Dan from Gone Mild writes a fantastic essay on the importance of a vibrant Kansas City Star. "If you think you can do without the Star because you get all the
local news you need from the blogs, you're horribly mistaken," Dan writes. "You're
still getting your local news from the Star -- it's just getting
filtered by bloggers, or you're dependent on the Star's website."
If for some ungodly reason, you're reading this before 7 a.m. and happen to be near the YMCA of Greater Kansas City (1017 N 6th St, Kansas City, Kansas), then you might want to pop in to hear Jared Fogle speak about losing weight. Fogle famous for losing 250 pounds by eating Subway. He once told Triumph the Insult Dog he accomplished the weight-loss with a six-inch for lunch and a 12-inch for dinner, to which Triumph responded, "What is this? The Richard Simmons diet?" Fogle's motivational speec