Holy Moly! Negative 20 wind chill this morning. When I went to catch the train all the people looked like the zombies from the Will Smith movie "I am Legend". They didn't attack me though. They could tell I was one of their own.
Awww, Happy Belated Birthday, Randy! Hope you had a snow day. Council Bluffs is on snow day #3. Our snow drifted to the height of the retaining wall in the driveway - about 3 feet - and after digging about 15 man-hours (3/4 of them Stevo's as I was way too busy wrapping presents) we have half the driveway and all the front walks cleared. Pleasantly achey in back, shoulders and thighs. It took four scoops just to get to the ground. How do people in Buffalo or any of those snow-belt cities do this? Where do they put the snow? Joe Jayjack was dragging snow from his driveway to his back yard on a sled because they just ran out of places to throw it.
I think ND should take more time. Kelly has no big time experience. Should try harder to woo someone else.
I saw the one of the best movies I never heard of last night. It was a version of The Count of Monte Cristo. Fairly recent version starring that Jim Caviel (or whatever his name is)...you know - the guy who played Jesus in Mel Gibson's "The Passion."
Kelly seems like a solid hire. What say the rest of you? Pat and Tom have already chimed in. Seems like his first duty as Head Coach will be to hire a great Defensive Coordinator.
So, it looks like as long as I can live through this heartburn from constantly indulging in hot wing cravings, I'll be entitled to a bed next Labor Day at the farm...
Andy and I are expecting! I am about 10 weeks along, baby coming in the middle of July!
Tom - I agree. The Count of Monte Cristo is a GREAT movie.
I don't sse how you can complain getting the national coach of the year. And remember - if they hadn't added a second to the end of the Texas/Nebraska game he would have taken an unraked team to the national championship game. I like the fact that he gets in his players faces when they mess up.
I also think Dane Crist is going to do GREAT in the spread offense.
Congratulations! How excitng. And I know you may seem leery to ask but the answer is "Yes" of course I would be honored to have him named Thomas.
The Cincy players seemed displeased with Kelly. In fact, down right PO-ed. But what about all the collegiate players who come out early for a draft after years under the development of the coaches? You never hear of a coach saying they feel betrayed in those situations.
I think they need to put themselve in Kelly's shoes. However, Kelly's mistake was a couple of weeks ago telling the team he wasn't going to leave.
I just worry about defense. Well, I can't say I'm really WORRIED as in fretting over this, but I am skeptical about the choice due to ND's troubles on defense.
At last. Stevo and I were waiting for Ellen and Andy to tell everyone. I thought the top of Stevo's head might blow off. although Ellen did let him call his mom yesterday. Whatever they name the baby, girl or boy, they could make the middle name Vernice. That would be unique.
Thanks for the Birthday greetings. I spent my birthday shoveling 5 separate times. I felt young when I started but now I feel my age. Ha! I spent the next day traveling through central Nebraska with Brother William who was leaving for Hawaii for two weeks. Now I feel older. -Randy
I love the name Francis, especially for a girl, Franny or Frankie. But I predict Ellen will have a boy. Congrats Ellen and Andy! Take some Zantac for your heartburn, and get Buddy some Prozac so he'll be able to deal when he's not an only child anymore.
I just learned why Randy looks so sad in that photo. He just found out that a couple of years ago Iowa State was about to hire Brian Kelly to be its football coach and then some guy named Chizek became available so they hired him instead. I'd be upset too. Cy the Clone
Ellen and Andy, congrats. Exciting news. Have they ruled out twins yet? Will you learn the gender when it's time or keep it a surprise? Ellen, just yesterday morning the people from the women's shelter picked up 3 large bags of maternity clothes. I wish I would have held on to them for you, but I guess they really need them too. Lots of the clothes were stuff Molly gave me. You and Andy need to make a trip to MPLS in a few months (when finn out grows them) and collect our baby swing, bouncy chair, etc. They are still in great shape after 3 kids. Of course you may want to register for new stuff.
I'm off to hopefully finish Christmas shopping today. I'm half done. This time tomorrow I shoudl be able to start wrapping.
Suh won't win the Heisman but he clearly should. His individual season totals for tackles, sacks, tackles for loss, pressures, (any stat) compares favorably with the season total stats for any of the entire defensive lines of Texas, Florida or Alabama.
Thank you. I'm pretty sure twins were ruled out when I went in at six weeks, but I guess there is a slight possibility for a surprise when I go in again this week. Of course, I already feel very big and keep thinking there must be seven in there. The gender will be a surprise.
Nebraska recently dropped to 3rd in grain sorghum quality. If they can't get this right, what can they do? Without good grain sorghum quality and a football team with a not so good turnover ratio what are you left with?
Um, no. I'm pretty sure I won't need the baby stuff anymore. But I probably should have checked with Molly to see if she wanted the maternity clothes back.
We are now a bilingual parish. Saturday, we celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the 4:00 mass and a whole bunch of people processed in wearing bright silky green or gold capes and feather headdresses with the feathers sticking straight up from the front, sort of Aztec looking, shaking silver rattles filled with corn (I think) and huge picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe was carried in and then women and children put flowers at the base of it and readings were in both English and Spanish. I was happy to be able to understand most of the homily. No, it wasn't in English. A lot of the little boys were dressed in fancy Juan Diego costumes and the girls in swirly skirts and puffed-sleeve blouses. They had had all-night Eucharistic adoration and at 6:00 Saturday morning they had Mananitas - they came outside and sang to Mary to wake her up and then went into the hall for sweet bread and hot chocolate. After the afternoon mass there was a fiesta in the hall with all kinds of Mexican and Salvadoran food, dancers (including the mass people and a bunch of cute little kids) and a band that sounded a little like a mexican klezmer band. A drawing for a flat-screen TV, which in Spanish is called una flat-screen television. Very festive and fun. Good mix of regular parishioners and Hispanics.
