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Wichita, Home of Runaway Trailer Parks and Churches

Visited Wichita this weekend with Indie Dan, a good friend of mine, and were reminded of why we left. Sure, it’s no Detroit (“Paris of the Midwest”), but I’m not exactly clamoring to get back there either. Exhibit A: A typical feature article in our city’s illustrious paper: Runaway Trailers Repeatedly Kill: Runaway-trailer crashes are [...]

The Crystal Ship

Spent this past weekend in Wichita, helping my other parent move. Luckily, he was only moving to the east edge of town, not the eastern edge of the country; unluckily, my dad is just about the worst person to help move ever. Note to those who want to enlist people’s help moving, and don’t have [...]

Notes from the Heartland: The Turnpike

I hate driving, and will go to great lengths to avoid it, but I’ve rather grown to enjoy the two and a half hour drive to visit home. People complain about the boring Kansas scenery to the point of it becoming cliché. I disagree. Sure, there’s not much challenge to driving on the perfectly flat, [...]

Blame Wichita

Like almost everyone under the age of 25 in this town, I’ve been back home for Thanksgiving break. Home, for me, is Wichita, KS, something I don’t really admit with pride. For those of you stumbling on this page that have never been to Wichita, you’re not really missing much. Wichita is home to a [...]