Archive for April, 2008

american regional cuisine

26Apr08

another cycle in the bag. the last three weeks i have been in american regional. in this class we spend a day or two in the many regions of the u.s. we started in the mid-atlantic states, then through new england, the south, louisiana, texas and tex-mex, the central plains, california, hawaii, […]

garfield minus garfield

25Apr08

i thought this was incredibly interesting and ironically funny. after you’re done looking at their page, read this interview with the original creator of the comic, jim davis.
Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, […]

pineapple grows in iowa?

23Apr08

on our recent trip home we were lucky enough to see something quite rare. lets start from the beginning. . .
around 6 years ago, deeann and her family went to hawaii. they brought home a pineapple from that trip, twisted the top off, ate the fruit and decided to plant the top. […]

surprising terra

17Apr08

before our recent trip home we picked up a new little toy. this little toy allows us to take video and share it with you all. just what we need, right?

a lot of people knew we were making a trip back to iowa during a week off of school. […]

it’s time to catch up.

14Apr08

this could very well be the longest hiatus i’ve taken from blogging. a good month. can you believe it? i can’t.
without explaining things away, i’ll just say that i’ve had a rough few months and things are looking good again.
that said, i’ve got a lot to share. a trip […]