CONGRATULATIONS ELLEN AND ANDY JAYJACK REEDER! You should name the baby JUNIOR no matter what comes out. My regrets for this belated congrat but I had not Logged In for a minute and look what happens! Wow. Is Randy upset at losing his bed at the farm? Cheer Up HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Also, I think you should all get facebook pages if have not already to view all Joe Jay and Brianne's engagement photos, they are so great. I kept being very proud. I am very proud of all of you. Especially Sarah Palin for getting that BUMPIT endorsement. I always thought Bumpits were rear-end inserts for curvature. -another cornholer
I waited until yesterday to hang the outdoor Christmas lights. Poor planning on my part.
I doubt legendary coach Tom Osborne would have tolerated poor grain sorghum quality. What's next? Tainting the Ogallala aquifer? A cover 2 defense that let's a tight end slip underneath? They gotta get it together!
Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity in Nebraska has increased from 11.6 to 27.2% of the population. This makes me sad, just like when Bonnie died jumping her pony in "Gone With The Wind".
Only 35 soldiers from Nebraska were killed in action during the Civil War. Pretty weak. And Nebraska is/was so worthless the South never tried to invade it.
People in Omaha tend to look down their patronizing snoots at Council Bluffs but Omaha has a violent crime rate 3 and a half that of CB and a property crime rate 7 times higher. This makes me happy, like when Louise and Thelma went over the cliff in "Thelma and Louise".
Gerald Ford is the only president born in Nebraska. HOWEVER he was born Leslie Lynch King JR. and 16 days after he was born his mother, mortified that her son was a Bugeater, left NE forever, eventually marrying a varnish salesman named Gerald Ford in Grand Rapids, MI. Ford's biodad was a true Nebraska man, an abusive husband who waved meat cleavers at his wife and, on their honeymoon, punched her for smiling at another man.
Only 35 Nebraskans dying in the Civil War is likely a testament to how crafty Nebraskans are. That, or it might have something to do with the fact that Nebraska wasn’t even a state until after the Civil War. Either way, the figure is flawed.
The Ogallala Aquifer provides water for not just Omaha, but all of Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. Everybody there is drinking the same thing, which either explains a lot or very little.
Yes, Nebraska has more Academic All Americans than any other school. Insert joke here. Comparing academic standards of Division I athletes is like arguing over who the tallest midget is. If Iowa did play the Cornholers, I doubt Suh would be discussing calculus with Stanzi while helping him off the turf and removing the grass from his facemask.
Maybe I’m wrong in defending Nebraska. Maybe the Missouri river does provide an intellectual and magical force field behind which Iowans can pursue a life free from influences of irrational thinking.
At the end of the day, we all enjoy the same things - including little sausages cooked in a crockpot and served on the end of a toothpick. Unless you’re from Louisiana. Then you might be partial to eating the brains of large insects fished from the bottom of the Mississippi Delta.
But that’s what’s great about this country, isn’t it?
Geez Tom, I lived there for 25 years... What about all you CREIGHTON people, time to step up now...
Caitlin was born there!!!
Best ZOO in the U.S....(if you doubt that then you haven't visited it...ZOO people say it has surpassed the SanDiego zoo)it houses the world's largest indoor rain forest.
The College World Series (need I say more?)
The Old Market area supasses anything else for dining and drinking in a five state area...sorry Des Moines...
HUGE number of Irish Catholics in Omaha...EIGHT Catholic high schools vs. ONE in Des Moines...
oh...what was that about Greek food? Omaha has THE BEST Greek food, our friends at The Greek Islands...just ask Emily, Phelan and Caitlin, they've all worked there.
Saddel Creek Records (best for Indie Rock) GREAT screenwriters (all from Prep and Westside) Pres.of Notre Dame, Fr. Jenkins, from our old Parish St. Leo's...
best sushi I've EVER had...
reuben's from Omaha SPAM from Fremont 911 emergency created there
Even though I know a lot, especially more than most people from Nebraska, I've never purported to knowitall. And I always sign my posts. So Knowitall ain't me.
What's Pellini gonna do about the grain sorghum crisis?
i think spam is from mn. At least the spam museum is in mn. and i always sign my posts too. u know how i feel about anan. i think caits is the only one in the family born in ne. true? i will say that i think nd needs to hire a pellini to fix their defense.
I put the baby down. I of course have affection for Omaha. The way they fill up the Qwest for Creighton games is really something. And I also love the Greek Islands. Great food and great people to work for. That being said, I don't love NE. I don't hate it. But here's one image I can't get out of my head: when driving from CA to MN right when we crossed the border from CO to NE there was a HUGE HUGE sign in a field that some farmer, I presume, put there. THe hand painted sign read OUTLAW SODOMY. THis sign was colassal. And I just can't understand why someone would go to all that trouble? Can't your efforts be better spent on something a little more positive? THis sign could have easily been in a field in Iowa too, but that's just an image of NE burned in my brain.
Not "boy oh boy" as in I'd have a lot to say, but the defense attacks would come streaming. Not that I really care that ya'll are bashing the town I'm from and live in. Maybe this infers that Omaha keeps me busier and more entertained than sitting on a computer reading blog comments all day!
I do like Omaha and I may live there again someday. My husband is from NE, but he was born in Iowa and lived ther till he was 6 - the most formitive years.
