I love going into brick and mortar bookstores. Shopping online is incredibly convenient, but it just isn’t the same as walking into a store full of shelves and almost endless amounts of reading material. One of the things I’m looking … Continue reading
I finally waded through the hundreds of photos I took at the 2008 Iowa State Fair back on August 9th and have posted the best of the bunch on Flickr. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This … Continue reading
Welcome to Readlyn, Iowa, a small town of 857 friendly people…and one old grump. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your … Continue reading
Just a few stray thoughts to sort of “clean out” the dustbin of my mind. Thanks for indulging me. My friend Denise is down in Texas helping in the aftermath of Ike. Working 12 hours a day and driving an … Continue reading
Two weeks from today I’ll be flying home for a break. I’ll arrive Friday in the early afternoon and Saturday I’ll get our camping gear down from the attic so that Cindy and I can drive to Maggie Valley on … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I was walking through downtown Cedar Falls with 2 of my co-workers before a city council meeting when we came across this street display of metal sculpture. I didn’t have my Nikon, so I had to … Continue reading
Today is National Punctuation Day and I thank the grammar gods for it. You should too! Otherwise, there would be many times that the true meaning of our words would be obscured or confused. Take a punctuation mark to lunch … Continue reading
This week, September 22-28, is National Dog Week (the site hasn’t been updated in 2 – 3 years, for some reason). Here’s a picture of our dog, Wolf. Do something special for your doggie this week. They are, after all, … Continue reading
Sunday evening I was writing and working on some projects in the hotel room while the TV was on and WGN was airing a “WKRP” marathon. I love WKRP and the only thing that has really kept me from purchasing … Continue reading
I did NOT make this cute graphic myself, because I know that Alaska was the 49th State admitted. But, it’s still funny. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If … Continue reading
Have you ever had certain songs remind you of people or a time in your life because, for whatever reason, the song is so closely associated with that person and/or time? Ok, maybe I’m the only weirdo, just indulge me. … Continue reading
Here in Iowa the air has been beginning to become a little…brisk. Communities in this area are all planning Fall Festivals and my employer provided windbreakers to those of us who came here in July and were unprepared for lows … Continue reading
The possible successor to Dick Cheney is getting out ahead of the game and shooting things up before she even takes office. The full “story” is found here at Sarah Palin Kills Bullwinkle – Bambi Is Next It’s just a … Continue reading
A small suburb of Cedar Falls has had a problem with vandalism at their local skateboard park, so the park was closed and this sign was erected. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for … Continue reading
Today is my lovely wife’s birthday. By now, since I’m away in Iowa, she’ll have already received my gifts and snail mail card and e-card. If I were home I’d be taking her out to a nice dinner tonight, but … Continue reading
Last week I had to drive to a town about 2 hours from my office for an evening City Council/Town Hall meeting. As I arrived in the town it was close to dinner time so I asked my GPS to … Continue reading
Have you ever had certain songs remind you of people or a time in your life because, for whatever reason, the song is so closely associated with that person and/or time? Ok, maybe I’m the only weirdo, just indulge me. … Continue reading
Driving through Iowa on Tuesday I watched this wicked looking cloud form. It looks like a tornado forming doesn’t it? But it was just a massive shelf of clouds and the perspective of distance made it look like a funnel. … Continue reading
Over at Mental Floss (one of my favorite sites) they have a caption contest up for the cartoon below. Go check out the ten finalist entries and vote for your favorite. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. … Continue reading
I hope that you’ll take the time today to stop for a few moments to remember those who perished, and their friends and family members. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial … Continue reading
