News from the Northwest: Day Two

Starwood just gave me 7000 points because this is what I found under my bed this morning:

- Top to a vodka bottle
- Yellow Crayon
- Crayon box
- Women's underwear
- Bobby pin in shower
- Chocolate Sprinkles (in nightstand drawer)
- Bud Light Cap (in nightstand drawer)

Gross. Barf. I know they say the roots of the Grunge movement are in Seattle, but I think that is incorrect. It is clearly Portland. Yuck.
After this small "surprise and delight," I visited my stores in the Happy Valley. However, it was raining, so the valley didn't seem too happy to me. I finished off my day with a glass of wine downtown, a Jayhawk win (Rock Chalk!), Deal or No Deal, and my fav - Heroes. Off to more stores tomorrow! -kk

News from the Northwest: Day One

Whew! I'm finally here in Portland, OR. I got a little lost getting downtown. Took the wrong bridge over the Williamette river - which, by the way, is very wide and kind of scares me, not like the Missouri River at all. I had to pull over and figure my way on a downtown map. Luckily, I am a skilled navigator. I was very thankful to get to the hotel. I told the check-in lady that, being from Kansas, large bodies of water freak me out. Pretty daggone funny. Other than that, downtown looks kinda cool, of course it is 10:30pm - which in KC time is way late. Flight was 4 hours, direct.

No pics from the trip yet, here until Thurs morning. More "News from the Northwest" tomorrow! Since I AM here though - MORE climbers get stranded on Mt. Hood? Why do people keep climbing that mountain? The challenge? Geez. I think a spin class is challenging. Do that, crazy people!! -kk

Surprise!

Mother Nature played quite the unexpected TGIF prank on Kansas City last night dumping 2 inches of snow in 2 hours just in time for rush hour!

Worst. Drive. Home. Ever!

Hour and a half to get to O-Town. Oh the humanity!

The Bopper

Dreaded Blue Starr teaches "The Bopper" a lesson on a very cold, blustery Saturday. He is awaiting the arrival of best friend Chili from Topeka.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

If you're lonely today, may this cheer you up.

[note: Homie breaks it down near the end, so listen to the whole thing.]

Sprint Campus Transformed into Narnia

The 4 inches of snow we received overnight has transformed the Sprint Campus into Narnia. What a beautiful, white wonderland! That is until you have to go inside and answer e-mails about a poster that was printed incorrectly for the Segmentation Trial in Seattle that begins on Thursday. Then it's not such a wonderland.

Your new favorite song

Here is an infectious new song by Scissor Sisters - "I Don't Feel Like Dancin." The title is a nice use of irony because dancing is exactly what the song makes you want to do. In fact, it's a near impossibility to sit still while listening to it, although I challenge you to try. The song is a nice mix of Bee Gees with the theatrics of Queen. Try to muster up a soft and gentle sway. Enjoy! -kk

Sunflower Showdown!

Tonight! Tonight! Hot Damn, Tonight!
Poor stressed out Willie...

Here's a nice drawing of our fair coach, Bill Self, and Wildcats Coach Bobby Huggins (who was fired from his coaching job in Cincinnati due to an unfortunate DUI mishap).

Finally, a video to get you psyched up! Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!!
Double-click the arrow to watch!

The Superbowl Shuffle

Here is a picture taken at work Friday of our friends Alok (Bears) and Cooper (Colts).

Alok is from Naperville, IL and Coop spent several years in Indianapolis. Unfortunately for Alok, his Bears lost the game yesterday. And now, according to the bet these two handsome gents made, Alok has to sing and dance to the "Superbowl Shuffle" at our happy hour on Friday. Very sad.

Super Bowl XLI

COLTS WIN!!! YES!

...and here are the top five commercials from the Super Bowl as rated by YouTube.com. Number 1 and 4 are my favorites.

See the entire list here.

Enjoy

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