In life, there will always be naysayers - those skeptics who have to see to believe.

And, in reality, it's impossible for someone at least as large as former KU football coach Mark Mangino to ride in a sleigh stuffed with enough toys and wrappings to fill several hundred landfills, pulled by just nine reindeer (don't forget Rudolph), all the way around the globe.

In 24 hours.

In all weather.

All the while stuffing his belly with milk and cookies that he obviously doesn't need, without getting sick.

Not all, however, are concerned about the laws of gravity. 

**Editor's Update the story is up here.

I have a request. I want to know, especially in today’s economy, who is making his or her child’s costume. Not just a garbage bag with a kid stuck inside, mind you. 

My daughters are no longer losers.

Two-year-olds Brett and Kaci won their first real competition Oct. 17 – the Gypsum Fall Festival Halloween contest.

OK, I know. It’s not a state championship. It’s not even a sporting event.

But they won, thanks to a creative genius – their mother.

 And a father/daughter memory made

For some, it’s just a drum – one of those species of fish thatmany anglers throw back into the water.

But with her daddy by her side helping her hold the reel as sheslowly made one crank at a time, this ordinary drum would be the first fish formy daughter Kaci.