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- Book Review: Clade (James Bradley)
- Review: Empire of Time (Daniel Godfrey)
- Review: Forever and a Death (Donald Westlake)
- Review: Two Lost Boys (L.F. Robertson)
- Review: The Run-out Groove (The Vinyl Detective Series)
- Review: Off Rock (Kieran Shea)
- Review: Fatal Music (Peter Morfoot)
- Review: Relics (Tim Lebbon)
- Review: Parallel Lines (Steven Saville)
- Review: The Killing Bay (Chris Ould)
- Review: Snatch (Gregory McDonald)
- Review: In Sunlight or In Shadow
- Review: Sinner Man (Lawrence Block)
- Review: Quarry in the Black (Max Allan Collins)
- Review: New Pompeii (Daniel Godfrey)
- Budget Tablet: HP 10 G2 (Android 5)
- Back from the dead
- The Burglar Who Counted The Spoons (Review)
- Is The Government Hiding Link Between Vaccines and Autism?
- How Hard is 300 wins? Ask King Felix.
- Hall of Fame Reactions
- SEC Shocker: Auburn Upsets Alabama
- Does Texas Voter ID Law Suppress Voting?
- What’s going on
- NFL Predictions
- Why Does DiMaggio’s Family Want Hannah’s DNA?
- Dodgers Continue To Roll
- All Star Game Reactions
- Cereal Racists, Broken Ribs, and Pringles
- Cargo and Tulo Crush Reds
- First Place Rockies On A Roll
- Muhammad Ali’s Rumble In Jungle Shoes
- Robert Edward Auctions: 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth
- Robert Edward Auctions – 1948 Leaf Rocky Graziano
- Robert Edward Auctions: 1912 Boston Garter Cards
- Robert Edward Auctions – 2013
- 2013 NFL Draft
- Thoughts About The Boston Marathon Bombing
- Rockies Off To Hot Start
- Controversy At The Masters
- Bombing at the Boston Marathon
- Zack Greinke Breaks Collarbone During Brawl
- Living with Parkinson’s
- Baseball’s Opening Week
- The Curse of Goodman
- March Madness Continues!
- He Shall Be Called Francis
- My Preeclampsia Experience (Part 2)
- My Preeclampsia Experience
- End of NCAA Basketball Regular Season
- The Election of a New Pope
- The Big Move: The End Is Near
- Baseball is Back
- Review: Hotel Transylvania
- Movie Review: Parental Guidance
- The Harbaugh Super Bowl
- Movie Review The Hobbit
- Should Driver’s License Tests Only Be Available In English?
- NFL Pro Bowl
- Manti Te’o Got Catfished
- 49ers and Ravens Win Conference Championship Games
- Don’t Take Away My Right To Bear Arms
- Lance Armstrong Confesses to Oprah
- NFL Playoff Results: Divisional Round
- Money Laundering, Political Style
- NFL Playoffs – Divisional Round
- The End of the 2012 Football Season
- January Football
- The Big Move: House Still Not Finished
- Obama Wants To Take Your Guns
- Final Two Weeks of NFL Season
- 2012 Christmas Cookies
- Reactions to the Connecticut School Shooting
- Why Do Star College Quarterbacks Fail In the NFL?
- Sandy Hook Tragedy
- Connecticut School Shooting
- The Republican Party’s Core Beliefs
- Western Kentucky Hires Bobby Petrino
- Ferdinand the Turtle: Meeting Bob
- Football and Death
- Fiscal Cliff Predictions
- December Football
- Who Will Win The Heisman?
- Review: Hit Me by Lawrence Block
- Baseball Preview 2013: What To Watch For
- A New Religion – And Obama Is Their Profit
- NaNoWriMo success
- Big 10 Will Have 14 Teams
- How Does James Patterson Write So Many Books?
- Has Thanksgiving Become Black Thursday?
- I’m Thankful For A Romney Loss
- Notre Dame Closing In On National Championship?
- Tide Gets Rolled
- NaNoWriMo: Ahead of Pace
- Obama Wins Second Term
- My Prediction: Obama Wins
- NaNoWriMo Update (Plus Football)
- NaNoWriMo – Jump In, The Water’s Fine
- Mitt Romney Can’t Lose
- NaNoWriMo 2012
- Is Notre Dame A National Championship Contender?
- Monday topics: Sandy, Baseball, Football
- What’s in the Chili?
- Republicans and Rape
- Are The Giants A Team Of Destiny?
- Did Geno Smith Lose The Heisman?
- Movie Review: Hope Springs
- Women in the Election
- Biased Science?
- Derek Jeter’s Postseason Legacy
- Should We Intervene In Syria?
- Is John L. Smith Morally Bankrupt?
- The Role of Today’s NRA
- Miguel Cabrera Wins Baseball’s Triple Crown
- Looking At The Old Classics
- The History of Media Bias
- What Is A Swing County?
- America Chokes Away The Ryder Cup
- What Makes A Book A Classic?
- NFL Officials Are Back
- Should Mike Trout Win the MVP?
- How Bad Was the Packers – Seahawks Call?
- Can Romney Win?
- A Vision In Austria
- Is It A Scary Time To Be A Woman?
- 2013 World Baseball Classic
- Who Are the 47%?
- College Football: Week 3
- Violent Outbursts In The Muslim World
- Random Thoughts
- Will The Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up?
- Amazon Announces New Kindle Models
- Recap of Week 2
- College Football National Championship Rant
- A Man Short
- Should The President Have Any Power?
- Baseball’s September Story Lines
- College Football – Week 1
- What Should The Role Of Government Be?
- The Challenges of Writing a Novel
- Highlights of the Republican Convention
- Weird Neighbors
- College Football Seasons Kicks Off
- Remembering Neil Armstrong
- What Does Todd Akin Stand For?
- Melky Cabrera Banned For Testosterone Use
- The Big Move: Apartment Living
- What Is The Impact Of Akin’s Rape Comments?
- NFL Players Fight For Roster Spots in Preseason
- Random Thoughts
- Fantasy Football Time
- Is All Political News Biased?
- Honey Badger Kicked Off LSU Football Team
- Can Better Mental Healthcare Prevent Violence?
- Volleyball Domination And Other Olympic Highlights
- What Is Mitt Romney Hiding?
