siftings
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...
Aug
07
Craig’s Friday Countdown - Things To Take
The path to Empty Nesterville has a stop at U-Haul. Amanda’s senior college year includes an off campus apartment and we need a trailer to transport her growing collection of furniture and furnishings. Which gets me thinking about the most essential twenty things I’d take with me,...
Aug
03
Best Band At Lalapalooza?
I didn't see close to all of them, or even twenty percent of them. But Sturgill Simpson had, by far, the best band I saw. No synth, no fancy lighting or other tricks ... just an amazing quintet of musicians. Simpson's clear contribution is his writing but he can play too. Not that he needs to...
Aug
01
Stages
Don’t hate on someone’s groove. Sitting against an elm trunk enveloping the stage, I overhear a college student offering advice to a friend critiquing BADBADNOTGOOD. There’s three hundred thousand people and one hundred and thirty bands spread across three days and three hundred and nineteen...
Jul
31
Craig’s Friday Countdown - Lala Band Names
The Malin boys are back in the ancestral homeland for the weekend, at Lalapalooza. Not saying these are the twelve best bands, but am saying these are the dozen best band names at the fest.
12. Moon Taxi – Uber not yet available.
11. DJ Mustard – DJ Ketchup not allowed in Chicago.
10. The...
Jul
23
Craig’s Friday Countdown - Favorite Games
The Central versus North QCTimes article reads like a who’s who of kids I know from Davenport youth baseball. As the Wildcats head to State and the seniors we’ve played with over the years move on, a countdown of my favorite Davenport youth baseball games.
17 – 350 (or thereabouts). (tie) ...
Jul
21
Horizons
Wanna throw me a bucket? The question could indicate several things. Someone could be feeling ill. The roof could be leaking. The boat could be going down. It’s none of those. It’s our version of Ray Kinsella’s “wanna have a catch?”. Colin would like me to throw him some batting practice. ...
Jul
18
A Rumble In The Distance
Thunder shakes the blue dawn over Bettendorf. Nary a cloud in the sky, but the foundation of TouVelle Stadium shudders with the collective weight of the varsity Bulldogs. Cruel and unusual punishment may be unconstitutional, but it is also an effective training technique. After an hour in the...
