This Kansas Day, January 29th will mark the end of our sesquicentennial year. To celebrate, Governor Brownback’s office released a list of 12 notable events and developments that have shaped us.
Where we come from has a big effect on who we are now. At least that is my way of thinking. You might think differently than I do on that, but it might be because you came from someplace else.
There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. — Herman Melville
It is October. Autumn has started as the hours of darkness outnumber the hours of daylight now. The days are not as warm; the nights are cooler. We know winter is coming.
We are all living with stress in our lives. Stress is the reaction we have to a situation presented to us. We need some stress in our lives. Positive stress is what gets us up and going every day. Some stress works positively for us by providing the extra energy to help us work through our problems or to react in sudden situations, such as when a deer suddenly jumps in front of our vehicle.
Tomorrow much of the Western Hemisphere will celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing in the New World in 1492, thinking he was in India (he actually did not on arrive on the mainland but an island in the Caribbean, most likely San Salvador).
Nothing can be more useful to you than a determination not to be hurried. — Henry David Thoreau
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The recent film “Moneyball” shows how Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane used computers and advanced statistical analysis to provide a competitive advantage and eventually change the way players are evaluated.
What a difference a week makes.
I was over in the Gorilla Crossing, the food court in the Overman Student Center, the other day having lunch when my attention was called to a wasp which had become trapped between the screen and the window. It had made its way in through a hole in the screen. The screen was to the bottom and the left of the screen, but the light of the sun was coming in from above and to the right.
Information for the baby-boomer generation
Your money matters
Keeping you at the edge of your seat
