The latest Pitch and 18 things we learned this week
Want to worry about humanity? Drop 12-inch action figures from the roof of a hotel.
Kansas City recently host an international G.I. Joe convention, and Peter Rugg was there to document the Cobra chest tattoos, the sailor outfits and the power of one-sixth-scale military items to make a child of divorce feel a little less sad. Rugg’s piece begins with a scene of a doll launch; a few adult conventioneers misbehaved. Click here for pictures and video from the event.
Also in this week’s Pitch, Janovy wonders if her anesthesia was laced with town-meeting vitriol. Ferruzza adds to his rotation of preferred Vietnamese restaurants. Wayward Son describes a rift between the Jazz Museum and the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
Chiefs head coach Todd Haley decides play calling is too fun to delegate.
Lefties, too, can give lawmakers a piece of their mind on the subject of health care.
The International House of Prayer insists that its weirdness ends with prophecies about snakes.
Ignorant Sedalians think Darwin’s too wicked for even light-hearted T-shirt humor.
Opportunities to really put some teeth into that hangover may become more limited.
Twisters lend themselves to documentary filmmaking.
Drunken drivers can’t be bothered with the Man’s anti-alcoholin’ contraptions.
Want to start a debate about the Second Amendment? Steal some meat.
Lenexa man’s alleged behavior gives police impersonators a bad name.
The crap archivist stumbles upon the stupidest magic word ever written or uttered.
Alexander Austin’s Michael Jackson mural is taking on a life of its own.
Conscientious objectors are thoughtful cats.
There’s a Latino Gay Pride event on Saturday in Hyde Park.
Rivers aren’t just for polluting.
And, finally, radio host Chris Stigall tells accomplished black men with access to cool airplanes to get away from his children.
