I'd Like To Ring In The New Year.... Simone Wednesday, December 31, 2008 ...with a band of gypsies Read more
People's Liberation Big Band Simone Monday, December 22, 2008 A new version of the Nutcracker and a new Christmas tradition. The People's Liberation Big Band… Read more
Train For Winter Survival Like The Cosmonauts Simone Thursday, December 18, 2008 The following is no joke ---a German company called Space Travellers, "the first commercial Sp… Read more
Burl's Pearl's -- Burl Ives' Surprising Oeuvre Simone Monday, December 15, 2008 Tis the season for everything Burl Ives. As the Burl Ives My Ass Coalition (BIMAC) launches its pr… Read more
Next To Godliness Simone Friday, December 05, 2008 My sister asked about dry cleaning the other day. She wanted to know what really happens to your cl… Read more
My Blog Goes In For Some Navel-Gazing Simone Tuesday, December 02, 2008 I didn't know what to write about today and was poking around in the administrative side of my … Read more
The Shepheardes Calender: December Simone Monday, December 01, 2008 Ægloga Duodecima. A R G V M E N T. THis Æglogue (euen as the first beganne) is ended with a comp… Read more
Gleesome Gladness Ninety-seven years ago today was the first day of the first "official" Kansas State Fair, held on September… Keep reading
Dirty Water This is one of my favorite songs from the 60's. We had the 45 when I was a kid. I listened to it in the basement ag… Keep reading
The Physics Of A Falling Coffee Cup On Tuesday this incredible thing happened at work. I didn't think such a thing was possible. The laws of falling bo… Keep reading
Is It Time To Get Started On Those Collateral Vessels? Everyone knows that the heart is a muscle. But who wants to dwell on it? I am well aware that my heart --progenitor and… Keep reading
Don't You Want To Sing With Heino? I have Germanic ancestry in my blood but I swear to god sometimes I don't understand the German people at all. Keep reading
Arctic Beast From yesterday's Kansas City Star:Forecast for Tuesday: A chance of snow by Tuesday night. High of 14 degrees.Forec… Keep reading