I have invented a refreshing summertime drink! Simone Friday, July 26, 2013 Yes, I invented a summer beverage and it kicks lemonade's ass! It is a frothy blend of crea… Read more
Is it the cold that makes Finns such cool people? Simone Wednesday, July 17, 2013 Hooray for Finns! They love books and they love their libraries, and are awesomely supportive of t… Read more
Cloud Appreciation Society Simone Sunday, July 14, 2013 Undulatas Asperatus hovers over what looks like a Kansas town I’m not a big joiner, but I j… Read more
Beautiful Mind This is cosmic. Give yourself a break from all the holiday madness and take a quiet ride through outer space. The music… Keep reading
Laying in some Monk for the storm Food is flying off the shelves. People are "panic buying" bread and milk in anticipation of the next big sno… 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
Don't You Want To Sing With Heino? I have Germanic ancestry in my blood but I swear to god sometimes I don't understand the German people at all. Keep reading
My Summer Freakout I wrote a thing about how moved I was by seeing the Flaming Lips live in concert last year in Kansas City, which moved … Keep reading
Weird Cloud Rare sighting of a tapeworm cloud. * Pictured here near Lawrence, the cloud stretched north for miles and stayed … Keep reading