Siftings
Apr
23
Craig’s Friday Countdown Teen Jobs
Mayor Gluba’s teen job fair has me recalling working for the man from age twelve through nineteen.
10) tie Dishwasher, Sizzler Steakhouse – A recurring Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmare. The manager would get drunk and go on a tirade, then pass out. We’d turn the clock forward an hour and close...
Apr
16
Dawns of Freedom
A lifetime and a year. My lifetime, and 1961. Who knows what happened in 1961? Don’t ask me - wasn’t here yet. The gap between The Lonely Crowd, first published by Yale University Press in 1961, and Our Kids, published on March 10 of this year, spans generations. The Ford Mustang was still the...
Apr
16
Craig’s Friday Countdown Comings & Goings
Ever wonder where people move to, from the Quad Cities or move from, to our happy home? Since the IRS likes to keep track of taxpayers as they move around, here's some data on the top ten places people move to, and the top ten places they move from (2006 - 2011). Keep in mind, this is presented...
Mar
13
Craig’s Friday Countdown - Application Thanks
Reinvestment District Application Thanks
10 - The Iowa Legislature
9 - Whoever did the legal description
8 (tie) - Joe, Kyle, Betsy ...
7 (tie) - C.H. Johnson and Ballard King
6 - Brian, Colleen and everyone at Vandewalle
5 (tie) - Mayor Gluba and City Council, IEDA Director Durham, Tara...
Mar
11
Swing. Set.
He got me with the swingset. The book isn't officially out until tomorrow, but Joseph Shields' picture caught my eye yesterday at an O'Hare bookstore. Scanning down, Robert Putnam and Bowling Alone seals the deal. I buy the book and cannot put it down. If you care about the future of the nation...
Mar
06
Craig’s Friday Countdown - Countdown to Next Friday
The week ahead.
100 - Work on the Reinvestment District application.
99 - Work on the Reinvestment District application.
98 - Work on the Reinvestment District application.
97 - Work on the Reinvestment District application.
96 - Work on the Reinvestment District application.
95 – Do some...
Feb
26
Craig’s Friday Countdown - Problem Solving Shows
Problem Solving Shows
25) Celebrity Apprentice – If Gary Busey ain’t on it, I ain’t watching it.
24) Anything Involving Hoarding.
23) 2013 Chicago Cubs – Let’s send Darwin Barney to the plate, down by a run, in the bottom of the ninth.
22) The Knock Offs – Chopped, Project Runway All...
Feb
22
Alchemy
With the Quad City Times’ editorially spurring Davenport to “Go For It” (below), the City Council approved a motion to undertake the due diligence necessary to negotiate a final purchase agreement for the Rhythm City casino on October 24, 2012. Following that policy directive, a contract for...
Feb
20
Casual (?) Friday
Pizza and chocolate milk. If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, the boyhood version must be pizza and chocolate milk. The Brady Street Dominos opens at 10:00 a.m., so the order is placed for pick-up at 11:10. Half cheese, half cheese and sausage. Pick up the pizza, grab some...
Feb
19
Craig’s Friday Countdown - Central Fire Specs
The plans and specifications for the Central Fire Station project weigh 26 pounds. Here’s a sampling of some of the small print:
10) The firepole in the renovation of the existing station will be salvaged brass. The firepoles in the new station will be stainless steel.
9) Power tools require...
