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Entries Tagged as 'A California Girl in Kansas'

Haiti action

January 22nd, 2010

Lots of thoughts (and actions) among Wichita blogs concerning the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti.
Shea encouraged [pushed] and cajoled [demanded] everyone she could to help Ross and Jami connect with Alex, the boy they are in the process of adopting. Start here and follow the posts from there to relive the drama. It includes [...]

More Halloween pictures

November 4th, 2009

Wicked as a lifestyle
Pugs as bugs
What kind of people dress their pugs as bugs?
Pre-school parade
More to come…

Shared awesomness

June 3rd, 2009

Flipping off convention, iPods and hipsters all at once, Shea has a musical offer for you.
It’s going to be a K-Tel summer.

The art of disagreement

June 3rd, 2009

Remember that Twitter tiff (Twiff?) between A California Girl in Kansas and Todd blog a couple of weeks ago?  Zach gave it the Languagisticology touch.
I see silk wall hangings, t-shirts and screen savers as the next logical step.

This was not a fight (now updated and corrected)

May 14th, 2009

This was a disagreement, with a bit of name-calling. It was really a Twitter thing between A California Girl in Kansas and Toddblog but it also played out in the blogosphere.
Acgik went first.
Then Toddblog responded (and he shows the Twitter posts to get you non-tweeters up to speed)
Transparency interlude: (switch off first person plural) I [...]

The post where I blow the lid off Shea’s cover

May 6th, 2009

The author of A California Girl in Kansas is many, many things: a friend to the party minded, adventurous blogger, friend to the famous and serial dater. That doesn’t even include pug whisperer, pop culture savant and Twitter maven.
But, really, she is a sweeheart.

The Hadron Collider of dating

March 29th, 2009

This could be a spectacular success or a spectacular column.
30 days. As many dates as possible. No one gets turned down.
What could possibly go wrong?

How to discourage motherhood

March 29th, 2009

A disturbing product, the Peekeroo, that brings to mind the birth of Sigourney Weaver’s cinematic nemesis.

This begat that

March 24th, 2009

An evening at The Shadow turns dark but an off-hand (back-hand?) comment in this post brings about this and this.
Who knew the Wagonmasters were so suave?

The life we choose

March 12th, 2009

Is often full of hard choices and unexpected outcomes. A link to ponder on from A Californina Girl in Kansas.

This is why she came to Wichita

March 6th, 2009

Blessed by luck, a California Girl in Kansas wins.

Someone’s starting her own PR firm

February 25th, 2009

I won’t give the whole thing away but she’s pug-centric, tends to use the word “balls” in unathletic contexts and she is from the west coast. She also has a very nice logo.
Corrections: Changed the headline as per this. Correcting D&M grammar is a a full-time task. Thanks to Steph and Shea for the help.

Just your Standard Answer

February 16th, 2009

A California Girl in Kansas has a new internet project and she invites you to participate.

You have a broken axle, lose five turns

February 4th, 2009

The words we learned (but not their meanings)  from “The Oregon Trail” game.

Photographic evidence

January 28th, 2009

of a post-high school, post-college Prom in Wichita.

Life lessons

January 19th, 2009

A California Girl in Kansas shares eight things she learned at Bunco.

Our long, local dating nightmare. Solved?

January 12th, 2009

The previously mentioned open sore that is the Wichita dating scene, may have a cure. It involves coffee.

There’s always Wal-mart

January 9th, 2009

Wichita is ranked as the second worst place city for dating. A California Girl in Kansas agrees that it’s a hard-knock life, dating wise, in the Air Capital..
That dull, parochial, hole in the wall, Kansas City, was ranked first.

Brief, but graphic, update

January 7th, 2009

Another report on the first session of Shocker Fitness with Coach Bolt.

Have a personally humiliating dating experience?

December 15th, 2008

Need help publicizing your humiliation? You have a new friend and she would like to include you in her next book.

Six Random Facts: West coast edition

November 17th, 2008

A California Girl in Kansas may be her title but those who know her call her Shea.
“Fingers of fury,” beating down coworkers and game show plunder.
No pugs were harmed in the making of this post.

Hey look its…

November 17th, 2008

A California Girl from Kansas on TV.

A pug at the heartstrings

November 12th, 2008

Can you look at this picture and not respond? Have you no heart? Have you no decency?

The Prop 8 issue

November 11th, 2008

The vote may have been in California but the feelings about the issue, gay marriage, run strong across the country. A nationwide protest of the outcome will take place this weekend. At least one local plan to join the protest is underway.

The Black Hole

October 27th, 2008

The Tallgrass Film Festival was great fun. For some it was a revelation.
I love Wichita right now too. I’m telling ya- it’s a black hole. You get sucked in and then, suddenly, you’ve been here for four years and you’re actually (gasp!) happy.

If there’s a recession that means it’s time for tacos

October 7th, 2008

Here is the recipe.  Like she says, “Tough economic times call for yummy tacos.”

The Good War

October 5th, 2008

Google is recruited to win this conflict by any means neccesary.

This woman should moderate all the debates

October 3rd, 2008

She asks the question we all want to hear answered.

Because you will like it

October 2nd, 2008

The picture is worth the click. It has a little girl, balloons and a welcome home sign. What more do you want?

Good news, bad news

September 26th, 2008

She is now in a house.

Great Googly Moogly

September 25th, 2008

Is this dog abuse or viewer abuse? I am sorry but if you click here you will see a pug all decked out for Halloween as Teen Wolf.

Only in Wichita?

September 24th, 2008

We see blog posts all the time with first hand accounts of red neckish, uncouth behavior and then the tag line, “only in Wichita.” A California Girl in Kansas links to photos that remind us, the world is much bigger than just our little slice of the U.S. of A.

September 23rd, 2008

Apples
Cherries
Grapes, imported
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Raspberries
Strawberries
Bell peppers
Celery
Potatoes
Spinach/lettuce

Is this a healthy eating list? Not so fast my friend.

If you want to shop responsibly

September 19th, 2008

Then A California Girl in Kansas has a site you should visit.

Can you help a sister out

September 18th, 2008

Good things come in threes and so do requests for help. A California Girl in Kansas would like a date to escort her to a wedding, help moving (Beer is offered as payment) and a dining room table and chairs (she is willing to pay of course).