I won’t be there. Lucas “Squirrels are Fun” Maddy, however, and Russell “Love Rusty” Lovenstein will be drinking it to ye. Rock the cash bar. Say hi to the greatest bar tender in Kansas for me. Lucas will think I’m talking about him. Don’t tell him, Greg. Diane and I are rolling to Wichita for her […]
Fighting five year olds
Christmas 300
Charlie Wilson's review
I realize I’m the third person to post my review of the season’s best intellectual thriller. For the record, I haven’t read the other two reviews posted here, so there may be some duplicate thoughts. Before I get to the movie, permit me to describe the setting. Old Town Warren The Old Town Warren Theater […]
Sky Blazer
This Christmas break, enhanced by the divine convenience of landing on a Monday and Tuesday, was one of gifts, new media and giving. The most novel gift, given me by my girlfriend’s grandmother, was one of those remote control helicopters. Too small and light for any obviously useful purpose like strapping a camera to it […]
12 Days of Christmas
Best blonde joke ever
I normally dislike blond jokes, and jokes in general are more of an annoyance than anything respectable, but sometimes there are exceptions worth making. We sold over 1300 items in Olathe on Saturday, setting a record not for the number of lots but for the number of hours in a Purple Wave auction squarely at […]
24 Feet video from Bobby T's
Manhattan ice storm
I was reading my RSS feeds this morning. I finished with the most recent post from my friend Rob’s weblog, entitled Dream Not of Today. The blog post was entitled Boobjob. In it, he referred offhand to the “frozen wastelands of Kansas” and I thought to myself, “what a dickish thing to write about my […]