Month: May 2005

Contributed by: filbert Friday, May 06 2005 @ 08:34 AM CST

Aw, geez, what can you say.

The Royals are really bad. Yesterday’s meltdown was courtesy the pathetic bullpen[*1] .

Contributed by: filbert Friday, May 06 2005 @ 08:20 AM CST

Northwest Airlines[*1] became the third customer of Boeing’s new 787 “Dreamliner”[*2] (after Continental and start-up Primaris Airlines[*3] ). Northwest will be the first US carrier to fly the 787.

[*1] http://www.nwa.com/
[*2] http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/q2/nr_050505g.html
[*3] http://www.primarisairlines.com/index.aspx

Contributed by: filbert Friday, May 06 2005 @ 08:07 AM CST

Best quote I’ve seen regarding the evolution vs. “intelligent design” debate in Kansas[*1] , from 17-year old Kansas high school senior Leanne Colt:

“It’s just a silly debate. Science teachers don’t shove evolution down our throats. We can make up our own minds.”

Give Leanne an A.

Contributed by: filbert Wednesday, May 04 2005 @ 07:50 AM CST

Is C-SPAN not mind-numbing enough for you? Well, now you’ll be able to tune in on arguments[*1] before the Kansas State Supreme Court. Sadly, it’s audio only.

[*1] http://www.kscourts.org/supct/sclive.htm

Contributed by: filbert Wednesday, May 04 2005 @ 07:44 AM CST

Eleven-year-old Tulsa kid leads successful campaign[*1] to keep Warner Brothers from destroying the classic Looney Tunes characters.www.saveourlooneytunes.com[*2] .

Contributed by: filbert Wednesday, May 04 2005 @ 07:30 AM CST

Snookums loves Cher, who is retiring after a three-year farewell tour[*1] .

Will she stay retired? We’ll see . . .

Contributed by: filbert Wednesday, May 04 2005 @ 07:28 AM CST

Lots of Sprint Center news recently. There are from concert promoters that 18,000 seats is too small[*1] . There are worries that $250 million isn’t enough[*2] .

Now, a Kansas City Star story by Randy Covitz (not yet published on the Web) says that it’s more likely an NHL team will become the prime tenant of the building vs. an NBA team. Wonderfully snarky comment from NBA bigwig David Stern:

“We didn’t tell them to go do a building,” Stern said before joking, “Maybe they can have a WNBA team.”

Well, the NBA sucks anyway. I would much prefer watching real basketball as played in the WNBA versus the cartoonish bomb and bam thugfest which is the NBA. Heck, I have found this year’s NHL season (which wasn’t played) more entertaining than the NBA season. That should give you a pretty good indication of how much I want an NBA franchise in Kansas City.

Contributed by: filbert Wednesday, May 04 2005 @ 07:09 AM CST

“Federal Report: Marijuana Causes Mental Illness” screams one headline, WebMD[*1] .

But if you read the article, it talks about marijuana use by children under 12 years of age.

So, drug use affects the development of children.

Duh.