January 2012
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America's Pub is out of Westport →
I’ll always reflect fondly on my experiences during the heyday of America’s Pub. Like the time I looked down the barrel of a cop’s gun as he pointed it at someone directly behind me. Or the time I heard someone unload an assault rifle on a car in the parking lot across the street as I ordered a gyro from a food truck. Or the fact that these two occurrences happened on...
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Eric Crouch says he's finished with football →
Hey Eric, football was finished with you a decade ago.
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Fun with renderings
Kansas State recently released renderings for the renovation of their football stadium (not done by my company). One of my favorite things to do when looking at renderings is finding people that are repeated and/or out of place. Since render libraries don’t typically have people dressed for sporting events, the images get peppered with a few pictures of design firm employees dressed in...
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Architecture, Arts Degrees Yield Highest... →
“Be anything, but an architect.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Sr.*
*If you are a Vonnegut fan, I strongly recommend the new biography And So it Goes. If you’re not a Vonnegut fan, I strongly recommend getting your head examined.
December 2011
18 posts
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The Pitch: Kansas City's most appalling restrooms →
This is the only year-end list you need to read.
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Steel problem suspends arena work →
Not my project, but causing headaches nonetheless.
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November 2011
8 posts
What are we allowed to do when we’re looking for things we’re...
– Dave Eggers You Shall Know Our Velocity
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Everybody had a phone, so now I got a phone and I know how to text and send a...
– Eddie Murphy sounds like your dad.
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October 2011
10 posts
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CARHENGE IS FOR SALE! →
A national treasure…
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September 2011
12 posts
Things Kansas Citians claim to hate but actually...
Idea stolen from this Grantland blog post
Explaining that Kansas City is in Missouri. Except for the part that’s not.
Kansas (for people who live in Missouri)
Missouri (for people who live in Kansas)
Not having a professional hockey/basketball team
The Power and Light District
Food without BBQ sauce on it
Conference realignment
Nebraska fans
April snow storms (see also: snow removal...
I-29 from KC to Omaha open by Mid-October →
Praise Jeebus!