So the end of 2008 draws nigh. We launched this here blog in July, and it has been a surprising success, considering our expectations were asymptotically close to zero. SOTL was conceived as a way for us to make jokes to each other about local happenings; little did we know we’d morph into a surprisingly [...]
Archive for December, 2008
State of the Line Year (Er, Six Months) in Review
Posted in Announcements on December 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Posted in Headlines, KC Crime, Money, Trivial, tagged Overland Park, post office, reward, robbery on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Postal officials are offering a reward of $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man who robbed an OP post office on Monday.
Of course, they would rather you take the reward in the form of roughly 119,000 first-class stamps, but they’re flexible.
Up-and-Coming KC Recognized As Happenin’ Place By The CliffsNotes of Journalism
Posted in Announcements, Headlines, Lists, Power & Light, Tourism, Trivial, tagged destinations, kansas city, Lithuania, Peru, Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit, USA Today, Vancouver, Vilnius on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What’s this? KC securing a place on a list that doesn’t involve deadly shootings, inept leadership or barbecue? Our cowtown was listed as one of “5 Destinations to Watch in 2009” by the nation’s favorite coloring book reader-friendly newspaper, USA Today.
The company we keep? Riviera Nayarit (near Puerto Vallarta), Vancouver, Peru andVilnius, Lithuania. A very odd [...]
Posted in Announcements, Chiefs, Controversy, Odd Behavior, Sports, tagged Chiefs, kansas city, larry johnson on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fountain impersonator Chiefs player Larry Johnson says he’s ready for a change in scenery. Women across the metro heartily agree.
Daring Dames Defy Darwinist Dogma, Declare Determination to Distribute Daily Diet to Domesticated Ducks
Posted in "Journalism", Animals, Environment, Odd Behavior, Trivial, tagged Batman, Blue Springs, Dairy Queen, Darwin, duck lady, ducks, Eliot Spitzer, Examiner, kansas city, lake, Rotary Park on December 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Examiner…uh…reports on two Blue Springs ladies who audaciously bite their respective thumbs at the Rotary Park rule against feeding ducks: “Duck ladies take responsibility for birds at park.”
Together, the two Blue Springs women have become Duck Lady One, known in the telephone book and among family and friends as Dolores Sherwood, and Duck Lady Two, or [...]
Cashill Sets Aside Usual Liberal-Hatred For Special Holiday Message About Extremely Old Game And Metaphors Therein
Posted in Holidays, Jack Cashill, So-called Journalism, Sports on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Holidays from Jack Cashill, Kansas City! Are you anticipating an extra special anti-leftist screed for Christmas? Maybe a savage piece about the Clintons or unrepentant terrorist and noted seaman William Ayers? Or maybe, if we’re lucky, something about TWA Flight 800? Ha, you’re out of luck. Jack has composed his special holiday message, and [...]
Where The Hell Is Everybody?
Posted in Announcements on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Several places, actually. Your SOTL staff is still trickling back from vacations and such, and not a single one of us is putting in a full week at our day jobs, which, ironically, will hurt our blogging production. So this week will be one for erratic updates and holiday-celebrating, obviously, but stay tuned for a [...]
Army Of Jesus Doppelgangers Invades KCK
Posted in Drama, Holidays, Religion on December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the satellite offices of SOTL here in an undisclosed Missouri location we bring you this interesting story: it seems that the members of Praise Chapel Christian Fellowship (hey, pack a few more nouns into that name) are not content with merely celebrating their religious holiday in the comfort of their homes. No, they need [...]
Happy Holidays From Your SOTL Staff
Posted in Announcements, Holidays on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’re all headed out of town at various points today to spend the holidays with our families. Here’s wishing you a safe and happy one with yours, and we look forward to rejoining you with regular posting on Monday, Dec. 29. We’ll probably have a lot to catch up on. Happy holidays, Kansas City.
State Of The Line Enters Bizarro World, Somehow Joins Forces With Gonzo Blogger Momar Van Der Camp
Posted in Comedy, Controversy, Ink, Local Journalism, Momar Van Der Camp, Paulie on December 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, it was unsettling enough when gonzo Ink blogger Momar Van Der Camp found our posts about him and emailed us. But this is reaching entirely new and disturbing heights: with the most recent contribution to his ongoing blog series, “Fear and Loathing in Overland Park,” Momar Van Der Camp (whose full name we always [...]
