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
Winter Beer Report - What I'm Drinkin' Best beer for these dark, frigid nights (and days!) is Northern Lights IPA from Free State Brewery, based in Lawrence, … Keep reading
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr Day You know, several years ago, I was in New York City autographing the first book that I had written. And while sitting t… Keep reading
Drew Carey Finds Secret To Life On Price Is Right When Drew Carey was interviewed on the Tavis Smiley show on PBS, he shared surprising revelations gleaned from his host… Keep reading
Mystery Stone I enountered this large-ass stone sitting in a weird place. (Another anomaly found on one of my morning walks, like the… Keep reading
I Embrace Lard Yes, this is a jar full of lard. Honest-to-goodness lard, from a farm. In this winter of my discontent, I am going with… Keep reading
Griping About the Cold I know it's not even February yet but I feel entitled to bitch about this bitch-ass cold. We've had day after d… Keep reading