A slight disagreement with Maegan

June 14, 2011

My good friend Maegan Carberry has an article on Huffington Post about last night’s debate that you should read right now. My only issue was with this line: “he’s yet to prove in practice that he’s committed beyond his soaring campaign rhetoric.” I want to disagree here without sounding like a total apologist. The President’­s [...]

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How to cover a Presidential event

May 3, 2011

Don’t be that yutz stuck at home livetweeting to C-SPAN. Follow these steps, grab that net and go catch that beautiful butterfly!

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RAGBRAI Training: Week Three wrap-up

April 30, 2011

Week 2 was a bust. A combination of nasty weather and general ennui led to no miles being biked. Hella fail.

Week 3 was much better.

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RAGBRAI Training: Day 2

April 12, 2011

Current weight: 194lbs Today’s ride: 10 miles

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RAGBRAI Training Day 1

April 10, 2011

What the heck is RAGBRAI? Click here. I’m sitting in the Village Bean having just biked here from home in Johnston. Unbeknownst to me, the Interurban Trail is closed shortly after you get on it from the trail that leads to Johnston (whose name escapes me at this dehydrated moment). So many hills on the [...]

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Local Love: Des Moines Blogs I Read on Sunday Mornings

February 13, 2011

Harvey and Ellie seem to subconsciously embrace the concept of Lazy Sunday. It’s not long after business is done outside and some light wrassling around on the living room floor that they’re both soaking up the nearest sunny patch of carpet and snoring away. This leaves me with the spare quiet time I so rarely [...]

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