KGB Carnival for August 6: Schweaty Balls edition

You wanna know what it's like in Kansas these days? It's hot, damn hot. So hot you can make a batch of Schweaty Balls with very little effort.

And the heat is oppressive, as many of the posts in this week's Kansas Guild of Bloggers carnival attest. Lots of heavy, brooding posts, but a few people are finding fun things to blog about.

Anyway, here's what I've come up with for this week.

• Sassywho questions those who are both pro-life and pro-death penalty at I never leave the house without incident.
• C.Mac delivers a thought-provoking post on the duty of the "middle class" at Bleeding Kansas.
• Joel Matthis posts about the power, privilege and schizophrenia of The Left at Cup o' Joel.
• Steve sees tribal conflict and genocides in Africa and the Middle East and asks whether only humans can be inhuman at The Pencil Nub.
• Kelly prepares for vacation in a stifling summer heat at Kelly in Kansas
• Diane covers the launch of Lawrence's domestic partner registry at In This Moment.
• HaveSumHope posted valuable lessons from a recently departed grandmother at The eMotion Cafe.
• John gives The Simpsons Movie two thumbs up at The Awesomeness of John.
• New blogger MVG wonders if her beau is really a blond at Midwest Valley Girl.
• El Borak experiences shrinkflation (hey, the water was cold) at El Borak's Myopia.
• Chimpo offers a review of JoCo pizza places at Chimpotle.

Well, there you have it. It's too damn hot for more than this, though if you know of something I've missed, drop me an email or a comment and I'll be sure to get it added.

Be sure to keep your eye out for Kansas-related blog posts and submit them for next week's carnival. Until then, try to stay cool Kansas.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB

KGB Carnival for July 30: Time to get back in the game, Butchie

It's been a long time since I've hosted the weekly Kansas Guild of Bloggers Carnival.

John B. at Blog Meridian has been doing an outstanding job of keeping the fun train on track. But with John on hiatus for a couple of weeks, I thought I'd step back in and round up last week in Kansas blogging.

To paraphrase John from Cincinnati, "It's time to get back in the game, emaw."

So here it is, the KGB Carnival for July 20, 2007:

• Professor Paul takes a second look at Second Life at The Force that Through...
• John B. hits the dog days of summer in the latest installment of his continuing series A Stretch of River at Blog Meridian.
• The D breaks down the big blogger meetup in KC last week at The D Rules!!
• Local Kansas City music man Dwight Frizzell makes a guest appearance at Happy in Bag.
• Joel Matthis returns from vacation to propose a way to avoid additional mid-air media chopper crashes at Cup O' Joel.
• Chimpo reviews the Kauffman Stadium all-you-can-eat section at Chimpotle.
• Joshua Rosenau has announced plans for relocation and a need for a new name for Thoughts from Kansas.
• Shea recovers nicely and moves on at A California Girl in Kansas.
• Faith from Frighteningly Uncommon Sense wonders why someone would want a jacuzzi inside their house.
• El Borak heralds the mortgage meltdown's arrival in Kansas at El Borak's Myopia.

Well, that's all I had time for. I suspect I've missed a few that should have been included. Feel free to send me a link at the above-right email address and I'll include it in the list (or simply leave a comment with the link, whatevs).

Be sure to keep an eye out for interesting posts from, at or about Kansas for next week's carnival. Submit them to this link and tune in next week.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB

Is that a frog in your pocket?

Professor Paul has posted this week's Kansas Guild of Bloggers carnival over at The force that through...

This is a great roundup of what's going on in the Kansas blogworld over the past week and really showcases a diversity of views. Go read it and then consider submitting a post for next week's carnival, which will be hosted by John B. at Blog Meridian.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB

Carnival time

John B. has posted this week's edition of the Kansas Guild of Bloggers carnival over at Blog Meridian.

Great posts all around, including one from yours truly. So if you have a few extra minutes to kill while avoiding any productive activity, be sure to check it out.

And don't forget to submit an item for next week's edition, which will be hosted at Thoughts from Kansas.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB

Hypnotized, mesmerized

Wichita blogger extraordinaire John B. has published this week's Kansas Guild of Bloggers roundup over at Blog Meridian.

This is a great collection about what area bloggers have to say. Always entertaining, often informative, you won't be able to tear yourself away. So go check it out and then plan on submitting a post of your own for next week's carnival.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB

Kansas Guild of Bloggers Carnival

Go check it out at Blog Meridian.

Don't forget to submit a post for this week's KGB Roundup, which Blog Meridian will host next Monday.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB

Celebrate

It's July 14, Bastille Day, and (at last check) there's an American leading the Tour de France -- again.

