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
Thankful Simone Friday, November 28, 2008 I'm thankful I'm not a Pilgrim I'm thankful this will be my last post about Pilgrims f… Read more
Pilgrim Or Gypsy? Simone Wednesday, November 26, 2008 If someone held a gun to your head and you had to choose between being a pilgrim woman or a gypsy,… Read more
Goin' Incognito Simone Tuesday, November 25, 2008 At last my quest for anonymity has ended! I'm so tired of being recognized and greeted everywhe… Read more
So Long Analog Simone Friday, November 21, 2008 Okay, Confession: I have a hard time letting go of 20th century electronics. I'm sorry to see t… Read more
Moment of Zen - Don't Be Afraid Simone Tuesday, November 18, 2008 From the Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Read more
Random Thoughts Of November Simone Tuesday, November 18, 2008 We've pushed off from the shore of October. Heading for the high seas of December. This winter,… Read more
Keep On Rockin' In The Free World Simone Monday, November 17, 2008 Neil Young has mounted himself into the engine block of his 1959 Lincoln Continental to create a n… Read more
Son Of A Beatle! Dhani Harrison's Regrettable Fashion Spread Simone Thursday, November 13, 2008 While waiting for my appointment at the women's health clinic, I browsed through a copy of a … Read more
Heart of Gold WOW. I think I saw the best concert of my life last night, and I'm still all a-tingle. Neil, man. Neil Young. He pla… Keep reading
Gleesome Gladness Ninety-seven years ago today was the first day of the first "official" Kansas State Fair, held on September… Keep reading
Pomp And Circumstance The Quad at the University of Missouri at Columbia Today I read about a 98-year old woman who just got her Master's… Keep reading
Winter Storm All Up In Here It was only a matter of time before we had to pay the winter gods for all the unseasonable warmth we had over Christmas… Keep reading
Happy Equinoctial Point Well we made it to Spring. The vernal equinox gives me a chance to stop and contemplate things like math and astrophys… Keep reading
Jazz and Classical fight like mad dogs at Helzberg Hall This past Saturday was my first concert at Helzberg Hall in the Kauffman Center. I discovered there are three things I… Keep reading