We’re taking the next few days off to stuff ourselves with turkey, buy cheap shit and watch lots and lots of football. As always, we’re happy you guys take the time to read our stuff, so we hope you have a happy and safe Thanksgiving, avoiding any fate that resembles Eli Roth’s classic NSFW Grindhouse trailer. See you back here…
Your best friends at Wayward will be conspicuously absent from your lives on Thursday and Friday, since we’re going to be awkwardly explaining our new tattoos to Republican family members, and stuffing our faces. (I know. Be strong!) Have fun turkey times, readers. Don’t gorge and drive. We’ll see you on Monday. Meanwhile, I’ll be spending the weekend cursing, untangling…
Doing battle with soccer moms over Elmos and X-Boxes in the middle of the night doesn’t sound like fun. But when retailers dangle unbelievable deals, it’s hard to resist taking part in the biggest shopping day of the year, especially in these crappy economic times. This morning, I participated in a Black Friday-themed discussion on KCUR’s Central Standard (download KCUR’s…
Laron Pearson had the right idea. The best heists involve a diversion. And is there a better diversion than boobs? Pearson, 21, admitted to police that he convinced a woman to flash her breasts at the employees of the BP gas station at 3319 East Linwood on November 2. When one of the clerks went to the door to talk…
%{}% We’re thankful for lots of things here at Fat City, particularly you, our readers. We’re also heading into our turkey coma today, which is where food bloggers are put into a temporary tryptophanic state. We’ll be back Monday. In the interim, we wish all of you safe travels and good eating over the next few days. Let’s say you…
Steve Phillips, the former New York Mets general manager and noted adulterer, has a plan to rebuild the Kansas City Royals. In the latest edition of Fanhouse’s “Steve Phillips’ Fix My Team,” Phillips spends four minutes musing on how he’d right the boys in powder blue, which pretty much amounts to keep the big hitters (Alex Gordon, Yuniesky Betancourt and Billy…
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The Rev. John M. Fiala is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy several times — including twice at gunpoint between 2007 and 2008 — when he was a pastoral administrator at Sacred Heart of Mary Parish in Rocksprings, Texas. The story — in today’s Star — gets even worse. Fiala, who used to be a Catholic priest with KCK’s…
Lorna Perry has the skinny on a Thanksgiving tribute that’s bound to be just as satisfying as your Thanksgiving feast — though it’s probably a little less traditional. Alternative music lovers know the timeline by heart. Before Nirvana, there was a smaller band called the Pixies. And before the Pixies, there was an even smaller band called Hüsker Dü. They…
Kansas City’s mayoral race is going to the dogs. Mayor Mark Funkhouser started the dogfight with the return of Maria the Poodle in a campaign video that swings from cute overload to detestable as Maria stumps for her master’s re-election campaign. Now Jim Rowland is getting his licks in with the help of his “working dog.” Rowland is careful to…
Coming face-to-face with hordes of shoppers and the reality of your bank account? Yeah, you’re going to require a few drinks to get through Black Friday. But the shopping gods understand this and have thoughtfully placed bars near big concentrations of outlet stores. Nondrinkers and bargain hunters should stop by the Roasterie Cafe in either Brookside (6223 Brookside Boulevard) or…
A couple moving to Missouri got the all-time worst welcome to the Show-Me State on Monday night. The husband and wife were in the process of moving from Colorado to Eldon, Missouri, last night, when a gas break on Van Brunt turned into a fight for their six-month-old baby. Watch the video after the jump. Categories: News Tags: carjacking
Kansas State, you will always be remembered as Coach K’s 800th victory. Yeah, you’d probably like to forget last night — and you should — because the Duke Blue Devils rolled to an 82-68 victory. K-State All-American guard Jacob Pullen and his neck beard was horrible, shooting 1-of-12 from the field and committing four of the Wildcats’ 21 turnovers. Terrible…
My girl Taylor Swift is back with a new album, Speak Now, which dropped a month back. But really, did she ever leave? Pshaw. Yesterday she announced a massive, 87-city world tour, which she is calling the Speak Now tour. It starts in Singapore in February and goes all the way to October 2011. So far, most cities don’t have…
Garrett Webster searches online news stories for echoes of his father, NFL great Mike Webster, who died in 2002. Webster works for the Brain Injury Research Institute, a group trying to advance the understanding of concussions and neurological disorders. Webster spends part of his day reaching out to the families of deceased football players and military personnel. He asks the…
Why lug cans to work when you can lug them to Knuckleheads, pop open a tall boy and rock out instead? The East Bottoms blues venue is hosting Going Hillbilly for Harvester, which brings together five local bands for one night of do-goodin’. Bring ten cans — or pay ten bucks — to see Miss Major & her Minor Mood…
Putting together the perfect Thanksgiving plate takes years of practice and a bit of luck. Your mashed-potato wall needs to hold back the gravy. Your cranberry sauce needs to be solid enough not to leak into everything. And you need plate discipline — the strength to avoid selecting too much of any one thing. But perfection is always out of…
Being tied with Arkansas is almost never a good thing. So here’s the bad news: Missouri and Arkansas are tied for seventh-worst in the nation for number of women killed by a husband, boyfriend or other “intimate” partner, according to a recently published report by the Violence Policy Center. Both states saw 52 women murdered by men in 2008 (the most…
Remember this: You will be in a confined space for a period of hours. You will likely not be allowed to get up for an extended amount of time. And you’re in a vacuum-sealed cabin. Thus, it is a good idea to avoid taking chances with your diet if you happen to be flying this Thanksgiving (or any time, for…
Displaying a craven distrust in the power of a deity they claim to worship as an omnipotent omniscient master, members of the Westboro Baptist Church fled from an angry mob Tuesday morning. In recent years the church has made headlines by attributing celebrity deaths and natural disasters to the unknowable will of an all powerful God displeased by a wicked…
