Easier Than a Richmond Tobacco Party
I try not to get too political when I write my occasional column here at The Owl. I do enough yelling at nazis and pea-brained right wing clowns on Youtube,…
Hooray for Insurance
We have all grown accustom to getting the hideous things in the mail, but whenever I am home and I hear the footsteps on my front porch and the metal…
Education in Diplomacy
About eleven years ago I decided to return to school to work on fulfilling some required classes that I just gave up on. I left art school in 1984 with…
Two For One: The Hensel Twins
When I saw this on YouTube™, my first reaction was shock and amazement, but ever since I have been left with questions that only mount. Abbey and Brittany Hensel are…
Fast Food and Communications
Just like any other part of the country, Iowa is peppered with endless fast food restaurants competing for your appetite, as well as your wallet. When one sees the commercials…
Chocolate Season
There is an unwritten, cyclical occurrence that takes place every year that I have coined the term "Chocolate Season" for. Starting somewhere around October 31st when tiny, plastic,anemic approximations of…
Phone Phun
I worked as a long distance operator for three years third shift. They paid you like 12 percent more than normal if you pulled the graveyard shift, and I figured…
Mr. Productivity
Before I became the success story that is Kipp Wieland, I once worked at a Holiday Inn here in Cedar Rapids (it has been demolished since). I had dropped out…
World’s Greatest Dad
My Dad celebrated his 60-something birthday this past weekend, and I have always been grateful for such a colorful father. I can think of no other person who has had…
Mensa Candidates in Iowa
Living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, you get little tastes of the "big city" without really living in such an environment. We have everything that a huge place like Chicago does…