Happy Birthday Laura! Happy Birthday Andi! Simone Sunday, January 31, 2010 My sister Laura's birthday is on January 30th. Andi's is on January 31st. Here is the Icela… Read more
Big Toe Moon Simone Friday, January 29, 2010 Tonight's full moon will be the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. It will be about 1… Read more
Kerouac Quoted Simone Wednesday, January 27, 2010 “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be save… Read more
Making Topeka Holy Simone Sunday, January 24, 2010 Neal Cassady on the left and Jack Kerouac on the right Over the last several weeks, I've been r… Read more
"You Are About To Witness A Miracle" Simone Friday, January 22, 2010 I'm grateful to people who have their Christmas lights up well into January. When I'm out w… Read more
The Delightful Weirdness of Devendra Banhart Simone Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Be Sure To Read the Subtitles! Read more
The Street That Plows Forgot Simone Tuesday, January 12, 2010 This week the weather is reasonable, you can sit down and have a conversation with it. The snow dum… Read more
Arctic Beast Simone Tuesday, January 05, 2010 From yesterday's Kansas City Star: Forecast for Tuesday: A chance of snow by Tuesday night. Hig… Read more
Holy Crap, It's Cold! Simone Saturday, January 02, 2010 This morning Roger heard the following forecast: The current temperature was 4 degrees. The high to… 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
It's Summertime This is both a fact and a Flaming Lips tune -- the perfect thing to blast out your car windows on a hot summer day. In … 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
Little Plates Sunny Madrid The mother of one of Annabelle's friends just got back from a trip to Madrid, Spain. She said there is … Keep reading
Burl Ives Event Stirs Trouble Anew in Small Maryland Town Dispute over folksy troubador creates rancor in Peaksville, Maryland Peaksville, MD – A Christmastime controversy over… Keep reading
Strip Tease Declutter. The removal of unwanted objects. The expulsion of the riff-raff from one's home. Getting rid of those ha… Keep reading