This picture was taken at my daughter’s school in Olathe. There are no kids older than 12 in this school. Do kids that age really dream about world peace? Normal kids wish for a brother or a dog. What is world peace anyway? Reminds me of my childhood when what we wrote wasn’t really what [...]

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Dear Kansas City Star,This morning your web page instructed me to rollover to get more info. I promptly rolled over and instead of “more info” found a neck and back injury. I will be sending you a bill.Sincerely,Meesha.V

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After trying 4 of the Original SoupMan Soups I am not impressed. They are quality soups with plenty of ingredients by they were not exciting magical soup recipes as stated on the box, certainly not worth six dollars for a bowl of soup and not worth standing in line for. I tried Clam Chowder (OK), [...]

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Anyone can be a restaurant reviewer in Johnson County. I like reviews from this guy: he works, he eats, he complains. Once in awhile a man has to go back to his hunting roots, he has to procure his food in danger, surrounded by hostile environment and hard-to-find parking. That’s when I get out and [...]

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Memo: Don’t use obscene check to pay parking ticket

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There is an old Russian saying: when he got nothing else to do, the dog licks his balls. That’s why I baked this cake.
I forgot to mention that the recipe came from David Lebovitz.I made some of his recipes before. I didn’t have cardamom, but I followed the rest of the recipe. Cake tastes pretty [...]

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Well, I drive a Ford but the other part is true: I went to The Levee Friday night. I don’t think I’ve been to any dancing establishment in the past 10 years. I don’t really like crowds, smoke and I suck at dancing. I prefer a place where I can sit back, enjoy my drink [...]

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This picture was taken today at the Jewish Community Center. Why does snowman have a reservoir tip on his head is unclear.

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One of the milk products of my childhood that’s hard or impossible to find here is tvorog sometimes referred to as the Farmer’s Cheese. Instead of trying to find it, I use strained yogurt to make these tasty pancakes.By the way, the only yogurt that doesn’t contain any extra ingredients (none) and not overpriced [...]

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Just few things that don’t constitute a post of their own:

“Comrade of the Month” Title is being awarded to mysterious reader ‘Edward’ who read all or most of my posts and even commented. Even I haven’t read it all
Song of the day is updated to one of my favorites. Any woman with such [...]

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