- Knowing Your Audience: Political Writing
- Does Chick-Fil-A’s Leader Have Civil Rights?
- Book Review: The Brahms Deception
- Are The Olympics Ruined By Spoilers?
- What Does Your Audience Want?
- Sneak Peek At My Book
- Who Will Win The Election?
- What Was Penn State’s Punishment?
- Reactions To The Penn State Penalties
- Reactions To The Colorado Theater Shooting
- Water For Elephants
- The Open Championship
- Writing – Knowing Your Audience
- What Are You Reading?
- Is Justice Scalia Incompetent or Just Biased?
- The Big Move: Sold!
- Movie Review: John Carter
- Can Tim Lincecum Be Fixed?
- Home Away From Home
- The Horse
- President Obama Violates Separation of Powers
- Tools of a Baseball Addict
- Movie Review: Brave
- Jeter’s Slump and Pujols’s Surge
- Obamacare Ruled Constitutional
- Give An Author A Second Chance
- Omaha Hosts College World Series, Olympics Swimming Trials, and More
- Movie Review: Men In Black 3
- Do Adam Dunn’s Strikeouts Hurt The White Sox?
- Obama and Fast and Furious
- Why Is The Book Always Better Than The Movie?
- Webb Simpson Wins US Open
- Review: Snow White and the Huntsman
- Are Athletes Overpaid?
- Which Amazon Kindle Device Should I Buy?
- U.S. Open Preview
- How Many People Don’t Pay Taxes?
- Proof That Obama’s Birth Certificate Is Fake
- I’ll Have Another Out of Belmont Stakes
- Is This the Most Important Election?
- Is Baseball’s Draft System Broken?
- Tiger Catches Nicklaus In Wins
- Nobody Cares About Connecticut
- New York City To Ban Big Gulps?
- Rockies Roundup (And Other Baseball News)
- I Like To Kill People
- Modern Technology And The Baseball Fan
- What’s On Your Wireless Network?
- Is The Indy 500 Dead?
- Project Update
- Republican Party Is Helping Obama
- Around The World Of Sports
- How To Write Like A Professional: Fantasy
- A Bad Trade
- Time Magazine: Are You Mother Enough?
- What Is The Length Of An NFL Running Back’s Career?
- Should I Sell My Collection?
- How To Write Like A Professional – Autobiographical
- The Big Move: Too Much Stuff!
- Should Churches Be Tax Exempt?
- Review Of The Hunger Games Trilogy
- 2012 Kentucky Derby
- Should Cole Hamels Have Hit Bryce Harper?
- Fiction Contest – Win Prizes!
- What’s Your Point Of View?
- Who Will Be Romney’s Vice President?
- Is Albert Pujols Washed Up?
- Johnny’s Leaving
- Are Capital Gains A Form Of Double Taxation?
- NFL Draft Analysis: Day 1
- Santorum Quits The Race
- Impressions of Olympic Wrestling Trials
- Did Saints GM Spy On Teams?
- How To Write Like A Professional (Part 4)
- Review: 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- Infrastructure Maintenance: Spend A Little Now Or a Lot Later
- Product Review: Roku
- 2012 Robert Edward Auction
- How to Write Like a Professional (Part 3)
- Did Arkansas Have To Fire Bobby Petrino?
- Are the Democrats Waging A War Against Women?
- Longest Serving Prisoner Dies
- The Sports Beat
- How To Write Like A Professional (Part 2)
- Guide To Attending The Masters
- GOP Endgame
- Ubaldo Jimenez Supended For Throwing At Tulowitzki
- The Ultimate Bust: Ryan Leaf
- How To Write Like A Professional
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
- The Supreme Court and Health Care
- Tragedy: The Death of Trayvon Martin
- Tiger Woods The Favorite To Win The Masters
- Political Speech
- Are Sports Fans Dumb?
- How To Effectively Use Social Media
- Broncos Trade Tim Tebow To Jets
- Is a $50 Light Bulb Affordable?
- Peyton Will Be Manning The Broncos
- Touring Our American Heritage
- Apology To Creighton Fans
- Day 1 Of the NCAA Tournament
- Who Will Win The World Series?
- Breaking Down My Bracket
- NCAA Tourney Snubs?
- The Draft Continues
- The Death of Andrew Breitbart and Other News
- Who Agrees With Rush Limbaugh?
- My Fantasy League Draft
- Should Santorum And Gingrich Be On The Virginia Ballot?
- Are Bounties OK in Football?
- How Did Your Ancestors Come To America?
- Is Apple Bringing 700,000 Jobs Back To America?
- Should We Drill For Oil in ANWR?
- What Books Have You Bought Lately?
- Why Does Golf Only Have Four Major Championships?
- What is The Hardest Part of Writing?
- Your Lithograph Makes Me Look Fat: George Bellows and Reducing
- Republican Race Remains Undecided
- Zemanta Review
- Johnny Goes Linsane!
- The Race is On
- ESPN Apologizes For Calling Jeremy Lin A Chink
- Primary Voters: Vote For Rick Santorum
- The IRS Has Funding Issues
- Baseball’s New Collective Bargaining Agreement
- Jeremy Lin Reminds Me Of …
- Mickelson Gets 40th Career Win
- Why Intervene In Syria Now?
- Kosmo’s Briefs
- Is It Ever OK to Use Torture?
- The Best Movies Of All Time
- Gisele Rips Patriots Receivers
- Looking Ahead To Baseball
- What Makes a Top 25 Recruiting Class?
- The Shooter
- Obama Robs Florida McDonalds
- Ode To A Groundhog
- The Super Bowl
- Spare Time Fun
- Pop Art Catholicism: Andy Warhol’s Religion
- Republican Race Gets Tight
- Why Doesn’t Mitt Romney Pay More in Income Taxes?
- The Death of Joe Paterno
- Winter Morning
- How Can Politicians Earn My Vote?
- Rockies Sign Jamie Moyer
- Rick Santorum Wins Iowa Caucuses
- Why Is Wikipedia Down Today?
- Can A Coach’s Confidence Affect Player Performance?
