I’m on my third iPhone now, all second-hand, all purchased or traded for. My first was an iPhone 3G, which was great, though it was a little slow, partly due to having to jailbreak it. Then I picked up a 3GS, which was way faster. Now I have an iPhone 4S. The best analogy I […]
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Category: Missouri
I am looking out my window and I have cabin fever really bad! The grass is turning green, the birds are singing and the sun is shining. It is hard to believe that it is the middle of March. This time last year I’m pretty sure we had snow, or at least drizzle, in the […]
n. One who attends a small, rural school in the middle of the Corn Belt, but dresses like he is growing up on the mean streets of Compton. The girls brought this wonderful term home from high school. As far as I know the usage is entirely localized to our school.
In 1997 I went with my friends The Celt, his wife (Mrs. Celt), Tony, and Stickler to my first rasslin’ event: WWF Monday Night Raw is War on October 6 in Kansas City, Missouri. The previous day had been pretty eventful, with the Kane and the Hell in a Cell match making their first appearances in St. […]
Recently Heather and I took a short weekend off together to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. As most of you know, I love Irish Stew. Unfortunately, it’s hard to find a place that serves it that isn’t called ‘Dan’s House.’ For those of you who don’t know, Irish Stew is lamb, potatoes, carrots, and leeks. […]
In the book of The Princess Bride, the giant Fezzik attempts to overcome a moment of cognitive dissonance upon seeing the Man in Black leaving the cliffs where he had fought a duel with Inigo. Fezzik couldn’t explain to Vizzini (inconceivable!) the idea that Inigo could have ever been beaten, so he rationalizes something to […]
About three years ago Heather’s dad went hunting and shot a black bear. If you have never tried it, let me tell you that it is amazing. It is glorious. It is quite possibly the best meat I have ever had. Contrary to what most people ask me, no, it is not greasy. It is wonderfully […]
When I was seven and my brother was four we went with my Dad and his friend Roy on a float trip. I don’t remember the river, but I do remember a lot of things about the trip. One thing was at one point in the river, over to the side, there was this circle […]
President Truman was a musician and a Missourian. However, he didn’t care much for our state song, The Missouri Waltz: “It’s a ragtime song and if you let me say what I think–I don’t give a [expletive deleted] about it, but I can’t say it out loud because it’s the song of Missouri. It’s as […]
Missouri is known as the Cave State; we have over 6,000 caves. Besides caves, Missouri also has the most famous outlaw of the Old West: Jesse James. On the surface, it doesn’t seem like those two facts have anything to do with one another. However, every cave you visit in Missouri has a sign stating […]