Neewollah

Yeah, I'm a slacker. So deal with it! ;)


This week is Neewollah in Independence, Kansas. Oh my! (For those of you who are in the dark, Neewollah is Halloween selled backwards! It's a week-long party in that town). I lived there and worked 2 Neewollahs.

When I left, everyone asked "Are you coming back for Neewollah?" ... because it's like the big homecoming. My answer was usually a stutter. How could I explain to those who just loved this week of mayham that it was completely and utterly exhausting!!??!? Yeah, it's fun if you show up, eat carnival food and watch the parades. But what about if you've been working your booty off to put out a special tab before the event? That's a 60 hour work week. And the week of? Count on 80 hours easily.

I'm tired just thinking of it now.

Anyhow, tonight is the Doo-Dah parade, where local businesses try to outdo one another in silly floats. Let's just say that if my memory serves me correctly, copious amounts of alcohol is also involved.

Anyhow, last year, I found a webcam of downtown Independence during Neewollah!!!!! How fun is that!??!?! To check it out, CLICK HERE. :)

A BIG shout out to my homies who are still working their booties off to cover it: D, C, G, and A. I wish the Independence Reporter (the town newspaper) actually had an ONLINE NEWSPAPER (what a CONCEPT!) so I could read about the events. Guess I'll just remain in the dark. :(

;)~

In the news

For Erik's paper, we're highlighting the stories we read and where we stop reading them. Management wants to know ... whatever. In truth, it's creating a bit of a false positive from me. If I read the paper, it's usually a few days later ... and maybe one or two stories. But give me a highlighter and tell me to mark it up? I pushed through 6+ inches of snow on the porch this morning to retrieve the paper. Go figure!

So .... headlines that caught my attention this morning.

1. Jury finds George Tiller not gilty
(CLICK HERE to read the story)

REALLY??????? I was shocked. Especially after earlier this week he said "When she was working for me - correction, when she was providing consultations for the patient ..." in THIS article (the trial was over if his "second opinion" doctor was an employee or not). I thought after that slip, it was all over. Evidently not.


2. Kathleen Sebelius signs Kansas right to know abortion bill
(CLICK HERE to read the story)

I have to admit I was a little surprised, but not really. She's trying to get confirmed to a cabinet seat.


3. Law cuts cell use by teen drivers
(CLICK HERE to read the story)

I'm not sure if I feel safer or not .... what about passengers in the car? Oh well, I guess I'm not a teen anymore (thank God!). I'll be interested to see how this 'hands free' device while driving thing goes. It was in effect when we were in California ... but that's not to say we stuck to it. But I'm told they DO ticket people for it.


These next two are for Erik:
4. Kansas falls late to Spartans
(CLICK HERE to read the story)

Thank GOODNESS! KU was really messing up my bracket. (ok, not really. I just don't like them and their 'we're God's gift to basketball and we're entitled to win b/c we did last year' attitude).


5. Mizzou battles UConn for right to move to Final Four
(CLICK HERE to read the story)

A surprising event, but Erik's excited nonetheless. If they win tonight, maybe he'll go outside and roll around in the snow shirtless. Or not ...