on this day in 1861
… Kansas was admitted to the Union as the 34th state. History says that the first “official” shot of the Civil War was fired at Fort Sumter, SC, but the original War Between the States started here years earlier, in the 1850s.
Thousands of schoolchildren were at the Capitol on Friday, along with several people in period costumes, some Native American dancers, and (I think) even a few Indian Army officers. Not sure what business they could possibly have in Topeka, but hey — glad to have you.
One beef, Governor Sebelius: I didn’t get any of the large sheet cake you presented to the crowd. Just so you know.
01.31.2006 @ 15:07
Your cake is in the mail. Good luck getting it out of the envelope!
01.31.2006 @ 21:20
You know that scene in “2001″ where the apes club that wildebeest (or whatever it is) and then, in an angry mob, rip the flesh from its bones and eat it?
I half-expected to see a crowd of patrons, cake mashed into their faces, gibbering frantically while Governor Sebelius chucked the spatula into the air with a primal scream.
02.01.2006 @ 15:13
I LOVE the imagery!!!!
I can also combine the scene from Alice’s Restaraunt, where he jumps up and down on the shrink’s desk, shouting about wanting to kill, kill, KILL!!!! Amen, brother. You’re our man!