So, it’s been an odd week here on the blog. As we mentioned earlier in the week, there have been certain changes that will drastically affect the amount of posting we can do during the day. Kudos to blog stalwart Benton for shouldering a hefty portion of the load this week amidst the changes (and [...]
Archive for January, 2009
SOTL Week in Review: The More Things Change…
Posted in Weekly Wrap on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Claire McCaskill Will Shock Wall Street With Incredulity
Posted in Odd Behavior, Politics on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the good ladies over at Jezebel comes this amusing photo collection of MO Senator Claire McCaskill, who used her Congressional soapbox to let those bums on Wall Street know exactly how she feels about their shenanigans.
Hairdo Totally Betrays How Long Woman Has Been Gone
Posted in KC Crime, Sadness on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the risk of making light of a serious situation… does the media even need to tell us that this lady’s been missing for 30 years?
Posted in KC Crime on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Adventures in obvious declarations.
KC Criminals Earn Top Marks In Charm School
Posted in KC Crime, Odd Behavior on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yeah, okay. So we have some crime problems. But we’re willing to bet that in other cities, criminals just rob you. No polite interaction or anything. Yawn. But in our fair city, area mountebanks will instead smile in your face — even thank you! — while robbing you of your possessions. Hey, the Midwest really [...]
Mayor Abandons the Funkcave for More Literary Surroundings
Posted in City Government, Funkhouser, Headlines, Trivial, Uncategorized, tagged Funkhouser, kansas city, library, mayor, Moby-Dick on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear god, man…you have an office. USE IT. “Kansas City Mayor Moves Staff Meetings To Library“
Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser is now holding his weekly staff meetings at the downtown public library instead of his home.
With his wife still banned from working at his city office, Funkhouser told The Kansas City Star that he will [...]
Kansas Woman Aims to Sow Seeds of Change, Lettuce as White House Farmer
Posted in Announcements, Environment, Farming, Food, Politics, Uncategorized, tagged Good Natured Farms, USDA, White House Farmer on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s not exactly electing a president, but your vote can help send a local woman to the White House.
Diana Endicott of Good Natured Farms is among the nominees in the running to be the first White House Farmer — you can read her bio here. GNF has a pretty interesting story — here’s a bit about [...]
Illinois Gov. Employs Services of Kindergarten ProStaffing Solutions, Inc. to Find Him a New Gig
Posted in Controversy, Headlines, Interesting juxtaposition, Politics, Trivial, Uncategorized, tagged Blagojevich, snowplow, staffing services on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A young job placement associate refers the ousted governor to a seasonal career in public works:
Posted in Announcements, Headlines, Scary stuff, Uncategorized, tagged Consumer Product Safety, lead books, libraries on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wow, when they say knowledge can be dangerous, who knew lead-tainted books were part of the equation? “Libraries say new safety law could mean no more books for kids.“
Kansas Celebrates 148th Birthday By Co-Opting Other States’ Historical Figures
Posted in Holidays, Trivial, Uncategorized, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Kansas on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hey, we missed Kansas Day yesterday! And what better historical figure to embody the heritage of the Sunflower State than…Abraham Lincoln?
Really, Kansas Historical Society? Is this year’s theme “Remember the Alamo”?
(Side note: one of our favorite state mottos belongs to Maryland: Fatti maschi, parole femmine, which is Italian for “Manly deeds, womanly words.”)
