Your SOTL staff is back from a totally undeserved much-needed vacation. Time to catch up on things we missed before resuming regular posting tomorrow.
I went to this game. The only memorable thing for half of us was the bone-chilling cold.
Man with no neck sought in crime.
Oh, come on — we “volunteer” for this four nights [...]
Archive for November, 2008
So, What’d We Miss? And What’s With The Snow?
Posted in Announcements on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hey, Where Are We?
Posted in Announcements, Holidays on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On vacation, of course, celebrating that time in… history, when people… ate together, or something… not really sure. All we care about is that the four of us get some turkey and watch some football while trying not to reenact some terrible holiday movie about comical family drama.
Anyway, we’ll resume posting this weekend. Enjoy the [...]
City Launches Vendetta Against Northland Robber Barons
Posted in Environment, KC Crime, Urban planning on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So there they were, those smug, golfing Northlanders who live somewhere called “Staley Farms Golf Course” — which may we say is a very inelegant name for a ritzy club? — soaking up all the town’s water for their money fountains and gold-producing trees, thinking the city would never catch them. And so what if [...]
Unbelievably, Kansas Woman Falls For Age-Old Internet Ruse That EVERYONE KNOWS IS A CLASSIC SCAM
Posted in Headlines, KC Crime, Odd Behavior on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ha. So everyone knows about the old “please deposit this money and then wire some back to me for great fortune — Love, a deposed Nigerian prince” scam. In fact, it’s crossed the threshold from mere financial con to full-blown web meme. Hell, even C.W. Gusewelle knows about it. In other words, the scam now [...]
Procreating Citizens Again Earn Special Airport Rights
Posted in Headlines, KCI, Tourism on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sheesh. Alright, we get it. You love your kids. Having kids = much stuff to carry. Much stuff to carry = more difficult holiday travel. But isn’t it enough that you already get tax deductions? And that you have a built-in social network while those of us in our twenties stare at the possibility of [...]
Star Staffers Multi-tasking as if Their Jobs Depended On It…Oh, Riiiiight…
Posted in C.W. Gusewelle, Comedy, Local Journalism, Local media, Mike Hendricks, Star, tagged C.W. Gusewelle, Kansas City Star, Mike Hendricks, Zona Rosa on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bottomline had this amusing/sad post about how dire the situation is at the Star — since the paper is short on staff but still needs to cover area news, all members of the McClatchy Clan are being conscripted to wear various reporting hats.
BLC notes that TV critic Aaron Barnhart (whose TV Barn blog we really [...]
Well-Meaning ‘Frink’ Bores Everyone Else To Death
Posted in Boredom, Ink, Local Journalism on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You know how sometimes you’ll go to a party and there’ll be that one guy there who’s a total buzzkill? Like when people are playing a very well-crafted drinking game, he’s the one hovering over your shoulder warning you about the dangers of binge drinking? And don’t you hate when those people somehow make it [...]
Wild Cats Continue Reign of Feline Terror
Posted in Animals, KC Crime on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Damn you, invading wild creatures! First a serval shows up in the Northland, and now a bobcat has been captured outside a Kansas City elementary school. Luckily, “facility manager” Paul Wolfe was there to save the day:
The school’s facility manager was unlocking doors at the building when he spotted the cat at 6:30 a.m.
“I came [...]
Star’s Noteworthy Books List Just As Boring As You’d Expect
Posted in Literature, Local Journalism, Star on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So the Star released its Noteworthy Books list this weekend, and book lovers across the metro joined in a collective “Meh.” Why? Because the local paper of record chose to take the conventional path in book choice, if not in format — we kind of like the use of 10 “panelists” choosing 10 books each. [...]
