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Independence Day 4 Jul 2011 | 05:11 pm
Happy 4th of July! In no particular order and off the top of my head, these are some of the things I'm working on for the future, goals for the next few years: First and foremost, more books. Lots o...
That Was Then, This Is Now 3 Jul 2011 | 04:01 pm
Tomorrow, July 4th, will be my last post on most of my blogs, for some time to come. I'm increasingly busy with a lot of exciting real-world projects that demand my full attention, and I just don't ha...
The Final Frontier 2 Jul 2011 | 04:38 am
It's entirely fitting that Daniel Boone should be the person most recognized as a symbol of Kentucky. Like the greatest men in history, his legend has merged with his original life until even historia...
Ghosts of Sue Bennett College 26 Jun 2011 | 01:08 pm
In the 19th century, Kentuckian Sue Bennett was a teacher and social activist who sought to improve education in impoverished rural areas. She and her sister Belle Bennett (not to be confused with the...
Zombie Warning in Florence 24 Jun 2011 | 08:41 am
This from Cincinnati.com: As if orange barrels, speed traps and distracted motorists sharing the road weren’t stressful enough, drivers on southbound Interstate 71/75 Thursday morning were given anot...
Man Goes Fishing, Catches Bison Skeleton 21 Jun 2011 | 08:20 am
According to the Associated Press, a man named Charles Ruphard from Owensboro went on a fishing trip but instead wound up hauling home a giant intact bison skeleton. Ruphard and his wife, Lee, went f...
Celebrity Numerology 20 Jun 2011 | 03:59 pm
One from the Victorian Squares blog: Okay, now this is creepy: I just found a "Celebrity Numerology" site that has a page about me, breaking down my personal numerology profile, astrological info, an...
Death of Lexington Mall 18 Jun 2011 | 04:00 pm
The long goodbye of Lexington Mall continues. I recently snapped these photographs of the bulldozers laying waste to the place. If you look really close, you can see a Regis Hairstylists sign in an op...
Al-Qaeda Trial in Kentucky? 18 Jun 2011 | 02:15 am
As reported here recently, two Iraqi men - Waad Ramadan Alwan and Mohamad Shareef Hammadi - were arrested for conspiring to aid the terrorist group Al-Qaeda from their home base of Bowling Green, KY. ...
Flower Bed 15 Jun 2011 | 06:06 pm
This waggish gag was seen in someone's yard in the Whipps Millgate area.
