Holy cow, things got busy in a hurry. We played Emporia on Friday night and Manhattan Saturday morning. I attended a wedding Saturday night that was simply crazy. Sunday we played in Topeka, KS. I got up early and went to Russell for an auction. We finally left about 2:00pm and arrived back in Manhattan […]

Sunday evening we played at a bar in Topeka, Kansas, called Heart Attack Jacks. We went over and set up our equipment by 6:00pm. We had been looking forward to eating at the Blind Tiger since the last time we played at Jack’s. They have a microbrew beer there called something like Maibock that is […]

"It’s not the First Amendment, it’s not religious freedom, it’s not church and state, it’s not…abstract. It’s the fourth grader who gets his ass kicked at recess because he sat out the voluntary school prayer in homeroom. It’s another way of making kids different from other kids. And they’re required by law to be there. […]

Last night I asked Mike, one of our employees at the Purple Wave, if he’d ever heard of a book called What’s the Matter with Kansas?He said, "No, but it must be thick." I went to the Union last night to see Thomas Frank, the author, give a lecture. He makes a big assumption, both […]

We’re selling 3000 head of geese a week from Tuesday. I’m not making this up. It’s fitting, really. I got my ass kicked by a goose when I was a kid. The thing came at me, wings dispread, head locked down in attack position. I was only four or five at the time, but I […]

Here I sit loading Counter Strike.I’m getting ready to go to Phillipsburg for an auction. I’ll have to drive a Chevy. I’m having a new clutch put in my truck.Nothing like a $1000 repair after spending the same on new equipment. Put a grill guard on last weekGot another 6"Ready to gobble some deer this […]

It’s been a long weekend. We missed Dusty at Duffy’s in Lawrence. We saw someone get into a brawl. He had something like 30 staples in his head the next day by the time we woke up at 1:00pm. I just finished watching the Comedy Central roast of William Shatner. G passed out on the […]

Down after a relaxing weekend Wayne and I went out and painted Aggieville with Sam and friends on Friday night I think she called us “weak” when we left for Bob’s Diner G and Cherie and I went to Lawrence Met up with Mason, Bobbie, Kim, and Randy at the Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers […]