Wednesday

Just a couple of paragraphs over the lunch hour for today.  I'm headed to Muskie after work and will not be back on-line this evening.

Still steamy here for another couple of days.  The forecast does show considerably lower temperatures for the Weekend With The Winniferous.  Welcome news fo' sure. 

Not necessarily a function of the current heat wave, but I am having my furnace and A/C systems replaced at my homestead today.  The soon-to-be-discarded stuff  has to be original equipment (which is 1971).  Maybe not, but it is old and not very effective.  Anyway, for the new units, there's a Federal energy credit through the end of 2010, and the local utility company has a rebate as well.  We all know where all that funding comes from, so thank you, fellow taxpayers, for partially funding my upgrade.  You are True Americans!

The NSSP has got to go!  At least three butt calls yesterday, each in the two minute range.  My pal Bill is looking at new providers as we speak.  In addition to the problems with the phone itself, the US Cellular nationwide coverage is a bit spotty when they use other carrier's towers/equipment as well.  The digital roaming function makes the transfer of my office email to my cell phone clumsy, at best, and sometimes not funtional at all.  It's time for a change.

http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2010/08/11/hilton-coliseum-an-island-surrounded-by-flood-waters/

Wow!  This is awful!  Hilton Coliseim in Ames this morning.  The basketball floor under water.  The rain in Central Iowa has been a continuing story all week.  I know that they have had issues around the arena in the past, but this sure is the real deal.  The flood plain around Hilton must be a little less than the 100 year variety?  Maybe a report from the locally residing cousins?
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Speaking of state universities in the state, Iowa has reached over and hired 2's boss at the Figge Museum for their own.  This move is also directly related to flooding.  When Iowa City got inundated two years ago, the University's Art Museum collection ended up with longterm (but temporary) housing at the Figge in Davenport.  That relationship between the university and the Figge obviously led to a familiarity that was key when the directorship position became open.http://figgeart.org/Figge-Art-Museum-(1)/August-2010/Executive-Director.aspx

So all for now.  Have a great day. 

BCOT