Some things are just too funny and must be shared.

I like the old growth redwoods as much as the next guy...but this is amazing.

The road to perdition ???

So,we are no longer supposed to call these guys "terrorists"...



...however, calling these guys possible terrorists is ok...????????

What a great country!!!

This is what America is all about.
Brave men.
Men who fight for their freedom.
Men who don't give up.
Men who offer themselves in place of their crew.
Men who understand there is something more important than giving up and paying ransom to cowardly criminals.
Did I mention men who fight for their freedom.
Then in comes the Navy, like the Cavalry of old.
Gotta love it, gotta be proud.
This is what seperates the United States of America from the rest of the world.
We still have heros.
Thank God we still have brave men who understand the importance of Freedom.

Another Saturday night...

Bede and I are sitting at the Mill in the Haymarket. A coffee shop, an old school coffee shop. Lots of different people here tonight, eclectic. Young people with their computers, groups playing board games, an older couple just drinking coffee ( no not us...older!) I brought my laptop and Bede is sitting across from me writing post cards to Bede Jr. Stuff we might be doing at home, but it seems more fun when we are out and about, mixing with the peeps in Lincoln...

My only complaint is the Mill has no beverages for people like me. coffee, tea, an assortment of weird fruit drinks. NO DIET COKE!!!
What are they thinking? Bede went to the Bodega next door and bought me a diet Pepsi, close...and will do in an emergency, but just not the same as a a diet coke.
Diet coke people know what I'm talking about. Bede is a diet Pepsi fan, Lincoln is a diet Pepsi town, UNL is a diet Pepsi university. It's not always easy to find a diet coke around here. But, hey, it's Lent, I'll sacrifice and drink the diet Pepsi tonight. Hopefully the folks who run this place won't mind that we smuggled in another drink instead of one of theirs. Bede has a coffee tonight, that should make them happy. Next time I will have to remember to hide a coke in my purse before we come. The life and times of high espionage in Lincoln NE!

4 years later and it still makes me smile...

This is not bow!



These are not terrorists!



These are non partisan!



Do not believe your eyes. Because Obama says so... it must be true. We must suspend our belief in what we see, in what we feel is obvious, because Obama says so.

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain"

Happy Happy People...

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Study: We're the happiest state in the nation
BY MICAH MERTES / Lincoln Journal Star
Monday, Apr 06, 2009 - 01:43:12 pm CDT
We cheer the reddest. We corn the hardest. And, apparently, we grin the biggest.

Because Nebraska is the happiest state in the U.S., says a new study.

The survey, conducted by MainStreet.com, ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia from fiscally happiest to saddest based on a few factors of economic well-being. These included foreclosure numbers, unemployment rates and the ratio of average debt to average annual income.

Nebraska was ranked as the state with the second-lowest foreclosure numbers, the second-lowest unemployment rates and the fifth-lowest percentage of debt to income.

Following up Nebraska's top spot, ABC's "Good Morning, America" featured a profile on Hastings on Monday morning.

Behind Nebraska in the rankings were:

2. Iowa

3. Kansas

4. Hawaii

5. Louisiana

6. Oklahoma

7. Wyoming

8. South Dakota

9. West Virginia

10. Wisconsin

And the 10 saddest states:

42. Washington

43. Idaho

44. Michigan

45. Ohio

46. Arizona

47. Rhode Island

48. Nevada

49. California

50. Florida

The saddest state in all the land: Oregon.

Reach Micah Mertes at 473-7395 or mmertes@journalstar.com.

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