Siftings
Jun
27
The Dismantling
The blade slices through the post like a presidential candidate cutting through a sidewalk crowd on their way to a donor’s check. The sawdust flies, the Sawzall chews the pressure-treated pine into a bulky waste pile, and we’re left with a gritty square where the sandbox used to be. We’ve...
Jun
26
Forward
The e-mail changes to craigthomasmalin@gmail.com. And its non-public! The cell phone stays the same. If you don't have the number, ask around.
Thank you, all. The best team ever.
Go Davenport.
Jun
26
Craig’s Friday Countdown - Things We Learn
Today’s countdown comes from Budget Management Analyst Mallory Merritt. My most grievous error this year (that’s a good - daily - countdown category) was not ensuring her office was included in the “Still Lifes” countdown. No matter, in typical Mallory fashion (see what I did there?) she was kind...
Jun
24
Ready ?
Originally posted November 27, 2014
You just can’t find walnut laminate this burly, these days. Riding the elevator up from the parking garage at the Galt House hotel in Louisville transports you to the past. Surrounded by the most brazenly plastic wood the 1970s had to offer, it’s like you’re...
Jun
07
Brush With History
We keep our democracy fresh. That’s the glass half full line I use when a conversation about Davenport’s two year Council terms being absurd is underway. Stubborn optimism is one of many character flaws, so I stick with the line, even in the face of substantial evidence to the contrary. Building...
Jun
03
Flashback
FC7 flashes by. For the non gear-heads among us, that’s a paint code. “Plum Crazy” purple was let loose upon the world’s retinas in 1970 as one of Dodge’s “high-impact” colors. It is a color so bright you can hear it. It says - I could really care less what you think. Thus, along with Ford’s...
May
22
Craig’s Friday Countdown Wrong Things
An incomplete list of things that are wrong or, at least, hard to get used to.
10. Square headlight Jeeps
9. Ketchup on hot dogs
8. Schadenfreude
7. Vast hole in late night comedy created by David Letterman’s departure
6. Announcing a 2016 Presidential run early in 2015. Please, just get...
May
20
Hump Day
“Hi!” bounces off the storefront. Just one syllable. Early Wednesday morning and I’m walking back to the Jeep after dropping off something at TAG. I hear a high-pitched third-grader’s voice shout from a passing car window on 2nd Street. Two-tenths of a second of aural recognition to go on, but...
May
14
Craig’s Friday Countdown Run Over
Things I’ve Been Run Over By [Chronologic Order]
[1962 - ?] Fate: Northside Chicago birth dooms me to be a Cubs fan. But did you see Wednesday night? Maddon has Sczur run for Rizzo. It’s like we have a real manager now! But I digress …
[1962-1979] Four Older Brothers.
[1969] VW Bug: More...
May
14
Q & A
The man in the Cardinals hat is angry. If my team were 23-10, I’d be happy. But the gentleman in my office is anything but. He arrives unscheduled six minutes before a conference call is to start and is welcomed in. The tallest word on the Admin welcoming wall is “OPEN”, and we mean it. I...
