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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.

Kansas City, KS
Joined August 2009
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I present to you, the Tonganoxie split! @KevinRomary it holds true for flag football today!
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Hey @SamsungUS why does your customer service suck? Why can’t you deliver our fridge that was supposed to be delivered tomorrow? Why can’t anyone give us a direct answer other than “we are making this an escalated case”?
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Perfect way to end it. Now all these hack accounts get to yell and scream about how right they are about Bill Self, basketball and whatever else their confirmation bias will tell them. For us…Bill Self forever. See you next season.
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As a neutral observer. This egregious call completely changed the outcome of the game. 63-55 and the lay up would have made it a ten point game. Instead ISU retains the ball, hits a 3 ten seconds later. Which starts a 15-4 run. Good job @Big12Conference
Joseph Tugler was called for a kickball by the refs. Unreviewable play Iowa State made a 3 on the following play.
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Duh. You can’t tell me otherwise. Not tonight. Nothing clears
This might be the best environment to watch a sporting event in the United States
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Man what a special moment for the kids! This marks our second win in 6 years. IMO more impressive than any state title!
Tonight, we shine in Tonganoxie Middle School red and white as we celebrate the Grand Prize Winners of the 2025–26 Burns & McDonnell Battle of the Brains. Out of 710 innovative ideas submitted for the next Science City exhibit, the student team from Tonganoxie Middle School was announced today as the Grand Prize Winner for their proposal, “Mechanical Madness: The Science of Cars.” The school will receive a $50,000 grant to support STEM initiatives, along with the opportunity to collaborate with Burns & McDonnell and Science City professionals to bring their winning idea to life as Science City's next interactive exhibit.
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Trump's win shows us who we really are: This article by professor Aaron W. Hughey is one of the most powerful and accurate post-election indictments of America you'll ever read. 😳👇
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Replying to @WesWeather
@WesWeather @KSHB41 who said dinner on you if you get lightning and a rainbow?!
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The @NFL has a real problem. Why would anyone want to watch this game, let alone pay @amazon to see it? I’ve checked on my phone and really happy I’ve done literally anything else other than watch two teams punt all night. What a joke of a product.
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Congrats to @lukegrimm25 and them Hawks! Kai had an absolute blast today! Homecoming wins make this alum very happy! Rock Chalk!
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Dads and 90s kids, here's a fact: We had it so good with SportsCenter and we didn't know it.... How could we? We didn't know what was on the horizon that would try to take it down: first, league passes and TiVo and DirecTV... then the Internet and social media and YouTube... During that brief, bright spot in sports media in the 1990s, SportsCenter was the only way to get the day's highlights... We had black and white photos and box scores and features in the newspaper... We had brilliant writing and reporting and pictures in Sports Illustrated and Sporting News and ESPN: The Magazine... But for the day's highlights... To watch Ken Griffey Jr. make a diving catch or Jordan hit a game winner or Barry Sanders twirl through a defensive line... If you didn't catch it live, the only way to see it was on SportsCenter (maybe your local news sports show - maybe)... And into this void stepped Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen and Craig Kilborn and Linda Cohn and Robin Roberts and crew... And all the catch phrases every kid in high school and college would repeat: "cool as the other side of the pillow"... Jumanji... En Fuego.... We'd watch SportsCenter at night then again in the morning. It was a monolith. You'd show up at school and you'd have the same frame of reference for the highlights you saw. It was a shared experience. It was awesome. And even though the show still exists and works, it's not a cultural touchstone anymore... it can't be... not with every highlight available from 1,000 sources across social media instantly... And there are bright spots to be sure... My man and Top 10 Randy (@RandyScottESPN) is terrific. So are plenty of others. But classic SC, man. It was a shared experience. By everyone. These kids don't know... Sitting there, retweeting highlights, sharing reels, scrolling their feeds... Doing the work to find what they like with no commentary or context. Times change. I get it. And we always glorify what we grew up on. Maybe that's all this is. Still, I miss Stu Scott. He ruled. If you agree, share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel. Boo-Yah!
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Athletes in High School: play multiple sports. Thanks.
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Go Big XII!
Hard not to be happy for K-State. Those fans have been waiting for something like this for awhile and with a coach like Tang and guys like Johnson and Nowell, it’s hard not to be happy for their success. They’re a likable bunch. Also never hurts to see Calipari get bounced.
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Just shut the hell up.
Marjorie Taylor Greene on Confederate statues: “If I were Black people today and I walked by one of those statues I would be so proud because I’d say look how far I have come in this country.”
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"If you defend, rebound and limit turnovers, you’re going to put yourself in a position where you can win games" – Stan Van Gundy
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Q: What advice would you give to a parent who thinks their kid plays for a bad coach? Bill Self:
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Keep it in the state! The program I hope to become! Rock Chalk!
Congrats & good luck to K-State in the big 12 title game. KU didn’t deserve to win this game & you guys deserve it…they have a legit chance to beat TCU. Congrats
Damn @Money23Green hard to get 6 rebounds when you guys don’t miss! Thought this was one of the easy legs!
My favorite FUNDAMENTALS drills organized in a playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Be kind. Say thank you. Hold the door open. Compliment as many people as you can. Point out the good and be the good. Treat others the way you want to be treated. Love, serve and care. The world needs more of this today (and every day)!
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