Not My Day
I got a on a writing jag last night and since I had today off I ended up not going to bed until 6am this morning. “Not a problem”, I thought, “I can sleep in today.” Except that SOMEBODY called … Continue reading
I got a on a writing jag last night and since I had today off I ended up not going to bed until 6am this morning. “Not a problem”, I thought, “I can sleep in today.” Except that SOMEBODY called … Continue reading
Almost everyone, especially fans of science fiction and/or the paranormal, is familiar with The Bermuda Triangle, a region of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean in which a number of aircraft and surface vessels have disappeared and guidance tools have malfunctioned. According … Continue reading
I am exhausted, but I wanted to put a post up before bed. Yesterday I was in a shopping mall (yes, on business) when I saw an attractive young lady walking toward myself and my companions with a T-shirt that … Continue reading
So I was about to go to bed last night when I heard some voices from out in the hallway. I looked through my room door’s peephole and saw some people coming up the stairs, but the view was blurred … Continue reading
I made it to the fair yesterday afternoon and spent about 2 hours walking around and ended up taking approximately 300 photos. I’ll be working on getting them uploaded to Flickr after work each day this week. The experience reiterated … Continue reading
This morning I have to drive back down to Des Moines to teach a class at the office there. I should be finished up around 3 or 4pm, so my plan is to head over to the world-famous Iowa State … Continue reading
This past Monday when I walked into my first manager’s meeting here in Waterloo/Cedar Falls, I scanned the faces of the group of people sitting around the conference table. None of these were people I had worked with before, so … Continue reading
I had dinner at a pretty authentic Chinese restaurant here in Waterloo tonight and it was very tasty. But over and above the enjoyment of the food were two things that stood out: My fortune cookie had two fortunes inside … Continue reading
Ever since Cindy and I went to see “Mamma Mia” the week before last when I was still in Orlando, I’ve had various songs stuck in my head and ever since last Thursday, when I found I was coming to … Continue reading
I slept in until 7:30 this morning, trying to get as much rest as possible on my only day off with the hope of stopping this cold that has plagued me since Wednesday. It didn’t work. Check-out wasn’t until noon … Continue reading
Cindy dropped me off at OIA Wednesday morning. Man, I love using the CLEAR program. It is such a breeze going through security. My flight left Orlando on time and even arrived in DFW about 15 minutes early, but that … Continue reading
Got the call this morning to go back to Iowa, so I’m flying out Wednesday morning with a connecting flight in Dallas-Ft. Worth and arriving around 3:30pm Des Moines’ time tomorrow afternoon. This deployment I’m working in my current department … Continue reading
John Wayne is not the only famous person born in Iowa. According to the city of Riverside, Iowa, on March 22, 2233 the future Captain James Tiberius Kirk will be born in their fair town. Star Trek mythology found in … Continue reading
If you drive for about 20 minutes from Des Moines in a southwesterly direction, you’ll come to Winterset, Iowa. Winterset is mostly known for three things; its the county seat of Madison County, its beautiful covered bridges (thus forming the … Continue reading
Sorry for the absence yesterday. Tuesday I came into the Des Moines office for a few minutes to pick up some documents then drove 2 1/2 hours over to Cedar Rapids for a day of meetings. I finally arrived back … Continue reading
“In youth the days are short and the years are long; in old age the years are short and the days long.” Nikita Ivanovich Panin It seems like just a few days ago that I was in Baton Rouge on … Continue reading
Most of the names of cities in Iowa, including the state name itself, have their roots in Native American language. But is that the case with its capital city? Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed … Continue reading
We’re now required to take off one day each week, so I was off Wednesday. To insure that my day off would not be filled with “must do” things, I went after work Tuesday night to get a haircut and … Continue reading
You might think coming to the Midwest, especially our country’s farmland, that everything would get an early start. You know, farmers up at dawn to milk the cows, feed the chickens, slop the hogs and that sort of thing. But … Continue reading
When I first arrived here in Des Moines the timeline was described as “Be prepared to take part in a Halloween costume contest” which meant they thought we’d be here through October. Then it became “Pick a Christmas tree to … Continue reading