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The news in Sudan

It keeps getting worse.

No more what?

I’m a Jayhawk fan and even I think  David Wyson, a state Senator in Kansas, is an idiot for wasting taxpayer time and money on nonsense resolutions like this one. I mean, I’m worried about Kansas having to play Butler or Brigham Young in the tournament too, but passing a resolution that KU not play any more B-named schools […]

The curse of Colonel Sanders

  Oklahoma State Senator Randy Bass, a star player for the Hanshin Tigers in the ’80s whose supposed likeness to Colonel Sanders inspired the pilfering of a KFC statue by some rowdy fans, can now be officially let off the hook for the Japanese team’s struggles. The Colonel Sanders bust, which accidentally ended up in the bottom […]

Txt Altar Call

Then evangelist Tony Nolan took the stage to deliver a message and a high-tech take on the invitation for people to commit to the Christian faith. No walking forward to Just As I Am, Without One Plea here. Winter Jam goers were told to text “Tony” to 38714, and they would receive a text with […]

Next Bond

Danny Boyle is flattered by the thought, but has no plans to direct the 23rd Bond.

Boyle’s next move

What could be worse than Danny Boyle directing James Bond Part 23? How about a remake of My Fair Lady? As much as I love Pygmalion and the original My Fair Lady film (I played Henry Higgins in a production for a theater class I took in London), this makes less sense than Bond. Ugh.

Wayne vs. Win

It looks like Win (follow link to Win’s scrapbook) got the best of Wayne in this little junior high skirmish. What’s that saying about the pot and the kettle?

Social networking ghost town

Former users returning after a long absence will find friends’ profiles resting in a circa-2006 state. My old roommate, who has earned a master’s degree, worked at a newspaper in Minneapolis, gotten married, and moved to the South Pacific with his wife since he ceased to be my roommate, is still sleeping right next-door, per […]