- Resetting Priorities
- 2012 Hall of Fame Voting
- The Worst Form of National Economics
- My Life As A Writer
- BCS National Championship
- It’s All About Football
- Joran Van der Sloot To Plead Guilty
- 2012 Republican Race
- Analysis of the Iowa Caucus Results
- Final Week of NFL Season and The Bowls
- New Year’s Pot Luck
- Ask Marilyn About Random Drug Testing
- Message to Ron Paul Fans: Grow Up
- The Arrogance of Beauty: Whistler’s Peacock Room
- How Do The Iowa Caucuses Work?
- Top News Stories Of 2012
- One Week Remains In NFL Season
- Happy Holidays
- Mrs. Claus and the Christmas Mistress
- Plans for 2012
- Who Will Win In Iowa?
- What Technological Advances Will The Future Hold?
- Top Sports Stories of 2011
- Questions About Yu Darvish
- How Do You Spend Your Free Time
- Is Amazon Prime Worth The Cost?
- Rick Perry’s No-So “Strong” Ad
- The Cameron Effect
- Is Tim Tebow For Real?
- Office Party Time
- The Sacrificial Lambs
- Cardinals Fan Reaction to Pujols Leaving
- End Of Year Political Recap
- Will Albert Pujols Sign With The Marlins?
- What’s In A Name (Bowl Edition)
- Christmas And Consumerism
- Rick Perry Thinks He’s God – And Other Random Thoughts
- Amazon Gift Ideas
- That Pinot Clashes With The Drapes: On Art And Wine
- Liar! Liar! Urban Meyer
- My Thanksgiving
- Whom Should I Vote For In the Republican Primary?
- Friends For Thanksgiving
- Baseball’s Collective Bargaining Agreement
- Will Tiger Woods Bounce Back in 2012?
- Should Pitchers Be Eligible For The MVP?
- I Got A Smartphone
- The One Night Stand
- Jerry Sandusky, Dustin Verlander, Tiger Woods
- My Fight With Zazzle
- The Writing Continues – Or Does It?
- Will Penn State Hire Urban Meyer?
- Make Black Friday A Little More Green
- Questions in the Penn State Scandal
- Great Winter Gifts
- Will Joe Paterno Be Fired?
- Writing Frenzy
- Jerry Sandusky Arrested For Sexual Abuse
- Tony Stewart Chases Third Championship
- Medical Marijuana A Cause of Fatal Crashes?
- Should The NFL Change The Rules For Andrew Luck?
- Does Anyone Care About The NBA Lockout?
- Where Will Albert Pujols End Up
- Start Writing
- Electoral College Gear
- Who Will Emerge As the Republican Nominee?
- Jason Aldean – My Kinda Party
- Is Randy Moss Treated Fairly By The Media?
- Join NanoWrimo 2012
- Friday Roundup
- Fame for Crunchy
- Post #1000: Has This Blog Been Successful?
- The World Series Begins Today!
- 2011 Heisman Watch
- What I like About The 99%ers
- Treasure Hunt Chapter 2: Cheryl’s Den
- Changing The Election Rules
- Rex Burkhead Is A Role Model
- Fall Cleanup
- Treasure Hunt Chapter 1: The Game Begins
- The Political Failures of Barack Obama
- Why The Republicans Can’t Win
- Johnny’s Fantasy Football Thoughts
- Musings On College Football
- Don’t Tread On Me: Benjamin Franklin And The Power Of Images
- What I like About My Kindle
- The Future Of The Big XII
- 2011 Solheim Cup
- Congress Needs To Do Their Job
- Should We Get Rid of the Death Penalty?
- The Fox News / Google Debate
- Fall Observations
- Should Players Be Allowed To Return After An Injury?
- Will The Big 12 and Big East Merge?
- Is Cam Newton For Real?
- JOBS – The Four Letter Word of the Obama Administration
- Is Wikipedia A Reliable Source?
- Will Texas Cause The Big XII To Break Up?
- An Expert’s Opinion On The Value Of Gold
- Obama’s Jobs Speech
- Where Were You On September 11, 2001?
- Will Amazon Reinstate California Affiliates?
- Is Madden 12 The Best Football Game Ever?
- It’s About Jobs, Stupid
- Baseball Update
- Last Minute Fantasy Football Sleepers
- The Importance Of Labor Day
- What’s Your Dream Job?
- College Football Picks
- Are Green Initiatives A Waste Of Money?
- The Exchange
- Is Michael Vick Worth $100 Million?
- Guide To Guerrilla Investing
- Kosmo’s Non Sequiturs
- E Pluribus Unum: History of American Imagery*
- Rick Perry Leads The Race?
- How Will The Resignation of Steve Jobs Affect Apple?
- HP Touchpad: Chaos
- 2011 Fall TV – What Are YOU Looking Forward To?
- Fan Violence in San Francisco
- School Is Back In Session
- NCAA Football 12 Review
- The Iowa Straw Poll
- What Percentage Of Taxes Are Paid By The Rich?
- Jim Thome Reaches 600 Homers
- The Carlos Zambrano Meltdown
- Saving Our Agricultural Heritage
- Big Brother Week 5 – The Craziness Continues
- Unsweetened Tea … Party
- Having Fun At The National Sports Card Convention
- 2011 National Sports Card Convention
- The End Of Summer Is Nigh
- Tale of the Wolf
- Congress Needs to Balance The Budget
- Big Brother Week 4: Eviction Nominations
- Gabrielle Giffords Steals the Show
- Does the NFLPA Represent Rookies?
- Reactions to the Ubaldo Jimenez Trade
- You Know You Love Us: Art as Propaganda
- Pissed Off About The Debt Ceiling Debate
- Big Brother Week 3 – Veto Competition
- Time To Disband The Big XII?
- Madden 12 / Big Brother
- Inside Kosmo’s Life
- Space, the Debt Ceiling, and the NFL Lockout
- Random Thoughts From Kosmo
- Space Shuttle Memories: Becoming An Advocate
- Childish Behavior In the Debt Ceiling Debate
- Space Shuttle Memories: Leaving NASA
- Space Shuttle Memories – Engineer at NASA
- Big Brother / Hell’s Kitchen
- Space Shuttle Memories – Design Projects
- Space Shuttle Memories – Back at NASA
- Darren Clarke Wins, USA Women Lose
- Space Shuttle Memories – A Dream Realized
- Space Shuttle Memories – A Boy’s Dream
- The Root of All Evil – Even in Politics
- Big Brother – Week 1
- I Bought A Kindle
- History of The Open
- Take a Vacation or Not?
