Iowa State's history-making season begets a history-making NFL Draft

Yellowstone - new TV "western"

Watched the premiere tonight. Not sure what to think yet. Leaning hard to it might just suck. Seems like I have seen some of this before (Longmire). Already dislike almost every single character other than the Native American wife and her son. Everyone else seems to be a total unmitigated ******* or a suck up toady. Not sure that is going to do much to get me watching.

Kickin’ It with Jeremiah George: Reflecting on life, the NFL, and the good ole days

Jeff Woody and Grant Mahoney sit down with former Cyclone Jeremiah George to discuss his life following a heart attack, his favorite memories as a Cyclone, and the infamous Texas game. All this and more presented by Kelderman Manufacturing.


Williams & Blum: Haliburton clutch again, back into the mailbag

Chris Williams and Brent Blum discuss Tyrese Haliburton’s continued tear before getting back into subscriber mailbag questions. Favorite athletes, experience as fans, and more. Presented by Mechdyne.


A must-read piece for any ISU fan from the Athletic...

This was on my Athletic feed this morning. An absolutely great story about the ISU athletic department.

Naturally, unless you're a subscriber it will be behind a paywall, but in case they're doing any sort of specials, like a week or even a few days free, it's worth the read.

Simply a terrific piece that will fill you with pride to be a Cyclone fan.

Spider control for home and yard

I hate spiders. But also know they get rid of ton of other insects and are good for a lot of reasons. I just don’t like them in the house.

What are solutions that actually work to keep them at bay as much as possible from being in the house and parts of the yard?

We have tried local pest control and it was fine but just expensive. Are there brands or products like Ortho that you swear by? What about peppermint oils etc as I’ve seen some say that might work.

We also need it to be pet friendly.

Thanks!

RECRUITING: '27 OL Maddox McGinnis on Iowa State recruitment

RECRUITING: Iowa State was the first to offer Maddox McGinnis in January, and hopes it pays off in the same way it did for another Northwest High School product.

Money/Investment Managers Questions

What is everyone's thoughts on the qualities and a net return calculation when they hiring an investment manager?

I have met a few people I like, but at the end of the day, it is hard to get around their fees. Let's say a 2% management fee plus X% (let's say 15%) profit fee. It becomes hard to see how they are going to net a better return than if I simply invest in the S&P.

The last 20 years has been pretty easy to be an investment manager, IMO. I think the market in the near future is going to be much difficult to find value, at least at the rate of return that has been experienced the last few years.

Also, the S&P is only an example. I personally think the S&P is currently overweight with Tesla, NVidia, and Apple. Making it less diverse than I would like. But I know little, which is evident by the questions above :)

Best Rock Singer

Who do you pick as your top Rock vocalist? Mick Jagger? Tina Turner? Both of those are Octogenarians! Any new voices? One of my top picks the deceased Scott Weiland of STP is "newer" but not recent. Another is the old Tool singer Maynard James Keenan, now of Puscifer. I have to add the best commercial voice is one that at first listen seems average but has moved a mountain of music-Phill Collins and he's on my list.

Who you got?
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The Equalizer canceled

I can't say I'm surprised because it seems like every show I get attached to is cancelled eventually, but I can see why they cancelled this one.

The show strayed too far from its premise of a mystery vigilante helping the oppressed or downtrodden when they had nowhere else to turn. They started delving too deeply into unrelated topics like social injustice, PTSD, teenage angst/rebellion and, most irritatingly, love interests. We had ongoing love stories involving our main character, Queen Latifa, and a police detective, Aunt Vi and a police captain, the teenage daughter and her boyfriend, and Mel and Harry, the Equalizer's staff, confidants and partners.

I'm sorry, but no one wants to watch love stories between two only marginally attractive 40- and 50-somethings, especially not in an action adventure TV drama. This final episode was 50 percent pitching and wooing, and only about 40 percent was dedicated to why I watched it in the first place. The other 10 percent was just plain nonsense (Mel and Harry: do we want to keep doing this? The daughter: Woe is me; I can't get into the school I want.)
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