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SuperCars in Indy

Geoff Wood — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:18:30 +0000

Photo via IZODIndyCar on Flickr.It's a bit of disappointing that Indianapolis is hosting the Super Browl this year and we no longer live there (simply owning a house doesn't count). As a loyal Vikings fan, born after their four Super Bowl appearances, my favorite Super Bowl to date was when the local Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI. It was the closest that I got to ever getting on the Colts band wagon and it was a lot of fun to live in a city so excited about the game leading up to it. And, that game was in Miami.

Thinc Iowa 2011

Geoff Wood — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:35:56 +0000

It's Thinc Iowa week! We (at Silicon Prairie News) have been working on producing what is known Thinc Iowa for over a year and it's finally here. Check out the website (put together awesomely by Performance Marketing) at thinciowa.com.

RIP Dan Wheldon

Geoff Wood — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:16:07 +0000

The professional sports world lost a good one today in IZOD IndyCar Driver Dan Wheldon. Dan died from unrecoverable injuries sustained in the worst crash I’ve seen since we started following IndyCar about seven years ago. In a race that was supposed to feature a dual for the championship between rivals Dario Franchitti and Will Power along with a second storyline of Wheldon with a unique chance to compete for a prize of $5M.

old photos

Geoff Wood — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:45:40 +0000

We recently reached out to the photographer who shot our wedding six plus years ago to see if he still had our images on file. Luckily for us he did and he offered to send them to us for a pretty decent price. We took him up on it and we're glad we did because now we get to check out all the proofs that we'd forgotten he'd shot.

Time to refresh the blog

Geoff Wood — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Well, since I haven't blogged since July, I figured it was time

Happy Independence Day!

Geoff Wood — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:13:21 +0000

ScottyHendo gets it. He was once a Hoosier, too.

Yes, the holiday is Independence Day not "the 4th of July"; that's simply the date. Just a guess but it may be an unexpected consequence of the popularization of Cinco de Mayo in this country.

Other Geoff Wood's

Geoff Wood — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:36:49 +0000

An odd mention showed up in my Twitter stream this afternoon (above). What's even more odd is that the aforementioned boyfriend lives two hours from me in Iowa City.

Debut of Grantland.com

Geoff Wood — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:32:41 +0000

I was pretty jazzed last week when Bill Simmons and Chuck Klosterman finally launched Grantland.com, a sports and pop-culture media play that's been in the works for awhile. Simmons, the "Sports Guy" columnist from ESPN's Page 2 and former Jimmy Kimmel writer, is one of my favorite podcasters. I don't read his columns, mainly because ESPN sucks at RSS feeds, but really enjoy the aforementioned podcast. His topics cover the full range of entertainment and pop culture, with special emphasis on TV & movies, comedy and, obviously, sports.

Out and about at the Dwolla Meetup

Geoff Wood — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:30:04 +0000

Anna Jones was out doing her awesome networking photos at the Dwolla meetup this week and she caught me. Very cool to be included.

Graham's 18 month photos

Geoff Wood — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:38:23 +0000

Like any good set of parents with their first born, Hope and I have been getting Graham's photos taken on a regular schedule. Usually, we hit up a very uncomfortable place at the mall where a bunch of high school-aged kids herd very little kids in and out of one or more open rooms with fake scenic back drops.

After my friend Ben had some awesome photos taken by this photographer, Anna Jones, locally in Des Moines we decided to give her a try for Graham's 18 month photos.