Little Cuter's family is surrounded by falling leaves and trees in all their Fall splendor. Corn fields, not strip malls, line the roads. A silo anchoring a harvested field, planting rows neatly furrowed, and stands of Lodgepole pines are what I expect to see as I drive around. But yesterday I saw this and this and bladed smooth acres of previously fertile fields of corn. It's a data center. The old folks died and the heirs sold the farm for gazillions of dollars. It's hard to fault them. But I wonder what effect the heat and the dust will have on the fields across the street. It's a two lane road. And I already know what effect the data center's mere existence has had on the residents. They're sad. These things have to go somewhere. I just wish this one wasn't impinging on the pastoral back roads ...