Based on models and SPC predictions I picked Dodge City KS as today’s target location. Radar depictions over the past few hours have indicated a number of hailstorms in that area so I feel vindicated. The next chase day out there would be Friday some…

Regular readers know that the Great Divide Taproom is on my “must stop” list whenever I visit Denver. Last June I lamented on this blog that Great Divide beers were no longer being distributed in Virginia. Recently I saw a post on Beer Advocate stating…

NLS headline: Bob McDonnell’s Energy Plans Based on Global Warming Deniers!
Ummm, yeah. Bob McDonnell is a Republican. What exactly is surprising about this revelation? He learned the law from right-wing evangelist Pat Robertson.
Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of the Interior, James Watt, didn’t care about conservation because he knew The Rapture was just around the corner. He told Congress, “I […]

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My husband loves to hike. I prefer to talk about hiking. “Oh, we’re planning a 3-mile hike this weekend.” “Yes, we go hiking all the time.” “That hike we just finished was really amazing.” Actually doing the hiking is often not nearly as …

I attended parts of the budget hearing tonight. Depressing until the education association lady asked that some of her money go to the museum. Who is this Robin Hood? This awoke me from my slumber. Saw lots of people I knew and lots of long faces. …

After I linked to the story on I’m Surrounded By Idiots which revealed that Catherine Crabill believes the government bombed the federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995, and not Timothy McVeigh, I got this angry response from the Chairman of the 99th Legislative District Republican Committee Allen Webb:
I’m not going to make any attempt to give […]

Lil Rounds – Have a nice flight home.
Kris – Wow. He took one of the quintessential disco songs and did it acoustic with bongo drums, and it worked.
Danny – Meh. So he can sing, we get that. His shtick is getting a little old IMHO.
Allison – Sounded like Heart coveting Donna Summer. That is a […]

They have an absolutely great photoshop of her too!

The day started with SPC slotting our area under a Slight Risk, with a 5% chance of tornadoes. I had already decided to invest a couple of vacation hours and head out just after lunch, but my eyebrows and my interest level both rose when the SPC uppe…