@ibleedbrown said:

 Does anyone else think its weird that the largest city in Missouri decided to name itself after its neighbor state to the west?  

It was named after the Kansas River and KC was basically the starting point of the Santa Fe Trail. I am fascinated by this history

Thanks for the welcome, Orion. I am doing good on this account but I sure do miss our long talks. I have been a Browns fan for a long while. 

This is Michael's brother. He talked about the Browns Board all of the time.

His widow Nancy is doing ok. The banker and the clerk at the social security office helped her with the estate business, which was a relief. She only had to do the running around and that kept her busy. 

He had a difficult several months with several hospitalizations. He waved off the last treatment and went home where he wanted to be. We get some solace that that was how it "should be". 

Before grunge, there had never been music that didn't sell out to CORPORATE ROCK!