Archives for “Nonsense”
Tweet Well, Villagers, through the magic of the Internet web machines, the progenitor of the prom proposal that had all the town abuzz last week saw our li’l story and filled us in on the deets (which, I’m told, is a cooler way to say “details”). Christopher Heady said he hatched the plan to ask [...]
Tweet You crazy kids, you People passing McCrum Park in Prairie Village on Sunday might have noticed a full-sized couch sitting in the middle of the tennis court. A neighbor whose house abuts the parks says a group of teenagers were there for nearly two hours Saturday night, and that when he woke up Sunday, [...]
Tweet Prairie Village’s favorite son turned 72 this week. And, frankly, we don’t think Chuck Norris looks a day over 50. All that time working out with Christie Brinkley on the Total Gym has really paid off… What’s that you say? You weren’t aware that Hollywood legend and frequent Internet meme subject Carlos Ray “Chuck” [...]
Tweet So I pulled into the driveway yesterday after stopping to pick up some bitter apple spray, only to find that I was moments too late to save one of the poor pumpkins on our porch steps: “Stupid squirrel!” I yelled helplessly as the squirrel shoved meaty seed after meaty seed into its greedy maw. [...]
Tweet It’s one of the most gruesome spectacles we’ve ever seen. And we come home to it every night. At first it started with some light scratching. Could have been anything, really – a wayward falling branch, maybe. A friendly pawing from the dog. Then, the teeth marks appeared. Within days, the shell had been compromised, [...]
Tweet So, we’re not generally in the business of promoting marketing gimmicks from giant multinational corporations. But darned if Coca-Cola’s (NYSE: KO) new fountain drink machine at Mr. Goodcents in the Village Shops didn’t proved irresistible. Here’s the gist: It’s called “Coca Cola Freestyle.” It looks like some weird Star-Trek-replicator-esque deal. It dispenses more than [...]
Tweet It happens each year. And each year the wounds grow more visible still. A cohort of aquatically gifted adolescent assassins have descended upon our quiet suburban summer nights. They are stealthy. And they are ruthlessly efficient. Their tool is not gun, nor knife, nor ninja throwing star. It is toilet paper. And with it [...]
Tweet It’s come to my attention that it might have been presumptuous to name Owly without soliciting the input of you, our dear readers. (Luckily, Owly doesn’t seem to be responding to his name yet. I sat underneath the tree for an hour last night saying, “Come here, Owly! Come on over here, Owly!” and [...]
Tweet Ha! We knew if we kept our eyes and ears peeled eventually we’d find one. After four months of searching, we finally laid eyes on a Great Horned Owl red phase Screech Owl yesterday. (Thanks for the correction, Steve. I had looked up a couple shots of adolescent Great Horned Owls yesterday, but this [...]
Tweet Ron Shaffer won reelection Tuesday night with 1,658 votes. Michael Kelly came in second with 1,213. And, with one vote, the third place finisher was: Charlton Heston. The legendary — and deceased — actor was one of seven candidates to receive write-in votes Tuesday, according to Johnson County Election Office Records. The other six [...]
Tweet Since Fox 4 Kansas City’s Stephanie Hockridge appears to have now stolen two stories from me without even a hint of attribution (this one from PVPost.com, and another from the now defunct KCFreePress.com about Memorial Day 2010), I figured her station wouldn’t mind if I stole their tagline for… This awesome post about KCP&L [...]
Tweet Just want to send a big birthday shout out to Prairie Village’s most lethal resident ever: Chuck Norris, age 71 today. This may be a good time to renew our call for any information about Norris’s Prairie Village past, brief as it might have been. Anyone have any pictures, stories from karate class, etc… [...]
Tweet Listen: We’re as excited as anyone that this winter finally seems to be nearing its end. But we were taken a bit aback when we heard the familiar clanging of the ice cream truck making its way up our street Sunday afternoon. Ice cream truck? I mean, it was only 43 degrees outside. Isn’t [...]
Tweet Here’s the difference between Danny Miller, the Prairie Village resident who went for an eight-mile run in the blizzard last week, and me: On Sunday, I went for a three mile run and felt really awesome about myself. On Saturday, Miller ran 60 miles over the course of 13 hours. And he was disappointed. [...]
Tweet If you happened to be driving along Roe Avenue by Porter Park yesterday and were startled to see a smiling snowy face looking at you from the trunk of a tree, fret not: the trees are not springing to conscious life. It was just the creative creation of Prairie Village resident Bob Thurm and [...]
Tweet In this world there are men. And then there are men among men. I’m going to go ahead and put Prairie Village resident Danny Miller in the latter category. Where many people viewed yesterday’s blizzard, with its heavy snowfall and gale force winds, as a good excuse to sit in the living room vegetating, [...]
Tweet And the winner…of the first ever Fairway snow sculpture contest…is…young Fränzi Zueckert for her Yellow Submarine! If you missed out on the deadline for the first competition but have a hankering to get creative with the fresh batch of white stuff out on your lawn, you’re in luck: Fairway is going to hold a [...]
Tweet Ah, New Year’s Eve: a holiday equally loved and loathed. Loved by party animals and those excited to turn the page and open up a fresh chapter. Loathed by introverts and those who can’t understand what’s “fun” about staying up until midnight just to be surrounded by a writhing horde of sweaty, drunken yokels. [...]
Tweet A recent perusal of the Wikipedia entry for Prairie Village delivered a roundhouse power kick straight to our brains. Sit down, and read this line from the “Residents of Note” section for yourself: “Chuck Norris, actor and martial arts champion, briefly lived in Prairie Village as a child.” Whatwhatwhat!!!??!?! The man whose cologne of [...]
Tweet Some 36 hours after throngs of over-excited swim fans descended upon our streets and “decorated” trees with roll after roll of toilet paper, dangling streams of tissue serve as a reminder of just how long and arduous a process picking up after such an incident can be. Let’s hope for a good strong rain [...]
Tweet After an exerting bit of shoe-leather reporting, we can positively confirm that the rabblerousers who TPed homes throughout the area last night used a single-ply, sandpapery product put out by Scott. Each roll contains 1,000 sheets, according to the packaging. It’s almost impossible to say at this point just how many of those sheets [...]
Tweet Oh, you crazy kids. Residents of Mission Hills, Fairway and Prairie Village might have noticed that the amount of toilet paper dangling from their neighbors’ trees was at historically high levels this morning. The homes of dozens of young swimmers participating in the Country Club Swim Association of Kansas City championships that kicked off [...]
Tweet Prairie Village residents: if you felt especially proud this morning and couldn’t put your finger on why, it’s possible you were caught in the great aura of victory emanating from a very large trophy now at city hall. Yesterday, a foursome made up of Mayor Ron Shaffer, council members Al Herrera and Dale Warman, [...]
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