Well, I agree with Ed that King Kong gyros are the best, and the Greek Islands are yum. Best cheap date: The dollar theater by the stockyards followed by gyros or Kongburgers. That said, people from Omaha who sneer at Council Bluffs are living in the past. I will never forget the guy at a party at Mary's who kept saying "Counciltuckey!" and laughing uproariously while Mary kept nudging Stevo to punch him in the nose or something. And I support Creighton football all the way. I think it's terrible that they've never been invited to a bowl game.
Joe's home today - he came yesterday and his pal Jimmy came over for dinner. Today he and Stevo are hanging our beautiful Milbrath chandelier. Glad I'm not there to watch. He won't be here at Christmas so I'm glad he could get home this week for a couple days. Molly's fam is coming for dinner tonight when she gets off jury duty.
In January Lisa and Randy are hosting us and Fr. Dan for a Bugs Bunny & friends cartoon night, and we're trying to think of cartoon foods to serve. So far we've thought of hamburgers, (to be paid for on Tuesday) hot dogs, spinach, carrots with the leaves still on, limburger cheese and swiss cheese with big holes in it. Maybe fluffy cream pies suitable for face-smashing? Any more ideas? You haven't lived until you've heard Fr. Dan and Randy singing a duet of "Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit..." But really. Ideas, please.
Hey, Anonymous, turn off the TV! Fifty-seven channels and nothing on.....I've been forced to start reading for pleasure again. Please, no...more...Green...Mile....
It's a tragedy that the end of cable series programming comes just when all the good sports are about to end. I had to swear off Fox News, even as entertainment. Anderson Cooper is just so vanilla and Larry King frightens me because of his being a lizard-man alien in a human suit. Even HGTV has gotten boring, and I no longer have the attention span to watch the History Channel. What to watch?
Joe brought Stevo a bottle of very good rye from a town in Iowa that started making it during Prohibition and it has become the gold standard for rye now. I always thought of rye as something a reporter or maybe a gumshoe kept in his desk before the world was in color, but this was smooth and delicious, with just a nice little burn and a great smell. Darn it, I can't remember the name of the town.
If I'm following your story, the OUTLAW SODOMY sign was actually in Colorado as you were crossing the border? That would make more sense as I would be shocked if sodomy wasn't illegal in most of Nebraska already.
Aw, you guys, give Emily a break on the spelling. I bet none of you has ever typed one-handed while breast-feeding one kid with two others hanging on your leg and reaching up to scatter crumbs and press keys on the keyboard.
Finn's 6 mo. chck up today and again our dr. is really parting ways with the CDC on the whole h1n1 vaccine. They now have it in stock but I didn't have Finn get it. He was getting 4 other vaccines anyway. Plus the h1n1 vaccine they had contained thimerisol. Not sure what that is but some people ask for thimerisol free shots. Finn is 75th% height and 15% weight, coming in at 15 lbs 2 oz.
Joe just heard on the radio that the Coen Bros. are doing a remake of "True Grit" with Jeff Bridges in the lead. Talk about mixed feelings - one of my favorite movies being remixed by 2 of my favorite directors.
So, shall we have people distinguish their Nebraska bashing...I mean if you don't like the football team you can still like the state of Nebraska...also, I really can't believe that alot of you don't like Omaha...it's a GREAT town... I know a place where we could go and get a Guinness and hear LIVE Irish music, tonight, free... after we have our $3.00 sushi and glass of wine...hmmmm Alexander Payne lives in Omaha, as does Conor Oberst and Warren Buffet...so who moved, Tom?
We hosted the Kossuth County Democrats at our house for their Christmas Party...over 50 people showed up...it was fun! Templeton Rye came with Dan McCall, so I tried it...YUMMY! Thumbs up! Don't ask why, just drink the rye, haha...
Emily and Caitlin, I also agree with you. I have not gotten the H1N1 yet just because I wanted to wait until this baby got a bit bigger. I'm not anti-vaccine, but I hardly ever take medicine and cannot help being a little suspicious. (Joe K, is this making you upset? I know a lot of doctors that work at Mercy here are irritated that not enough people are getting the H1N1 vaccine.)
Anyway, I am about 99.9% sure I had H1N1 at the end of Sept/beginning of Oct. The health dept. is coming to my work in a few weeks to do the second dose for the kids, so I will get vaccinated then. It seems fine to wait for Finn. What did your doc say about it? I went to the dr. today and there's no twin surprises. Sounds like just one in there.
Sam is so funny. He keeps confusing Jabba the Hut with Santa becasue of their laughs. He's not seen Jabba laugh, but we have a book "Watch Out! It's Jabba the Hut" and Scott does a very good jabba imitation.
Mary - when did you start hating the great State of Iowa and your hometown. Why, oh, why do you want someone to rip on them? Please, turn that coat back the way you got it.
I'll bet Kirk Ferentz could take Bo Pellini in a cage match.
Templeton Rye...I'm on their email list. I like their website. Templeton...that's my maiden name. Maybe that's why it rang a bell with one of you. I plan on touring the facility and buying Templeton t-shirts one of these days. I don't post very often, so I hope everyone has a good and safe Christmas and New Year. Kelli
I can only conclude that there must have been yet another rash of sodomizations taking place compelling the farmer to abandon his sorghum and build that sign.
Here's the only Slipknot story I know: When we lived in Des Moines my neighbor took her daughter to the airport and her flight was delayed. So the mom sat with her girl until she boarded. Slipknot was waiting for the same flight. It was HOURS delayed. She said they were the friendliest of the the people there (it is easy to get grouchy waiting for your flight) and were all very polite. Nice West Des Moines boys.
