What is your favorite poem?

Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe, by Shel Silverstein

April 19, 2013 at 12:09 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

What street in Lawrence do you think needs the most road work?

Pizza Street, that place is horrible

March 30, 2013 at 10:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Tipsy Taxi, with ridership still high on New Year's Eve, looking toward St. Patty's Day

Why yes, it sure is.

January 16, 2013 at 12:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Tipsy Taxi, with ridership still high on New Year's Eve, looking toward St. Patty's Day

For the first suggestion, they have expanded the program to other days of the year. Call that same number and a taxi will be dispatched to pick you up wherever you happen to be and will take you wherever you want to go. All for only a few bucks.

Your second suggestion seems complicated and cumbersome. Bars issue a ticket, each with its own unique identifier that are given to patrons for each drink purchased. Then, these presumably inebriated patrons give all these tickets they have accumulated over the course of the night to the taxi driver, who then later cashes these tickets in with the establishment, which is responsible for paying for the cost of these vouchers. How about instead of punishing small businesses people instead take a little personal responsibility if they are going to get sloshed. They can either pay for the cab themselves, arrange for a designated driver, or (gasp) walk home.

January 16, 2013 at 7:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU student who lost legs in accident back on his feet

Across all internet destinations that I hit on any given day, the vitriol and negativity I find here is #1 bar none.

Seriously, blaming the kid for a drunken driver taking his LEGS? I would really like to know wtf is wrong with some of you people.

December 8, 2012 at 3:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Early-morning apartment fire linked to recent arsons

Clearly the terrified person that you are belittling does care about this issue. But the risk they are most likely referring to is the possibility of one of their criminal neighbors witnessing them speaking with law enforcement. Since criminals are generally not that intelligent, they may draw the conclusion that someone is "snitching." Next thing you know Alakazam and family end up on the wrong end of a drug dealer's shotgun.

Anonymously reporting suspicious activity in the area is a great solution though. Really hope they catch this person before someone gets hurt. Then maybe next they can try and clean up the area as a whole, although cheap rent tends to attract riff-raff no matter what.

December 8, 2012 at 3:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Lawrence residents say goodbye to popular downtown breakfast spot

Perkins and First Watch don't hold a candle to Milton's.

November 18, 2012 at 7 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Letter: Patrol problem

I don't know about the rest of you, but the risk of getting hit with a big fat fine tends to keep the lead weight out of my right foot.

November 16, 2012 at 12:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Heard on the Hill: Gingrich stops at Natural History Museum for tour; Daily Kansan names spring editor; two benefit events happening this weekend

I was walking past the Natural History Museum Wednesday afternoon and noticed an older gentleman standing outside the building that looked exactly like Newt Gingrich. At the time I had no clue that he was going to be on campus that evening, so at the time I thought I must be seeing things. Guess not!

November 16, 2012 at 12:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )