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The Wichita Hip Hop Community

4 Nov 2009

Kyle Williams has set up the ICTHipHop site to discuss, promote and enjoy the Hip Hop scene in Wichita and the surrounding area. If you have any interest at all in Hip Hop you should check this site out.

He also has a personal blog where he discusses everything from clothes to music to avoiding the “banhammer.”

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More Halloween pictures

4 Nov 2009

Wicked as a lifestyle

Pugs as bugs

What kind of people dress their pugs as bugs?

Pre-school parade

More to come…

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Wichita: Zombie capital of the world?

4 Nov 2009

First one of the characters in the movie Zombieland is named Wichita. Now a locally made zombie flick draws closer to release. Is this simply a trailer for The Dead Can’t Dance or a glimpse of our future?

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Recipe: Thai Curry and Coconut Butternut Squash Soup

4 Nov 2009

The pictures look almost as tasty as the meal.

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Embrace the approach of Christmas

4 Nov 2009

Rather than joining in the obligatory whine about Christmas starting “too early” lets get a jump on doing good things for other people. You can’t be too early doing this kind of shopping.

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What hath Bill Gates wrought?

4 Nov 2009

Cuteness shortcut. I wonder if these children will be able to function (heh, get it?) in an Apple environment?

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Sunday morning video that isn’t NFL related

4 Nov 2009

Pastor Cindy Watson posts the weekly sermons she gives for the West Heights United Methodist Church. You can even run them in slo-motion or replay highlights if are feeling particularly Madden-like.

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Carrie Rengers is one of the best bloggers in Wichita

4 Nov 2009

Here is just one example of her keen wit and judgement.

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Scripture and being gay

4 Nov 2009

Moti Rieber recently took part in a  “Religion and Homosexuality” panel at Wichita State University. Here are his remarks.

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Kansas’, and the country’s, growing problem

4 Nov 2009

A column at State of the State Kansas gives some of the grim details on the continued rise of obesity among our children.

Full disclosure: the author of the column, Pamela O’Neal, is my office mate at WSU and really smart.

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Boom goes the dynamite (literary division)

2 Nov 2009

Hello pompous writer. Meet Emily, she has a smack down for you.

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The Halloween posts are why we do this blog

2 Nov 2009

I love this time of year when people show no shame for themselves and/or collect photos that will curse their children’s life thorough adulthood. Ladies and gentlemen I give you Halloween in Wichita (and surrounding areas):

The big giant head and adult costumes as rorschach tests.

The Justice League of Terror: pee-wee division

If you say “dog” too often…

Halloween pictures never get out dated

Greteman Group throwdown. One group obviously takes this much more seriously than the others.

More to come…

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Ahhhh, there’s good news tonight

2 Nov 2009

Lori and Brian are expecting a new addition to the family in May. Pictures in utero (not to be confused with Nirvana’s third album) are included.

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More links to bloggy goodness

2 Nov 2009

Clicking Heels“It started in Portugal. then France. and now? …Kansas.”

One Kansas Girl – “Thoughts on work and life with sprinklings of pr, advertising, marketing, photography, recycling…and the list goes on.”

One Kansas Family - “Everyday happenings in a typical Midwestern town.”

Oh yeah, I guess I should include verb[ICT] in the roll although I don’t have a category for Uberblog. maybe I should spell that Uberblög.


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Speaking of Roller Derby

2 Nov 2009

We have a roller derby team in Wichita. Eric has pictures so yes, it did happen.

If the picture of the front row is any indication this will be the new WWE in a few months.

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The secret [unveiled]

2 Nov 2009

The wraps are off of verb [ICT] today and now you can visit it in all its shiny newness. Local people producing local information for local consumption.

Here is a roster of the star collaborators for the site including star-in-chief Shea Sylvia.

I wonder if Eric Wittman is getting residuals for [brackets] use?

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NaNoWriMo

31 Oct 2009

It’s time for National Novel Writing Month. Six bloggers (that I am aware of) are committed to producing a novel by the end of November.

To Explain How I Got Here

Sara Wagner Yost

The Wilson Triplets

RedSwann of Kansas

Shades of Grey

The Raven’s Mutterings

Let me know if there are any other local bloggers who have taken the pledge.

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Blogs to add to your Proustian experience

31 Oct 2009

Khuzoo – “Just like the instrument”  Scott Johnson blogs with authority

Life in Fast Forward – Josh Wells – KFDI News – Husband – Daddy – K-Stater

Adventures of the Chronically Malcontent – Kirk understands George Bailey. He too has a wonderful life but wants it to be better.

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Why read blogs?

31 Oct 2009

Erin posts a quote from Proust  that applies to the practice of blogging and reading blogs.

A nice thought to usher in the return of Douglas and Main.

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They are making this stuff up

23 Sep 2009

The folks at Grammar Monkey have gotten bored with making you self-conscious about your use of language and are experimenting with new ways to torment you. Now they “claim” there is a punctuation mark called the Interrobang that combines the question mark and the exclamation point.

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This sounds like a Seinfeld routine

23 Sep 2009

Have you ever wondered about the design industry or the inner workings of Entermotion? Well wonder no more.

