The real purpose of children's television

From here.

Fall colors

My alma mater made the list of America's 25 most beautiful college campuses.  Autumn is indeed gorgeous there.

Why I don't buy M&Ms

From Pickles

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

Security footage from last month's tornadoes in Nebraska that amazingly survived.  I am awed by just how fast everything goes from normal to unrecognizable: At 1 minute, 3 seconds, everything is in place, and at 1:05, it's just gone.

"I always think there's a band, kid."

I ran into this blog while searching for the exact wording of the line from the musical.  Having seen the fiasco that was the Matthew Broderick version, my appreciation for the greatness of Robert Preston is all the greater.

Celeb sighting

We saw Andy Dalton at dinner tonight!  We already knew he lives not far from us, because Tommy delivered a package to his house once, but tonight he came into Cousin's BBQ to get a to-go order while we were eating dinner at a table next to the serving line.  So we eavesdropped on his conversation with the servers about the upcoming NFL season.  :)

The Water Buffalo Song

My kids love this song right now.