Recent content by Pat

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    Milan Momcilovic withdraws from the 2026 NBA Draft

    I think that was the point, though. He’s not a player that is supposed to initiate the offense and be your number one scorer; he’s Kyle Korver, not SGA. At Kentucky (or wherever), he’ll be probably the third option, and his job will be to stand in the corner, space the floor, and hit open...
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    Clearing trees in the Haunted Forest

    No, but Story County will make your life hell (see 88.05 1.B).
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    Clearing trees in the Haunted Forest

    The property is zoned Ag with an Environmentally Sensitive overlay. Using it as a seasonal parking lot might be pushing it a bit, but I’m not sure I believe the city wants them to put down a bunch of pavement in the flood plain.
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    Milan Momcilovic tweets "entering NBA draft and portal"

    I’m not sure it is. There a finite number of years for a basketball career - it’s not like he could stay in college longer and retire at 65 instead of 62. There’s also the factor that, due to age, he becomes less desirable for an NBA team every year that he waits. The fiscally conservative...
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    Blissfully Oblivious: Songs Many Misunderstand

    In a song full of Old Testament references, I am pretty confident that the verse is a reference to Samson.
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    Blissfully Oblivious: Songs Many Misunderstand

    Brick by Ben Folds Five. I was at a Folds solo show in DSM years ago and watched a large group of drunk young ladies all gleefully shout-sing the chorus to each other. It was… odd.
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    Cytown Update

    This was absolutely by design. Facebook gave local (and national) news a “free” platform and artificially boosted traffic until they were fully committed and had basically no other means of getting eyeballs. Then Facebook killed the traffic unless you paid to boost the posts. It was a brilliant...
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    Cytown Update

    Also, have you seen how Ames residents and students treat their low-cost housing?
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    20 Ribeyes for $40 Scam

    Their price is unbelievably great, but it’s all ditch weed stems and seeds. And thus concludes the extent of my knowledge of the devil’s lettuce.
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    20 Ribeyes for $40 Scam

    So you’re telling me that, for the price of two thick-cut ribeyes at Fareway, I could get 20? From a reefer trailer in a hardware store parking lot? What could go wrong?
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    Ted Turner has passed away

    Diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia in 2018.
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    TJ signs 10 year extension

    Dixon’s $8m buyout kept him from leaving TCU for UCLA in 2019, but the world has changed a LOT in 7 years.
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    Post Malone/Jellyroll concert at Jack Trice

    AC/DC hasn’t been selling out stadiums for quite a while, certainly not with the current iteration.
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    Post Malone/Jellyroll concert at Jack Trice

    For now. Awful lot of available seats, especially the expensive ones.
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    TJ signs 10 year extension

    This contract mirrors how Pollard has previously operated. The coach is taking (probably significantly) less annual salary than he could get elsewhere. ISU offsets that by: 1. Giving more years/guaranteed $, and protects itself by paying monthly instead of a lump sum. The bet here is that, even...