Category Archives: kc

Planet Comicon…THIS WEEKEND!

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Awwww, yeah. This weekend is the annual Planet Comicon here in Kansas City. As they state with pride on their website, it indeed is KC’s largest pop culture and comic book convention. No, it’s nowhere near San Diego-sized, but a … Continue reading →

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Curfew! Gesundheit!

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

Those of you who don’t live in or near the Kansas City area but perhaps have a news fetish for the goings-on in other parts of the country/world may be aware that our fair town is experiencing some “issues” of … Continue reading →

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SModcast in Kansas City!

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Thanks to some pinch-hitting mercy bestowed upon us by friends after our primary and secondary kid-sitting options fell through, Michi and I were able to meet up with Kevin at the beautiful Midland Theater in Kansas City, and attend our … Continue reading →

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Karma. It’s a bitch.

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

A local indie paper here in Kansas City, The Pitch, has a knack for reporting stories from the metro area that always bring a smile to my face, and sometimes they even elicit an outright belly laugh. Today brought one … Continue reading →

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KHAAAAAN! His vengeance lives on!

Posted on August 6, 2010 by

One of the highlights of last week’s uber-cool Kansas City Fringe Festival was KHAAAAAN! The Musical, a 45-minute parody play based very, very loosely on the Enterprise crew’s encounter with the nefarious Khan Noonien Singh (original series episode “Space Seed” … Continue reading →

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Ladies and gentlemen: the KCMO City Council.

Posted on March 4, 2009 by

Does our city council spend its hours reining in our bloated budget, drunken sailor-esque spending, growing list of all-but ignored critical capital improvement projects, beleaguered school system, or…you know…anything of worth? No. Instead, these are the issues our city council … Continue reading →

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Kansas City drivers are morons.

Posted on December 9, 2008 by

So, we got our first “real” snow today. Nothing significant in the way of accumulation. That is, it really shouldn’t have been. It started around 9:30am, and by 11:20 or so when I left the office, it was only just … Continue reading →

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My mayor is whipped. Bad.

Posted on October 31, 2008 by

Mayor’s office has a new annex — his home in Brookside Now, to appreciate this, you have to know more about what’s going on. Kansas City (Missouri) Mayor Mark Funkhouser, until recently, enjoyed the full-time volunteer support of his wife, … Continue reading →

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Why I Love Joe Posnanski

Posted on September 24, 2007 by

I’ve been reading Joe Posnanski‘s columns since he started writing for The Kansas City Star in 1996. He’s one of my favorite sports writers — always keeping a level head and providing an even-keeled perspective on the KC sports scene, … Continue reading →

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But is it a dry heat?

Posted on August 28, 2007 by

For the second day in a row, stifling summer heat causes early release for many KC-area schools. No money to provide full (or, in some cases, any) air conditioning in our schools, but hey! That downtown arena which still doesn’t … Continue reading →

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