Author of the Week

Hunter S. Thompson, a great American. You can follow the link to find out why.

Armstrong walks on moon

July 20, 1969
At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, 240,000 miles from Earth, speaks these words to more than a billion people listening at home: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Stepping off the lunar landing module Eagle, Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon.
Absolutely God Damn Right!

The High Bridge, Boone Iowa

I walked across this bridge when I worked for C&NW railroad.

July 7,2009

At five minutes and six seconds after 4 AM on the 8th of July this year, the time and date will be - 04:05:06 07/08/09. This will not happen again for a thousand years

Corn

Producers in the 10 major corn-producing states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) planted 67.9 million acres of corn in 2009, up 3 percent from last year. The largest increase was recorded in Nebraska where growers planted 600,000 more acres of corn than last year. Other notable increases were shown in Iowa, up 400,000 acres; Missouri, up 300,000 acres; and South Dakota, up 250,000 acres from a year ago. The largest decline occurred in North Dakota where corn planted acreage is down 650,000 acres