Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
I think Marie, who got the same request-for-blog I did in regard to the Sangamon County coroners race, gets it about right. The coroner does a job very few of us (including me) understand or have much, if any, contact with. Its one of those jobs where i...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
It's October! Or, it's Oktober! That means special Oktoberfest beers. I'm not sure what makes them special but it seems more and more brewers are putting them out as seasonal beers. I don't think that there is any standard "Oktober" formula, its just...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
I like this. Sarah Silverman has convinced me I need to vote. Not really; I was going to vote anyway. But anything with Sarah Silverman in it is funny and its message should be heeded.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
Im not gonna watch the debate but I will check out the important gaffes later on the blogs.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
I dont know why, but that pun has been floating around in my head for a while. Fortunately, someone else has the same vision.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
This is odd.[Southern Illinois University at Carbondale] is taking on the first national college study about the effects of quitting marijuana using the nicotine patch on withdrawal symptoms.The SIUC smoking laboratory, which has studied the effects of to...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
Our Senators are trying to set us up with an ugly plane.U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Barack Obama have asked the U.S. Air Force to station RC-12 aircraft in Springfield as part of a new flying mission for the 183rd Tactical Fighter Wing. The Springfield...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
In case you are interested, courtesy of the Sangamon County Circuit Clerks office here is a list of who is on the ballot here in Sangamon County. A number of candidates have websites and links are included.Im always surprised when I see whats on these ...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
Do we really need the school speed zones in front of high schools They do make some sense near elementary and middle schools, but high schoolsYesterday at lunch I was driving past Lutheran High School on West Washington and a cop happened to be right be...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
Whew...McCain is one angry old SOB. He still contends that Obama wanted to teach kindergartners in Illinois "comprehensive" sex education. That's a flat out lie, but here he is angrily and falsely sticking to his story. The man is nuts.He really ingrati...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
Can we all stop the mindless forwarding e-mails now E-mails are not new things anymore. And the accuracy track record for forwarded e-mails has to be around 5%. If you really must forward an e-mail, at least go to Snopes.com before making a fool of yo...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
I made an appointment today to get my flu shot. According to the CDC, there is plenty of flu vaccine this year. Viruses covered include:A/Brisbane/59/2007(H1N1)-like virusA/Brisbane/10/2007 (H3N2)-like virusB/Florida/4/2006-like virus.After my shot, I pla...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
My 5 year-old son has been itching to get into some of the new shirts we bought him for the school year. The problem's been that they were long sleeved and its been too warm to wear them. Today its cool enough for long sleeves. He excitedly put one on t...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
I agree, in principle, that the Obama campaign should pay the $50k the City of Springfield says it spent hosting the presidential hopefuls visit and speech here last month. Seems only fair since the city was being used as a backdrop for a campaign event....
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
No particular reason for this, but there was a big spider next to our garage a couple of weeks ago. Spidy has since abandoned his mighty web.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
I'm kind of amazed that the great deficiencies I found in Ronald Reagan and Dan Quayle have been supremely superseded by contemporary counterparts George W. Bush and Sarah Palin. I thought back in the '80s that I would have to live a lot longer than I hav...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
I'm gone for the weekend to review the progress of the surge against the deer insurgency in Southern Illinois. Anyone need anything (legal) from CarbondaleGo Dawgs.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
Stuff like this is far from the most important thing in a presidential campaign, but given their disproportionate influence on public opinion, I dont think its a good plan to get on the wrong side of a popular late night TV talk show host.Call it the Bl...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
I would take this virus one step farther and make it apply to all comments (and blog posts) everywhere.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
Get your beer on! On your feet. We all have seen beer hats and shirts, but have you ever looked down, way down Like to the socksAnd here are some shoes allegedly made out of beer cans.They sure do look comfortable.Heres another sort of beer footwear th...
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