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I posted/tweeted those words on Monday night during the NCAA Championship game. Here’s why. They broke in the best NCAA basketball game in years to tell us about rain and a tornado 150 miles away….for an HOUR!!!!! Look – I get it. Tornado coming, pop on tell the community tornado is coming, then pop off. [...]

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I had this crazy idea one day last November while visiting Washburn Rural High School. The backstory: I’m a bit of an art geek. Yes, it’s true. The Denver Art Museum was a haven for me. In fact, last month I took the kids to the Kemper Contemporary in Kansas City. They like it as [...]

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We are living in some temporary housing right now and the school that we are zoned for is in an older part of town, USD 501 for those of you familiar with Topeka. During our parent-teacher conferences, I was struck by the statements of the teachers. 67% of the students at the school qualify for [...]

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Went to the zoo today with the fam. Learned the elevation of Topeka.

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Here’s a helpful FAQ concerning our move: Will you become a Chiefs fan? Obviously asked by people who don’t have a clue and don’t know the English family. No. Good heavens, no. I can never remember a time in my live when I didn’t bleed orange and blue for the Broncos. I moved here to [...]

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