I was checked in by Ann, a redheaded woman in her late 40s or perhaps early 50s. She was amiable enough but was poised to be a bitch if necessary. Ann spent the nine o’clock hour of her Wednesday morning checking the contents of my duffel bag to ensure that I hadn’t entered with any […]
2010
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Acting on Activism
The Iowa City area seems to be experiencing a renaissance in the area of live theater. In recent years several new organizations have joined the long-running Riverside Theatre and Iowa City Community Theatre in putting on local shows. Working Group Theatre is one such organization and in the last two years they’ve gained notice for […]
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Lest Ye Be Judged
Commentary on the judicial retention election John B. Whiston November 17, 2010 For the last few weeks, I have been talking with lots of lawyers and judges about the results of the judicial retention election. They are always stunned by the result, a vote of 54/46 to boot Justices Ternus, Streit and Baker. They say […]
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Iowa City Weekender: December 2-5
The week has been cloudy and grey. The weekend will not. I will not allow it.
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Little Village vs. NaNoWriMo: Day 21
We only heard one side of the Dentist’s conversation but it was enough to discern where he and Rosso had planned to meet: some café on the pedestrian mall just adjacent to the same playground where Rosso and I had had our discussion just prior. Either he wanted a public space to avoid any drama […]
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Show Preview: Times New Viking, November 30th
Times New Viking w/ Solid Attitude | 9 PM | The Mill | $8, 21+ On the 30th of November, the Mill will be receiving a rather noisy guest in the form of Times New Viking. Hailing from Columbus, OH, the trio has been burning the country down for the past few years, playing their […]
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Little Village vs. NaNoWriMo: Day 20
View all NaNoWriMo entries … I came to slowly, rocked in the passenger seat of a slow-moving car. Night had fallen; the windows were rolled up and the heat was on. It was cozy. I knew that I was in danger, but for now, this car was cradling me, and whoever was driving it—probably the […]
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Little Village vs. NaNoWriMo: Day 19
View all NaNoWriMo entries … I’d been crammed in this stuffy office for 20 minutes with no mention of a doctor when it occurred to me. “I really did have a heart attack, you know,” I said. “Heart attack?” the detective asked. His name was Michael Boever. The slow-talking suit had been grilling me after […]
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Ouch, So Many Words
Hello NaNoWriMo fans. You may not know who I am, given my horrible habit of not blogging about Little Village’s NaNoWriMo experience this month (this would be my first). Here’s a salute to our other authors who’ve been carrying my weight. That said, phew, we’ve been giving it hell, but it seems NaNoWriMo can dish […]
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Little Village vs. NaNoWriMo: Day 18
View all NaNoWriMo entries … “So this chick she walks into a bar and asks for a double entendre,” said Johnny, “and then, so the bartender, he gives it to her!” He leaned in with the punchline and Carl and Tony start laughing their fat, red, greasy faces off. Carl is gasping for air: “So […]
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Little Village starts to get its butt whooped by NaNoWriMo
I don’t know what our fearless leader was talking about when he said we’d recovered from the depression he began, but, from a numbers standpoint, the day he stuck his head under the covers appears to have begun a domino-effect of five heads ducking under covers, all of us becoming unclear whose turn it was, […]
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Little Village vs. NaNoWriMo: Day 17
View all NaNoWriMo entries … Sitting on the floor after Rosso left I started thinking about my life. Around me the rug was melted and burned from the fiery expression of my anger. Now, the anger was gone, Johnny was gone, and a few of the 200 animals weaved in 50 colors, including gold, that, […]
