A few weeks ago Scott said, "Listen, I love the blog and I love reading what you write.  But... you might want to lay off your Mom stories just a bit.  It's funny to us, but people might think too...

Despite my best intentions and a lovely picture in my head of hopping around the globe with nothing but backpacks and a sense of adventure, not having a local "home" is rough.  That $%^&# is hard work!  If Thailand taught...

It turns out mischief is hard to come by in the midwest.   It's a low-key, wholesome kinda place (at least to an outsider passing through - I'm sure there's plenty of Footloose stuff going on somewhere).  That's lovely and...