by Art Smith
Got the high-speed running again, and we’re all very happy here! I can’t say the same for everyone in town. We continue to have flooding throughout the state, and water levels are rising around Des Moines. The local AAA baseball park is at the confluence...
by Art Smith
If you don’t see any other posts for a day or two, it’s just that our internet access is down. We had some kind of outage that should be repaired sometime Monday, but it might be Tuesday before you see anything substantive. Sorry about that. (had to use a...
by Art Smith
As reported by the BBC, New South Wales police recently ended their investigation of Bill Henson, a Sydney photographer whose exhibition was shut down before it opened because some of the photographs apparently amounted to child pornography. If you consider nude...
by Art Smith
In an unexpected move today (to Bill that is), Hillary Clinton announced that she is ending her campaign for the Presidency. She is pledging her support of Barack Obama. I’m glad that’s over. For now. I have a feeling that regardless of who wins in...
by Art Smith
I watched about 3 minutes of “Swing Town” last night, the new TV show about the 70’s and spouse swapping open marriages. One scene showed two boys reading Penthouse magazines, and dad catches them… and tells them to make sure mom doesn’t...
by Art Smith
McGehee sent me an email today from Marshalltown, Iowa and said they had a rough night, including losing power at the hotel. I was up late last night watching the storms run into the Marshalltown area, and suspected they had trouble. He said he hoped today would be...
by Art Smith
Who knows what’s going on right now, but Obama and Clinton are meeting together this evening. At Hillary’s home. Interviews with Obama today (just saw a recording on CNN), and he’s being very circumspect about what’s happening right now. And...
by Art Smith
It’s looking like we’re in for a hard weekend and even into next week… thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail, tornadoes, flooding. Everyone’s wondering if it will be as bad as the floods of ’93. I don’t know, but if it is, I would...
by Art Smith
Just a few reflections on the day… Politics: News reports put Hillary ending her campaign on Friday or Saturday. As usual, I’ll believe it when I see it. It’s sad that Hillary has had such a hard time concluding her campain: “We pledged to...
by Art Smith
Of course, on the last day of Presidential Primary Season, things are so close between Obama and Clinton that different new organizations have differing opinions about whether Obama has clinched the nomination or not. And on top of that, the AP reported this morning...