I milked every season I could out of my old CharBroil but now. it's time to replace it.

I know Weber is considered the best of the best but has anyone bought a non Weber brand lately from a big box store and been happy? I'll probably end up with a Weber but wanted to see if there is another brand I should strongly consider. Given current times spending $800+ on a grill when you could spend $400 and get just as good of one is something to look at.

TL;DR....Gas grill recommendations...go

Always great talking to J.J. — and his third child was born just over three weeks ago! https://cyclonefanatic.com/2020/04/where-are-they-now-j-j-moses/

SyFy channel is showing a marathon of Xena Princess Warrior every Thursday in April - enjoying a few episodes today.

We used to watch this all the time - Lucy Lawless was awesome! This is great bad TV. Xena and Hercules as well. Man, I miss those shows.

Any other Xena fans out there?

Hey guys just wanted to announce that we will be returning to the TBT Tournament this summer!! (Provided we play of course) and will be announcing the team tomorrow at 12 noon on our twitter page at @iowatbt.

We have a roster of 10 guys that we are excited about. 2 Cyclones, 2 Hawkeyes, 2 Bulldogs, 1 other and 3 "Grad Transfers". I have worked closely with both Jeff Horner and Marcus Fizer recruiting what we think is a far more competitive team than last year that you guys will be excited about. Unfortunately we are not able at this time to get a UNI player, I will say it was not for a lack of trying. Our call list for this year was over 120 players in total!

We also have a lot planned for you as fans. We will do our typical marketing week for each player leading up to the tournament, helping you get to know them better, but now we will have more giveaways! Autographed balls, Trivia Day to win an autographed Iowa United practice jerseys, Beer gift cards (Mmmmm...Beer), and a community event to meet the players, coaches and staff.

We want to thank our awesome sponsors Reclaimed Rails, Uptown Garage Brewing, and Newton Apparel for all their help. 3 great Iowa businesses.

Again..@iowatbt at 12 noon tomorrow. Thank you for all of your support.

Matthew Crawford
GM Iowa United

Kysen Terukina just signed with Iowa State. Younger brother of former wrestler Shayden Terukina. Ranked #95 overall on the Flo big board, but he has a ton of upside. Very good late addition to the class!

People have been saying that this type of thing would start happening more and more. This is one of the higher profile cases so far
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...player-jalen-green-enter-nba-g-league-pathway

In case you weren't feeling bad enough, here comes a snow storm.



Yah that won't happen.

I could see this though.

This deserves it's own thread

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Not a big surprise, given her very limited playing time. This leaves us with three post players on the roster for next season. Fortunately they should all be solid contributors at least.

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Let’s do this again...

The Netflix interview with the Unabomber was a pretty good show. Not as gripping or tear jerking as some of the other documentaries out there, but interesting and informative for sure. A nice mix of the storyline and interviews with family members or people that knew him along with a pretty rare interview from Ted himself.

https://www.netflix.com/title/81002216

It's worth a watch.

Dr. A. Fauci feels that non-spectator competitions can start this summer. Weekly testing and isolation of competitors would be required.

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/i...i-promotes-single-site-fan-free-return-sports

A lot to chew on here. Full details in the link. Please feel free to ask me questions here. I will do my best to get them all answered.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2020/04/announcing-a-new-business-model-initiative-at-cyclone-fanatic/

So we ordered some new exterior light fixtures for our house. Our old ones fully enclosed the light bulb, but these new ones are "barn" style where the bulb is under the fixture but technically open to any elements that may blow up into it. Our house faces north.

My question, maybe a really dumb one, but I've never encountered this....Do I need to buy special outdoor bulbs? I don't know if they need to be better protected/waterproof? The site we bought the fixtures from just says 120v wattage, E26/medium bulb base.

Thanks in advance.

Currently working on the write up, but hopefully we can get enough signed up in the next couple days to start on Monday.

Just FYI the website is up:
https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment

I would check your status. Even though I filed and payed my taxes this year through direct debit it said it didn't have the necessary bank account information for me. This is weird because they definitely had no problem taking money out of my account.

You will need your adjusted gross income and the amount you payed/owed on the last taxes you filed in addition to your bank account info. The wait wasn't too long to get on the website but who knows how long that will be the case.

Safety Malichi Lowery announcing today, the Cyclones offered on January 29th. Profile shows ISU and Temple as warm.

The one where we consider becoming the world's premier cheap wine tasting podcast:

https://cyclonefanatic.com/podcasts/stanz-fitz-episode-97/

Welcome back to “On That Note,” CF’s weekly music hub, hosted by @MeanDean, @CycloneRulzzz and cyclones500.

Inspiration for this segment comes to us from @VeloClone, and the focus is “cover song surprises,” involving two sub-themes.

(A) Songs you initially thought were originals, but at some point learned were covers.
For each entry, include at least 2 clips:

1. Version you initially assumed was original recording
2. Actual original
3. (optional) additional versions released before between (1) and (2).

(B) Songs performed by songwriters after they were released by another artist.

I’ll post my first entries separately.

• Last Week’s OTN: It’s No Surprise That They’re Giving None Away

This a weird question to ask. Have a neighbor who is a contract worker with health benefits. He also works a part time job. He is still working as a contract worker, but was laid off due to the coronavirus on his part time job as a line cook. He applied for unemployment for his part time job and got a check. Should he be eligible to collect unemployment benefits from his part time job? He really has to work the two jobs to make ends meet. He is kinda freaking out about it. I don't know how it works as I haven't experienced it before.

It's not me as I have a work from home job and thankful that our company is doing well. Even got a bonus for selling some items that have been hard to move the last few months.

Who do you think the most improved players on offense and defense will be this year?

Offense - I think Sean Shaw is going have a breakout season. He showed some great signs this past season and our tight end core is going to get a lot of attention leaving some one on ones for Shaw to take advange of.

Defense - Eisworth. He got dinged up in the Iowa game and was a shadow of his former self this past season. He finally plays healthy and has motivation to be a first rounder in the next draft.

"......
Tyson said he was being given a private tour of a zoo more than 30 years ago, saw a gorilla being a bully, and offered the tour guide a considerable sum of money so he could go inside the cage and punch him.

"I paid a worker at New York's zoo to re-open it just for me and [ex-wife] Robin [Givens]," Tyson said, according to Boxing Scene.

"When we got to the gorilla cage there was one big silverback gorilla there just bullying all the other gorillas. They were so powerful but their eyes were like an innocent infant.

"I offered the attendant $10,000 to open the cage and let [me] smash that silverback's snot box! He declined...."

Keep reading the part about his pet Tiger

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/bo...rilla-in-the-face/ar-BB12BKRV?ocid=spartandhp

Many thanks to Kantrail for the update! https://cyclonefanatic.com/2020/04/where-are-they-now-kantrail-horton/

What does everyone think about having a social event at one of the local bars in des moines after all this stuff is over? I was thinking we could put our User Names on our name tags instead of our real name. Then everyone will be able to put faces with who everyone is. Be a fun night of socializing and drinking

Wright got an offer from NC State last night so I thought it seemed timely to start with this one. I'll have more installments of this series every few days over the next couple weeks. Jim Bonifas will be the next one.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2020/04/coaches-corner-charles-wright/