Don’t wait until Thanksgiving – the fall feasting begins NOW! Winter’s coming and there’s nothing like a healthy layer of blubber to protect you from the blustery Kansas wind. Here’s one of my personal favorite fall recipes to help you fatten up and prepare for hibernation. And I’m not just talkin’ lick-the bowl-clean-when-you’re-done good –  oh, no, I’m talkin’ stick-your-face-in-the-crock-pot-and-lick-every-surface-til-there’s-not-a-drop-left good. Enjoy!
Cheese Soup
Add the following to a large pot over medium heat:
3 cups of clear chicken broth:
2 cups Diced Carrots
2 cups Diced Celery
1 tsp. Parsley Flakes
2 cups …

Netflix has this nifty little feature called Local Favorites, which lists rentals that, according to the site, are being rented by people in your area more often than by other Netflix members. It’s not exactly a “top rentals in your area” list, then – because that list would look very similar across most communities – but a weird little microcosm of people’s interests outside the newest DVD releases.
So, what’s Wichita renting? Christianity, thrillers, old cartoons and little-known Jennifer Lopez vehicles. Here’s the top 10 from last week:
1. An Unfinished Life – …

As the New York Times’ Styles section is wont to remind us, shopping at thrift stores has become quite popular In These Economic Times™ (ITET™). I don’t know how true that is, though it does explain the high volume of cars parked in the 37th and Oliver Goodwill parking lot every day. All I know is I was way hip to thrifting before you were. I was cruising the aisles of the Salvation Army before the dot-com bubble even popped, let alone the housing bubble. So now that we’ve established …