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Entries from April 30th, 2009

Recipe: Chocolate pear cake, with brandied glaze

April 30th, 2009

Seriously? Its a tic-tac-toe winner. Chocolate? Check. Fruit? Check. Alcohol? Check.
Three in a row for the win.

Fishing with Fredo

April 30th, 2009

Entermotion gives Yellow pages a kiss and then puts them in the boat to enjoy a little fishing with Al Neri.

I’ll take legendary albums for $1000 Alex

April 30th, 2009

The greatest selling jazz album of all time.
And if Yanni even crossed your mind we weep for you and all those who come into contact with you.

Tis the season

April 30th, 2009

It’s time to enjoy the local Farmer’s Markets. Faye Farms has a list of seven opportunities for you to enjoy the local bounty.

The most trusted source of information in college today

April 30th, 2009

A salute to the college student’s best friend.

While I was thinking about this

April 30th, 2009

Morgan posted it. I am in the same class she is in and thought maybe I should break the “blog only” rule and post a link to Lonny’s Vimeo site. It’s Morgan didn’t hesitate.
Click through the video Morgan posted and you will find more performances by local artists.

Religious and a little mad

April 30th, 2009

That’s how southern women like their men* and how Sarah likes her books.
*That’s what Longstreet said. At least that’s what he is said to have said in “Killer Angels.”

When the bathroom is a “must see” part of the tour

April 30th, 2009

Patsy takes you on a tour of the Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson. And yes, the idea of a 650 ft. flush, straight up, did catch the attention of the adolescent lobe of my brain.

She just cut your bill in half

April 30th, 2009

IF you follow Ching’s suggestion, and her link, to where you can get $50 of coupons for $25 at The Good Egg.
Be sure and tell her thank you.

So you think you want to blog?

April 30th, 2009

Open up My Yellow Umbrella and out falls an array of Content Management Systems (CMS) platforms and a local blogger to explain how each one works.
Wordpress as explained by Toddblog’s Todd Ramsey
Joomla clarified by My Yellow Umbrella’s Alina
Drupal elucidated by My Yellow Umbrella’s Alina
Tumblr explicated (last gasp of the thesaurus) by Morgan of It’s Morgan [...]

We have nothing to lose but our pajamas

April 30th, 2009

Why do we blog? Are we just in it for the Internet Millions™ or is there something more important at work? John B. has some interesting thoughts to chew on.
Karen, at Delano Wichita has some thoughts along the same lines.

But the blog roll never stops expanding

April 30th, 2009

Four more find their way to the left side of the page.
Steph’s Work and Random Thoughts– Handmade thoughts, hand made stuff
Bits & Bites: Romance…the Writer’s Way– Wichita Area Romance Author’s blog
Books and Bows Bebop — A graduate student with a self-professed “girly” side
Kelsey Rawson — Another cryptically named blog

Miss me?

April 30th, 2009

I have multiple excuses for being absent. What are they? Heh. Sorry, the owner of Douglas and Main says to save it for my own blog.
The main thing is I am back, have many of your blogs to review and I am ready to share in this area’s blog ecosystem. I know who won the [...]

Last chance to turn in Wichita haters

April 21st, 2009

Do you know someone who makes disparaging remarks about our city and is always putting down the Wichita we all adore? It’s time to get even. Narc on them Nominate them as a Wichita skeptic at Go Wichita. If you convince the judges your skeptic is the best (worst?) then they will be brought here [...]

No harm intended

April 21st, 2009

Iggy Donnelley did what I hoped others would do when he read my micro-description of his blog; he thought, “hmmmm.” Then he explained what the site, or at least his posts, are about in relation to 1896.

you lost us at “the stinging vibration of the tattoo needle”

April 21st, 2009

Photo close up of Dustin Deckard’s first.
A photo of the assailant tattoo artist who gave Dustin the needle.

Why July 4th will be irrelevant for some

April 21st, 2009

NKOTB in ITC
Does this mean the Backstreet Boys will soon be at the Cotillion?

Rock it to restore it

April 21st, 2009

A concert to benefit the Orpheum Theater on May 1st. Link here to find the fun.

Some people get it

April 21st, 2009

The Big Diesel does a little Shaq-Fu on O.

Mapping Delano

April 21st, 2009

Where does it begin? Where does it end? There is a there there, but where is it?

Adding Wichita voices to the mix

April 21st, 2009

We Shall Remain is a five-part series on KPTS that depicts the history of Native Americans in a way that, “establishes Native history as an essential part of American history.” As part of the promotion for this series the KPTS blog is posting interviews with local Native American’s reactions to the series.

Blog’s who have voted in the caption contest so far

April 21st, 2009

Will this get them special treatment from the Douglas and Main staff? Of course not.
If your blog isn’t on the roll but you tell me about it, I will count your vote. Is this a lame attempt to draw out more blogs? Possibly.
Am I grateful for every blogger in Wichita? Absolutely.
Here in Katie’s Head
To Explain [...]

Movie review: Seven Pounds

April 21st, 2009

He sorta knew the ending and it still moved him. He likes movies that make him feel.

Clementella tells all

April 20th, 2009

Taking pride in knowing her Kansas facts while trying to overcome a gradeschool trauma.

One year later

April 20th, 2009

BlueberryLemon looks back over her first year of blogging and picks out the gastronomic highs and lows.

Word “Tree” up

April 20th, 2009

Visualizing word usage in large texts is fun when someone else does all the counting and stuff. That’s where Many Eyes comes in. What is Many Eyes? let Prefect HeSS enlighten you.

Track events

April 20th, 2009

Prefect Hess was at the K. T. Woodman track meet recently. So was Darrin and his camera.

Wise words

April 20th, 2009

Nancy had some good things happen lately and she sandwiches their telling around a lesson on not needing a crisis for something to make sense.

Up, up and away

April 20th, 2009

Why is spacefem taking flying lessons? Ten good reasons to do it now.

Blog roll update

April 20th, 2009

Three, yea four, more blogs discovered:
The Drawing Room — Artist, student and father of four children.
Cool School Psychologist — More than just a school psychologist but trying to be cool about that too.
twist — The yarn shop that blogs.
The Relationship — Running, religion and one man’s take on both.

Where does change begin?

April 20th, 2009

Negative consequences are the results of negavitve behaviors. What causes negative behaviors? Kevin proposes a theory and would like your feedback.

The adventures of Tyler continue

April 20th, 2009

He’s in Thailand right now. If you love descriptions and pictures of exotic locations you will enjoy this blog.
If you like the idea of petting a full grown tiger, while disregarding your own personal safety, you will enjoy this post.
This is a blog worth following. You can also follow Tyler on Twitter.

The power of music

April 20th, 2009

traced through the lives, and deaths, of two grandmothers

Wooed by WU

April 20th, 2009

WU Shock does a lovely thing. The old heap of straw never looked better.

Caption Contest: Round Two

April 17th, 2009

The celebrity judges (all non-bloggers) have picked the final five. Now it is up to bloggers to pick the winner. If you have a blog listed on the Douglas and Main blog roll you can vote once for every blog you have on the roll.
Click the suggest button on the top right of this page [...]