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    Sportsmanship

    After a very tough loss: 1. Be a good sport. Don't act like a three year old and whine on a message board. It's unmanly. 2. Want to talk about growing a pair? Have the guts to keep your emotions in check, and admit UNI is a good team. 3. Support your University and the coaches. 4. Let's...
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    Kindergarten kids with cell phone?

    It surprised me when my wife told me two kids in our sons kindergarten class had cell phones. Doesn't that seem too young / unnecessary?
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    Mid-sized truck recommendations

    Looking for a mid-size truck. I test drove the 2012 Tacoma and Honda Ridgeline today. Tacoma = way too small [I'm 6'7"], and really liked the Ridgeline. Need a truck for lumber yard trips, hunting in the fall, hauling kids sports stuff, and golf. I'm not a construction guy or off-road...
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    Favorite Pearl Jam Song

    Hard. But tonight it's "Off He Goes" Go.
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    Hinges

    What a good idea. Who came up with that? Someone smart, for sure.
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    1923 Homecoming advertisement

    I found this advertisement for ISU's 1923 Homecoming today while looking through my great-grandfather's papers. This ad was in the November 11, 1923 Des Moines Register in a special section of the paper commemorating the five year anniversary of the Armistice in WWI (11/11/1918). My...
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    Pinstripe Bowl

    After the Holiday, I'm actually rooting to go to the Pinstripe Bowl. Yes, it's cold, and not in Texas. But personally I prefer NYC over Dallas, especially at New Years. Who's with me?
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    Marc Hansen Column assumed OSU won?

    Umm.... The Register has a Hansen column up right now that looks like it was written before the game, and assumed Okie State won. Here's a paragraph: "It might have been the best game Iowa State ever lost. The Cyclones looked more than bowl worthy. But Oklahoma State’s victory did nothing...
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    Ranked on SI.com Power Rankings

    Check it out: LSU, Alabama headline great American novel-themed Power Rankings - Andy Staples - SI.com. Has ISU at # 25.
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    Virus from Hawkeye Nation

    Just a warning: followed a link from a thread on this site a few days ago to Hawkeye Nation, and AVG opened up a virus warning. Ended up with the "Google redirect virus." Maybe others have to. If you have, I had to use Norton Power Eraser to get rid of it. Just a heads up. Last time I go to...