Ahoy, Kansas Citians! What Nor’easter has blown ye in from the high seas? Are you looking for a steady hand to guide this Pequod of a city back to safe harbor? Why not put your trust in Mike Burke, who’ll assure safe passage for you landlubbers? Batten that hatch and mizzen that mast, metaphor-lovers: Mike [...]
Archive for the ‘Awesomeness’ Category
Mayoral Candidate, Stand-Up Comedian Mike Burke Plays Crazy Nautical Metaphor Game At Campaign Kickoff Event
Posted in Awesomeness, Funkhouser, Politics, Transportation, tagged Elections, Funkhouser, KC Mayor, Mike Burke on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Bryan Busby: Unsafe Driver, Diet Cheater, Bemusingly Awesome Amateur Documentarian
Posted in Awesomeness, Comedy, Food, Local Journalism, tagged Blair Witch, Bryan Busby, Fitness on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We know Tony has already mentioned this, but if you get a chance to check out KMBC’s “Get Fit Team KMBC” project, you won’t be without laughter. It’s an adorable effort by the news staff to, I guess, drop a few pounds and be a little healthier. Or at least that’s what it’s supposed to [...]
Best. Special-ops. Code name. Ever.
Posted in Announcements, Awesomeness, Headlines, KC Crime, Odd Behavior, Trivial, Uncategorized, tagged cocaine, money laundering, operation super chicken on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seriously, how were law enforcement officials able to keep a straight face while conducting this investigation? ”Operation Super Chicken Ends Cocaine, Money Laundering“
Operation Super Chicken puts Kansas City restaurant owners, and others involved in a $2.3 million dollar cocaine, and money laundering scheme behind bars.
Juan Delgado, his wife Sylvia Delgado and other owners of the Super Pollo, [...]
Chiefs Continue Tradition of Hiring Hollywood Talent, Sign “Borat” As New Head Coach
Posted in Announcements, Awesomeness, Chiefs, Comedy, Headlines, Sports, Trivial, Uncategorized, tagged Chiefs, EEOC, kansas city, Kevin James, Scott Pioli, Todd Haley on February 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
First the Chiefs chose Kevin James lookalike Scott Pioli as GM; today, they’ve announced the selection of Sacha Baron Cohen as head coach. Is the organization filling some sort of celebrity doppelgänger quota requirement related to some obscure EEOC guideline?
Behold:
UPDATE: We are not the only bloggers taking note of Todd Haley’s celeb-ish countenance — Nick Sloan notes that the coach also bears a [...]
Posted in Announcements, Awesomeness, Headlines, Politics, Trivial, entertainment, tagged Governor, New Mexico, Overland Park, Paul Rudd, Topeka, Val Kilmer on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This has absolutely zero impact on local politics, but rates a 10 for awesomeness: “Val Kilmer ponders running for N.M. governor.” Apparently being the voice of KITT in the lame “Knight Rider” update isn’t as fulfilling as he’d hoped.
Pros:
Military service (“Top Gun”)
Tough on crime (“Batman Forever”)
Despite liberal activism, appeals to evangelicals (voice of Moses in [...]
Posted in Awesomeness, Headlines, Local blogs, Odd Behavior, Romance, Trivial, Uncategorized, tagged affair, gubernatorial candidate, vampire hunter, vampires on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Best headline of the day goes to Crime Scene KC: “Affair between vampire, vampire hunter ends poorly“
From Minnesota: A 16-year-old girl falls in love online with a 44-year-old VAMPIRE / GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE, their love blossoms, then sours, police report. She tries to break it off, but he won’t hear it. Her solution:
She told police that [...]
From the Mouths and Pencils of Babes…
Posted in Art, Awesomeness, City Government, Development, Funkhouser, Headlines, KC Crime, Sadness, Star, Trivial, Uncategorized, tagged children, Community Memoir, drawing, Greater Downtown Area Plan, kansas city, neighborhood, New York Times, Obama on January 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A child’s view of the world is an amazing thing — kids have this enviable ability to call things as they see them, cutting through the BS that permeates adulthood. They gladly offer advice on any matter, unapologetically speak the truth and make succinct observations about what they see in the world around them. (A fantastic example [...]
Cashill Launches Impassioned Defense Of Kline, Coyly Announces Creation Of Amazing New Wingnut Documentary
Posted in Abortion, Awesomeness, Jack Cashill, Justice, Phill Kline on January 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Well, it seems that local smug man and noted non-intellectual Jack Cashill has finally heeded our advice. Last week we kindly suggested to Jack that he move on from his singular obsession with President (ha!) Obama’s authorship of certain memoirs. (For those who need a quick refresher: Jack believes that “unrepentant terrorist” William Ayers actually [...]
Luminary Publisher Brings Light of Print Journalism to WyCo
Posted in Announcements, Awesomeness, Headlines, Local Journalism, Things We Love, Trivial, tagged Kansas, kansas city, Luminary, Mark Vasto, newspaper, Platte County, publishing, Wyandotte County on January 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Mark Vasto is one of the best personalities working in local journalism.
The publisher of The Parkville Luminary has announced the creation of The Kansas City Luminary, a newspaper that will fill the void left by the demise of The Kansas City Kansan’s print version. That paper’s ownership, [...]
