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
Goodbye Ol' Paint Well, it finally happened. Roger replaced his old car --the 1992 Corolla - with a 2010 Nissan Versa. I no longer have … Keep reading
House Beautiful I was in a beautiful house last night. Every once in a while it happens. This was a Victorian house on Massachusetts s… Keep reading
The Secret to Wiggling Your Ears First, be an elf. If not an elf, employ my dad's method of using mind over matter. Simply focus on your ears, imagi… Keep reading
Old Sett-Lars Every 5 years, my home town has a big party. For three days they close off main street to traffic and run a carnival. T… Keep reading
What new year? Oh, yeah, it's January 1st, the fresh start of a new annum. Time to make resolutions and try to be a better person… Keep reading
The Month of Lengthening Shadows Mom liked to say that August was "the month of lengthening shadows." She liked to remind us in emails, that… Keep reading