A number of years ago, I was driving by here and thought, 'This street goes across. This street makes a T. The courthouse sits on a square like Times Square. Put a ball at the top and we'll have New Year's Eve.' So that's how it got started.

Folks have been here from all over the world making test drills and checking on the actual creator itself to verify it was an asteroid that hit here.

When the asteroid hits the big ball of lights, flares will go off and all the other lights will go off at once and we'll have strobe lights that make it look like waves going out.

The taxpayers are paying more and getting less. Having the state executive of Missouri driving back and forth between Jefferson City and Springfield multiple times a week is an inefficient use of our governor's time, especially when the taxpayers are footing that bill.

As we were driving, we saw a sign that said "Watch for Rocks." Marta said it should read "Watch for Pretty Rocks." I told her she should write in her suggestion to the highway department, but she started saying it was a joke - just to get out of writing a simple letter! And I thought I was lazy!

It was better than consensus, but the thing that was driving it was flash.