http://spfldbloggers.com/ A news aggregator for local Springfield Illinois blogs. en-us http://spfldbloggers.com/feed.php This ranks right behind the classic Abe Lincoln “They’d have to shoot me to get me back to Springfield.” Viewed in the window of The Cardologist, 225 S. Sixth St., but I’m sure it’s also available at Prairie Archives on the O... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40453/rss 2010-09-03 00:42:45 Call me in the morning.... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40452/rss 2010-09-02 22:53:17 Personalized license plates are all the rage.  People tell other drivers about themselves or what they are into by their personalized license plates.Sometimes, people make questionable decisions when choosing a vanity or personalized license plate.Th... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40451/rss 2010-09-02 21:19:20 I’m a weather junkie. I watch all the storm chasing shows and would have loved to be a meteorologist in another life. I was on my way back from covering an assignment in Jacksonville when this afternoon’s storms started brewing. I decided to t... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40450/rss 2010-09-02 19:44:18 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }Two and a half inches of rain in little more than an hours time produced this gush... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40449/rss 2010-09-02 18:54:53 by Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times Intel Corp., the world’s largest chip maker, is buying its way into the security software market by paying about $7.7 billion to acquire one of the biggest players in the cyber-protection field, McAfee Inc. Intel of... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40446/rss 2010-09-02 18:25:56 [ October 2, 2010; 8:30 am; ] Annual Buddy WalkOct. 2, 2010 - Oct. 2, 2010 , Registration @ 8:30am; Walk @ 10:00amPrairieland Elementary School1300 E. Raab RoadNormal, IL 61761309.452.3264On Saturday, October 2, 2010, the Central Illinois Down Syndrome Or... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40448/rss 2010-09-02 18:23:28 by Kelly, Into Mobile Good ole Bean town, it was the first to toss that English tea into the drink and now it is going to be the one of first major hotbeds for 4G technology. Yes, all you Bostonians have cause to rejoice- within the next 6-8 months, you w... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40447/rss 2010-09-02 18:20:35 by Lance Whitney, CNet news.com The number of people who subscribe to LTE next-generation wireless broadband services is expected to reach 300 million by 2015, compared with 500,000 this year, according to a report released Wednesday by Juniper Research. ... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40445/rss 2010-09-02 18:16:32 [ September 14, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Williamsville Community CenterWilliamsville, ILSEPTEMBER 14, 2010Registration 6:30 PMBingo 7:00 PM  http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40444/rss 2010-09-02 17:04:49 Chatham planning coordinator Mike Williamsen is serving as a consultant on the project to prepare Illinois for high-speed rail.Williamsen last month told trustees he is a sub-consultant for Parsons Brinckerhoff, which is the project manager for the Illino... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40443/rss 2010-09-02 16:23:58 By Jamey DunnAfter repeatedly defending Department of Corrections Director Michael Randle, Gov. Pat Quinn is now seeking his replacement and facing political fallout as another top staffer makes an exit so close to the general election.The Chicago Tribune... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40442/rss 2010-09-02 16:09:33 HERE IT IS!  BEV IS WEARING ONE OF HER FABULOUS PRIZES, HER SPAM T-SHIRT! mom has this cute little spam truck.  she brought it over to show bev, and i’m not entirely sure why she didn’t want to give it to her.  maybe mom is going to enter s... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40440/rss 2010-09-02 13:29:51 Posted by Barton Lorimor The same afternoon Jan Schakowsky was endorsing Forrest Claypool for Cook County Assesor, her campaign manager was at a fundraiser for her challenger, Joel Pollak, and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan in Skokie. A witness dropped me an e-mail ... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40439/rss 2010-09-02 13:28:33 I’m curious about some recent research challenging the whole notion of different learning styles and differentiated instruction, two very general terms that support what most people take for granted — that not everyone learns the same way. There a... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40436/rss 2010-09-02 11:07:19 As they say in the article, make sure it is not a dip in an open sewer. I have had this experience. It was one of the reasons I left Tampa never to return. They built their sewage ponds right next to the ocean and when there was a bad storm…it would... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40435/rss 2010-09-02 10:26:09 Playing guitar and singing at a gallery reception reminds me of grocery shopping with mom when I was five years old and being attracted to darn near every package of cookies I saw in the cookie aisle. There were so many times I wanted to stop and look clo... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40433/rss 2010-09-02 09:37:52 While our Springfield Moms website declines to get involved in political races, we do believe strongly that civic engagement has never been more important  to our schools and communities than it is right now.   With that in mind, we wanted to share ... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40434/rss 2010-09-02 09:33:35 While doing some shopping up north in Wisconsin, I was upset to find fall clothes and fall shoes. It occurred to me that some people were heading back to school and stocking up for FALL. I just wasn't ready for it. I didn't find any new shoes and despite ... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40432/rss 2010-09-02 09:00:50 “Sorry Sharon, but we’ve only got so much money for raises, and George has children and a wife to support, maybe next year. “   Sharon may have just been discriminated against. In this case, the discrimination was most likely sex discrimination... http://spfldbloggers.com/link/40431/rss 2010-09-02 08:30:41