Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT): Reject the proposed diagonal highway redesigns.
The current proposals for the redesign of the intersection at Iowa 330 between U.S. 65 and Jasper County Road F-17 would destroy Cleverley Farms, and…
Hey everyone. If anyone has a spare minute today, if I know you personally or not: would you consider heading to this site and signing this petition to help save my wife’s family’s organic farm? Basically, the Iowa Department of Transportation has decided that the only solution to fixing a nearby dangerous intersection is to COMPLETELY DEMOLISH A 200 ACRE FARM in order to build a looping highway overpass. They claim that this is a better solution than a movement-triggered STOP SIGN down the road. I know it might sound dry, and boring, and that you probably don’t know me, and I know you probably think petitions do nothing, but this one will actually help stop the DOT from exercising Emminent Domain and will save a great organic farm.
Honestly? This is what happens sometimes when disconnected bureaucracies problem-solve. Massive failures of imagination. It’s dumb. Can you help us stop it?
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Here’s the trailer for The Bridge, the show I’ve been lucky enough to help write for the last few months. I will probably post more about the experience at some point, but needless to say, it’s been pretty radical to learn how television is made and to translate (as best as I can) what I know of writing books and stories into a very different medium. Characters are characters, though, and this show has a whole lot of great ones. I hope you’ll watch this summer.
DFW on ambition and perfection.
Here’s what I’ve been doing for the last two months.
2013.
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Hillary as role model.
Okay, NOW here’s an excerpt from “The Legend of Troy Cartwright,” just out in the new Hobart. I jumped the gun yesterday.
Here’s a new something that’s got me, real, real excited.
It’s been a few years since The Cradle was optioned, and after a few different Hollywood lives and a few different setups, things have circled back a bit, as they are wont to do in that industry. I’ve been hired by the producers to write the screenplay, mostly because I’ve had a little more experience with film and TV of late, and I’m going back to the world of Matt, Marissa, Renee, and young Joe. It feels good! I’ll be sure to post news as it comes down the pike, friends; there should be a bit more to come. For now, EXT. WISCONSIN HIGHWAY.
Posting this here to commemorate my realization that I am basically the same as the guy from Darkon.
