Month: April 2013

General

‘He’s going the distance’

When is a humblebrag more humble than brag? When there’s video proof! After a week of grey skies and soggy ground, the sun is out. My office has an informal, lunch-hour 40-yard dash competition each year, and I was around for it this year. I didn’t fare too badly–5.81 and 5.83 in my two tries–and […]

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General

Photos from after the deluge

I  shared some photos of near-flooding on the Rock River in Moline on Tuesday. At the time, flood levels were supposed to come close to official flood level, but then subsided. So much for that. After two days of heavy, heavy rain, river levels have risen dramatically. Many area hydrographs show similar data to the […]

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General

Summer, Autumn, Winter and Rock River Flooding

Sure, technically the Rock River isn’t above flood stage right now at its measuring station in Moline, Illinois, but it’s been close enough for long enough this spring. Fun fact: six of this location’s ten highest recorded floods have occurred in the past 20 years, and the top 12 floods at this location all have happened since […]

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Music

Big Wreck, “Albatross”

My wife got me into Big Wreck when we first started dating, and I’ve enjoyed their first two albums, as well as debut album from frontman Ian Thornley’s band, Thornley. I just started listening to Big Wreck’s most recent album, Albatross, and it is my favorite of the bunch. The gap between the better tracks […]

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Music

Friday Morning Playlist #2

Wake up. Add caffeine. Click “play.”

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Sports

Cubs should call Wrigleyville’s bluff and leave

The Chicago Cubs should leave Wrigley Field. It is something I never thought I would say, much less believe. I remember my first Cubs game as a kid in the midsummer of 1986. Growing up more than an hour from the ballpark, I spent summer afternoons watching them on Channel 9. I was so used […]

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General

Breakpoint

As that red box above has subtly indicated, I am in the midst of redesigning and this personal site. I can tell you two things so far: I am loving Zurb’s Foundation framework so far. I hate reading my old posts almost as much as I hate hearing my voice, singing or otherwise. Consider this […]

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