The price of gas jumped 10 cents overnight here in KC on the Missouri side. WTF? FYI: I’ve noticed a trend in gas prices at the QT at 103rd and Wornall: Up on Thursday night or Friday, down a few pennies on Monday evening, then a big jump on Tuesday morning.

This week during my lunch break, I’ve started walking in and around the park near the office. Today, I saw a critter that looked an awful lot like a coyote — at least it looked like the coyote pictured in the wikipedia entry. I know there have been reports of coyote sightings here in the ‘burbs, but further south around 151st Street. I’m at roughly 112th. If it wasn’t a coyote, then it was a…

About 1:45 am, a storm cell hit this part of town. The sound of it caught my attention and disturbed me. It was a loud, constant roar, but the tree tops seemed listless, then waved wildly, and then seemed confused. And still, the roar continued, with hail and heavy rain. I think I’ve finally figured it out. I remember a similar sound from back in South Carolina, when we rode out Hurricane Hugo. We were about 100…