Monthly Archives: November 2011

What’s the matter with Kansas?  If you are a High School student in the Shawnee Mission East school district, the matter is about free speech, emancipation, and petty political purity.  Emma Sullivan, a high school senior, attended a speech given … Continue reading →

It’s not classy, folks, but I just have to swirl the schadenfreude around on my tongue for a minute or three. Super Committee?  Not so much.  As a recovering Democrat I have to say thank GOD Kerry & Co didn’t capitulate. … Continue reading →

The carpet in the master bedroom is ten years old.  There is no money in the budget to replace it, but I knew I couldn’t live with it much longer.  Inside pets, toddlers, and time had left it stained and … Continue reading →

Some one is going to have to explain to me how a economy is sustainable when it disproportionately values investment over work.  And while we’re at it, why it’s reasonable to hold teachers making 40k a year accountable but not … Continue reading →

Saw a woman jogging in a t-shirt with that nifty little slogan.  I thought it fitting (no pun intended) in that it perfectly describes the sentiment of far too many so-called Christians these days.  Belong where?  On Earth?  In your … Continue reading →

The new geothermal system seems to work perfectly thus far.  The house is warm and there is no “forced” heat smell that burning propane or natural gas so often produce.  A TVA inspector came yesterday, and signed off on the … Continue reading →

The truck was parked at a slight angle, and when the tire went flat, she leaned toward the hill in a way that it would have been unsafe to raise her with anything other than a large floor jack, which … Continue reading →