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Our state fair

23 Sep 2009

The view of the Kansas State Fair, 2009 edition, from different perspectives. The Eric [angle], the Ken angle and the giggly angle.

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Raising money for hope

23 Sep 2009

Hospitals of Hope is holding their second annual Concert of Hope to raise funds to support their international medical mission work.

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Restaurant review: Jose Pepper’s

23 Sep 2009

Foodies is using a new points system to rate our local eating establishments. The score is then converted to a range of stars; four is the best. one star is the Rhatigan Student Center. Jose Pepper’s has it’s pluses and minuses but how many other local eateries offer hand sanitizer at the table?

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Kansas is behind the times: Exhibit A

19 Sep 2009

Why must every important trend and movement come late to our state?

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Good news for Chiefs fans

11 Sep 2009

you may not have much fun on the field but you can have a great social media experience while you suffer through the season.

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Have you heard the one about the stolen blog site?

11 Sep 2009

Shannonalbert.com isn’t really Shannon Albert’s blog anymore. It’s not just the address that has been hijacked but the content as well.

Sadly the Albert family has been rendered to Texas due to these tough economic times. We have chosen to continue listing and monitoring her real blog at Douglas and Main since she “works” in Wichita. If the blog shows signs of becoming Texalusional (also called the “everything’s bigger” syndrome) we reserve the right to remove her from the site.

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The surge resumes

11 Sep 2009

Here is a list of blogs to include in your RSS feeds and to soothe your internet addiction.

Rodney Bartlett– New to the area and eager to teach

Kansas Leadership Center — Their aim is to cultivate more civic leadership

the eclectic cook–  She’s of Greek and Irish ancestry by way of Montreal now blogging about food and life in Wichita

Alexander Art certification– Learn how to paint with the style and passion of Bill Alexander

From Sand Creek: One Writer’s Blog–  Writing on words, family and life on the prairie

Brian Reads.–  Brief reviews of lots of books. He grades them. As and Fs are rare and C is average

random thoughts and inspiration– He returns home to explore the new and exciting randomly

Start-Thinking– The blog for the Start-Thinking agency

Wichita Knightblog– The first Knight Foundation community to have its own blog. Take that Aberdeen!

K-Stated– Now piloted by Kellis Robinett (no controversy there).

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A cry for help

25 Aug 2009

A local newspaper (not the Eagle) would like to know if there are any bloggers in the area that are older than 59. If you are 60 or older, and a blogger, please drop me a note by clicking on the word “suggest” in the upper right corner or sending an email to “douglas.and.main@gmail.com”.

Thanks.

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The power of motivation by T-shirt

25 Aug 2009

GoPlayKansas has a wide variety of t-shirts to propel you into outdoor activity. Promoting hardy activities like badminton and grilling each has stylized logo of the activity and a cute little tag line connected to the activity that begins with the commandment, “go.”

Now they want you to provide the next idea for a t-shirt design.

Found money tip of the day:  Three designs that probably wouldn’t be accepted by the good people at GoPlayKansas.com but might make some cash for an entrepreneurial risk-taker:

A cute Powercat logo with the line, “go avoid PROBATION”

A stylized Mangino with the line, ” go for the BUFFET”

And finally a simple wheat shock with the line ” go down to DII”

You’re welcome.

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Traveling at 8,880 miles an hour and listening to Led Zepplin

25 Aug 2009

This has been posted for a month but if you haven’t enjoyed it take 3.5 minutes from your hectic, frazzled life and see what hecticly frazzled really looks like.

Be sure and read the comments for technical information and iPod/laptop questions.

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The heebie jeebies!

25 Aug 2009

Thoughts on the puzzle of how to stop those who choose violence to promote a cause, while avoiding trampling on the civil rights of those who agree with the cause but do not agree with the use of violence.

The Sixties and Seventies (and probably the Eighties and Nineties) give us lots of examples of what NOT to do.

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The viewable Pastor Cindy

25 Aug 2009

West Heights United Methodist Church Senior Pastor Cindy Watson has started posting a video of her sermons on her blog. Here is a sample from August 2nd. The good news is they are only around 13 minutes long!

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The Lonesome Dove

25 Aug 2009

A story of childhood, betrayal and a mom who knew how to love. Special appearance by Robert Duvall.

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Putting them on my list

29 Jul 2009

I offer you these eight blogs as further evidence of something, I’m not sure what, about the Wichita blogosphere:

Gucci Little Piggy– One man’s opinion about guy stuff

Anita Cochran–  yep, THAT Anita Cochran

IDEA|S– From the collective minds of Armstrong|Shank

Reachd Blog– partially produced by a local, fully posted here

David Kamerer- my lifestream
– The other two blogs are work, this is for fun
StephieMc Designs– From the same place that Steph’s Work and Random Thoughts originates. This place offers cutsom jewelry hamd made for you

Lou Heldman on media, technology and society– Now batting for Lou Heldman on the News Media, please adjust your scorecards

a california girl in the kitchen– Our acgik, now with twice the blogginess

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