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
World Refrigeration Day Everyone chill out! June 26th is World Refrigeration Day, which gives tribute to refrigeration, air-conditioning and t… Keep reading
Free Floating Phantasm Okay, I've given myself a month to fart around and just be free. Now I should look for something writerly to plug … Keep reading
Chick-O-Stick This is still on an egg theme, but today the chicks in Mrs. Galloway's 4th grade class are hatching. My daughter t… Keep reading
Is That Bjork In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Glad To See Me? This happened to me this morning:As a special Friday treat, I stopped by a coffeeshop on the way to work. While I was w… Keep reading
Grain Elevators, Waiting Grain Elevator in Nekoma, Kansas Roger sat at the kitchen table this morning, bolts and nuts of all sizes spread out b… Keep reading
Big Apples Several weeks ago, Roger brought home some really big apples from the Farmer's Market. Normally I prefer the smalle… Keep reading