Defending my homeland

Posted on Dec 24, 2011 in rants | No Comments

Before you read my post please read Prof. Stephen G. Bloom’s article about Iowa and the caucuses in the Atlantic: Observations From 20 Years of Iowa Life The remainder of the post is my reaction to Bloom’s article: Perhaps it is because I was born and raised in Cedar Falls, a booming metropolis by Iowa […]

a song that sums me up

Posted on Dec 4, 2011 in life, movies | No Comments

Blake Yip Yip Posted by Blake Yesterday began with a trip to the blood bank where I donate platelets and plasma on a regular basis. More often than not, with close to two hours in a chair having my precious bodily fluids sucked from my veins like the Deepwater Horizon, afterwards I am pretty much […]