The Eleventh Hour
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
SJ-R.com has an online poll question:Do you think a third lane should be added to Interstate 55 going around Springfield to relieve congestion(The Yes votes are currently winning handily. I wonder how a realistic price tag would affect that vote.)But I h...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
The last thing any of us needs is another story of doom, especially ion a Monday morning. But over the weekend I read this article on the disappearance of large numbers of honey bees in this country and it is a bit worrisome. Bees, you see, make possibl...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
And here I thought Limbo had been dismissed by the Catholic Church decades ago. I guess it was justwait for itin limbo. I remember learning about Limbo in my early years at Catholic grade school, but then suddenly it was never mentioned again. Now if ...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Speaking of fast food, do you know anyone who hasnt complained that the pictures in fast food advertisements always look waaaay more appealing than the actual thing you get at the store Well, someone set out to visually document this phenomenon.H/T to ...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Last night's episode of 30 Rock mercilessly mocked the city of Cleveland, Ohio (although Mrs. TEH, who is smarter than me, says it was all just extreme product placement paid for by the Cleveland Tourism Bureau).Anyway, all that talk about Cleveland got m...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
As long as we are confessing our sins...I gave into temptation tonight and had my favorite fast food death munch: KFC extra crispy chicken breast, mashed potatoes with gravy, coleslaw, and green beans (for best results mix the potatoes, gravy and colesla...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
I wonder if Pete Townshend ever imagined the abuse one line from one of his songs would take. I wonder what he thinks about it now. I've seen, read and heard dozens of interviews with him over the years and I've never heard the topic come up.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
I have feeling this lawsuit is going nowhere, but I have to admit Id like to see Petrilli win.Unsuccessful Springfield Ward 8 aldermanic candidate George Petrilli has sued his opponent, Kris Theilen, former state treasurer Judy Baar Topinka and the Sanga...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
I was reading this MSNBC feature on the kids who were killed at Virginia Tech when I came across this:Austin Cloyd, age unknown, was a freshman majoring in international studies and French. Cloyd, born in Charlotte, N.C., lived in central Illinois with he...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Where I live: I can't believe my non-endorsement carried so little weight here in Ward 9. Steve Dove, won beating incumbent Larry Selinger. Jim Edgar's takeover of the Springfield City Council is now 10% complete!Davlin: Mayor for as long as he wants ...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Well, at least one person is certain Chicago will get the 2016 Olympics. Heres an ample excerpt (really, I left some for you to read at the other end of the link).The Olympic bidding process is a variant of a war of attrition. Every day for the next year...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Turns out it was a Korean student that did all the shooting yesterday at Virginia Tech. While the 23 year-old student was technically Korean, he and his family have been here since 1992. Strangely, one of the people he shot happened to be Korean as well...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
61 Americans troops have died in Iraq in the last two weeks or so.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Mayor -Tim Davlin9th Ward Alderman - Not Steve DoveNow a bit of explanation...Davlin - He's been a pretty good mayor. No major fuck-ups. He did see the city through the tornadoes (but his Katrina-esque TV ads were deplorable) and even became a major pla...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Here's the letter we got in the 9th Ward from former governor Jim Edgar endorsing aldermanic candidate Steve Dove.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
While we argue among ourselves about blogrolls, a huge tragedy is unfolding out east.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Sorry to be a bit ill-tempered here, but Ive had about enough of Iggy and his pointless swipes at me. Why would he suggest I might I delete his comment I rarely delete comments for any reason. Not only did I not delete his comment, I responded to it to ...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Note to Springfield bloggers:To get on the SJ-R Blogroll you must submit a request to have your blog included. It will not magically appear their without the request being made.Step 1: go here.Step 2: scroll to the bottom.Step 3: click the email link.Step...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Saturday I got two pieces of mail related to the city council race in my ward (9). Both were endorsing the challenger Steve Dove. One, a colorful flier, was from Raymond Poe. The other, a mass mailing letter, was from former Illinois governor Jim Edgar. J...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 year ago.
Hey, is Jim Leach blogging again under the name of Cyndi Check out this blog. I'd call that single-issue blogging.I don't know though, I completely disagree with the politics of both Molson and Lee but when they aren't doing politics they can be pretty...
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