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"The moment seizes you."                          "It's always right now."

There are seven containers on my little old stove's shelf. Two old-fashioned sugar shakers. One contains sugar; the other Splenda. One s...

Doesn't "Daffodils in the Snow" sound like the title of a country song? Or jonquils; or narcissus. They all look the same to m...

A particularly beautiful Monday morning drive to work this week.

Don't wanna discuss it Think it's time for a change You may get disgusted Start thinking that I'm strange In that case, I...

The Brown and I got to revisit one of my favorites last Thursday and have plans to go again this week. StageWest has once again outdone itse...

Well it took two weeks of waiting for the dealer to have it ready to sell, but here is my new baby. A 2004 Audi A8L. No check engine light s...

"The empty vessel makes the loudest sound." ~ William Shakespeare

The Brown and I went to see the StageWest production of [title of show] last night at the Stoner. With its post-modern premise, fun songs a...

Daffodils and several other perennials pop up like weeds in my backyard every spring. While I can't take any credit for this, as I neith...

Just because something is legal, doesn't make it right. Look at this actual credit card offer from First Premier Bank in Sioux Falls, ...

My bank does not have a bricks and mortor building in my state. Most of my money gets into my account via direct deposit, which is fine, but...

At my friend Todd's urging, I stopped in to the Stoner theater Sunday afternoon to see the final performance of The Beebo Brinker Chroni...

  Discovered my new dining room table is also a tilt-top after I got it home which made it quite a bargain. Especially since it came with...

Your local Girl Scout council has the option to choose between two bakeries when ordering their cookies. Apparently, the council that serve...

Starting Friday February 4, 2011, Neal will be showing approximately 20 large-format photos at Raygun in the East Village. I think the pic...

Doesn't my breakfast fruit plate from Kimmie look too pretty to eat?

Every pitcher is a catcher. Every quarterback is a wide receiver.

A pilgrimage to NYC this Spring seems in order. Click on the title of this post to go to the official website.

Pete may very well be best known, however anonymously, as the person speaking at the beginning of Chumbawamba's Tubthumping (I get knock...

My all time favorite line in any Blake Edwards movie is from S.O.B. It was delivered by the late great Robert Preston as Dr. Irving Finegar...

I kept my expectations low for Burlesque because everything I had heard pointed to a predictable formula film. Cole and I went yesterday, a...

I lucked into the best new paintings over the weekend. This one's by my friend Neal (Dennis Atherton). I have several of his photographs...

They opened the gates to the Center Street dam to do some maintenance. Isn't the power of that little jagged concrete wall awesome? The ...

Neal took a beautiful picture of Cole at Pride 2008. While the Iowa State Fair committee wasn't impressed quite enough, I love it. What ...

The Brown and I attended a very satisfying production of Rent at Roosevelt high school last night. I have seen the touring production of “...

The Brown and I wandered over to What Cheer last weekend for the final 2010 flea market. Had the usual taco soup and loose meat sandwich, an...

The Brown prompted me to watch Roseanne last night as I was headed to bed. It happened to be both parts of the final episode on TV Land. I ...