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Archives: July 2009
Roll Call photo of the day: Sebelius looks pissed
This just in via Twitter, from the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call: Photo of the Day: Sen. Dodd and HHS Secretary Sebelius finish a press conference on health care reform. Categories: News, Politics Tags: health care reform, health-care reform, kathleen sebelius, Roll Call, Twitter
Last Night: The Anarchy Tour’s triumphal return.
I’ll tell you one thing. There were a lot more folks at last night’s homecoming of James Christos, PL and Jamel Rockwell than there were when the trio kicked off their Anarchy Tour a month ago, also at the Riot Room, also on a Wednesday night. (Hopefully, you’ve been following the tour through the Wayward Blog’s exclusive Anarchy Tour Diary….
Council approves Bates settlement offer
The Kansas City, Missouri, council today agreed upon a $550,000 offer to Ruth Bates, a former aide to Mayor Mark Funkhouser. The measure passed 7-3, with Funkhouser abstaining. Bates filed an employment-discrimination in 2008. Her suit alleged racial discrimination and accused Funkhouser’s wife and de facto chief of staff, Gloria Squitiro, of making a constant stream of crude sexual remarks….
Fish fry and art for the eye
Jody Wilkins, right, serves both food and art at her Pi Gallery at 419 E. 18th Street in the Crossroads. And every so often Wilkins joins forces with chef Heather Hands to create a special dinner in the space. Last year, when Wilkins and Hands collaborated on a Friday night fish fry, the dinner inspired an award — Best Meal in An…
Jason Whitlock sees you!
Adverb-addicted Kansas City Star columnist Jason Whitlock has weighed in (har, har) on the secret videotaping of ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews. The piece is less about the wrong done Andrews than the grievances Whitlock has accumulated in the course of becoming a high-profile commentator. Editors at FoxSports.com outdid themselves with the presentation of J-Dub’s column. For users too obtuse…
Where is it?
They say a picture tells a thousand words. This picture doesn’t tell quite that many, but there’s kind of an interesting story connected with this sign. Do you know where it is? Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: Where it it?
A buffet is not always a buffet
Kansas City still holds many mysteries to me. Like the venerable downtown saloon, The Quaff Buffet, right, at 1010 Broadway. The current owners have operated the Quaff since 1954, but the bar didn’t actually start serving food until the early 1990s. So where did the buffet in the title come from? Well, I think I may have one answer. While…
Download dj BC’s Muppet Mashup
While I’m always impressed with the work Girl Talk does, I’ve always been slightly more impressed by artists like the Kleptones, who are able to take a single artist and turn their work into the backdrop for a sound collage. Danger Mouse did it most famously with The Grey Album, combining the Beatles and Jay-Z into something that he’s been…
Libraries learn to do more with less
Local libraries are busy places these days. Kids are out of school. Air conditioning beckons the sweaty. The unemployed need computers to find jobs, while those fortunate to remain on payrolls may be opting for DVD checkouts over first-run movie tickets. Alas, libraries are not paid by the Curious George books they distribute or the number of mentally ill people…
K-State No. 70 in Times preseason poll
A college football writer at The New York Times sees the Kansas State Wildcats posting a 6-6 record in Bill Snyder’s return to the sidelines. The Times’ Quad blog is counting down the top 120 football programs. KSU checks in at No. 70. The Times likes the talent and coaching on the defensive side of the ball but is skeptical…
Incoming: Robot Chicken On Wheels, August 6
Despite the fact that the show’s started to drag in recent memory (season 3 has not gotten nearly the time in my DVD player as 1 and 2), Robot Chicken is still a pretty stellar part of the the lineup. And, on August 6, you can meet the show’s creators in Kansas City—ON WHEELS! Adult Swim Presents Robot Chicken On…
Lawsuit wants warning labels on hot dogs
After buck night at The K, a lot of people wish hot dogs came with warnings. And if the Cancer Project in New Jersey gets its wish, hot dog packaging would come with the following label: “Warning: Consuming hot dogs and other processed meats increases the risk of cancer.” The nonprofit vegan advocacy organization filed a lawsuit yesterday asking the…
David Glass: A study in frustration
Royals owner David Glass recently told The Kansas City Star that he was as frustrated as any fan with the team’s dog of a season. “None of us are happy with what we have or where we are,” he told beat writer Bob Dutton. Disappointment is not a new emotion for Glass. Only once since 2000, the year Glass bought…
Rock of Pages: The Girls’ Guide to Rocking
Note: This feature was formerly known as “Wrapped Up In Books.” I am an idiot and had no idea there was an Onion AV Club feature by the same name. Thus, I had people come up with a new name via Twitter, Facebook, and this page right here. The winner, by a long shot, was “Rock of Pages.” Thus it…
Paper’s commenters refuse to drop digital masks
A media news Weblog highlights a story in today’s Lawrence Journal-World about people who post anonymous comments on news stories. The paper offered its most frequent, identity-cloaked commenters the opportunity to reveal themselves. But none would emerge from behind their aliases. Stuck at that dead end, story author Shaun Hittle sought comment from a couple of journalism professors. Lawrence Mayor…
Any which way you slice it
Pizza places have signature styles — the toppings they choose, a distinctive bit of garnish or even the way they slice their pies. The latter was the subject of an interesting debate between two Chicago Tribune staffers, who argued whether the traditional triangles or square cut (known as “party cut” in Chicago) pizza should reign supreme. Categories: Dining, Food &…
Dear Jay Nixon: Cover kids now
Some Missourians aren’t waiting around for Washington to fix health care — they’re telling Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon he can reform it now. Kansas City’s Partnership for Children has been passing around a letter to the governor (here’s a PDF), arguing that he could cover an additional 90,000 kids by taking advantage of some of his special governor privileges. That…
Serial robber may be nursing grudge against mini soap, rainbows
Kansas City, Missouri, police detectives are chasing a robber who wields a sharp edge and has an apparent fondness for hotel desks and gift stores. Recent knife-point robberies of a flower shop in Westport and a Hallmark store in Independence are believed to be connected. Then, on Tuesday, a white man fitting the broad description of the Secretaries Day Slicer…
Mario Batali isn’t the only famous Mario
The image of a hardcore gamer subsisting on Cheetos and a Mountain Dew may need an update. Example A: this how-to for carving the Mario Bros. 1-UP mushroom out of a radish. Food culture and design are leaching into video-game junkies’ virtual and offline worlds. Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington, allows you to have food and beverages delivered to your…
McClatchy stock up. Feel better, Star readers?
Second-quarter reports came in earlier this week, bringing heartening word that earnings for the Kansas City Star-owning McClatchy Co. were way up. According to the trade magazine Editor & Publisher: McClatchy posted earnings of $42.2 million, or 50 cents per share, more than double its year-ago earnings and its first-quarter 2009 results. While advertising revenue slid 30 percent, McClatchy Chairman…
Wait, there was blue Pepsi?
The drink aisle got confusing at some point — the average man and woman were not ready for that many choices. And so unnatural selection took place, in which poorly selling or poorly conceived soft drinks went to dollar stores or wherever it is that they go when they are no longer being marketed. Even though we’re not quite out…
Wayward Q&A: Grandmaster Flash
Yes the Grandmaster Flash. The first man ever to use the turntable as an instrument was kind enough to call our headquarters last week to field questions about his life, from the first record he ever cut to what’s hot on the dance floor now to his starring role in the new game DJ Hero. Without the pioneering discoveries Flash…
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