I tend to read articles and books about particular subjects in phases. I’ll read a couple of books on parenting, a few biographies of athletes, maybe some philosophy or some histories. Maybe most of us do this. Exercise and food are two...
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Friday, Sep 25, 2015
The Library often has events I'd love to attend, but other life things (having children) make it a stretch. Steven Pinker was here last Tuesday, for example, and there was lots of excitement. A young couple asked me earlier that day if they would...
Wednesday, Jun 17, 2015
You might be familiar with the Park@201 building downtown. It’s the new building on the ped mall with the glass exterior. Take a look at the top of building, the southwest and northwest corners in particular, and you will notice two protrusions....
Monday, May 18, 2015
A friend recommended Blood and Thunder: an epic of the American West to me awhile back, but I was reluctant to read it. It had been some time since I had read a history and had unreservedly enjoyed it. Take Charles Mann's 1491 and 1493 , for...
Thursday, Apr 9, 2015
The Iowa City Assessor’s website is useful if you’d like to know more about real property in Iowa City. In Iowa City, real property (land and buildings), is reassessed every two years. On the Assessor’s Duties page , there is information...
Wednesday, Jan 14, 2015
This is not something I ask myself often. But when I do, the Johnson County Sheriff's Department has a ready answer. The County's website is here: http://www.johnson-county.com/ . On that page, there is a Jail Inmate Roster link on the left...
Friday, Oct 17, 2014
My oldest daughter is nine and she’s a super reader. She’ll be still for long periods of time and the book is all she needs. My other daughter is on her way to being a super reader too, but the being still part is tough. Part of it is her age,...
Thursday, Jul 24, 2014
The thought of reading self-help books makes me uncomfortable. I imagine sitting down in an office with Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer (both of whom I'm sure are wonderful people) and having this feeling that something really bad is about to happen...
Thursday, May 1, 2014
A patron wanted help finding books and articles to use for writing her paper. The topic, she told me, was to be about young adults living with their parents and how this was a good thing. What terms were we to use for the search? “Parents...
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