Posted by An Embarrassment of Riches 3 years ago.
Here's an excerpt from an early draft version of a story I'm working on called "Wrestling Cowboy Blues." It's essentially the story of the role professional wrestling played in my life as a child. I loved wrestling, until one day when my favorite wrestl...
Posted by The Yule Blog 3 years ago.
Well, we’re about 35 hours away from the transformation of sj-r.com from our current design to our new one. I’ll be checking in here throughout and after the switchover process. I know people despise change on Web sites they visit often. I hat...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* The Sun-Times editorializes today on the sorry spectacle surrounding the pay raise votes… But all this squabbling over a pay raise serves only to underscore the buffoonery that passes for the state legislative process these days. State lawmakers ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* My Sun-Times column was pushed back to Monday because I got bumped by a special Roger Ebert column on Friday. Not like I could complain. He is Roger Ebert, after all, and Monday has a much higher readership than Friday. It came out OK for me. Here&...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* Business owners are routinely involved in lawsuits, and that can sometimes make for tough times on the campaign trail. This one doesn’t look good for Martin Ozinga… Chicago-area businessman and 11th Congressional District candidate Martin ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* Business owners are routinely involved in lawsuits, and that can sometimes make for tough times on the campaign trail. This one doesn’t look good for Martin Ozinga… Chicago-area businessman and 11th Congressional District candidate Martin ...

Posted by just another blog 3 years ago.
First of all I hope everyone had a Rockin Mothers Day!! I know I haven't been the best company lately, but I have turned the corner! Pinky swear!!! You know it is really bad when you friends call you to...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
Not so surprising results here.The intersection of Hedley Road and West White Oaks Drive was voted the most annoying intersection in the city by a plurality of residents taking an sj-r.com survey last week... And, according to the story, nothing can or wi...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 3 years ago.
Illinois State Armory, Second and Monroe. Part of a rather large memorial to the Maine. As in, remember the.Interesting word.
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s out there, especially mine :)  She’s not just a mom to my brother and I, she’s a mom to all of our friends, all of her workers, and many, many other kids out there. She’s one of the hardest...
Posted by Matt Penning Images 3 years ago.
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }After Church, lunch with my sister Trish, visiting with Karen’s Mom & ...
Posted by Matt Penning Images 3 years ago.
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }An experiment. I had my camera on a tripod, with a long exposure. I wanted to cap...

Posted by gotshoo? 3 years ago.
I could really use two Saturdays in a weekend; that’s still including a Sunday. Saturday I spent the day manicuring the lawn, planting a garden, and turning over the compost pile. That left no time to catch up on laundry or any of the numerous other...
Posted by Gurel.us Blog! 3 years ago.
I just heard that twenty Illinois wineries will sell their wines at a new downtown event on May 17 and 18, the same days as the Old Capitol Art Fair. I think this is a great idea. I will definitely visit the wine garden. Wine and art usually go hand in ha...
Posted by Jeffs Talk Tech Blog 3 years ago.
I'd like to say this has been fun. These web meetings have been interesting. Tonight, didn't get a huge turn out. It was informative though. vicb66 and I talked about free legal online TV sites. I had remembered I had heard of one called http://hulu.com a...
Posted by BriBlog 3 years ago.
I gotta tell ya, this looks like a resourceful man at work. Ed said, "Hell, I'm gonna string that couch up on the tree out yonder." Darlene said, "OK Ed, and put the Tiki lamp out there too, so we can swing at night and not get bit by the skeeters." Ed...
Posted by Jeffs Talk Tech Blog 3 years ago.
If anyone would like to join me I am on DimDim right now. You can email at info@talktechwithcti.com and I will add you to the meeting. Or you can just click on this link: Live Web Meeting pick a name and add an email address and you are in. I am also avai...

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