Earlier today I watched a fight, from beginning to end, that took place in the parking lot of a restricted-income apartment building.
The fight was over something stupid (a parking space), and both parties were equally boneheaded. The woman in car A behaved with the interpersonal skills of a 5-year-old when she stole the parking space that car B was backing into. The people in car B responded on an equal intellectual and emotional level, charging out of their car to start the fight.
The fight …

UPDATE: I just got a tip that it may have been closed just for a massive overgrowth trimming project, though another person thought it looked like the roadway was torn up. I’ll check later and report back tomorrow.
UPDATED UPDATE: SORRY! I was given bad information and should have confirmed it myself before posting. It turns out today’s closure was temporary for some much-needed brush clearing. My source had seen bulldozers and thought they were tearing up the road …

Ever since I filed my taxes back on April 14, I have been waiting for the “economic stimulus” check President Bush promised me. I even got a nifty letter in the mail telling me exactly what the amount of my check would be. But I waited and waited and my slot in the initial wave of payments came and went with no check. Few people I know managed to get a check in that wave.
Then the second wave of checks came, and most …

Of course not!
But an unfortunate pairing of two unrelated headlines on the Kansas City Star’s web site might make you wonder for a moment or two. :)

It’s well known among most in town that KCTV thrives on fear-mongering, distortions, and hysteria. (After all, this is thee station infamous for The Fertilizer Story and for Katie Horner telling parents to put helmets on their kids and make them sleep in the basement under a mattress any time there’s a blip on the radar within a 6 county radius.)
Early last November there was a shooting on 71 Highway near the Emmanuel Cleaver exit. The local media reported it for what it was. …

Be on the lookut for this asshole.

He was driving north on I-35 near 12th Street at about 12:47pm today when he encountered a backup due to construction. Like most SUV drivers in these situations he waited until the last second to merge and, unable to do so, attempted to instead swerve to the right to exit at 12th Street. He missed the exit, however, and nearly plowed into 3 construction workers who were standing near their truck.
Undaunted, he rolled forward several feet and then …