Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
I have several books on my shelf at work related to the job I do. Some have been sitting there for years. Just sitting. A part of me keeps them around because I think I might want to refer to them or, in a moment of compete fantasy, I pretend I might actu...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
The 26th Man comes out of hiatus to chime in on the idea, seemingly only in the minds of local bloggers, that Springfield needs a new baseball facility. He has some ideas of his own and even runs through the list of failed minor league teams of Springfiel...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
This story doesnt answer the biggest question I have: who was Melman (Calvert DeForest) before Lettermen He had a long life before David Letterman made him famous. So what was it about The saddest line in the story is the last one:There will be no f...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Theres been some discussion on the blogs about this Wall Street Journal article describing the bad days the recording industry is having selling CDs and making money in general.A lot of the blame seems to be along the lines of there being no good new mus...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
That may be the dumbest campaign slogan in history. I realize this was done by some amateur but still, good grief.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Is this like calling one of those cash dispensers an ATM machine Im as guilty as anyone of violating grammatical rules and falling for colloquialisms (just look around this blog) but I still enjoy a good rant invoking grammatical correctness.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
I find this fascinating. What we have here is a total bypass of the traditional media in what is a labor-intensive task of reporting. Going thorough 3000 documents would be very taxing for any news organization but what Josh Marshall has done is call up...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
The 183rd sure has been busy over Springfield the last two days. At least I assume its them. Whats up with that Well, they are of course but dont they usually practice somewhere else
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Im trying to stay optimistic about SIUs chances against Kansas, but stuff like this makes it damn difficult:COLUMBUS, Ohio - You'd have to search a long time to find a better-looking basketball team than the Kansas Jayhawks.They're the No. 1 seed in the...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Cenk asks the right questions:A recent CNN poll showed that only 35 percent of Americans are confident we're going to win this war [in Iraq]. So, there must be panic in the streets, rightI mean if we're not going to win the war, then we must be getting ...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Micah over at Just Two Guys has an ambitious proposal for a new baseball stadium in Springfield. I wouldnt call it a plan exactly because its just in the dream stage and the dirty details (like cost and location) arent addressed.Still, ignoring the dev...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Hey smokers*, not only do you stink but you're ugly too.*Taunt only valid toward people who smoke in public or around their children and the arrogant assholes fighting smoking bans, many of whom comment at the SJ-R online.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
In case you needed reminding, even the highest institutions of the land are still subject to the absurd. Can you believe the Supreme Court is hearing this caseWASHINGTON (AP) -- A high school senior's 14-foot banner proclaiming "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" gave ...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
The SJ-R's "Springfieldish" blogroll is up.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
This seems so simple to me but I guess partisan eyes will interpret things differently. Ive seen a number of bloggers and others on the left admire the large crowds Barack Obama draws and declare their must be something really special about his message....
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
This story could have been a lot worse. Someone traveling at 80-100 miles an hour with a blood alcohol level of five times the legal limit is a death machine.So what should be done I know! Lets lower the legal blood alcohol limit; that ought to do it.Th...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
This photo of a protester at an anti-war rally over the weekend caught my eye because it looks like this 88 year old man is wearing, and fitting in, his old WWII uniform. Who among us can fit in the clothes of our youth Or maybe it isnt his old uniform....
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
As someone who has been reading Josh Marshalls blog work for years, and even had a few e-mail exchanges with him in his early (and solo) Talking Points Memo days, I must say Im really happy about his success. It also confirms that talented bloggers rea...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Last night's Colbert Report featured a segment on the Illinois 17th Congressional district and Represeantative Phil Hare. Included was some background on the 17th district including this set of photos:Hat tip to The Inside Dope from whom I lifted the pic...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
I dont think its any secret that Springfield Ald. Bruce Strom faces a huge uphill battle against his mayoral opponent, incumbent Mayor Tim Davlin. In fact, if things continue go the way they have been in the campaign, Strom is doomed. He really needs ...
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