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Posted by Disarranging Mine 6 months ago.
These are screenshots from one of my favorite Android apps: Quake Alert. I have it set to send me an alert whenever there's an earthquake within 600 miles of Springfield. As you can see, seismic activity has picked up a little since June. I hope no one...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 6 months ago.
I couldn't help but notice this statement by the SJ-R in this week's Cheers and Jeers:Hanson has installed a web camera at Lincoln, 300 S. 11th St., to let students follow progress of the construction of the city’s first traffic roundabout at 12 Str...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 6 months ago.
Having made it about four miles past the rampaging river, they looked at each other and smiled. It was time to breathe. She reached over and touched his arm. Things were going to be okay, again. The past was behind them. Really behind them. They bot...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 6 months ago.
That's actually Tuesday's sunset. Wouldn't it be great if the colors of our lives were like that all the time.My youngest daughter's office recently moved. Some goose reportedly laid its eggs there and after the eggs hatched, they got this rubber coyote...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 6 months ago.
Are ya getting tired of these fountains Good. Me either.These are my top three favorite midnight bowling songs in no particular order, except for the last one:* Itchycoo Park by the Small Faces* Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser* And the number one of number o...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 6 months ago.
"My friend doesn't know the proper way to eat soup. I want you to go out to lunch with us so you can see how he eats soup and then tell me what you think."Okay, I said, but only because he was buying.We sat in a booth. Him to my right, the friend across...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 7 months ago.
Star spangled cupcake.Father and son spending some quality time at the park.This is an American tavern story: Dyer's Bar and Grill in Detroit. Love the photo.Speaking of last chance taverns, Endres needs a mayor.We are all Real Americans.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 7 months ago.
* I meant to mention I got an Android phone back in February. I totally love it. Best technology decision I made in a long time.* We had such high hopes for ethanol from corn at one time. This reader comment in an article in the Galesburg paper about t...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 7 months ago.
10-1/2 Street, Springfield, Illinois.* One Day in Your Life: June 14, 1976.* Top 10 Flag Songs.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 7 months ago.
The 17th Corps Field Hospital is in town:“When we cut off a hand with a saw, you hear something that sounds like we’re going through the bone,” said Trevor Steinbach, president of the 17th Corps Field Hospital.From the other side of the ...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 7 months ago.
We ordered lunch from Dublin Pub today. They gave me an assortment of ketchup packets with my burger and fries. The burger was fantastic, by the way (even if it was from a preformed mass produced frozen patty).
Posted by Disarranging Mine 8 months ago.
Looks like we skipped right ahead to August. Let's see if we think cool thoughts.Ah, that's much better.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 8 months ago.
It has come to my attention that most people outside of Illinois have no idea we're in the midst of Rod Blagojevich's re-trial. For the last several days, he's been on the witness stand telling his version of whatever. Following is my summary of his tes...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 8 months ago.
From the west down to the east.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 8 months ago.
Three of my favorite Creedence Clearwater Revival songs:1. Looking Out My BackdoorBest song misinterpreted by everyone else, except the three-year-old for whom it was written, as a drug song. Also, should be the official song of the State of Illinois.2. ...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 8 months ago.
Open Congress: A Brief History of Debt Limit Votes in the House. For future reference.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 8 months ago.
My boss brought this voodoo doll back from a conference in New Orleans for me.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 8 months ago.
These Mississippi flood pictures bring to mind that classic, Ol' Man River.
Posted by Disarranging Mine 9 months ago.
The sun was behind the clouds. It was getting dark. I looked up and there was this amazing light shining above the ground and below the sky, which I tried to capture with my Android camera. At first I thought it was a huge spotlight from a helicopter o...
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