There are lots of other reasons to celebrate. It's not snowing in Kansas, college football kicks off in about a month and a half, I'm heading to the golf course this weekend and the beer is cold.

I can't think of a better way to celebrate all this good fortune that to throw a carnival. A blog carnival.

So join me, won't you? Head over to Blog Meridian and submit your favorite blog posts from this week. John B. hosted last week and did a helluva good job.

Be sure to get your submission in by Sunday afternoon, then check back Monday for the best blogs in the Sunflower State.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB

In case you missed it

Go check out BlogMeridian for this week's Kansas Guild of Bloggers Carnival. John B. did a great job wrangling various Kansas related blog post from Kansas related (or not) bloggers.

Go give it a read, John B. never disappoints. And, be sure to submit a post for this week's KGB Roundup, which BlogMeridian will host next Monday.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB

Is there anybody in there?

Hello? Echo? Is anybody left around here?

After a brief blogging hiatus for some vacation travel and work recovery, I wanted to click out a quick post to pimp the next edition of the Kansas Guild of Bloggers Carnival.

As you know, Joel Matthis at Cup O' Joel hosted last Monday's KGB Carnival, and in my humble opinion, he did one hell of a good job. Let's all give him a round of applause...

Everyone go over to Joe's and leave a comment. He deserves it.

Now, on to the next big announcement. Next week's edition of the carnival will be hosted by John B. at BlogMeridian. John is a regular contributor to the KGB, and one of the few KGB bloggers who isn't from Northeast Kansas.

So let's help John have a great carnival. Remember to submit your favorite blog posts from this week to John. You can use this handy submit link, which makes everything easier on the host.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB

Quick reminder

Hey bloggers...

Don't forget that Monday's Kansas Guild of Bloggers Carnival will be hosted by Joel Matthis at Cup O' Joel.

Make sure to submit your favorite blog post by Sunday afternoon. (Actually, as uptight as Joel is, I'm sure he would appreciate the submission even sooner... like, NOW!). Use the submit link, or email Joel or myself a link if you want to be included.

Also, help get the word out by including the submit link on your blog and letting your friends (or, in my case, friend) know about this thing of ours.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB

KGB Carnival for June 12

The bloggers are restless... Here's the KGB blog round up for the past week:

• LadyGunn considers a major life decision with Hair, Hair Everywhere.
  
  
• John B. celebrated Bloomsday with A stretch of river XII: Cottonwoods in bloom(sday) at Blog Meridian.
  
  
• Kevin Surbaugh presents Springtime in Kansas at Becoming and Staying Debt Free.
  
  
• Dan wages war on Minimum Wage Hypocrisy at Gone Mild.
  
  
• Josh reports on the Candidate forum in Iola at Thoughts from Kansas.
  
  
• J.D., much link HAL, has some advice for Dave at Evolution (Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?)
  
  
• Pat Hayes fires a few shots at Kay O'Connor at Red State Rabble.
  
  
• Tim is back at blogging after a month-long hiatus at Burger's Business, Investing and Politics.
  
  
• Mellisa reflects on her first year of motherhood at Space and Time.
  
  
• Phil Dillon at Another Man's Meat calls out the Emporia city council for being laughable, but not funny.
  

And the honorary Kansas Guild of Bloggers entry for this week is:

• Next week's host of the KGB Carnival, Joel Matthis at Cup O' Joel, who is taking a YouTube sabbatical after overdosing on Hasselhoff (I told you to be careful with that stuff, Joel).

As usual, a great group of posts from a great group of people. I think it really showcases the diversity of our little blogmunity (okay, I'm just trying that word on for size. Maybe it doesn't quite fit). Thanks to everyone who participated.

As I mentioned, Joel Matthis at Cup O' Joel is hosting next week's KGB Carnival, so make sure to submit your favorite blog post early and often. You can use the submit link, or email Joel or myself.

The due date is Sunday at 3 p.m., but extra credit will be given to those who submit before Thursday.

Spread the word

Again, if you haven't done so yet, add your pin to the KGB Frappr map. Oh, and you can also add the KGB Blogroll to you blog by copying the code (posted here) and pasting it to your template. Help get the word out!

Thanks for reading. Have a great week!.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB

This just in...

Okay, I've got some breaking news about the Kansas Guild of Bloggers, but first, a quick reminder.

Don't forget to submit your favorite post(s) from this week for Monday's weekly KGB Carnival. Check back here on Monday to see with the KGB operatives are saying. The best part is that you don't need a Little Orphan Annie secret decoder ring, just a good Internet browser.

