Little Plates
Sunny Madrid The mother of one of Annabelle's friends just got back from a trip to Madrid, Spai…
Overheard At The Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Found in cyberspace: a live chat log from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), recorded on May 25, …
Dirty Water
This is one of my favorite songs from the 60's. We had the 45 when I was a kid. I listened to i…
Gleesome Gladness
Ninety-seven years ago today was the first day of the first "official" Kansas State Fai…
Dung Beetle
I am excited. Have you heard about the car that runs on turds? Actually, it runs on methane gas ge…
What Ambrose Bierce Thinks Of Custard
"A detestable substance produced by the malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow and the cook…
They Trust The Monkeys
Maybe the problem isn't that we have too many distractions in our lives, but that they aren'…
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August is the Month of Lengthening Shadows
This is a rerun of a post from August 2019. Re-posting in memory of mom and her favorite month.
August 7, 2011 Email fr…
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Playin' Ice Storm Bingo
Been playing since last night, when the sound of ice pelting the deck, the trees, the electrical grid, pricked up my e…
Love Will Tear Us Apart
I can't resist a mash-up between the Joy Division's "Love will tear us apart" and the movie, "Th…
Dirty Water
This is one of my favorite songs from the 60's. We had the 45 when I was a kid. I listened to it in the basement ag…
How to Meteorite
Should you one day hear a tremendous crash, feel the house shake, and find a hole in your roof, with the air smelling o…
Christmas Shocker
I nearly crapped my pants when I heard that Bob Dylan has put out a Christmas album. Bob Dylan. Christmas album. Tradi…
