They may not be the sexy pick…
Still Kansas State has all but locked up the national title game in January. Likely they will square off against Oregon. NOBODY on the planet called that one a couple months back – not even K-State cheerleader Kevin Keitzman. 810 sports radio and Kietzman are in love with his team. KK must be on Cloud Nine.
I can’t blame him. Continue reading
McDonald’s just posted their first quarterly loss in nine years.
**It’s nice to see former Sprint CEO Gary Forsee has found work.
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C.I.A. director, General David Petraeus has resigned after admitting to an extra-marital affair.
**He was holding out for a Romney to win so he could just marry the extra gal.
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Well, we’re into the second half of the NFL and the last third of College Football…
And it gets harder and harder to pick the winners as the season moves towards its conclusion. Sure, you know who the better teams are, but injuries and long winning streaks that wear on teams like Atlanta in the NFL – and Alabama in the NCAA – sometimes make the outcomes difficult.
Things could get rough on the Crimson Tide today with Texas A&M. I believe Alabama will win, but it could be a hard fought game for them, like last week with LSU.
K-State not only has to stay unbeaten for its hope to play in the national title game, it must win with style points. In other words blast its foe. Which might be uphill with an injured quarterback. Let’s hope not. Continue reading
Imagine having spent most of your life being wheeled around on a gurney and your nights sleeping in an iron lung…
That was the real life story of writer Mark O’Brien who was paralyzed from the neck down by polio since childhood. He’s played flawlessly in THE SESSIONS by John Hawkes of WINTER’S BONE fame.
By the age of 38 the need for physical sex had become overwhelming for Mark. He just had to experience it before death come knocking—which could be any day.
What would he do and how would he justify it with his Catholic upbringing? Continue reading
LIVESTRONG was juiced last night with brand new intro videos and a booming bass that worked the sellout 
crowd into a nervous frenzy.
Indeed, it was Sporting Kansas City on the back foot, needing to hold the Houston Dynamo scoreless, and score at least 2 goals themselves just to send the game into overtime. That with several relative nubes getting the start due to the injuries of Julio Cesar and Paulo Nagamura. As the squads lined up, a low roar built up slowly and continued for a good while until the initial whistle blew. Continue reading
When I was in prison there were so many young people in there with me doing 3-20 years simply for having weed…
For growing it in their basement or selling the dreaded marijuana. That for many of them was the real crime, that they were in there at all. Few had any money, most had public defenders, yet were labeled “Big Time Dealers.”
It’s how our legal system has worked for more than 60 years.
We have over 5 million people in prison today, more than China and Russia together. Continue reading
Twenty three films in 50 years and yet Daniel Craig‘s third outing as James Bond is definitely one of the better ones in the entire franchise…
Unless, of course, you were looking for Agent 007’s reawakening as his former suave and debonair days which are gone forever.
In SKYFALL, Bond is shot and left for dead…by Guess Who?
Agent down! Continue reading
Obama supporters turned out in droves on election day, mainly because most of them have nothing better to do.
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After watching the Obama victory, the Chiefs will try to get back in the win column by playing a pickup game of basketball Sunday morning.
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President Obama returned home Wednesday. I’m guessing Kenya is a 10 hour flight from Chicago?
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What did I tell you two years back about Sam Mellinger?
The then green in the gills Kansas City Star sports scribe was facing a daunting challenge. To fill the oversize shoes worn so long by ousted sports shit-stirrer Jason Whitlock and effusive-to-a-fault but quite popular wordsmith Joe Posnanski.
What did I tell you? Check it: Continue reading
Welcome back to an all new, all-election version of Tales from the Tweet!
Just kidding, not really.
I’m tired of the incessant political talk. I mean, I get that it’s important, and I understand why we must all educate ourselves/rock the vote/riot if our candidate isn’t elected, but Jumpin’ Jesus on a pogo-stick does all of the backstabbing and infighting and misleading verbiage and ham-fisted rhetoric get completely exhausting.
Either my guy won, or your guy won or OUR guy won, right?
