spfldbloggers
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
This is the picture accompanying the story in today’s SJ-R about the thriving bingo business here in Springfield. But what’s this guy’s deal He’s waaaaay too young to want to be playing bingo. Hopefully he’s just there to help his grandma.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
I suppose they have their reasons (that are none of my business, so I won’t ask) but I work with a married couple who come to work at the same time but drive separate cars. They often park right next to each other. They work feet from each other. Why th...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
Gay marriage will be legal in Illinois in 2012. Or so it says here.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
Charles Warner on the future of books (hint - there isn’t one):Last week I received an advanced copy of my book (printed on paper), Media Selling, Fourth Edition, and I was thrilled to finally hold it and turn its pages. I used the book last fall in a g...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
So did you get screwed at Circuit CityCircuit City hired professional liquidation services to run the final days of the chain. And somewhat counterintuitively, the first thing the liquidators did was raise prices. Substantially. And it worked. Merchandis...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
Of all the issues out there, I really think the most indefensible is the right’s opposition to gay marriage. I don’t mean just repugnant or wrong-headed, but genuinely indefensible. They really have nothing that doesn’t boil down to just some sort o...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
I voted today but only knew one person on the ballot out of four races. I guess I should have given a shit.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
Some mildly funny excuse for being late to work here. But in my days working in the Springfield unemployment office, I think the best excuse for not showing up for work (and then getting fired) involved….a volcano. You see, this discharged worker was or...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
What caught my eye in this Kevin Drum post wasn't the phosphate "controversy", but the associated photo:That old-time dishwasher is at a height where you don't have to bend over to load/unload! Man, I wish I had one of those. What will they think of ne...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
I really don't get why this is considered patriotic but if you are the Dixie Chicks and say you don't like George Bush you are America-haters.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
Did I miss this in the local press when it happened…in one case [Megan Fulara, a community outreach liaison from the Illinois Attorney General's office] described involving a young Springfield girl who developed an online friendship."For seven months, ...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
I’ve turned comments back on but they will now be moderated. Turns out, Blogger has a decent moderating sytem that will let me filter out the BS. That means your comment will not immediately show up and if you’re my racist troll, they won’t ever sho...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
Blagojevich sucks! He coulda had class. He coulda been a contender. He coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what he is…
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
I generally stay away from commenting on some of the stranger things I see reading the obituaries in the SJ-R since I don’t want to come across as making fun of someone’s recently deceased friend or relative. But today the SJ-R (online anyway) has two...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
Due to an increasing infestation of wingnuts (and the resulting political pie fights), I finally left the springfieldillinois Yahoo group. I can get Teh Stupid on right wing blogs. I was more interested in Springfield non-political information and that se...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
April Fool’s Day pranks rule! Let me tell you about some really funny ones. Why is no one laughing Anyway, Dave Kelm is leaving our airwaves to become a lawyer. Kevan Kavanaugh’s commentaries can be heard regularly on AM 970 WMAY.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
What a dreamy politician! Oh…My…God!The first time I ever heard of Congressman Aaron Schock, I was hanging out with some friends during a girls' night in, and one of my friends yelled to me from the other room: “Meghan, there’s a congressman on TM...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
ShamWow pitchman, Vince, arrested in Miami. Details.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
New names rock! Springfield’s east side can be revitalized if we rename it North LaCrosse. Kevan Kavanaugh’s commentaries can be heard regularly on AM 970 WMAY.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
The stupid here almost hurts. Our own Rep. John Shimkus (R-Not as Smart as a 5th Grader) speaking about man-made carbon dioxide:SHIMKUS: It's plant food ... So if we decrease the use of carbon dioxide, are we not taking away plant food from the atmosphe...
Spfldbloggers is a collection of blogs from the Springfield, Illinois area. Every ten minutes the site fetches RSS feeds from blogs in the blog roll and then stores a summary of blog posts.
If you are from the Springfield area, have a blog, and want to be included go to the Sign Up page.
If you are from the Springfield area, have a blog, and want to be included go to the Sign Up page.
Spfldbloggers was created by Chris Scheufele of Afterhours Development.
If you're looking for redesign on a business site, a facelift to a high trafficked blog, or even something a little more complicated...
Contact AHD at
'sayhello@afterhoursdevelopment.com'
or call 217.971.8332.