Today is opening day for the Kansas City Royals. They will square off around 3pm against the LA Angels of Anaheim (when did they change thei...

According to this article it looks like Kansas City, KS is Google's 1-Gig Fiber Winner. Congrats to the little city across the river. W...

Interesting how the American eagle and Lady Liberty's torch are featured in this old NATO postcard image. This morning the New York Post...

This funny cartoon points out a strange phenomenon - people need rules to tell them how to be generous. I really don't want to debate t...

Can you imagine what life would be like if eyeglasses had never been invented? I have worn them for 30 years.. I even wore those huge aviat...

"Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" is a chant used at the University of Kansas. US President Teddy Roosevelt once called it the greatest coll...

A few more bad predictions. I predict you will enjoy them. 1899: Everything that can be invented has been invented. [Charles Duell, US p...

If you have $500 hanging around you can spend a night in this hotel suite at the Hotel Costa Verde in Costa Rica. And if you wait until M...

On her Beyond Blue blog Therese Borchard recently posted something titled 10 Things Not to Say to a Depressed Person . Here they are in bri...

I liked this movie. The two main characters, played by Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman, are interesting and the story (though a bit clich...

Ever since I was born I have never really known what it is like to lack the basic necessity of clean drinking water. Even when I traveled to...

This is a map of the United States showing locations of operating nuclear power reactors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission website . In...

My son shared a link to a Barefoot Investor article about pet insurance. Here are their recommendations concerning insurance for pets: Wa...

I am not a fan of Papa Murphy's Pizza but these ingredients (crispy bacon, canadian bacon, and pepper bacon) could be a bit of a game c...