- Break Up The Pirates!
- 90 Feet To History
- Lawrence Block: An Author Who “Gets It”
- Should Gays Raise Children?
- Review: MLB 11 The Show – Road To The Show (Part 2)
- Joey Chestnut Still The Top Dog
- Celebrate Independence Day
- Inside The Prison Walls
- Who’s Worth More – Albert Pujols or Prince Fielder?
- What Does It Mean To Be Educated?
- Tricky Baseball Trivia
- Review: MLB11 The Show – Road To The Show (Part 1)
- Delta Unfairly Criticized Over Baggage Fees For Troops?
- When in Rome
- Tolstoy and “Happy Trees”
- Politifact Attacks Jon Stewart
- Pujols, the McCourts, and More
- The World Series of Poker Goes All In
- In Defense of Art
- What Really Killed The Dinosaurs
- Will Rory McIlroy Win The US Open?
- Maybe It Just Takes A Woman
- Madden 12 – Will It Happen?
- Should Republicans Be Roasting Weiner?
- Work Life Balance
- Will Bubba Starling Pick Baseball Or Football?
- Is Sex A Taboo Topic In America?
- Reactions To The Wii U
- Shaq Retires
- Summer Is Finally Here
- Should Baseball Ban Home Plate Collisions?
- Year 3 Anniversary Trip Part 1 (Kenosha/Pleasant Prairie)
- How I Would Fix Congress
- Looters (and other pond scum)
- The Ohio State Saga: Tressel Resigns
- Memorial Day
- The End Of The World (Baseball Numerology)
- Do Libraries Steal From Authors?
- Breaking Down The Republican Field
- The State of TV Today
- Baseball Update (American League)
- Fighting The Beast
- Millionaires on food stamps (and other random topics)
- Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) – Would You Go?
- I Can’t Support Newt Gingrich
- The Dilbertesque Files: Low Toner
- The State of the Yankees
- An Autumn Day
- Baseball Update
- NBA 2K11 – My Player Mode (PS3)
- Does Big Money Control Our Elections?
- How Old Are You?
- Should Pete Rose Be In The Hall of Fame?
- Opportunities for Writing
- The Streak
- Osama Bin Laden: Repercussions
- Top 5 iPod (or iPhone) Apps
- How To Keep On Your Story Line
- Reactions To Bin Laden’s Death (Crunchy)
- Reactions to Bin Laden’s Death (Kosmo)
- The Paper Princess
- The Fall of the Birthers
- Royal Wedding Pregame Coverage
- Nintendo Announces New Wii – Will The Craze Be As High?
- How Will the NCAA Punish Ohio State?
- Writing in Period
- Is Dilbert Based on Real Life?
- Heidi and the Shark
- The Rent Is Too D@mn High
- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
- “Performance” Toyota of Lincoln
- The Life and Times of Mike Leake
- How To Concentrate
- Should I buy a Kindle?
- Concentrate
- Loopholes From Those ‘Holes In Washington
- What Inspires You?
- Robert Edward Auctions
- A New Advertising Campaign
- The Cowboy Rides Again
- Obama 2012
- Masters Trivia Contest Giveaway
- Can Butler Do It?
- Sports Wrap
- Change In Direction
- Speaker Boehner: Where Are The Jobs At?
- A Stripper’s Life
- Drafts, Tourneys, and Tiger (Oh My!)
- Unreasonable Expectations
- My Life in Hell
- Let Your Freak Flag Fly
- Will There Be NFL Football In 2011?
- Is Cheating OK If You Win?
- Why Libya?
- How’s Your Bracket Doing?
- The Cycle
- Obama’s Bracket-gate and Japan’s Katrina
- Baseball is as Boring as Watching Paint Dry?
- The Biggest Loser in the NCAA Tournament? CBS.
- How To Respond to a Massive Earthquake?
- Kosmo’s Writing Adventures
- The Evil Twin
- Does Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Care More About Corporations Than People?
- Alphabet Soup League Draft 2011
- Why Is Ohio State Getting Special Treatment From The NCAA?
- When Will Charlie Sheen Shut Up?
- Release Point
- Baby Joseph, Government Healthcare, and Death Panels
- What do Robin Yount and Mark Reynolds Have in Common?
- Charlie Sheen and Other Topics
- Freedom is Contagious
- Catch and Release
- Amazon, Sports, Chili, and Bruised Shins
- Wisconsin Republicans Blame Unions For State’s Budget Woes
- Spanning The Globe
- Life Perspective
- Kindle and PDF version of Mountains, Meadows, and Chasms
- Be A Good Sport
- The Middle East Mess
- Around the World of Baseball
- Phat Albert
- Will The Cardinals Sign Albert Pujols?
- Supreme Court of … the Highest Bidder
- Are The Super Bowl Fans Getting Greedy?
- The Road To Publication
- A Random Bucket o’ Stuff
- Not About The Super Bowl
- Secret Admirer
- Unconstitutional Obamacare
- Do We Overreact to Snow Storms?
- Should the NCAA Investigate the Iowa Football Program?
- The NFL Pro Bowl
- Why Not?
- Does Michele Bachmann Have A Clue?
- Tom Brady or Peyton Manning?
- Should Golf Allow Snitches to Affect Tournaments?
- Helping Young Writers
- Are You The Ultimate Soap Boxers Fan?
- This Old Barn
- Quarterbacks and the Hall of Fame
- Barn in the City
- Is Drew Brees a Hall of Famer?
- Lessons from the NFL Playoffs
- Let’s Talk Football
- Slide, Baby, Slide
- What Are We Afraid Of?
- Should I Invest In Gold?
- End of the Bowl Season
- Exploring Celtic Knots With Brett Garrett
- Did Sarah Palin Put Gabrielle Giffords At Risk?
- A Matter of Foreign Policy
- As We Begin The New Year
- Do You Collect Sports Cards?
- Eleven For Eleven
- How Can A Writer Handle Rejection?
- Goals for 2011
- Is Cursive Writing a Lost Art?