Conor is that cool...I even went to his show alone once (I was twice the age of everyone else there!) He's cool, he went to your school, part of our nebraska pool!
What do you mean? He probably stole it from the Bonnie Tyler song. How cool is that? (Total Eclipse of the Heart). Plus, he doesn't go by Bright Eyes any more. It's Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band. Kind of like Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band.
Slipknot? Gag. It conjures up a bunch of bad-guy wannabes. If you're secure enough to name yourselves Bright Eyes or KC and the Sunshine Band that shows you're really manly.
I may not find the time to do that special. The cops just came and arrested one of my cooks. At least they waited until the lunch rush was over this time.
Tom, you should mount a camera in your kitchen. If you don't recover a bunch of embezzled money, maybe you could sell a Dog the Bounty Hunter-type show to someone. That special made me want to drive up there tomorrow. Is the world of itinerant chefs really that exciting, or have you just been lucky?
What I don't have are itinerant chefs. What I have are stupid, stupid people who needed a job and didn't care if they worked at a C-store or a restaurant.
I have come to the conclusion that God looks out for stupid people. There's no way some of these people could otherwise get by.
I do like Conor Oberst, but I'm just wondering...how much time do you think Alexander Payne, Mr. Bright Eyes and Buffet actually spend in Omaha. Sure they have residences there. I suppose Warren spends the most time there.
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Randy, it's ok. Getting older isn't that bad.
Have a happy snowy birthday.
MOnica
Happy Birthday Randy! What's all the stress about. Or, is that your Skipper look? Is Lisa Gilligan? Or Mary Ann?
P
Happy happy birthday to you!!!!
I think he's worried about all the shoveling.
I vas trinken der rectified spirits!
Happy Birthday Randy. How was Disney's pricesses on ice?
Happy Birthday Randy!
Des, you are big stuff, you made the AOL homepage news!
http://webmail.aol.com/29644-412/aol-1/en-us/suite.aspx
Happy Birthday Randy! Did you get a snow day today? Have a drink and enjoy!
Mary and Mike
good job Des!
Holy Moly! Negative 20 wind chill this morning. When I went to catch the train all the people looked like the zombies from the Will Smith movie "I am Legend". They didn't attack me though. They could tell I was one of their own.
Christmas Piano Concert.
Emma and Mary.
This Saturday at 10 a.m.
Come if you can.
lisa
Awww, Happy Belated Birthday, Randy! Hope you had a snow day. Council Bluffs is on snow day #3. Our snow drifted to the height of the retaining wall in the driveway - about 3 feet - and after digging about 15 man-hours (3/4 of them Stevo's as I was way too busy wrapping presents) we have half the driveway and all the front walks cleared. Pleasantly achey in back, shoulders and thighs. It took four scoops just to get to the ground. How do people in Buffalo or any of those snow-belt cities do this? Where do they put the snow? Joe Jayjack was dragging snow from his driveway to his back yard on a sled because they just ran out of places to throw it.
By the way, Randy, getting older is at least that bad if not worse.
How does Coach Kelly sound? ESPN and the S.B.Tribune are confirming that he's the new guy!
I think ND should take more time. Kelly has no big time experience. Should try harder to woo someone else.
I saw the one of the best movies I never heard of last night. It was a version of The Count of Monte Cristo. Fairly recent version starring that Jim Caviel (or whatever his name is)...you know - the guy who played Jesus in Mel Gibson's "The Passion."
A great story of retribution. I love retribution.
Tom
Oh, and sorry Randy...Happy Birthday. It looks like you got your share of retribution in that picture.
Tom
I'd rather have the Connecticut coach.
p
Randy, Happy Birthday!
Kelly seems like a solid hire. What say the rest of you? Pat and Tom have already chimed in. Seems like his first duty as Head Coach will be to hire a great Defensive Coordinator.
Happy Birthday Randy!
So, it looks like as long as I can live through this heartburn from constantly indulging in hot wing cravings, I'll be entitled to a bed next Labor Day at the farm...
Andy and I are expecting! I am about 10 weeks along, baby coming in the middle of July!
Tom - I agree. The Count of Monte Cristo is a GREAT movie.
I don't sse how you can complain getting the national coach of the year. And remember - if they hadn't added a second to the end of the Texas/Nebraska game he would have taken an unraked team to the national championship game. I like the fact that he gets in his players faces when they mess up.
I also think Dane Crist is going to do GREAT in the spread offense.
Congratulations Ellen (and Andy)!
Yea Ellen and Andy! You're going to love your new little baby Monica.
Monica
Congratulations! How excitng. And I know you may seem leery to ask but the answer is "Yes" of course I would be honored to have him named Thomas.
The Cincy players seemed displeased with Kelly. In fact, down right PO-ed. But what about all the collegiate players who come out early for a draft after years under the development of the coaches? You never hear of a coach saying they feel betrayed in those situations.
I think they need to put themselve in Kelly's shoes. However, Kelly's mistake was a couple of weeks ago telling the team he wasn't going to leave.
Tom
I just worry about defense. Well, I can't say I'm really WORRIED as in fretting over this, but I am skeptical about the choice due to ND's troubles on defense.
p
Ellen and Andy,
That's great news. Congratulations!! Yes, a bed has your name on it.
Granny & Grandpa
Congrats Ellen and Andy! What happy news.
You never hear the name Lisa anymore and it's a perfectly nice name.
Oh,
Ellen and Andy! Congratulations! I think you should name the baby Betsy Ross Reeder. Independence Day month and all.
P
At last. Stevo and I were waiting for Ellen and Andy to tell everyone. I thought the top of Stevo's head might blow off. although Ellen did let him call his mom yesterday.
