Today, I am joining a group of friends and strangers at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, to view the exhibit Bodies Revealed. Some people don’t get it.   They think it’s super-gross, and they don’t understand why anyone in their right mind would choose to look at such things. I tried to [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
I live in Kansas. If you don’t know how to find Kansas on a map, this will help you. It’s right underneath that big sloppy pile of atmospheric HELL in the center of the United States.
Yeah.

My ex-mother-in-law was, and probably still is, the worst cook ever in the history of cooked food. Her turkey tasted like like weathered shake shingle, she served cold corn relish (which is vile even at the height of summer, but I digress) at Thanksgiving, her raisin walnut dressing was like antique shoe leather with chunks [...]

I often crusade to prove that Kansas is not the flat, dusty wasteland so many people assume it to be. It is a wild and rugged place, however, and not one for the faint of heart.
For those of you playing the home game, especially those who are not residents of America’s heartland, I offer [...]