Don’t adjust your set, you’re still at Our New Old House written by Kelli and Brandon about our bungalow in Des Moines (with occassional appearances by Zoot and Scratch, our cats!)  I just got tired of the fixed width of my previous layout showing up all scrunched to the left of a widescreen monitor.  This […]

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Well, really Washington came to us. Being in Des Moines, these past two months leading up to the caucus have been exciting. I was stranded in Detroit on New Years Day and got to spend some time talking to journalists from all over the world who were on their way to cover the caucus. […]

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Today, this gross and smelly kitchen becomes Kitchen Stadium! But on this version of Iron Chef, we do not have a theme ingredient. We have a theme power tool! Witness the stunning culinary prowess as our Iron Chefs create a traditional American comfort food using only a Pro-Line Heat Gun!!! (It’s Iron Chef meets […]

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Or perhaps a large angry relative of the mantis come to avenge her death? Nope, it’s just Kelli in her new respirator!

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Today I came home to find our dear little mantis friend dangling by a foot, deceased.
RIP, mantis.

And a dramatic parting shot…

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A mantis who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” -apologies to Mark Twain

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