Little Plates Simone Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Sunny Madrid The mother of one of Annabelle's friends just got back from a trip to Madrid, Spai… Read more
Overheard At The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Simone Friday, September 24, 2010 Artist's rendering of the Phoenix landing on Mars Found in cyberspace: a live chat log from the… Read more
For Your Saturday Night Viewing Pleasure Simone Saturday, September 18, 2010 Frank Zappa on Saturday Night Live in 1978. Enjoy. Read more
Dirty Water Simone Wednesday, September 15, 2010 This is one of my favorite songs from the 60's. We had the 45 when I was a kid. I listened to i… Read more
Gleesome Gladness Simone Monday, September 13, 2010 Ninety-seven years ago today was the first day of the first "official" Kansas State Fai… Read more
Muse Simone Sunday, September 12, 2010 A muse painted by Jean-Marc Nattier in 1798 Last week, I was running over land and hillock with my… Read more
Dung Beetle Simone Friday, September 10, 2010 I am excited. Have you heard about the car that runs on turds? Actually, it runs on methane gas ge… Read more
What Ambrose Bierce Thinks Of Custard Simone Wednesday, September 08, 2010 "A detestable substance produced by the malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow and the cook… Read more
They Trust The Monkeys Simone Wednesday, September 01, 2010 Maybe the problem isn't that we have too many distractions in our lives, but that they aren'… 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
Crown of Creation Trippin' down memory lane. I have to pay tribute to this album --I used to listen to it all the time when I was in … Keep reading
We Are Hoping Aliens Can Read This It's called The Golden Record, and we shot it into space. Though it sounds and looks a bit like an ancient Egyptian… 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
Two Weeks Left To Go My upstairs window at the Javanaut For four days last week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday), I sat in the Java… Keep reading
Burl's Pearl's -- Burl Ives' Surprising Oeuvre Tis the season for everything Burl Ives. As the Burl Ives My Ass Coalition (BIMAC) launches its predictable boycott ag… Keep reading