December 2011
33 posts
It’s a bit of navelgazing, but here are my favorite pieces I wrote in 2011. My goal for 2012 is to write 100 posts/articles. Unless otherwise noted, these are all from Gapers Block.
“An Analysis of the Lyrics of ‘Teenage Dream’”—Punching a Jayhawk
“The Negative Connotations of ‘Community Theatre,’ or, Theatrical Elitism”—Fragments
“A...
Iowans Go to Party in Ankeny
Me: (looking at Facebook) So this person is going on their honeymoon. They're going to Des Moines.
Meghan-Annette: Why don't they go to some place where they can really party? Like Ankeny. (we both laugh)
Meghan-Annette: I've been waiting so long to tell that joke.
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Thought I Had While Having an Allergic Reaction...
“If Helen Schiller hadn’t retired would we have had a 49-1 budget vote?”
“Outside Des Moines, midwestern chain Pizza Ranch has secured its own prominent...”
– For Iowa, campaign brings more attention than money—Reuters
Wherein Reuters explains what the big deal is with Pizza Ranch during this caucus, something I’ve actually been wondering.
“Poor Larry is being treated like some servant from Downton Abbey.”
– Downing Street Cat Cruelly Banned from Prime Minister’s Home—Jezebel
Quote of the day.
“The human rights commission of the local state of Chihuahua registered 1,250...”
– Special Report: Federal forces sully Mexico’s war on drugs—Reuters
“To hear Lemon go off-script is to hear what we’re all thinking at home:...”
– Can Don Lemon set CNN straight?—Creative Loafing Atlanta
“Bill Wenz, a former real estate broker who lost a 1996 race for a downtown...”
– Deja vu all over again for Milwaukee Mayor Barrett—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
I can’t think of a city where someone running on that platform would be elected, let alone be elected in Milwaukee.
A Round-Up of Reactions to Stephen Bloom's...
“Stephen Bloom ‘Does Not Speak for the University’” by Sally Mason, President of University of Iowa
“What Stephen Bloom is Missing About Iowa” by Lynda Waddington
“Look to Iowa’s Future, Not Its Past: A Response to Bloom” by Bernard Sherman
“UI journalism professor’s article causes uproar”—The Daily Iowan
“For...
“The International Union of Elevator Constructors has been pushing for the...”
– Elevator That Killed Y&R Executive Was Undergoing Maintenance, City Says - NYTimes.com
Wonder what Matt Yglesias thinks about this.
(via felixsalmon)
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“I’d like to think of myself as the flavor of the decade.”
– Congressman Ron Paul, explaining his recent jump in an Iowa poll. (via officialssay)
Muppets are brainwashing kids against capitalism. →
soupsoup:
Damn liberal Muppets!!
“An apostrophe is an apostrophe is an apostrophe, I tell my students. When used...”
– Apostrophes don’t swing both ways
Related: its, not it’s.
(via me3dia)
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“That Clyde Barrow is such a cutup. Why, the boy will do most anything to stir up...”
– Armed and Amorous, Committing Cold-Blooded Musical—New York Times
I love a pan from Brantley.