- Ken Burns, Buckeyes, and the NFC West
- Ducks in a Row
- A Most Unusual Hometown
- Johnny Picks The Bowls
- Christmas Cheer (and cookie recipes!)
- Too Many Irons In The Fire?
- Cliff Lee, Bob Feller, and More
- The Leak
- Yes, Virginia, There is an Obama Claus
- The Ramsey Backflip
- The Coaching Carousel
- Colder Still
- Favorite Quotes
- Life On Other Planets, Bush-era Tax Cuts, Gays In The Military, Wikileaks
- Introducing “Sparks by Kosmo”
- White Sox Sign Adam Dunn, Red Sox Sign Adrian Gonzalez
- Is It Cold Yet?
- Bench Warmer
- What Should We Do About Wikileaks?
- TCU To The Big East
- Kosmo On Sports
- Admitting Failure
- People Of The Month
- Should Full Body Scanning and Pat Downs Be Allowed?
- No Need To Touch My Junk And Other Musings
- What Islam Means To Me
- Nebraska Big XII Conspiracy
- The Home Stretch
- Are Speed Cameras Fair?
- End Of The Line
- Who Cares About Harry Potter?
- Things I Am Thankful For – 2010 Edition
- What Manny ‘PacMan’ Pacquiao Means to The Philippines
- Johnny’s Football Picks – Games of November 8, November 9, November 10
- Be A Skeptic
- How Can You Get Past Writer’s Block?
- Speedometers Are Optional Equipment
- United We Don’t Stand
- Dan Hawkins Fired, Cam Newton Ineligible?
- 500!
- Thirty Days Of Writing
- Write-In
- Johnny’s Picks (November 4 and November 6) and Analysis
- Election Day Reactions
- New Theme and other stuff
- And We’re Off NaNoWriMo
- Blitzed By Bejeweled
- What I Miss From The Past
- What Will Happen On Election Day
- Johnny’s Football Picks – October 28 & October 30
- It Is Election Time
- A Cyclone Hits Austin
- Creating Characters That People Care About
- Liberals Slinging Mud
- Who Should I Vote For?
- Johnny’s Football Picks – October 21st, 22nd, 23rd
- Fall Equals Sports
- Hope You’re Listening, Dad
- How The Internet Is Saving Society
- Why Don’t Republicans Want You To Know Where Their Money Is Coming From?
- Congressional Redistricting
- Johnny’s Football Picks – Game of October 14 and October 16
- Extremes In The Face of Reason
- Review: Madden 11
- What Do Writers Do When They Aren’t Writing?
- San Francisco To Ban McDonalds Happy Meal Toys?
- Johnny’s College Football Picks (October 7 and October 9)
- Baseball Playoff Preview (National League)
- Baseball Playoff Preview (American League)
- Why Does The United States Have a Two Party System?
- Telemarketer? There’s An App For That.
- End Of A Season
- Is Lisa Murkowski Cheating?
- Johnny’s Picks
- My CPA Exam Experience
- What’s Going On?
- The Retirement Party
- Similac: Case Study Of (Another) Botched Recall
- Christine O’Donnell – Witch Of The East?
- Donald Bellisario
- Johnny’s Picks
- The NL West Race
- President Obama Isn’t Always Wrong
- Random Thoughts
- McCourt Case
- Camp Serenity
- Should We Raise Taxes On The Rich?
- Why Do Some Players Play Better At Home?
- Derek Jeter, The Rockies, and The Playoff Picture
- Burning the Koran / Ground Zero Mosque
- Master Of The Obvious: Phoning It In
- Personal Memories of 9/11
- International Burn The Koran Day
- Time To Reign In Corporations
- Help Me With My Mortgage Refi
- Johnny’s Picks
- Weekend Recap
- The Bomber Pilot
- Wanted: Reporters
- Strasburg, CarGo, Tulo, and Cyclones
- Details
- Why Is John Cusack Fanning The Flames Of Hatred?
- What We Can Learn From The Discovery Channel Hostage Situation
- Things That Grind My Gears
- Johnny’s College Football Picks
- Air Show
- The Pirates Love Their Fans – And Wrigley Field
- Juice
- Where’s Kosmo?
- Barack The One Term President
- NFL Predictions
- Forget Gold – Invest in Blago!
- Am I having A Literary Mid-Life Crisis?
- Legacy
- The Mosque Mess
- How To Pull Off A Practical Joke
- K-Rod, Bryce Harper, and Kyle Parker
- What Should We Do About The Federal Budget
- What Kind Of Sh*t Are You Into?
- A Novel Approach: Setting A Scene
- Product Launch: Tip of the Iceberg
- War Is Our Business
- The PGA Championship at Whistling Straits
- Is Carlos Gonzalez A Product Of Coors Field?
- What Is The Answer For Gay Marriage?
- My Worst Customer Service Experience Ever – Verizon
- For Whom The Belle Toils
- Wasteful Stimulus Spending
- Kosmo’s Writing Status
- Sports Beat – Baseball Deadline Edition
- Seven Kinds Of Love
- What is the Cost of Discrimination?
- Safe At Home
- Join The Coffee Party
- Review of Dreamhost
- Is The Media Treating LeBron James Unfairly?
- Jumping to Conclusions – Again (Shirley Sherrod, BP, and the Lockerbie Bomber)
- How Much Money Should You Leave Your Kids When You Die?
- The End of The Casual Observer
- Shirley Sherrod, The White House, And The NAACP
- A Can of Spam
- What Is The Infield Fly Rule?
- What Is Up With Movies These Days?
- The Long Con, conclusion
- The Long Con, Part 2
- The Long Con
- Worthless
- Does Jaycee Dugard Deserve $20 Million?
- Is Consistency Overrated in Sports?
- I’ve Written A Book – What Do I Do Now?
- Favorite Movie Quotes
- Kosmo’s Favorite Fiction Stories
- Phobia
- Separation of Church and State
- Fiction Update
- All Stars and Hot Dogs
- Why Are We Giving Up on Space Exploration?
- Why The 1st Amendment Doesn’t Protect Westboro Baptist Church
- Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
- Squeeze Play
- Walking To My Doomsday (Conclusion)
- Walking To My Doomsday
- Will Strasburg Live Up To The Hype?
