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Can the long separation be extended further? Yes, and for some there's major fighting ahead. Fifth of a seven-part series on the longest deployment of the Iraq war. Sgt. John Kriesel, right, watches television with his two sons, Elijah, 6, left, and Broden,[...]

AP - Sgt. John Kriesel's Purple Heart is shown at his home in Cottage Grove, Minn., Monday, April 7, 2008. Kriesel lost both of his legs in a roadside bomb attack while patrolling near Fallujah, Iraq in December 2006. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

AP - Sgt. John Kriesel wears prosthetic legs while resting at his home in Cottage Grove, Minn., Monday, April 7, 2008. Kriesel lost both of his legs in a roadside bomb attack while patrolling near Fallujah, Iraq in December 2006. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) [...]

Joe Davis is telling me about his design for a 110-foot lightning-laser tower that will literally seize a hurricane’s force, bottle it up and hurl it angrily back into the sky. It’s intended as a memorial for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Davis—whose[...]

Every year or so I look for an excuse to blog about Konstantin Melnikov's architectural masterpiece, his own home. This year's excuse is that house now has it's own website: Melnivkov House and that Melnikov's wikipedia page has been considerably beefed[...]

Drove up to New York on Friday with rigelkitty and Renfield. Dropped Renfield off at Dad's place, went down to Xakor's in the city. Picked up Renfield Saturday morning and searched unsuccessfully for Pleasantville's Lost Cave which is allegedly near Banks[...]

This past weekend, there were a couple of moments where I found myself getting a little weepy. I'm sure it didn't help that I was surrounded by estrogen for three days. This is the thing...it was the first time that I'd spent more than a day or two in[...]

Texas = Prosperity; Rhode Island = Patrick Kennedy- Last month, WILLisms.com examined the notion that Texas is Michigan's antithesis, economically. Maybe Rhode Island, home of the Fightin' Lincoln Chaffees, is a better comparison than Michigan. First,[...]

You can bet that there was wild cheering at ABC offices today when "Lost" was on the list for best drama series when Emmy nominations were announced. The fact that "Lost" didn't nab that nom in 2006 after it won...

Dear Benjamin, Today you are two years old. That's the most unimpressive sentence every written here because you have been acting like a two-year old for well over a month now. Daddy and I are really not looking forward to the next several months if that[...]