Disclaimer:  If you want to skip ahead to the tutorial, it's at the end of this post.  I promise to tell a good story, and do recommend you read it, but I also understand that we all have limited time, and you might need to make another run to the grocery store to pick up more Kale- only the 4th time this week you've run out.  It is the start to a new year, after all. If you aren't familiar with Iowa City, let me shed some light on its significance.  Also known as the City of Literature , Iowa City is bursting at the seams with literary culture.  Not everyone is an author, but in the (over) educated heartland of America, Iowa City is home to short-story writers and poets alike, self-help gurus, M.D.'s who are published in the mainstream, and even children's book authors. Iowa City is full of culture, in a (mostly) otherwise bland state.  There's the Iowa City Arts Festival, the Iowa City Book Festival, the Iowa City Jazz Festival, Sand In The City, and more