- Why Did General McChrystal Quit?
- How To Reduce The Stress in your Life
- Puzzled
- One Man’s Dream
- Throw Back The Marlins
- I Love My Dumb Phone
- St. Andrews On A Budget
- How Can I Lose Weight?
- Memories of Dad
- Anatomy Of A Story: In Defense Of Art
- Obama’s Inaction On the BP Oil Spill
- Are Fast Food Restaurants Being Forced To Sell Burgers At A Loss?
- Stanley Cup Hangover
- Why The Outrage?
- Weekend Wrap
- Grave Consequences
- The Blind Date
- What If The Environmentalists Are Wrong About Global Warming?
- Is Taylor Teagarden An All-Star?
- Around The World Of Major League Baseball
- Second Chances
- Was It A Perfect Game?
- Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper
- Class Acts In Sports
- Pitching Rotations: An Alternative Strategy
- The Changing Face Of The Sportscard Hobby
- What Is Memorial Day?
- A Gentleman’s C
- When Will The Nationals Call up Stephen Strasburg?
- The Cardinals / Cubs Rivalry
- The Politics of Russell Pearce
- Where Should LeBron James Sign?
- Why Graduation Parties?
- Will I Ever Finish My Novel?
- Kosmo Looks At 35
- Make Money Selling Photos
- Review of DirecTV (7 months later)
- The “What Could Have Been” Team
- Should Sex Offenders Be Locked Up Forever?
- Why Do I Fear Hospitals
- Is The Field Of Dreams Worth 5 Million Dollars?
- How Important is eBay Feedback?
- A Life Disturbed
- Interview With Andy Seiler of MLB Bonus Baby
- The Most Important Qualification for a Supreme Court Justice: Life Expectancy?
- Will The Big 10 Add Teams?
- Decisions
- Cross Country, Part 2
- Cross Country, Part 1
- Trestle
- The Major League Baseball Draft
- Should Cops Use Tasers?
- Ishikawa shoots 58, McIlroy Shoots 62, Ochoa Retires
- Why We Don’t Use the Alexa Rank
- The Accidental NASCAR Fan
- Albert Pujols Signs New Contract With Cardinals
- Friends in High Places
- Are Sports Drafts Fair?
- A Challenge to My Readers
- What Are the Broncos Thinking?
- Analysis of The NFL Draft Coverage
- The Imperfect Crime
- What’s Going On?
- The Champion
- Arizona Takes a Step Back With Immigration Legislation
- NFL Draft
- The Importance of Deadlines
- What Does Mitch Albom Know About Fantasy Baseball?
- Should I Turn Off My Computer At Night To Save Energy?
- Addicted to T-Shirts
- The Rookie
- Why ESPN Park Factors Are Wrong
- The Best iPhone Apps
- Update From the First Week of Baseball
- Dealing With Elderly Parents (Part 2)
- What Are the Best Baseball Sites? [2010 Update]
- Review: Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
- Baseball’s Blackout Rules Suck
- Free, Free, Free!
- The Disappearing Act (conclusion)
- The Disappearing Act
- Dispelling The Health Care Rumors
- Sports Recap
- Runner Lisa Koll Uhl
- Easter Ramblings
- Why I love the Yankees
- My Brother Is Bigger Than Yours
- The Proxy
- Are the Cubs for Sale Again?
- The Case Against Medical Marijuana
- Why Did Stephen Strasburg Get Sent to the Minors?
- Dealing With College Students
- Civility Lost
- How to Get Your Guest Post Submission Accepted
- Strangers in the Night
- The Making of an Audio Book
- If I Had a Million Dollars, I’d Be Rich
- Why the Joe Mauer Contract is a Good Deal for the Minnesota Twins
- NCAA Tournaments (Men and Women)
- My Apologies to Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe
- Dealing With Age – Physical Therapy
- Evolution of a Creationist
- The Spy
- Lessons I’ve Learned from Stupid Killers
- 2010 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Early Thoughts
- House of Cards: Can Competition Harm Consumers?
- How This Thirty-Something Uses Facebook
- March Madness
- NCAA Basketball Thoughts
- Dealing With Elderly Parents
- NCAA Tourney Pool
- Anatomy of a Fantasy Baseball Draft, Continued
- Life Isn’t Fair
- Christmas In April
- How Blogging is Like Being in a Band
- Robbery
- Store Update: Audio Stories
- Sticking To Your Values
- Anatomy of a Fantasy Baseball Draft
- Dogging the Huskies
- Will The Real Humane Society Please Stand Up?
- System Quarterbacks
- Should College Athletes Be Paid?
- The Critic
- Which Way Do You Lean
- Joe’s Olympic Adventure: After the Games
- Short But Sweep
- Sick and Tired
- Joe’s Olympic Adventure: Day 3
- Joe’s Olympic Adventure: Day 2
- Joe’s Olympic Adventure: Day 1
- Joe’s Olympic Adventure: Day 0
- The Domestic Terrorist
- Pecking Order
- What to Watch for in Baseball, 2010
- My Favorites – Winter Olympic Edition
- What’s Going On?
- Product Review: Zen Cart
- The Jester and the King
- I Know That I Can’t Take It No More … It Ain’t No Lie
- Psst
- Technology Ruins The Olympics
- Knee Jerk Reactions
- Meditation on the Divine Will
- Early Olympic Thoughts
- Changes Are Afoot
- Luger Nodar Kumaritashvili Dies in Olympic Accident
- Battle of Olympus
- The Military Needs to be More Fabulous
- The Best Comics Ever
- Advertise on The Casual Observer
- Super Bowl, NASCAR, Olympics, and Baseball
- Underwater Airplane
- Tax Tips for 2010
- This Space Intentionally Left Blank
- Pay Day
- Division
- Ask Kosmo
- Kosmo’s Sports Wrap
- Character Development
- A Solo Adventure
- How to Balance a Checkbook
- Blocked
- State of the Union and Bad Nuts
- Kosmo’s Favorite Sports Moments
- Bad Baseball Contracts
- Capturing Ideas
- Bold Predictions for 2010
- Ice Storm
- We Could Have You Killed
- The Greatest Inventions of All Time
- Separation of Church and Fiction
- High Flying Cardinals
- Tossing the Political Football Back
- What’s Keeping Kosmo Entertained?
