Sadly and surprisingly, I was once again passed over to give a commencement speech this year. It's a shame because I believe I've got some valuable advice to offer graduates, especially from high school.I actually only received this valuable advice myself two days ago when it was printed in Esquire and like many things in the magazine it concerns drinking. Now I know what you're thinking -- high schoolers aren't of drinking age. Yes, there are many who wouldn't dare dream of imbibing illegally,
Rob WasingerThis has got to be the most "aww shucks" fund-raising plea ever sent (supposedly) by a Kansas candidate's children. The 14-year-old son of Rob Wasinger, the fertile candidate running for Jerry Moran's soon-to-be-vacant congressional seat, supposedly covertly sent out this e-mail appeal as a Father's Day gift to dear ol' dad. The e-mail "from" Stephen Wasinger is full of mom's apple pie fajitas,
baseball and breakfast in bed. USA! USA! USA! Stephen Wasinger and his eight brothers and
Janet Henry goes full Palin.The big news this week is that photogenic real American Sarah Palin has kinda/sorta written a Young Adult book about why everybody should quit their jobs. But books are hard and take time to read! Understanding the dilemma Going Rogue presents to non-elitists, local theater people last night performed the public service of reading Palin's book aloud at the Fishtank Performance Studio at 1715 Wyandotte.
There several dozen Crossroads types packed in a tiny room who