Can’t we all just except that neither guy would have changed the world? Haven’t they all been some slight variation of one another basically for forever? Continue reading
I recently had the chance to grill Megan Stockman – choreographer, dancer, aerial acrobat, and more – of local performance art group Quixotic.
The group is getting ready for their first ever performance at KU’s Lied Center Friday, November 9th. As I mentioned in a column last week, I’m giving away a few pairs of tickets to the show, and I’ll be deciding on the winners by Thursday morning at the latest.
So, if you’re still interested in snagging some freebies, let me know in the comments why you’re more deserving than the next guy.
On to this week’s picks, including some of my conversation with Megan… Continue reading
Obama wins, simple as that – sorry guys…
All the numbers said it was Obama. This close call was all about the media wanting you to watch. It was never really close….end of story.
Las Vegas doesn’t make this big of an error – 6 to 1 – no contest. They knew all along it was never close. Le’ts hope the prez does a great job with our really important issues. Continue reading
Finally, after all the talk, an insane upgrade of Woodside Health & Tennis swimming pools, bars and fun has begun…
The cranes are tearing up the old and construction crews will put in the new, upwards of a $2 million poolside luxury upgrade. It will make what was already one of Kansas City’s landmark clubs and upscale hangs No. 1 not only here but in the Midwest.
“We will be much more selective of new members,” says owner Blair Tanner. “We are looking for that boutique hotel type crowd today. The former idea of as many guests allowed as wanted will be over.” Continue reading
It’s almost over…
And I have no idea who is going to win, so here’s my best analysis of how Mitt Romney becomes the 45th President of the United States of America.
He starts with a 191 electoral votes towards the 270 needed to win- per the RealClearPolitics projections. The President has 201 “in the bag,” so to speak. Continue reading
It takes a while to get it back together after moving three times in four months…
More than I anticipated, frankly.
In addition to the geography part of the equation – behind the scenes – KC Confidential has also moved twice. Once to free us of self-imposed limitations that came with having a start-from-scratch website built (and back to the more orderly confines of WordPress). More recently to a new web host.
All in preparation for bringing readers a bold new look and ramping things up as we approach the start of our 5th year at the end of February.
Time flies, huh? Continue reading
You’re on a business trip, it’s the end of the day and you’re back at the hotel…
Gonna watch a pay-per-view movie? Nah, you’ve been there, done that.
So let’s spend time instead filling out your expense report! Raising the question, what can you get away with these days? Which expenses will your boss approve, frown at, or simply cross off your swindle sheet?
Maybe this is news you can use in the wake of the University of Missouri staffer who got busted recently for putting more than $7,000 on his corporate card at Vegas strip club the Olympic Garden. Continue reading
Top seeded Sporting Kansas City looked out of sorts in the away leg of their home-and-home series with the Houston Dynamo.
Although they’re normally the aggressor, the tables were turned on KC and it seemed to confuse and frustrate Peter Vermes‘ boys. The Dynamo, not KC, were the squad that pressed and harried relentlessly, giving Sporting no time on the ball in the back and midfield.
“The game started out OK,” Vermes said afterwards. “I think the heat got to us a little bit.” Continue reading
Even CNBC‘s Squawk Box – which leans heavy toward Mitt Romney – was somber this morning…
They’re a sharp group that now is starting to feel an Obama victory is at hand. They had long interviews with guests talking about how the market would react if the president was re-elected. And the people asking the questions were not in a good mood.
Translation, Obama wins. Continue reading
I’m not saying things are getting bad but I just spent 20 minutes on a Ouija board with Harry Truman. He wants his name taken off the sports complex.
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Don’t forget to fall back Sunday (11/4). If you’re a member of the Westboro Baptist Church, be sure to set your clock back to 1820.
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Yes folks, the big voice has spoken…Las Vegas!
Vegas screams out that the winner Tuesday will be President Barack Obama. The loser, Mitt Romney.
In fact, it was never even close. Just a few months ago, they had Obama as a 9 to 1 favorite. Yes, that means a $9 bet on the prez, brought back just a buck…plus your money. If you had Romney, a buck brought you back nine…HUGE ODDS. Continue reading
