The KGB Is-It-Mid-July-Already?? Carnival

The Kansas Guild of Bloggers' Carnival is back, with a selection of recent posts from KGB and other Kansas bloggers. I hope you'll visit some of these good people.

The one submission I received is about an upcoming referendum. On August 7, voters in Wichita's county, Sedgwick, will decide whether to permit casino gambling here (Kansas has a lottery, and the county already has greyhound racing). Russell Arben Fox of In Medias Res posted Casinos and the "Inevitability Argument," which makes the case that maybe casinos aren't so "inevitable" after all--not if we decide they aren't.

Ariel of Bittersweet Life recently posted his musings on the "Uncool implications of Radical Free Will".

Lyn of Bloggin Outloud comments briefly on a rebuttal Michael Medved offers in response to Christopher Hitchens' recent book, God Is not Great.

34-year-old Joel of Cup o' Joel muses on aging and the passage of time.

Speaking of which . . . Do you have a birthday approaching and, um, you're lacking a bit in the ol' liquidity department? Kevin of Becoming and Staying Debt-Free posts a list of restaurants offering freebies to birthday boys and girls.

Librarians are hip now--haven't you heard? JD of Evolution is on the case. Be sure, by the way, to see this as well.

Happy in Bag offers a review of a new restaurant in KCK, the Hash House a Go Go.

Bruce of It Seems to Me . . . has up a thoughtful post on how best to think of the idea of the "radical center" of Christianity.

LadyGunn engages in a bit of cat-blogging.

Red State Rabble offers up a correction to an earlier post. Here, the writer comments on things learned about Charles Darwin's attitudes about missionary work, thus complicating our understanding of Darwin's thinking about religion generally.

Bigsibling gives a suspicios e-mail a good fisking.

Paul of The force that through . . . muses on Intelligent Design and extrapolating God's preferences based on what is found/not found in the cosmos.

Aerik of The Science Ethicist has up a lengthy post addressing the issue of people discriminated against for not having religious beliefs.

Gwynne of The Shallow End briefly muses on state symbols.

Josh of Thoughts from Kansas posts a picture of the baby rhino recently born here in Wichita, along with brief comments on why rhinos are endangered.

Shea of A California Girl in Kansas hits a wine-sale jackpot. Sort of.

Melissa of Book Nut has a nice review of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Potter fans will also want to check out this.

And another review: Kyle of That Other Guy's Thoughts reviews Transformers.

That's all for this week.

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The new KGB Carnival is up . . .

. . . over at Paul's blog, The Force That Through . . . . Paul has posts from a couple of new (to us) blogs, as well as contributions from some of the usual suspects. Be sure to have a look.

Next Monday's Carnival will be here at good old Blog Meridian. I hope you'll consider contributing a post, by either e-mailing me a link or using the Blog Carnival submission form.

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Kansas Guild of Bloggers' Weekly Carnival: Memorial Day edition

A Memorial Day parade in Garnett, ca. 1882. Via the Kansas State Historical Society.

Here's hoping you and yours had a safe and restful holiday today.

I received no submissions for this week's Carnival, so what follows are selections I've made from last week's posts by KGBers and some selected Kansas bloggers. Enjoy.

From KGB members:

Appropriately for the day, Carolyn of A Prairie View has up a nice post on the meaning of Memorial Day and a tribute to her aunts.

Ariel bids farewell to the recently-completed semester and promises that his usual high-quality blog posts are on their way.

Bleeding Kansas takes the Democratic majority in the Congress to task for giving in so easily to pressures to pass a funding bill for the war in Iraq that does not have timetables for withdrawal included in it.

Here at Blog Meridian, I have a discussion about the disturbing intersection between nativist and Christianist rhetoric in the recent debates on the immigration bill before Congress.

Lyn of Bloggin' Out Loud purports to have the inside scoop on the new (and last) Harry Potter novel coming this summer. Thanks for spoiling it for us.

Kevin of Becoming and Staying Debt Free has a good news/bad news post: his finances stink; he has a date. You get to choose which is what news.

Lots of posts of late from J.D. of Evolution. The highlights are his comments on Lawrence's recently-approved domestic partner registry and an ode to his upstairs neighbor. Think of this ode--and, indeed, the entire upstairs-neighbor oeuvre--as anti-Petrarchian in their sentiment (and, thus, great fun to read).

Happy in Bag spots a groundhog in Kansas City and admits a rather odd breakfast-food fantasy.

Mike of Red Letter Day briefly notes the similarities between Stephen King's Dark Tower novels and the TV program Lost.

Red State Rabble (re)debates heliocentrism.

That same blog offers up commentary on Kentucky's new Creation Science Museum, as does Paul over at The Force That Through . . . .

Just so the available gentlemen reading this know, Melissa of Space and Time informs her readership that she is back in circulation.

Bigsibling has a thoughtful and disturbing post on historical revisionism in Great Britain.

In "Blogging for the Pandemic," Paul of The Force That Through . . . reports on how bloggers can serve as a source of information for the public and for government in event of a national emergency.

A briefcase disguised as a "circular file"? A "circular file" disguised as a briefcase? Gwynne of The Shallow End reports; you decide.

Be sure to mark next year's calendar for the gastronomical see-and0-be-seen event of the year, courtesy of Josh of Thoughts from Kansas.

Two posts from emawkc of Three O'Clock in the Morning. I'm beginning to think that he is secretly in the employ of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, or perhaps for the architects of the Nelson's new wing. In any event, here he links to a recent piece in Wired on the wing. And in other news, emawkc learns that little kids' mouth injuries bleed . . . a lot.

You say you don't know enough about The D of The D Rules? Well--here you go (warning: some crudities therein).

From non-KGB members:

Mousie Cat of Evolving Kansas has a post on the constitutionality of Kansas' recently-passed law regulating protests at funerals. Thank you, Phelps family and Westboro Baptist Church, for creating the need to make new law.

And finally, Katie of Here in Katie's Head blogs about the pleasures--and perils--of cellphones with the capacity for assignable ring-tones.

Next week's Carnival will be at the aforementioned Thoughts from Kansas. I hope you'll submit something for inclusion.

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KGB Carnival reminder

Paul of The Force that Through . . . informs me that it's still not too late to submit posts to the KGB Carnival--but he'll be posting it this evening. Or, you can post links to your posts right at the frog's mouth (if you go there, it'll make sense).

UPDATE: The carnival has arrived. Do be sure to go and visit; no matter one's taste(s) in blogs, the submissions Paul received and his own selections have you covered.

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KGB Reminder

The Kansas Guild of Bloggers' weekly Carnival will appear here tomorrow. Be sure to submit something of, from or concerning Kansas for inclusion, resulting in fame and fortune (and tens of visits) redounding to you.

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New KGB Carnival has been posted . . .

. . . over at The force that through . . . ". Be sure to go have a look.

Next week the Carnival will be here at good old Blog Meridian. I hope you'll submit a post for inclusion.

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Minimalist Carnival . . .

This is, alas, due to the fact that I'm snowed under with grading to do, it's Tuesday night, and I thus don't have time just now to supplement the submission I received. But, better a thin Carnival than nothing at all, so as to maintain the schedule.

emawkc presents Book report: The Judgment of Paris posted at Three O'Clock in the Morning.

Josh will be hosting next week's Carnival over at his place, Thoughts from Kansas. Between now and then, be sure to submit a post for inclusion. The more posts from the more people, the merrier. Really.

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