Storm Time Lapse
This time of year makes me really glad to live in tornado alley. I get such a kick out of crazy wicked storms rolling in, although I could do without the damage like the one a few weeks ago did. Tonight after work a series of tornado producing storms rolled through the area, which I’m sure...
Read MoreSupermercado Guerrero
Every once in awhile I pass the Supermercado Guerrero in Carthage and always think that it looks like a store i would like. I brought it up in a conversation with my co-worker / friend Jason and not to my surprise he had some information about it. He had heard that they make fresh tamlales so we...
Read MorePig 'n Bull
Long before Wendy’s, McDonald’s and Burger King lined every street in America, there were a number of hamburger “drive-up” places around the area. You can still many of them, either run down or converted into a used car lot, however one still remains open for business and...
Read MoreYesterday's Election
Monday night I heard on the news that there was an election. Since the polling place is right next door to work I went over on my lunch break and voted, even though I had no idea what was on the ballot. Turned out there was only 1 issue, which was Carthage school board. I was supposed to select 2...
Read MoreJoplin's Cinema 6
I read in the Globe that the old Joplin Cinema 6 is being torn town and converted into a parking lot. I can’t say that I strongly oppose the project because the building was of little, if any historical value (or any value for that matter) and quite frankly it has fallen into a pitiful state...
Read MoreNo New Trail!
Today at lunch I read this story in the Globe about a new round of litigation that the Ruby Jack Trail is up against. Stuff like this frustrates me to no end. Basically the story is that the Joplin Trails Coalition is developing a 16 mile rails to trails project from Carthage to the KS state line...
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