Today was a day of firsts. I dropped a class, and then I voted. Or... tried to vote ( Read more... )

I'm thinking to try to be a tour guide at Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany next summer. I was looking at the poster I have of it on my wall the other day and commented aloud to whoever I was with that it would be cool to be a tour guide there someday and wondered what sorts of requirements they have, dismissing it as a faroff impossibility. But ( Read more... )

From: Mr. Dennis Kabila ( Read more... )

I love having a drinking fountain twenty feet from my desk. When I grow up, my dream house will have a drinking fountain in every room ( Read more... )

Tune in to KRUI 89.7 FM (or on the internet stream) on Tuesday, 27 September from 9 AM to 10 AM. They're doing a feature on street musicians of Iowa City and I'm going to be on with Queuetip, the guy who plays "Gangster's Paradise" and stuff on accordion ( Read more... )

I don't usually do these things, and even less frequently do I actually post them. This one I found very extensive, accurate, and interesting, especially given that I'm a lot more "economically permissive" and a lot more "socially permissive" than everyone else I've seen with it (except Joe because he is crazy and way down in the Socialist corner ( Read more... )

Five hours singing and playing guitar/mandolin/fiddle/banjo downtown by myself: $125 ( Read more... )

Customer First Name: Caleb ( Read more... )

Customer First Name: Caleb ( Read more... )

The following excerpt is from the chronicles of the German Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg (975-1018) regarding the customs of the recently Christianized Poland. Poland was still riddled with pagan practices, most of which the Church found disturbing, but some of which were looked upon well.In the land of her husband there exist many different customs ( Read more... )