Random Thoughts 1/8/09

• The Rain Forest Cafe in Oak Park Mall is being closed. That's too bad because my kids liked the themed restaurant with its animatronic jungle creatures and occasional thunder storms. But at least the tropical fish will all be transported to the T-Rex dinosaur here in KCK. Story here.
• The Kansas City Kansan is no longer a print newspaper. It'll try to survive as a news blog, but that's a hard thing to do and still pay any employees. Good luck. Here's their revamped site. I wonder how long the KC Star will hold out?
  
• Are you ready for analog TV to go away? I've been a DirecTV customer for years so it doesn't matter to me, but if you're watching TV via antenna February 17 is going to be a bad day for you. Remember that digital signal television is NOT the same as high definition (though HD is becoming more and more common).
• Top 10 Pro-Abortion moments of 2008. Shocking. Informative. Sad.
• My congressman, Dennis Moore (D), may not run for Congress again in 2010 to run for governor. Please, Please, Please! I'd love to vote for Brownback (or almost anyone else) over Moore. I've already got three election cycles worth of experience voting for whichever name is listed opposite of Moore. (Thanks for the tip, StayRedKansas)
• Do you sneeze when you walk out a dark room into the bright sunlight? I do. Not everytime but… oh, nevermind.
• Pray for Shannon. Pregnancy doesn't seem to suit her well the last few times around. We just have to make it another month or so.
• How does a Wii game titled, "Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball" not sound completely awesome? That's gotta work, right? Shouldn't it? Maybe? It comes out the 1st of Feb.