Have you considered practicing in a smaller community? My dad and his local law buddies have all been practicing for 40+ years. They’re nearing retirement and it’s been challenging trying to recruit fresh attorneys to the area to set up shop. The cool thing about Dad and all of his buddies is that they get to do a…

Lincoln is a great college town. You might also like Omaha as it’s bigger with a lot more stuff to do. I grew up not terribly far from Omaha, so it was our shopping destination. Just make sure you like humidity and tornadoes in the summer and freezing cold temps in the winter. You might also want to check out Des…

I’ve been to many a funeral since I was six, but none of them were anything other than the staid Midwestern kind. I think I’m going to put it in my will that someone has to recreate the Laura Palmer funeral scene. (I’m attempting to post the damn video, but YouTube is being a turd.)

The only way to redeem this is with a giant bow above the ass.

Exactly! Why not use the size difference as an advantage.

As far as I understand, it’s more on the physiological side. My late grandfather-in-law trained marksmen for the military. He always said that women were able to steady their breathing, lower their heart rate, and hold steady in one position (often uncomfortable) for long periods of time.

My sister-in-law and my late grandmother-in-law were unarguably the best shots in the family. GIL could blow out candles through a hole in a coffee can from a distance of one hundred-plus yards. None of the troops stationed under G’pa-in-law could do it.

The sniper training comes from Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_…

It would make sense for them to be included from a strategic standpoint as well. Women make great snipers and do well running on little to no sleep for days on end.

There’s some history out there about the tribes originating in the East or the South, and then moving north as climate changed/settlers moved in.

We were hoping to run into the pack on our way up to Spirit Lake (Storm Lake day), but alas, you all must have been recovering from all of the pie the day before. :)

My German professor used High Life’s tag line to teach us genitive: der Champagner des Bier (or something like that, my German is really rusty).

My friends from home who are riding said it’s going to be a good route this year and that the weather looks to be decent. Have fun!

As a lapsed Iowan, I feel like you should really be more specific about the eating portion of your itinerary. We both know that eat is really code for eating pie (delicious pie - enjoy some strawberry rhubarb for me!).

It’s past 12:30, I’m listening to Dolly and Kenny sing Islands in the Stream, happy July 5th everyone!

ps. That song came out when I was in kindergarten.

Hell yeah! My maternal grandma’s mom lied about her age to be able to get on a boat from Germany to Ellis Island in the early 1900s. She and her 13-year-old sister came over by themselves. It was not an easy life for them, but damn am I thankful.

Why am I proud to be an American? 1) You can be a screw up from age 18-23, work your butt off from age 23-28, go to college from age 28-36, and land your dream job at age 36. 2) You can still drive willy-nilly across this great country for the umpteenth time and still find new places to visit along the way (hello…

As a lapsed Iowan, I approve of your fried cheese curd platform. They are also a favorite in my neck of the woods (and by woods I mean corn).

She is my all-time favorite celebrity encounter. She was so nice and fun to talk to.

The German equivalent is fremdschämen - to be embarrassed because someone else has embarrassed himself (and doesn’t notice). I’m all for using these phrases more often because, as you correctly put it, second-hand embarrassment isn’t adequate.