Author Archives: Paul Wilson

Ever use Google’s Street View feature? I do all the time, most recently when a friend heading to the Rockies in her Jeep asked me for trail ideas. Having hiked and  camped Rollins Pass many times, I Googled it. I followed the … Continue reading →

Your well-coiffed scribe has been busy the last 2 weeks hiring 23 new employees and starting the largest relocation currently going on in the nation… So I apologize for the recent lack of stories, but not having the patience to … Continue reading →

Well, here we go again… Word last week that Tommy Morrison‘s widow Trisha had announced a plan to cremate the former Kansas City boxer and have his ashes put in commemorative boxing glove necklaces for close friends and family to wear … Continue reading →

Say the word “homeschool” and it conjures images of right wing fundamentalists clinging to their guns and Bibles while teaching their kids in a bunker, surrounded by end-times rations of dried foods and ammunition…. I’ve accidentally gotten close to this … Continue reading →

Wednesday was a mixed bag for Major Nidal Hasan… The Army psychiatrist was sentenced to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Ft. Hood. He managed to fire 146 times, kill 13 and wound 32 others – including an Olathe … Continue reading →

  Seems like there isn’t much today that’s totally and uniquely original… You can find some form of “prior art” in almost anything if you’re remotely paying attention; Facebook looked like MySpace.  Twitter is just a glorified text message. iTunes morphed … Continue reading →

The Kauffman Center is famous for starting as soon as the second hand crosses the 12… And Peter Frampton’s Guitar Circus was no exception. I have a huge appreciation for that. In one of the most unassuming performances I’ve seen, … Continue reading →

Last night I attended the Peter Frampton Guitar Circus at the Kauffman Center… I’ll have a review of the complete show later today, but I’ve been conflicted over the performance of B.B. King, pretty much from the moment he took … Continue reading →

It’s old news… Kansas City Councilman Rev. Michael Brooks pulls a Weiner and sexts his righteousness to a female on Facebook. My first thought; if you’re a person with any level of prominence, how do you think that’s not going … Continue reading →

For those who didn’t follow the story back in May – either on KCC or local news – Leawood teen Eric Kaplan is a Blue Valley North graduate accused of stalking two women… He followed one woman from an Overland … Continue reading →

Tennessee Judge Changes Baby’s Name A Nashville courtroom brings us baby-momma, Jaleesa Martin, represented by Stan Greenburg (Harley’s faux attorney), seeking a last name change for her 7 month old baby, Messiah. What started as a simple paternity and name … Continue reading →

Bill Shakespeare – one of Harley’s cousins – penned a rather famous line in Romeo and Juliet… It was about Romeo’s linage – the house of Montague – and was meant to express that a name means nothing, changes nothing; “What’s … Continue reading →

Chicago area resident John Wrana, a 95 year old WWII war hero, died from injuries sustained in an incident, which was later ruled as a homicide by the medical examiner. Police were called to Victory Centre, an assisted living facility, … Continue reading →

But with a caveat… I love and support my friends in the gay community but this opinion isn’t going sit well with many of them. This week “their” President said he has “no patience” for countries, like Russia, that intimidate … Continue reading →

A-Rod’s Plan B? I’ve been in touch with people in A-Rod’s camp and they seems as disappointed as he is with the suspension handed down by baseball and the negative reaction from the crowd as he took the plate in … Continue reading →

Being well-wired, your well-coiffed scribe entails always being on the bleeding edge of what’s moving and shaking in the KC metro rumor mill… Long before the others know it or bring it to the printed word. Case in point: When … Continue reading →

This was a First Friday weekend so I was slammed Friday-Sunday… However in the few moments of calm amidst 5,000 people wandering through my little gallery, I started piecing together a story in my head. The topic? All the men … Continue reading →

Stop whatever you’re doing right now and mark your calendar… The date: Sunday, August 18, 7:00PM at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Because if you’re a guitar fan, this is an event you won’t want to miss and will … Continue reading →

I was given a red hot tip in June on a celebrity event about to take place at the Midland… It was to be an event the likes of which Kansas City had never seen, nor would again. It was … Continue reading →

Here we sit, two days after New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner got the old ruler to the knuckles for sexting… That after the former congressman was caught yet again playing the Package Card. You have to wonder what’s going … Continue reading →