- Math Problems
- Member Exclusive: The Professional
- Tossing the Political Football for Personal Gain
- Attack of the Silver Carp
- Hall of Fame Reactions
- Interview with Kelly Whalen of The Centsible Life
- Fighting the Winter Blahs
- Stock Market Contest Results
- Stopping Terrorism and Closing Gitmo
- Britain Has Lost All Legitimacy
- Kosmo’s Sports Wrap
- How Do I Keep Up the Pace?
- To Err is Human, To Range Divine
- Why I Support Net Neutrality
- Kosmo’s New Year’s Resolutions
- Retail Positives / Retail Negatives
- The Case for Bert Blyleven
- What Do You Want To Write?
- The Dumbest Rule In Sports
- What’s Next for The Casual Observer?
- Back to the Old Grind
- Bah, Humbug to the Healthcare Bill
- Mac vs. Windows
- Olympic Anticipation
- What’s Next for Martin?
- A Crazy Plan, Part 3
- A Crazy Plan, Part 2
- A Crazy Plan
- Yes, Virginia, There is an Obama Claus
- Apple In the Cloud
- This Week Sucks
- Cameron Delivers Titanic Blow to Bay, Holliday
- Status of the Steelers
- Are College Football Coaches Worth the Money?
- Casual Observations from Kosmo
- Bull
- Thankful Yet Hopeful
- Writer’s Diary
- Suh for Heisman
- The Middle East Outlook
- The Librarian and The Waitress: Part 3
- Is Verizon Trying to Kill 4Info?
- The Librarian and the Waitress: Part 2
- Should the Blue Jays Tamper?
- The Librarian and the Waitress: Part 1
- When Seconds Count, The Police are Just Minutes Away
- In Defense Of Scott Boras
- Conference Championship Games
- NaNoWriMo Wrapup
- What to Expect from Google Chrome
- Friends for Thanksgiving, Part 2
- Merry Christmas
- Friends for Thanksgiving: Part 1
- Read More Books
- FNN: Man Sets Turkey Record
- The Things I am Thankful For
- H1N1 The Pandemic
- Bad Coaching
- Writer’s Diary (NaNoWriMo)
- Kosmo’s Ramblings
- Life in Iowa (and the midwest)
- My Name is Dollar Bill
- Losing the War On Drugs
- A Guide to Character Development
- Michelle Wie Breaks Through at Ochoa Invitational
- Diary of a Writer
- Things I Buy on the Internet
- Free Agent Predictions
- The Attack
- Country Music, Computer Scams, and Baseball
- Interview with Baker from Man Vs. Debt
- Glacier National Park
- The Best League Ever
- Review of The Lost Symbol
- Things You Might Not Know About Kosmo
- Did I Alienate a Reader?
- A Good Day
- Let’s talk Government Health Care with Squeaky
- Harder Than Becoming President
- Brett Favre, Brett Favre, Brett Favre
- Stock Market Contest Update
- Kosmo Standard Time
- The Story that Almost Didn’t Get Finished
- Member Exclusive: The Cell Window
- All That Glitters Isn’t Gold
- Football, Kiosks, and More
- Scrap The BCS
- Custom Stories
- HSBC Again
- Canadian Current Events
- Apple and Microsoft
- Johnny’s Picks
- Realty Bites
- A Health Care Plan I Can Believe In
- Dropbox
- Lemmings?
- Inequity in the BCS
- Crime and Punishment: Weather Balloons and Quarterbacks Edition
- Why I Hate HSBC (again)
- Phishing in the Dark
- The Plight of the Crocodile
- Health Care: Carrot or Stick?
- Rockies vs. Phillies – The Philly Perspective
- Where Does a Baseball Fan Go in the Offseason?
- Baseball Playoff Update (Mostly Rockies)
- Johnny’s Picks
- Reflections from a Ledge
- You Waited 300 Articles for THIS?
- What Weighs More – A Pound of Feathers …
- Eight Burning Questions About the Playoff Teams
- Down to the Wire
- Canada’s Health Care Plan
- Johnny’s Picks
- The First Time
- DirecTV Review
- The Case of Roman Polanski
- The Nebraska Tradition
- Bank Makes Mistake, Innocent Bystander Suffers
- Back From the Almost Dead
- Inside Kosmo’s Brain
- Johnny’s Picks
- No Fiction Today!
- Are Mark Reynolds’ Strikeouts Hurting The Diamondbacks?
- Review of St. Louis
- The Creative Process
- Lots of Topics
- Can Zack Greinke Win the Cy Young?
- Johnny’s Picks
- Fallen Star
- The Murder of Annie Le
- Initial Reactions to The Lost Symbol
- Building a Web Presence – Networking
- NFL Week 1 and More
- Political Agenda
- Cable vs. DSL
- Johnny’s Picks
- On Track
- Save the Wolves
- Kosmo the Contrarian
- Football Season Kicks Off
- 110 Percent
- Review: Love and Theft – World Wide Open
- Goodman Picks Em
- Six Day War
- Kiosk Warfare
- Just One More Out
- Stock Market Contest Update
- September Callups
- How to Win Writers and Influence People
- What Mileage Will I Get With Ethanol?
- A Salty Piece of Land
- Obama Gets Help From Europe
- Are You Serial?
- Twelve and a Half
- Felony Murder Statute
- Sports Medley
- Life, The Googleverse, and Everything
- Dinosaur Contest Winners
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- Canadian Fun and Facts
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- Bomb a Plane, Get a Pardon
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- Live from the Solheim Cup
- Microsoft Overlooks Windows 7 Upgrade Process Issues
- Toothless Tiger?
- The Right and the Lefty
- But He Had Killer Ratings!
- 3 Things
- Write Your Own Adventure
- Warm Feet
- Minor changes
- Sports Beat
- Evolution of a Fiction Writer
- Tulo Riding High
- Monday Miscellany
- Why Winnipeg?