Remember, try to get your submission in by 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Okay, now the big announcements.

1) Joel from Cup O' Joel has graciously volunteered (heh, sucker!) to host the KGB Carnival on July 3. Yeah! Let's hear it for Joel. I know everyone will be eager to submit posts and help Joel have a great carnival. I'll have more details Monday.

B) Lyn Perry, the original director of the KGB, has graciously made the java script available for the KGB Blogroll. Just copy this code:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"
src="http://rpc.blogrolling.com/display.php?r=f3e19607a77e31c568a00937de564448" > </script >

and paste it into your blog template. We'll all start linking to each other and increasing our blog rankings. It'll be like a big creepy cult.

Give me a holler or post a comment if you have any questions. Get your KGB submissions in, and check back Monday for the roundup.

Until then, ciao!

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB

KGB Carnival for June 19

As always, Kansas bloggers had a prolific week. Some great posts on a range of topics. Let's kick it...

• j.d. waxes nostalgic with four years of evolution...
  
  
• ...Then he hits the daily double with space colonies.
  
  
• Whole Wheat Blogger informs us that Steve Benson doesn't like the Marines.
  
  
• jdoublep is in the pink (in a creepy but funny way) with Yeah, it seemed a sweet idea at the time.
  
  
• Steph McCarty feasts on Salads and tea at the Rubrics Twist cafe.
  
  
• Lyn shouts Bravo! Bravo. Not! at Bloggin' Outloud.
  
  
• Paul Decelles gives Kudos for the Kansas State Board of Education at The force that through....
  
  
• John B. at Blog Meridian gets the hell into Dodge with Reading signs: A trip to Dodge City.
  
  
• Happy in Bag posts some intriguing pictures of summertime night time visitors.
  
  
• Big Simon takes on an Inconvenient Truth.

And the honorary Kansas Guild of Bloggers entry for this week is:

• Amy says Mr. and Mrs. Citizen, your state's being held back at Wandering Amylessly.

Wow! Some damn good posts if I do say so my damn self! Great job guys. Keep up the good work and don't wait to submit your posts for next week's roundup. Also, if you're interested in hosting the KGB Carnival in an upcoming week, drop me a line to let me know.

Finally, if you haven't done so yet, add your pin to the KGB Frappr map. We know how to find you anyway, so you might as well...

Cheers!

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB, evolution, space colonies, Steve Benson, Dodge City, bravo

Kansas, get your blog on

Thanks again to everyone who submitted posts last week for the Kansas Guild of Bloggers carnival, even though I forgot to post a reminder.

Well, this week I reminded myself to remind you so here it is: Please submit your posts for Monday's KGB Carnival. We've already got some great submissions, but go ahead and get yours in early.

Also, send emails and posts (hell, email this post) to all your friends and enemies to submit a post for the roundup. And don't forget to mention this call for entries on your blog and include the submit link. I'll post it on Monday, so try to get the submissions in by Sunday afternoon.

Also, if you interested in hosting the KGB Carnival, let me know and we'll set that up too. Like most things, this is a lot more fun when more people participate.

Thanks. Check back Monday for the roundup.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB

KGB Carnival for June 12

I'm back after a couple of days hiatus. Everyone should take a blogging break every once in a while, just to keep the addiction in check.

But I can't think of a better first hit than the weekly round up of Kansas blogs. So here we go, just remember that it's customary to pass the dutchie on the left hand side...

• LadyGunn reveals Why I Am The Nutjob I Am.
  
  
• Lyn Perry isn't just Cloning around at Bloggin' Outloud.
  
  
• John B.'s beautiful mind presents In which the Meridian confesses he has unconsciously behaved like John Nash for 3 months posted at Blog Meridian.
  
  
• Melissa looks Pretty in Pink posted at Space and Time
  
  
• Shea finds out that Kansas can be a hot spot at A California Girl in Kansas.
  
  
• JD has some advice for Republicans at Evolution.
  
  
• Old timer Joel Matthis waxes nostalgic about old time entertainment at Cup o' Joel.
  
  
• The Whole Wheat Blogger doesn't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows.
  
  
• John Mason finds an enemy within at Right Minded Thinking.

And this week's Honorary Kansas Blogger:

• Kevin Surbaugh has some tips for Recycling Almost Anything & Saving Money at Becoming and Staying Debt Free.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB, Iraq, John Nash, Zarqawi, entertainment, clone

KGB Carnival for June 5

Here we are at another Monday, that means another round-up of Kansas Blogs. We've got a few new members, so things are getting good. Here are the featured Kansas blogs post from this week:

• Melissa is Pretty in Pink posted at Space and Time.
  
