We crossed the Missouri, and were off on the next leg.  Next stop: Murdo, a town that just might want to rethink the name. Close enough to Mordor, close enough to Murder, somehow suggestive of a French word for crap, almost  authentically Western-sounding, but just . . . weird. Murdo.   It was lunch time, [...]

 
I can’t say the name of the town without thinking of the MST3K version of the movie, which is no doubt unfair. Mitchell has done a tremendous job of marketing itself, thanks entirely to the maize-smothered structure at the end of downtown. It is difficult to underestimate the emotions you feel when you first encounter [...]

 
Rather than take 35W down to 90 – the straight drop south, then the westward turn -  I decided to wind sideways on 169, through the towns and hills of southwestern Minnesota. This assured Guaranteed Small-Town Experiences (TM) with chain restaurants we haven’t seen in the cities in years. 
 

 
 
 
 
Picture of the Chef below in previous [...]

I was in the middle of a dream about setting up a new video division at the paper using only Mad-Men-era technology when the alarm screeched reveille. As usual, it took a few seconds to reorient. Where was I? Home? No. At home the alarms are much more civil. The home of the Corn Palace? [...]

We return Thursday. 
Another reminder: It’s nice to be away from the internet. OH NO I’VE JUST SPOILED IT ALL

This week’s installment of my attempt to watch a public domain movie from this Big Box of Dreck I got for my birthday. I’m up to 46! Go here. 
 

After I finished work I took Natalie to the Titanica exhibit.
 

 
“Why is it called ‘Titanica?’” she asked. 
“First of all, it’s pronounced Ti-tan-EEK-a. Second, I don’t know.”
“Dad.”
“Okay, that’s not true.  ’Titanica’ is probably a word for things from the Titanic, and that’s what this has.”
Or so I hope. You  have to take their word for it. [...]

The sirens went off in the middle of torrential rains. I assumed they’d spotted a funnel cloud in the distant burbs – nowadays every siren goes off if someone sees so much as a White Tornado ad on YouTube.
You know, these:

Sign of the times that the spokesperson disses the “green” cleaner. Anyway: I turned on the [...]

Sorry it’s late; been busy, what with the TORNADO AND EVERYTHING. 
 

Citizens! You have been warned by a vaguely-familiar arrangement of Masonic imagery! So: what are they selling? Aside from