- Superstar, Part 2
- Superstar
- Random thoughts
- Rules of Engagement
- Big XII Preview
- Beginner’s Guide to Fiction Writing
- JC Penney
- Stock Market Contest, End of July
- At the Deadline, Part 2
- At the deadline
- A late summer night’s dream
- Baseball Preference Rankings
- Canadian Current Events
- Saturday Stew
- Welcome Back, Bob
- Giveaway Dinosaur Books
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- Canyonlands and Arches
- Sports Mirrors Life
- Bill Gates vs. Hurricanes
- An Introduction to the CFL
- Saturday Stew
- 10 Things About Jamie Moyer
- The Things I Do For You
- All Sorts of Sports
- Billings Killings
- All Star Game Recap
- We’re Open
- Baseball’s Super Bowl
- I just don’t get it
- Travels South of the Border
- New writer
- Saturday Stew
- Member exclusive: Key Relationships
- Who was Ponzi?
- Middle East Politics
- More writers!
- Hots dogs, Tiger, and Larry the cable guy
- McNair, Palin
- Stock Market Contest, end of June
- Editorial Shakeup and Writing Opportunities
- Check, mate
- Crossover
- Wednesday Wisps
- Hot Dog!
- Open and shut
- Voluntary identity theft
- Kosmo = Rachel Ray?
- Chill Out
- Interview with Lazy Man
- Wednesday Wisps
- Mother Nature wins US Open, Glover gets trophy
- Rockies Update
- Weekly News Nuggets
- Beth Page, Black Widow
- Review: The Mind of Bill James
- Mental Potpourri
- US Open Preview
- Weekly News Nuggets
- What Are the Odds of Winning the Lottery
- Favorite WordPress Plugins
- Love in an elevator
- Serial killer profile: Bundy and Nightstalker
- Is Raul Ibanez on steroids?
- Baseball Draftermath
- The week in sports
- Advice for graduates
- All the news that fits, we print
- Hey, it looks different!
- Randy Johnson & more
- Have you ever wondered
- Andrew Carnegie: The Man of Steel
- May recap
- Last member of the 300 win club?
- ESPN is a 4 letter word
- Stock market contest, June 1 update
- 10 things you might not know about baseball
- Getcha Goin’
- Lest Ye Be Judged
- Read this: She In China
- $68 Property Taxes – The JoAnn Watson Saga
- News, Entertainment, Sports trifecta
- Focus group
- Memorial Day
- Entertainment Beat: Welcome to the Show
- Sleep less, live more years
- Interview with Stephen Strasburg
- Review: Club Deli, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Musical Diamonds in the Rough
- Raising the roof
- News Recap
- Sunday sports section
- Cedar Point review
- Retro fiction: Tina
- Dan Brown profile
- Crime and punishment
- A small victory
- Sports Beat
- Auto industry saga
- The Entertainment Beat
- Buy.com
- Manny and Brett
- Profile: Ryne Sandberg
- How to make your business baby friendly
- Giving ’em the bird
- Obama, Specter, Bunning, Kemp
- Open letter to Iowa City KFC
- April recap
- Swine flu discussion
- Corporate Citizen
- GM bankruptcy / Southland killer
- A day in the life of a chef
- A mind laid bare
- European Vacation
- Draft questions
- Draftermath
- TV Guide again
- Restaurant Review: Monical’s Pizza
- A sneeze and an apology
- 10 tips for novice bloggers
- I love Niagara Falls
- Is GM dead?
- Why I hate HSBC
- News recap
- A memory like no other
- Becoming more financially aware
- Blog news
- Tale of the wolf: Part 2
- A Day in the Life of an Air Traffic Controller
- Casual Observer Stock Market Contest
- Sports wrapup
- News wrapup
- I hate telemarketers
- Ferdinand the Turtle
- RIP Nick Adenhart
- Places: Pitcairn Island
- You can’t lick ’em: Simpsons Postage Stamps
- Gerrymandering
- Thank you, Lazy Man
- Sports wrapup
- We’re moving
- Give me back my food
- Sporting News and stats
- Stop the auto bailout
- My daughter’s favorite toys
- Is the print media dead?
- State of the blog
- Bracket busted
- The other tournament
- Car safety tips
- Tales from ancient internet history
- Evolution of a fan, part 3
- How many people make more than $250,000 per year?
- Fun science
- Crazy Fantasy Leagues
- Murder, incest, money, sports
- Nebraska gets killed in NIT
- Why is the NCAA tournament so much fun?
- World Baseball Classic Update
- Book review: The Lion’s Game
- Evolution of a fan, part 2
- Iowa’s sports Mount Rushmore
- World Baseball Classic Update
- Baylor finds success without Bliss
- 4Info review
- Minnesota’s plan to cut government spending
- World Baseball Classic Update
- Evolution of a fan: Part 1
- The importance of a good name
- World Baseball Classic Update
- Wonderful wastes of time
- Sports wrapup
- Hot water
- Luge is my second favorite sport …
- Billy Joel is a history teacher
- Nursing drivers and teenage hookers
- Manny Ramirez signs with Tigers
- Teens girls pimping schoolmates
- Modern technology in banks
- Sports roundup
- Drivers who drive me crazy
- Griffey goes home (again)
- Train of thought
- Why aren’t people helping Nadya Suleman (Octomom)?
- Lawrence Block author profile
- Use it or lose it
- What are the Best Baseball Sites?
- Review: Monk and Psych
- NASCAR and brand loyalty
- Artifact thieves
- Corruption in Iowa?
- Checkout line analysis
- A-Rod and the steroid testing
- The Casebook of Forensic Detection
- TV Guide
- The Alphabet Soup League
- The bluffer and the bargain
- Review: The Serial Killers Club, by Jeff Povey
- Stupid criminals, vol 2: Snow
- Stupid criminals, vol 1: Beer.
- Librivox (free audio books)
- The mall kiosk people
- Schedule of posts for the new year
- The $29 fee that cost Bank of America so much more
- Blago / Replacing a member of congress
- Abuse of statistics transitive property
- Oregon votes are in!
- Alternative voting strategy
- Soy Sauce
- Rest in peace, Michael Crichton
- Election
- And another thing …
- And We Are Off – NaNoWriMo 2010
- Things that drive me crazy in sports
- Paranoid
- Which is better – Roth or 401K?
- Hanging Chads
- Star Trek madness
- Coors Field Hangover
- Baseball Free agent Compensation
- How to get a newspaper delivered for free
- Suddenly
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