Comments for Stefan Kamph

Comment on A Mixed-Up Tale of Adoption, Stalking and Abuse by sandy

sandy — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:44:06 +0000

Stephan, I have followed you on the juice and have found you have spoke the truth and only the truth as you were told. I do believe that Bowman could do and has done what Harper has reported. Just looking at the picture of this man you can see in his face he is hiding something. His wife I am sure had knowledge of what was happening with her husband , for the simple reason why stand in front of a Judge and lie saying he threaten her husband when the judge himself told police all Harper said was come out side. In listening to the stories and untruths of this case these two people Bowman and his beloved wife need to be disbarred and brought up on charges. The shame of it is this kid Harper is going to pay the price of living with this nightmare.It is sad that after watching the news and seeing what DCF is all about and now with those poor kids from Miami Who in Gods name gave these people the right of placing these kids in homes where things don’t seem right?

Comment on In Which Entering the Rain Shadow of the Cascades and Entering Central Oregon Compels Me to Record Video While Driving by Lindsay Perez

Lindsay Perez — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 04:13:21 +0000

Bit of a throwback here…Lindsay Perez from Peddie. I just bumped into your blog on facebook and could not help but notice the “crossing the Cascades” video. I , too, embarked on a cross country trip this past summer. You managed to highlight one of my favorite defining landscape transitions throughout the entire journey. Hope you’re well. -Lindsay

Comment on My New Job by Angela

Angela — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:39:08 +0000

I’m a little behind, but anyway – congrats on the new gig!

Comment on Driving Across the Country by Bill Volk

Bill Volk — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:56:21 +0000

Pittsburgh isn’t as Rust Belt-ey as people may imagine. The population isn’t extremely diverse, because people still don’t immigrate to Pittsburgh in any significant numbers, but it’s livable and aesthetically pleasing, and I’m meeting more noteworthy people there all the time.

Comment on Driving Across the Country by s.mirk

s.mirk — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:34:22 +0000

Fossil, OR! Stop for a milkshake and also the free dig-your-own fossil bed.

Branson, MO has a Dolly Parton themed dinner-theater establishment definitely worth your while.

And you would probably get a kick out of touring the Focus on the Family HQ in Colorado Springs, CO. They have a GIANT SLIDE!

Comment on Driving Across the Country by Stefan

Stefan — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:57:43 +0000

@Evan: Thanks buddy. I knew you’d come through. I’ll be sure to try the BBQ, and that gated-streets thing in St. Louis sounds unmissable.
@Bill: I’m very curious about Pittsburgh. I imagine it as being a lot better than everybody thinks it is.

Also, I hope my trip doesn’t descend into unhinged idiocy like this:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/aug/23/ayn-rand-world-largest-book-ad

Comment on Driving Across the Country by Bill Volk

Bill Volk — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:41:03 +0000

If you wish to take a detour through Pittsburgh, I will give you a hero’s welcome and show you things both great and terrible.

Also, no journey through Kansas is complete without the World’s Largest Collection of the World’s Smallest Versions of the World’s Largest Things Traveling Roadside Attraction and Museum. I was a judge during the year when Scav Hunt sent people to Kansas I can forward you all the road trip items, if you desire.

Comment on Driving Across the Country by Evan

Evan — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:47:31 +0000

All right, you asked for it…

Kansas City BBQ: definitely Arthur Bryant’s, 1727 Brooklyn Ave, KCMO. Order a beef sandwich, of course, and take some sauce home with you.
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, 6726 Chippewa, St. Louis, MO. If you want to sound like a native, ask people in St. Louis where they went to high school. In a city as heavily Catholic, notoriously insular, and racially tense as St. Louis, this question (often known simply as “The Question”) will, with a little research, tell you everything you need to know about someone.
If you’re interested in the creepiest of Mormon culture, stop by Provo. While Temple Square in SLC is a one-square-block fortress of cultishness in what is in essence a rather typical Mountain West city, Provo (and surrounding Utah County) are 90% Mormon and offer a slice of life “behind the Zion Curtain.” Yes, folks, this is where a good chunk of those “Yes on 8″ donations came from.
The small town of Lucas in Central Kansas was a Scav Hunt stop two years ago, and is worth the detour. It’s best known for the Grassroots Art Center, spoons growing in a vacant lot downtown, a strange structure called the Garden of Eden, and, best of all, the World’s Largest Collection of the World’s Smallest Versions of the World’s Largest Things, an exhibit curated by an awesome woman named Erika Nelson. You might be able to see the world’s smallest version of the 2008 Scav Hunt list.
The private, gated streets of the Central West End in St. Louis, MO, one of the oddest manifestations of early-20th-century exclusionary zoning I’ve ever seen.
Moonlite Bar-B-Que in Owensboro, KY, for BBQ mutton and burgoo (a thick Kentucky stew).

Comment on Teaching Journalism to Fifth Graders by Richard

Richard — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:14:01 +0000

Stefan, that is possibly the best 1-page journalism lesson I’ve ever seen.

Comment on Teaching Journalism to Fifth Graders by Susan James

Susan James — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:32:12 +0000

Stefan I loved you journalism for fifth graders. What are you doing now? Obviously still reporting. Update me. Susan