Archives: December 2008
Phoenix Coyotes in financial trouble but not KC bound
I’m not going to get my hopes up that the Phoenix Coyotes’ financial troubles will lead the NHL franchise to the Sprint Center. The Coyotes may be looking for new owners or investors, but I’m not inclined to think they’re an interstate jaunt away. Here’s why: The team is under a 30-year lease with the city of Glendale. So KC…
Jesus (mall) walks
I didn’t see Jesus this week. Did you? I guess 400 people in this city dressed up as the King of Kings and went to “their jobs, shopping malls and restaurants.” The Associated Press reported that members of Praise Chapel Christian Fellowship accepted the challenge of their pastor, Kelly Lohrke, who wants to keep Christ in Christmas. Fox News interviewed…
My Christmas gift: Ethnic restaurants open on Christmas
This will be my last post before Christmas, so if you celebrate the holiday, have a merry one. Also, a big shalom to my Jewish friends out there. I wish I were able to give each of you readers a nice big popcorn tin for Christmas, but since I can’t, I’ll do the next best thing and tell you what…
Stealing Time: A JoCo SOB Christmas tune
JoCo SOB gets in the holiday spirit with his KCMO version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” It’s a little Squitiro-heavy. “Eight mammies a milking”? Oh, boy. Categories: News Tags: AEG, Ancillary Adams, Calvin and Hobbes, JoCoSOB, Nick Sloan, Sprint Center, Well Hell Michelle
Eggnog overload
What is the best-tasting eggnog? No, it’s not whichever one has the most rum in it. Not content with blindly numbing my eggnog beyond reason, I held a test taste of (non-alcoholic) eggnog. A couple of people told me that the only eggnog worth drinking is a fresh batch made at home, so I stole borrowed Martha Stewart’s recipe sans…
The Daily Briefs Holiday Special
%{}% Blah blah capital markets, blah blah business writing: So, apparently the U.S. recession began last December? Wow, that was such a long time ago, how the years fly by. Why, I can remember back before there was any such thing as habeus corpus, but you kids have it so great these days with your Magna Carta and your Beatles…
A review of the KC window at the Good Morning America studio
Last week, I went to New York City. It was great to get out of town, especially since it’s been a while since I’ve had a long vacation. As it turned out, I was reminded of KC nearly every day of my trip. I ended up staying just a couple of blocks from ABC’s Good Morning America studio at Times Square,…
Breakfast Buffet: Wednesday, 12/24, Christmas Eve!
%{}% This news comes just in the nick of time. Chocolate and wine improve brain memory. Remember, you’re not adding pounds, you’re adding brain cells. Thank goodness that in this time of crisis and need, cities can use their tax dollars and time trying to one-up each others’ Ferris Wheel. A slideshow of the new hip place to hang out,…
The 10 Greatest Sad Christmas Songs, No. 2 : Merle Haggard
2. “If We Make It Through December,” Merle Haggard In another year, this one might not have been so close to Number One. But Haggard’s recession lament sounds more enduring all the time: Got laid off down at the factory, and their timing’s not the greatest in the world. Heaven knows I’ve been workin’ hard — wanted Christmas to be…
Kansas budget woes: School funding? Or the economy, stupid?
Bruce Baker thought he escaped Kansas’ school funding wars when he moved to the east coast to teach at Rutgers University. But a couple of weeks ago, the school finance expert got sucked back in by Kansas Liberty, the self-professed “fair and factual” news source that’s partially owned by conservative state Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook. Kansas Liberty cited a study released…
Sexy Jesus will satisfy your wife; send Muslims to Hitler Hell
With Christmas around the corner, we thought our loyal Plog readers deserved a little religion. So, meet Steve and Kathy Gray, whose “Sexy God” video got them banned from God Tube. The Grays believe those stuffed-shirt preachers just don’t understand that Jesus can skin Satan’s evil pop culture and wear the divine husk. Categories: News Tags: Bible Erections, Hitler, Mom…
David Cook’s “Happy Xmas” — minus “(War Is Over)”
American Idol winner and Blue Springs native David Cook sang the John Lennon classic “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” at Rockefeller Center early this month. It was a gorgeous rendition — except for one thing: Fans of the Christmas classic might have noticed something kind of important missing. As Roger Catlin, a vigilant TV writer for the Hartford Courant, noted:…
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