Tag Archives: Kansas City
hyatt regency skywalk collapse
On July 17, 1981, a terrible disaster occurred at the Hyatt Regency here in Kansas City. I wasn’t even born yet, but the disaster that night cut a deep scar into our community. Due to a tragic error in the … Continue reading
Randoms, 5-4-09
Edit: I wrote this in bed last night but my blackberry was acting up. -reasons I love being a freelance: I can lay in bed, in my pajamas, and write. I can watch a movie and write. I can sleep … Continue reading
Tagged AT&T, insomnia, Kansas City, mobile posts
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weird weird weather
On Friday night, our local weather forcasters were predicting a LOT of snow overnight- between four and twelve inches, depending on who you asked, which is definitely a lot of snow for late march in Missouri. In fact, my parents … Continue reading
25 things
Redirected from my Facebook page, because I don’t trust them with my content anymore. Have you heard about their new ToS? My middle name is Susanne. I was born and raised in Kansas City, went to college nearby, and upon … Continue reading
Posted in around the world, technology
Tagged Africa, and journalist, Antarctica, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, China, Facebook, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, HTML, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kansas City, Laos, Liberia, librarian, Macao, Midwest, notebook computer, nurse, Peru, randoms, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Sony, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, teacher, technology lover, Thailand, ToS, United Kingdom, United States, USD, Venezuela, veterinarian, Wales, webmaster, writer, Zimbabwe
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i love to fly, in spite of…
I have had many opportunities in my life to fly. I don’t have a pilot’s license, although maybe someday I’ll seek one. In the meantime, I love to fly as a passenger, in spite of stories like this and the … Continue reading
Posted in around the world, friends and family
Tagged Alaska, All Nippon Airways, Ancorage, Bangkok, Boston, Boston-Logan airport, Chiang Mai, Chicago, Denver, Erin Brokovich, Federal Aviation Administration, fever, Kansas City, Maine, memories, Orlando, Philadelphia, quality airline, Tokyo, Tokyo's Narita Airport, travel, travel plans, United Airlines
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fountains
I was born and raised near Kansas City, Missouri, colloquially known as the “city of fountains”. That worked out well, as I grew up to LOVE fountains. Technically I love water in general- swimming pools, lakes, rivers – and fountains … Continue reading
unusual facebook friend requests
Here’s some recent unusual facebook friend requests for your amusement. First, we’ll take a look at “Mike Baldwin”. He’s a democrat who lives in Kansas City and graduated from the same high school as me, two years before me. Aside … Continue reading
Tagged Aaron Fries, Facebook, funnies, Google, Kansas City, Matthew Spurs, Paul Cain, randoms
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sixth grade science
Or, “No, you may not use your books on this quiz. Yes, this will be homework.” Actually my day was pretty good, all things considered. I’ve subbed before and I’ve taught before, so I wasn’t really expecting a problem, but … Continue reading
Tagged jobs, Kansas City, randoms, teacher
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labor day and wwi museum
So I had a whole list of stuff I was going to get done this weekend, and so far I’ve completed NONE of the items on my list. Instead I’ve goofed off, played around, and generally avoided doing anything that … Continue reading
secret’s out: obama’s veep is evan bayh
Obama is not officially announcing his vice presidential candidate until tomorrow. But recent evidence may have taken the surprise out of tomorrow’s speech. Near Kansas City, in Lenexa, Kansas, a company called Gill Studios specializes in printing political literature. They … Continue reading