Whatever they name the baby, girl or boy, they could make the middle name Vernice. That would be unique.
So the baby's name will be Litomica Vernice Reeder. Or Monlitom or Tomlisica.
Tom
To all -
Thanks for the Birthday greetings.
I spent my birthday shoveling 5 separate times. I felt young when I started but now I feel my age. Ha! I spent the next day traveling through central Nebraska with Brother William who was leaving for Hawaii for two weeks. Now I feel older.
-Randy
Oh, awesome news Ellen and Andy!!!
-Randy
When I go thru channels and Bull Riding is on I'm for the cowboys who wear cowboy hats instead of helmets. What say youse?
Also, I thought Tebow looked like a sissyboy crying on nat TV. Even tho I don't dislike him.
Happy birthday Randy. you're not a sissyboy.
and I forgot to mention that we should all get behind Tiger Woods as tries to become a better father and husband.
and I also forgot to mention that nebraska sucks. I'm sorry if I offended anyone by my failure to mention that Nebraska sucks.
No offense taken. The obvious must not always be mentioned.
But what can be expected from a team that fires a 9-3 coach?
I wish Iowa played the Cornholers every year so they could steal thier sucky recruits and make them real football players.
Tom
Congrats Ellen and Andy. Don't name the kid Francis.
I love the name Francis, especially for a girl, Franny or Frankie. But I predict Ellen will have a boy. Congrats Ellen and Andy! Take some Zantac for your heartburn, and get Buddy some Prozac so he'll be able to deal when he's not an only child anymore.
I just learned why Randy looks so sad in that photo. He just found out that a couple of years ago Iowa State was about to hire Brian Kelly to be its football coach and then some guy named Chizek became available so they hired him instead. I'd be upset too.
Cy the Clone
Ellen and Andy, congrats. Exciting news. Have they ruled out twins yet? Will you learn the gender when it's time or keep it a surprise? Ellen, just yesterday morning the people from the women's shelter picked up 3 large bags of maternity clothes. I wish I would have held on to them for you, but I guess they really need them too. Lots of the clothes were stuff Molly gave me. You and Andy need to make a trip to MPLS in a few months (when finn out grows them) and collect our baby swing, bouncy chair, etc. They are still in great shape after 3 kids. Of course you may want to register for new stuff.
I'm off to hopefully finish Christmas shopping today. I'm half done. This time tomorrow I shoudl be able to start wrapping.
Emily, Who knows? You may need that stuff again 3 or 4 years from now. Dad
Suh won't win the Heisman but he clearly should. His individual season totals for tackles, sacks, tackles for loss, pressures, (any stat) compares favorably with the season total stats for any of the entire defensive lines of Texas, Florida or Alabama.
Some study came out finding that Omaha has the 7th worst tap water in the country. That's Omaha in Nebraska.
What's all the NE hate for? Forget there's still one family member here?
Me no hate NE. More like me have distaste for NE. Hate make me sad, like when Rambo's Vietnamese girlfriend dies in "Rambo First Blood Part Two".
Caitlin, don't drink the water!
Just one left in NE? I wonder why all the others left.
Thank you. I'm pretty sure twins were ruled out when I went in at six weeks, but I guess there is a slight possibility for a surprise when I go in again this week. Of course, I already feel very big and keep thinking there must be seven in there. The gender will be a surprise.
A surprise for you or for us?
Brian Kelly's 9 year old daughter is named Grace Kelly.
Nebraska recently dropped to 3rd in grain sorghum quality. If they can't get this right, what can they do? Without good grain sorghum quality and a football team with a not so good turnover ratio what are you left with?
Tom
Um, no. I'm pretty sure I won't need the baby stuff anymore. But I probably should have checked with Molly to see if she wanted the maternity clothes back.
No no no Em, I don't think I'll be needing those! Does anyone know if Pete and Mely are comming up for Christmas?
We are now a bilingual parish. Saturday, we celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the 4:00 mass and a whole bunch of people processed in wearing bright silky green or gold capes and feather headdresses with the feathers sticking straight up from the front, sort of Aztec looking, shaking silver rattles filled with corn (I think) and huge picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe was carried in and then women and children put flowers at the base of it and readings were in both English and Spanish. I was happy to be able to understand most of the homily. No, it wasn't in English. A lot of the little boys were dressed in fancy Juan Diego costumes and the girls in swirly skirts and puffed-sleeve blouses. They had had all-night Eucharistic adoration and at 6:00 Saturday morning they had Mananitas - they came outside and sang to Mary to wake her up and then went into the hall for sweet bread and hot chocolate. After the afternoon mass there was a fiesta in the hall with all kinds of Mexican and Salvadoran food, dancers (including the mass people and a bunch of cute little kids) and a band that sounded a little like a mexican klezmer band. A drawing for a flat-screen TV, which in Spanish is called una flat-screen television. Very festive and fun. Good mix of regular parishioners and Hispanics.
Jude's Christmas program is tomorrow night. He is a sheep.
I am almost certain tha Sarah Palin uses Bumpits.
Oh, yeah.
Molly,
We will be there we leave the 19th and will return the 26th.
Pete
Thanks Pete, that's great!
CONGRATULATIONS ELLEN AND ANDY JAYJACK REEDER! You should name the baby JUNIOR no matter what comes out. My regrets for this belated congrat but I had not Logged In for a minute and look what happens! Wow. Is Randy upset at losing his bed at the farm? Cheer Up HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Also, I think you should all get facebook pages if have not already to view all Joe Jay and Brianne's engagement photos, they are so great. I kept being very proud. I am very proud of all of you. Especially Sarah Palin for getting that BUMPIT endorsement. I always thought Bumpits were rear-end inserts for curvature.