  
• John B. breaks down The Metaphysics of the Clothes Care Center. Part I: Reading the Sign posted at Blog Meridian.
  
  
• Josh posted Undertaken lightly? posted at Thoughts from Kansas...
  
  
• It was a response to JD's post about Iraq...
  
  
• Which is a response to Patrick Quinn's post about Iraq here.
  
  
• KGB founder Lyn Perry makes at triumphant return to blogging by Talking Da Vinci at Blogging Out Loud.
  
  
• Bill at Happy In Bag learns a new vocabulary word.
  
  
• Simon has a good day at Big Simon.
  
  
• The D provides comic relief with Joke Thursday at What the Deuce?

And, this week's weekly Honorary KGB Blogger of the week (yes, that is a triple redundancy, we're very careful here at the KGB) goes to:

• Paul Decelles who posts pics of the first Monarch of the Year at The force that through...

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB, Iraq, metaphysics, monarch, joke

Present and accounted for

A few months ago I received a gmail from Pete Dulin, editor and publisher of local e-mag Present Magazine.

He wanted to interview littl ol' me for a feature he was working on for the June issue about local bloggers. I figured he was doing a best-of/worst-of thing and needed a worst of, so I did the interview.

Fast forward to today, I get another gmail letting me know the June issue has been published (you can download the PDF doc here).

Present is a really cool publication. Pete and his writers do a great job covering the local scene, and since I learned about it I've developed a habit of printing it out and taking it to the bathroom at work for a few hours... but I digress.

The point is, the June edition has several entertaining interviews of local bloggers along with a nice column about the sociological place of blogs within the greater human condition.

And I was surprised to see Three O'Clock in the Morning listed among some really great blogs like Death's Door, Tony's Kansas City and NctrnlinKC.

So do yourself a favor. Go download the magazine and read how much of a jackass I made of myself.

PS- JD, don't get too bent out of shape on this one, it was a Kansas City article, so you really don't qualify. Feel free to submit a post to the KGB carnival, tho.

tagged: Kansas City, blog, magazine, culture, present

This thing's got legs

The Kansas Guild of Bloggers is really starting to pick up steam. Thanks to everyone for submitting posts and helping spread the word.

I also want to welcome two Kansas bloggers who have recently "joined" the group: Big Simon in Independence and Melissa in Hayes.

Now on to business. Choose your favorite Kansas-related post from the past week and submit for this week's KGB Carnival. I'll post the submissions (and some posts that I come across on my own) on Monday, June 5.

And don't forget to mention this call for entries on your blog and include the submit link.

Thanks. Check back Monday for the roundup.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB

KGB Carnival for May 29

Another great week in Kansas Blogging with some great posts submitted by KGB operatives. Let's jump right in...

• Dan goes after Kris Kobach with Kris Kobach Sold His Soul for Right-Wing Street Cred posted at Gone Mild.
  
  
• Simon Takes the Scenic Route at Big Simon.
  
  
• Joshua Rosenau is Back from New York at Thoughts from Kansas.
  
  
• John B. is also out and about and presets Travelogue II posted at Blog Meridian.
  
  
• Eric Gruber is working it out during The Summer of Steak at Grubesteak.com.
  
  
• Paul Decelles posts some amazing pictures and commentary about A Hidden Gem at theforcethat.
  
  
• j.d. examines a different kind of space with Cowley Co. College students punished over myspace blog? posted at evolution.

And this week's Honorary KGB blogger goes to...

• Melissa at Space and Time represents Kansas' west side with an interview of the baby sitter that wasn't hired.

Well, there you have it. Travel seems to be a theme today, which is appropriated given the holiday.

So get off of the Internet and go out and enjoy the day.

Cheers!

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB, travel, Clinton Lake, baby sitter, Amazon

West Side represent, yo

Quick, tie a string around your index finger.

This string is there to remind you to submit a blog post for the Kansas Guild of Bloggers Carnival that will be posted on Monday, May 29.

Here are a few quick guidelines:

• Participating bloggers should be either living in Kansas or should at some time have lived in Kansas.
• Or, participating bloggers should have at some point traveled through, around, or over Kansas.
• Or, participating bloggers should have something to say that would be relevant to people living in Kansas.

That should about cover everyone.

One thing I would like to see more of is bloggers from western Kansas. Recent KGB carnivals have been pretty east-Kansas heavy, so if you know anyone from the West Side, tell them they better represent, yo.

And it always helps when you mention this call for entries on your blog. Feel free to include the submit link as well.

Thanks. Check back Monday for the roundup.

tagged: Kansas, blog, blogger, carnival, KGB