Opinion

I was surfing the net late at night and something caught my eye while looking at sports scores.  It has long been debated which stadium stands as a favorite amongst Major League Baseball Fans, and I have long felt that Missouri has been graced with some good ones.

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As someone who watches the price of gas closely for some sign of reason for the raising or lowering of the price, I have to say that I am confused most of the time.Most of us would believe it should have nothing to do with some Sheikh in a small Arab country catching a cold, but the oil companies will use that excuse if there is no other.

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The movie channels have certainly brought a lot of variety in recent years. there have been several show series' that have made it on Showtime, Cinemax, HBO, STARZ, and others.

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Recently my family decided that it was time to get a second dog.   While my wife and I have always had a dog in our life, this would be the first dog that our kids would have the chance to really help pick out.  My wife is a big fan of dachshunds, while my kids like smaller type dogs.  We are not a puppy family, and am proud to say we've gotten all of our dogs from area shelters since we've been married.

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As if my inadequacies weren’t apparent enough, now I learn that a six-year-old girl can out spell me, as well as an 11-year-old boy and a 14-year girl in Kansas City. The National Spelling Bee is hurtful to people like me who have to use spell check for any word with more than four letters.

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The election coverage has been hot and heavy this year, especially since it's a presidential election year.  I have been bombarded constantly with commercials, robo-calls, fliers, and who knows what else trying to get me to vote one way or another. However, once I'm asked if I'm a member of the media, suddenly the conversation comes to a screeching halt.   While my opinion apparently becomes null and void,  I have to start wondering: how will my information be used?

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Denny and I headed to Council Bluffs, Iowa this weekend, and part of the allure of the town is the nearby casinos.  While I am not the biggest gambler in the world, I do like to go to the boats from time to time. I told Denny one of my great superstitions.

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Okay, I admit it, I can be a little judgmental sometime, and even a curmudgeon, but I can not believe my latest rant will not find a kindred spirit out there.

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I had a friend  that used to say “That jacks my jaw,” whenever something he saw or heard really bothered him. Yesterday, I saw one of my jaw jacking things at the intersection of 16th and Limit, as I waited to make a turn.

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Okay kids, I know we don’t live in a big city.  We here in the Sedalia area don’t have to deal with too much in terms of traffic. Having said that, I KNOW I can’t be the only person who gets annoyed at the way “some people’s children” drive in this town.

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