Weeds ended perfectly

I just finished watching the Showtime series Weeds this week. I started a few years ago -- binged on the last two seasons over the past week and now I'm done. And I loved it. The final episode was just the epilogue I was looking for. Silas was happy with his first love; Shane was …

Wind Power Solutions

That's Mr. W, aka the wind. Wind power is the most majestic looking power source we use. When I drive through northern Iowa, there's a stretch of interstate with windmills everywhere and it's dangerously distracting. I'm fascinated by them, and I think most people are. The trouble with wind, as power companies like to reiterate, …

If I Were a Very Very Dumb Conservative…

I'm going to challenge myself in this post to look at my favorite issues, climate change and energy policy through the eyes of a conservative. This may get offensive. I don't trust nothing those there scientists are saying. How can they's be predictin' the CLIMATE in 50 years when we don't even know the weather …

“Trash”y girls above me.

Monday is trash day, so last night I put out my trash, which was nothing because I couldn't fill an entire bag in a week. I just put out a box of cardboard I had been collecting. There are two girls living above me, one in each apartment. They put out a total of 5 …