-another cornholer
Hope I get to see you, Pete!
Mary and Emma had their Christmas piano recital on Saturday. They played and curtsied and played again.
I told them they didn't have to play again for a week and they seemed happy.
Lisa
I waited until yesterday to hang the outdoor Christmas lights. Poor planning on my part.
I doubt legendary coach Tom Osborne would have tolerated poor grain sorghum quality. What's next? Tainting the Ogallala aquifer? A cover 2 defense that let's a tight end slip underneath? They gotta get it together!
Tom
The HUSKERS football team have produced more Academic All-Americans than any other Div.1 school.
Mary, when did you become a Husker defender?
yeah, they get A's in Football and course credit for it too.
Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity in Nebraska has increased from 11.6 to 27.2% of the population. This makes me sad, just like when Bonnie died jumping her pony in "Gone With The Wind".
Only 35 soldiers from Nebraska were killed in action during the Civil War. Pretty weak. And Nebraska is/was so worthless the South never tried to invade it.
People in Omaha tend to look down their patronizing snoots at Council Bluffs but Omaha has a violent crime rate 3 and a half that of CB and a property crime rate 7 times higher. This makes me happy, like when Louise and Thelma went over the cliff in "Thelma and Louise".
Gerald Ford is the only president born in Nebraska. HOWEVER he was born Leslie Lynch King JR. and 16 days after he was born his mother, mortified that her son was a Bugeater, left NE forever, eventually marrying a varnish salesman named Gerald Ford in Grand Rapids, MI. Ford's biodad was a true Nebraska man, an abusive husband who waved meat cleavers at his wife and, on their honeymoon, punched her for smiling at another man.
Only 35 Nebraskans dying in the Civil War is likely a testament to how crafty Nebraskans are. That, or it might have something to do with the fact that Nebraska wasn’t even a state until after the Civil War. Either way, the figure is flawed.
The Ogallala Aquifer provides water for not just Omaha, but all of Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. Everybody there is drinking the same thing, which either explains a lot or very little.
Yes, Nebraska has more Academic All Americans than any other school. Insert joke here. Comparing academic standards of Division I athletes is like arguing over who the tallest midget is. If Iowa did play the Cornholers, I doubt Suh would be discussing calculus with Stanzi while helping him off the turf and removing the grass from his facemask.
Maybe I’m wrong in defending Nebraska. Maybe the Missouri river does provide an intellectual and magical force field behind which Iowans can pursue a life free from influences of irrational thinking.
At the end of the day, we all enjoy the same things - including little sausages cooked in a crockpot and served on the end of a toothpick. Unless you’re from Louisiana. Then you might be partial to eating the brains of large insects fished from the bottom of the Mississippi Delta.
But that’s what’s great about this country, isn’t it?
All I know is that Nebraska used to be able to hang it's hat on good grain sorghum. Some say change is good. Is it?
Em, Mary turned her coat inside-out years ago.
Tom
No wonder you can't get a decent Gyro in Nebraska.....
http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/stories/0701_0130.html
Not True - King Kong has AWESOME gyros.
And to be fair - 3rd place isn't that bad for Sorghum Grain quality. I am pretty sure you still get a medal for 3rd place.
Geez Tom, I lived there for 25 years...
What about all you CREIGHTON people, time to step up now...
Caitlin was born there!!!
Best ZOO in the U.S....(if you doubt that then you haven't visited it...ZOO people say it has surpassed the SanDiego zoo)it houses the world's largest indoor rain forest.
The College World Series (need I say more?)
The Old Market area supasses anything else for dining and drinking in a five state area...sorry Des Moines...
HUGE number of Irish Catholics in Omaha...EIGHT Catholic high schools vs. ONE in Des Moines...
oh...what was that about Greek food? Omaha has THE BEST Greek food, our friends at The Greek Islands...just ask Emily, Phelan and Caitlin, they've all worked there.
Saddel Creek Records (best for Indie Rock)
GREAT screenwriters (all from Prep and Westside)
Pres.of Notre Dame, Fr. Jenkins, from our old Parish St. Leo's...
best sushi I've EVER had...
reuben's from Omaha
SPAM from Fremont
911 emergency created there
Marlon Brando
Henry Fonda
Malcolm X
BOY'S TOWN
I don't doubt that NE pioneered a system for requesting emergency help.
With very few exceptions, anybody famous from Omaha achieved fame after they left NE.
Even though I know a lot, especially more than most people from Nebraska, I've never purported to knowitall. And I always sign my posts. So Knowitall ain't me.
What's Pellini gonna do about the grain sorghum crisis?
Tom
i think spam is from mn. At least the spam museum is in mn. and i always sign my posts too. u know how i feel about anan. i think caits is the only one in the family born in ne. true? i will say that i think nd needs to hire a pellini to fix their defense.
I put the baby down. I of course have affection for Omaha. The way they fill up the Qwest for Creighton games is really something. And I also love the Greek Islands. Great food and great people to work for. That being said, I don't love NE. I don't hate it. But here's one image I can't get out of my head: when driving from CA to MN right when we crossed the border from CO to NE there was a HUGE HUGE sign in a field that some farmer, I presume, put there. THe hand painted sign read OUTLAW SODOMY. THis sign was colassal. And I just can't understand why someone would go to all that trouble? Can't your efforts be better spent on something a little more positive? THis sign could have easily been in a field in Iowa too, but that's just an image of NE burned in my brain.
Boy oh boy if I even OPENED my mouth about Algona...
