How was your Fourth of July? Mine was full of Americana, Mid West style. Quite honestly, when it comes to Americana, nothing really beats Mid West style, right? Some may argue that Texas tops the Mid West when it comes to "God Bless America - ness," but I would argue that Texas is an entirely different animal. Texas is more about Texas than it is ( Read more... )

I'm not from Central Missouri. I like to remind myself about that fact every now and then, as I'm only going to be living in Central Missouri for one more month before returning back to the East Coast. It's not that Central Missouri is horrible; quite the contrary. The people, the ones who aren't ignorant racist hicks who yell racial slurs from ( Read more... )

I was driving down the road this morning when my car filled with the unmistakable stench of skunk. My windows were up, and I gagged as my air conditioning pumped more and more of the odor into the tight cabin of my car. Apparently sometime last night someone struck a poor, unsuspecting skunk as it trotted across the road in the darkness. What were ( Read more... )

Well, I suppose I can make it official. My old journal is dead. Like all things in this world, such as cool slices of key lime pie, rainbows, and grandmothers, it wasn't going to last forever. I didn't intentionally delete it though. Diaryland crashed months ago, and my journal just hasn't come back since then. I suppose it's more missing than dead ( Read more... )