Well, Jess and I will be heading over to Scottsbluff National Monument tomorrow. Figure we’ll go see what that side of NE looks like. We’ll be stopping at Wildcat Hills as well to do some hiking (we got a nice new backback and supplies so we’re more than ready to go!).
I hope to get a few nice shots to put on here…. that would be great! 
It’s been thundersnowing (blizzard + thunder & lightning) all morning. It looks like it’s gonna keep up for most of the day (it’s moving the direction of the arrow and I’m at the dot that says “Omaha”):
It’s times like this that I wish work was like school and I’d get the day off. 
Somewhere in time Ethan “Bubblegum” Tate sheds a tear…
Globetrotter Bus Vandalized With Racial Slurs In Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. — The famous Globetrotters basketball team were escorted to their bus after performing at the Mid-America Center Friday night after repeated threats were made against them.
Earlier on Friday, somebody covered their team bus with graffiti.
Omaha police said it’s all cleaned up now but the bus is scratched up.
The bus was parked outside the Regency Marriott hotel Wednesday night and when the team noticed racial slurs written on it Thursday afternoon, the driver filed a police report.
Police ask anyone with information to call crime stoppers at 402-444-STOP.
The full article is here: Globetrotter Bus Vandalized With Racial Slurs In Omaha
I hate this town… seriously. I don’t care how much of a racist you are… how can you go after the Harlem Globetrotters?? 
So, this weekend Jess and I decided to go to the Nebraska State Fair. Last year we had gone to the Iowa State Fair and it was great, we spent the entire day there and didn’t get to do everything, so we thought we’d be able to spend the entire day at the Nebraska one as well. Boy, were we wrong. We showed up at about 9:00 and by 12:00 we had seen everything (some things we saw more than once). There was a concert we wanted to see at 7:00… but we just couldn’t think of anything to do until then. After wandering around for about an hour, we decided to just leave. Jess had hurt her foot, and we just were too bored to go on. The weird thing is, they were discussing getting rid of the fair last year, and the state rallied to keep it, but I just don’t see why… there’s nothing there. We ended up spending the rest of the day just relaxing at home and complaining about the fair.
I know what you’re thinking “Explain the pink hairs, already!!”. Okay, here it goes. Before we went to the fair, we decided to dye Jess’ hair pink (for the concert) so we bought some “Atomic Pink” hair dye, and dyed her hair. It didn’t look bad, I thought it was quite cute… see for yourself:
Happy AutoPatcher Release Day, everyone!! It’s been a long ride to this point, but hopefully you’re all not too cranky!
There’s actually not too much to report today, my little bro just graduated High School and we’re all proud of him. The newspaper was there and snapped a pic of him, check it out here: Jonathan Kelley, Graduating Class of 2004
Also, I’m still on schedule for my big move to Nebraska (anyone in the Omaha area willing to hire a nifty AutoPatcher guy like myself?), T-Minus 28 days and counting.
Well, that’s all for now! Time to go relax and rest before the next major release…
(Ed. Note - This is from my old AutoPatcher news blog)
@drhastings That is just awesome... now I'm just going to *have* to get one done. in reply to drhastings 14 hrs ago
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