How I Came To Be Crowned Chili Queen Simone Friday, February 11, 2011 It started with that trip through the bean aisle of Hyvee, when I picked up two 30 oz. cans of chil… Read more
The Physics Of A Falling Coffee Cup Simone Thursday, February 10, 2011 On Tuesday this incredible thing happened at work. I didn't think such a thing was possible. T… Read more
Live-Blogging the Blizzard of 2011 - LATE NIGHT UPDATE Simone Wednesday, February 02, 2011 1:22 am: Trying to write, but can't keep eyes open. Must make long journey to bed. The snow ha… Read more
Live-Blogging the Blizzard of 2011 --UPDATED Simone Tuesday, February 01, 2011 5:00: The kids spread the joyous news throughout the house that their school is also cancelled for … Read more
Live-Blogging The Blizzard of 2011 Simone Tuesday, February 01, 2011 The riveting blow-by-blow account...... 4:13 am: Too sleepy to look out window and see what it'… 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
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
The Street That Plows Forgot This week the weather is reasonable, you can sit down and have a conversation with it. The snow dumped along the should… 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
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