Not "boy oh boy" as in I'd have a lot to say, but the defense attacks would come streaming. Not that I really care that ya'll are bashing the town I'm from and live in. Maybe this infers that Omaha keeps me busier and more entertained than sitting on a computer reading blog comments all day!
I do like Omaha and I may live there again someday. My husband is from NE, but he was born in Iowa and lived ther till he was 6 - the most formitive years.
I very much like Omaha. I'm not sure about the entire state.
P
Are those formative (*) years the ones in which you learn how to spell? ...i kid i kid
Lest anywon think otherwize...I'm just having fun hear.
Butt eye am worried that those durty Argentinians are going too sirpass the U.S. in grain sorghum quality. If sew, it's all Big Red's fault.
Tom
Well, I agree with Ed that King Kong gyros are the best, and the Greek Islands are yum. Best cheap date: The dollar theater by the stockyards followed by gyros or Kongburgers. That said, people from Omaha who sneer at Council Bluffs are living in the past. I will never forget the guy at a party at Mary's who kept saying "Counciltuckey!" and laughing uproariously while Mary kept nudging Stevo to punch him in the nose or something. And I support Creighton football all the way. I think it's terrible that they've never been invited to a bowl game.
Joe's home today - he came yesterday and his pal Jimmy came over for dinner. Today he and Stevo are hanging our beautiful Milbrath chandelier. Glad I'm not there to watch. He won't be here at Christmas so I'm glad he could get home this week for a couple days. Molly's fam is coming for dinner tonight when she gets off jury duty.
In January Lisa and Randy are hosting us and Fr. Dan for a Bugs Bunny & friends cartoon night, and we're trying to think of cartoon foods to serve. So far we've thought of hamburgers, (to be paid for on Tuesday) hot dogs, spinach, carrots with the leaves still on, limburger cheese and swiss cheese with big holes in it. Maybe fluffy cream pies suitable for face-smashing? Any more ideas? You haven't lived until you've heard Fr. Dan and Randy singing a duet of "Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit..." But really. Ideas, please.
Pellini has a plan to make NE sorghum #1.. It was in this morning's paper.
Hey, Anonymous, turn off the TV! Fifty-seven channels and nothing on.....I've been forced to start reading for pleasure again. Please, no...more...Green...Mile....
It's a tragedy that the end of cable series programming comes just when all the good sports are about to end. I had to swear off Fox News, even as entertainment. Anderson Cooper is just so vanilla and Larry King frightens me because of his being a lizard-man alien in a human suit. Even HGTV has gotten boring, and I no longer have the attention span to watch the History Channel. What to watch?
Hey, Caitlin, come over for dinner tonight. 6:00.
Joe brought Stevo a bottle of very good rye from a town in Iowa that started making it during Prohibition and it has become the gold standard for rye now. I always thought of rye as something a reporter or maybe a gumshoe kept in his desk before the world was in color, but this was smooth and delicious, with just a nice little burn and a great smell. Darn it, I can't remember the name of the town.
I want my hasenpfeffer!!!!
I'll give Omaha it's props. It is the second fanciest cowtown in the midwest right behind MSP/SP.
Tom
Emily-In your comment about sodomy is there a reason you described the sign as "colassal"?
And shouldn't that knucklehead farmer have spent more time looking over his sorghum?
Tom
Emily,
If I'm following your story, the OUTLAW SODOMY sign was actually in Colorado as you were crossing the border? That would make more sense as I would be shocked if sodomy wasn't illegal in most of Nebraska already.
Done. Wrapped. In beautifully coordinated papers purchased last year for 75% off. Tied with creative bows. I feel like....someone else.
Aw, you guys, give Emily a break on the spelling. I bet none of you has ever typed one-handed while breast-feeding one kid with two others hanging on your leg and reaching up to scatter crumbs and press keys on the keyboard.
It wasn't a typo. She was stressing the second syllable.
Templeton Rye (Thanks, Ed!) I kept thinking it had a connection to our family. Very good stuff.
Templeton Rye - product of Iowa, not Nebraska.
Thank you , Cathy!
Des, allow me to clarify. The sign was def. on the NE side. Right after we passed The Good Life sign.
Finn's 6 mo. chck up today and again our dr. is really parting ways with the CDC on the whole h1n1 vaccine. They now have it in stock but I didn't have Finn get it. He was getting 4 other vaccines anyway. Plus the h1n1 vaccine they had contained thimerisol. Not sure what that is but some people ask for thimerisol free shots. Finn is 75th% height and 15% weight, coming in at 15 lbs 2 oz.
Yay Finn! I wouldn't get the shot either.
Cathy, I'd love to come to dinner but I have my second to last final tonight at 6. Which reminds me....
Come by later if you like. Lasagna.....
Joe just heard on the radio that the Coen Bros. are doing a remake of "True Grit" with Jeff Bridges in the lead. Talk about mixed feelings - one of my favorite movies being remixed by 2 of my favorite directors.
So, shall we have people distinguish their Nebraska bashing...I mean if you don't like the football team you can still like the state of Nebraska...also, I really can't believe that alot of you don't like Omaha...it's a GREAT town...
I know a place where we could go and get a Guinness and hear LIVE Irish music, tonight, free...
after we have our $3.00 sushi and glass of wine...hmmmm
Alexander Payne lives in Omaha, as does Conor Oberst and Warren Buffet...so who moved, Tom?
Caitlin...it's almost time to start ripping Algona...and the rest of the state...
We hosted the Kossuth County Democrats at our house for their Christmas Party...over 50 people showed up...it was fun!
Templeton Rye came with Dan McCall, so I tried it...YUMMY!
Thumbs up! Don't ask why, just drink the rye, haha...
