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
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