Writer. Editor. Dad jokester. Recovering journalist. Tryin' to get up that great big hill of hope for a destination. Mostly non-work-related.
Omaha, NE
Joined November 2011
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The saga started in September 2022, after the therapist ("Defendant" in this filed petition for disciplinary action) had been providing services to "Client A" for nearly a year. A cat ("Eve") was gifted to the client's daughter.
Aside: If this had been in PACER, I totally would have expected to see it in @SeamusHughes' CourtWatch.News
Did the 2008 Olympic Swimming trials in Omaha lead to significant reductions in the city's public school spending and student-teacher ratios? I need someone at @flatwaterfreep or @NE_Examiner to explain this just-published economics research paper to me.
digitalcommons.trinity.edu/e…
"Don't forget to eat a plate of ice cream every day"
"A little ice cream every day is good for baby"
Enjoying this random ad I spotted in a November 1918 issue of @OWHnews.
Anybody want to buy the Haunted Hollow theme park in La Vista?
Part of property package for sale if you've got $1.3 million. "Endless usage possibilities" including weddings and concerts, so the brochure says.
loopnet.com/Listing/12501-Ol…
Today's word of the day is "levitous," via a filing in a long-running federal case against the City of Omaha involving a protester injured by a police flashbang in 2020.
Been at @ChildrensNE a few days with my kid. Shout out to the nurse I overheard checking this morning to see if all her colleagues have voted or have a plan to in case she needed to stay late and help cover their patients.
Friend showed up to Bible study this morning in costume. Said, "I'm a lumberjack!" I instinctively responded with "And you're OK!"
Got blank looks from everyone. Apparently I am the only one in that friend group who was blessed with a solid grounding in the classics.
tfw when your child is having a major recent increase in symptoms from ongoing medical issues, so you try to make an appointment with his specialist and you're told:
Of course! Her next available is 7 months away. Should we put you on the schedule?
In September 2023, a kitten in Omaha tested positive for Eastern raccoon rabies virus. It was the westernmost detection of the variant in the U.S. to date (850 miles west of the normal range) and it led to a quick and large response by local, state and federal authorities.
More than 500 other animals (including 350 raccoons and 46 skunks) were tested for rabies through July of this year. None were positive. And hundreds of raccoons were vaccinated for rabies across 37 square miles.
Read more: cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/m…
For Nebraska Corrections watchers:
A couple of letters in the most recent Nebraska Criminal Justice Review noted that "hobby orders" have been stopped. No more crocheting or painting for inmates.
cdr.creighton.edu/server/api…
Interesting annual report this year from NE's Commission on Problem Gambling, now that we're a few years past casino legalization.
- 30% increase in Nebraskans seeking assistance.
- But casino tax revenue "far below the predictions made in 2021-22. "
nebraskalegislature.gov/Floo…
I've been in rooms at @ChildrensNE dozens and dozens of times but today is the first day I've noticed they didn't even bother to pay for the stock photo on their exam room poster.
Just saw that there's plans for a new gas station on the SE corner of 72nd and Dodge, in the old Fuddruckers building.
Will be interesting to see how more in/out traffic will affect a corner that already features one of the most annoying parking lots in all of Omaha.