Emily and Caitlin, I also agree with you. I have not gotten the H1N1 yet just because I wanted to wait until this baby got a bit bigger. I'm not anti-vaccine, but I hardly ever take medicine and cannot help being a little suspicious. (Joe K, is this making you upset? I know a lot of doctors that work at Mercy here are irritated that not enough people are getting the H1N1 vaccine.)
Anyway, I am about 99.9% sure I had H1N1 at the end of Sept/beginning of Oct. The health dept. is coming to my work in a few weeks to do the second dose for the kids, so I will get vaccinated then. It seems fine to wait for Finn. What did your doc say about it? I went to the dr. today and there's no twin surprises. Sounds like just one in there.
Good luck on your last two finals Caitlin.
Sam is so funny. He keeps confusing Jabba the Hut with Santa becasue of their laughs. He's not seen Jabba laugh, but we have a book "Watch Out! It's Jabba the Hut" and Scott does a very good jabba imitation.
Congratulations Ellen and Andy...it's sooo exciting!!
Names...Andi if it's a girl
Allen if a boy!
Or, Voracious...
You and Molly will have something else in common...do you know what it is?
Congrats,
Aunt Mary
Emily,
At what point are you in a bikini tethered to Jabba?
Mary - when did you start hating the great State of Iowa and your hometown. Why, oh, why do you want someone to rip on them? Please, turn that coat back the way you got it.
I'll bet Kirk Ferentz could take Bo Pellini in a cage match.
Tom
And anyone single member of Slipknot (Des Moines based metal band) could definately take down Conor Oberst in a Betty Crocker bake off.
Tom
When Ellen was little she dreamed of having 12 children and the last one would be a girl named Apocalypse. That's a cute name.
Templeton Rye...I'm on their email list. I like their website. Templeton...that's my maiden name. Maybe that's why it rang a bell with one of you.
I plan on touring the facility and buying Templeton t-shirts one of these days.
I don't post very often, so I hope everyone has a good and safe Christmas and New Year.
Kelli
So...The Good Life = not being sodomized.
Sounds about right to me. Any Iowans care to disagree?
I can only conclude that there must have been yet another rash of sodomizations taking place compelling the farmer to abandon his sorghum and build that sign.
Tom
Hey you people on the west side of Iowa, did you feel the earth quake last night?
Randy, every time I come to the blog I get a little chuckle from your picture. Let's keep it up forever.
Monica
That was Nebraska trying to rip away from Iowa...the Missouri didn't believe either side, and held on!
Tom...Slipknot...REALLY!!!
Yes...Slipknot - they could bake circles around that little anarchist Conor Cornholer Obeberst.
Tom
Anybody who wants in on the Straub Family Bowl Game Pick 'Em contest let me know.
Here's the only Slipknot story I know: When we lived in Des Moines my neighbor took her daughter to the airport and her flight was delayed. So the mom sat with her girl until she boarded. Slipknot was waiting for the same flight. It was HOURS delayed. She said they were the friendliest of the the people there (it is easy to get grouchy waiting for your flight) and were all very polite. Nice West Des Moines boys.
lisa
Boooorrrring.
Ha, mom you are so easily bothered! Conor Oberst really isn't THAT cool.
You're supposed to have my back!!
Conor is that cool...I even went to his show alone once (I was twice the age of everyone else there!)
He's cool,
he went to your school,
part of our nebraska pool!
How cool can a guy be when he names his band "Bright Eyes"? I mean, the name Slipknot has a certain menacing cache'. Bright Eyes?
I will say he has gotten a lot of mileage out of the whole youthful angst thing. But someone oughta tell him to get a grip and grow up.
Tom
What do you mean? He probably stole it from the Bonnie Tyler song. How cool is that? (Total Eclipse of the Heart). Plus, he doesn't go by Bright Eyes any more. It's Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band. Kind of like Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band.
p
If I can make the time this is what my special is going to be this weekend...
Grilled Seafood Sausage served with Roasted Peppers over Home made Rotini Pasta tossed in Pesto Cream.
Making the sausage and pasta myself.
Tom
Slipknot? Gag. It conjures up a bunch of bad-guy wannabes. If you're secure enough to name yourselves Bright Eyes or KC and the Sunshine Band that shows you're really manly.
Merry Christmas, Kelli!
Tom I'll be there for dinner. That sounds wonderful.
Monica
Yeah, Merry Christmas Kelli!
Happy New Year!
I'm dreaming of a White Christmas, just like Danny Kaye.
P
I may not find the time to do that special. The cops just came and arrested one of my cooks. At least they waited until the lunch rush was over this time.
Maybe beans a franks for a special.
Tom
damn those cops
Tom, you should mount a camera in your kitchen. If you don't recover a bunch of embezzled money, maybe you could sell a Dog the Bounty Hunter-type show to someone. That special made me want to drive up there tomorrow. Is the world of itinerant chefs really that exciting, or have you just been lucky?
What I don't have are itinerant chefs. What I have are stupid, stupid people who needed a job and didn't care if they worked at a C-store or a restaurant.
I have come to the conclusion that God looks out for stupid people. There's no way some of these people could otherwise get by.
Tom
I saw a hand painted sign in San Francisco today that read: OUTLAW SODOMY BEFORE LUNCH
I guess that makes that old Nebraska farmer a progressive.
Mary, what do Ellen and I have in common?
I do like Conor Oberst, but I'm just wondering...how much time do you think Alexander Payne, Mr. Bright Eyes and Buffet actually spend in Omaha. Sure they have residences there. I suppose Warren spends the most time there.
So Des, did they get it done before lunch?
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