Something in Rood House has been humming and buzzing all weekend. About five minutes ago it stopped very abruptly. It seems so quiet now. I hope it stays that way.

We were driving back from Cedar Rapids tonight, and something in the discussion was mentioned about school buses, and suddenly I was pulled back and I saw myself at fourteen, on the bus back from my eighth grade field trip to St. Louis. The sun was going down, and the two girls in the seats near me decided to catch some sleep. I even now remember ( Read more... )

Today is miserable here in Iowa ( Read more... )

So, America now officially has 300 million people. This in the middle of the whole immigrant debate. I'm getting some amusment imagining that at 6:46 this morning (Central Standard Time), on the Tex-Mex border, a man named Pedro Martinez jumped the fence that marked the northern edge of Chihuahua while being simultaneously shot at by Federales, ( Read more... )

I think I quite possibly sent the dumbest-sounding e-mail I've ever sent.

*Goes red in the face and goes to pour a glass of wine*

There are so many things that I feel and think about that I want to write down, but there's never a story to put them into. I try to frame a story around them, but the truth is I don't think I'm cut out for writing something set in the here and now. So, if I am reflecting, I'll try to write it down and I'll put it down here, leaving the pieces ( Read more... )

That's all I can say. Let me explain.

George Lucas. On the Colbert Report. With his own entry in the Green Screen Challenge.

He even poked fun at Jar Jar.

When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong

I snagged this from gdkittybadkitty.

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( Again, I went way longer than I wanted to. I hate myself. )