Posted by Just Two Guys 3 months ago.
Jayette Bolinski wrote a nice post today on the In All Fairness blog regarding Access 4's upcoming coverage of the Twilight Parade. I'm told there will also be a little piece in the paper tomorrow regarding the coverage. This is the first time that Acce...
Posted by Just Two Guys 3 months ago.
This morning as I was reading the SJ-R story about Paul McCartney's now famous "pit stop" at a Circle K on the East Side, I couldn't help but feel a twinge of sorrow for our very own Carl Madonna. Here's the clip:Brandon admitted she gets excited when Ca...
Posted by Just Two Guys 3 months ago.
This morning, I was browsing the State Fair Parade Route on Google Maps when I noticed the Street View tab. I've often longed for the Street View feature for Springfield, and now we finally have it. Just last week, in fact, Aubrey said to me, "I wish we...
Posted by Just Two Guys 3 months ago.
We got a call today from Brian at Access 4. It turns out that the Access 4 station has recently gotten its hands on some new equipment that allows them to stream live video. The station is planning to do a live show on Thursday night starting at 6:00 PM...
Posted by Just Two Guys 3 months ago.
During my visit yesterday to the Springfield Prompt Care on MacArthur, I was told that the Department of Public Health could give me the rabies vaccine. I went there this morning and was told that they do not offer the rabies vaccine.Remembering that the...
Posted by Just Two Guys 3 months ago.
Last night as Aubrey and I were making our way to Washington Park, we saw a woman and her dog in the middle of Fayette. As we drew nearer, the woman turned, leash in hand, and walked briskly away from the dog, a pregnant beagle. We didn't really know wh...
Posted by Just Two Guys 3 months ago.
Many of you have probably seen this video of an adult lion reunited with the two men who raised him. The story goes that these two guys, Anthony Bourke and John Rendall rescued the lion when he was just a 35 pound cub from a tiny cage in a Harrod's depar...
Posted by Just Two Guys 3 months ago.
One of my friends who lives on the East Coast once asked me what the dining scene is like here in Springfield. He lives in Philadelphia and has an entire spectrum of restaurants from which to choose. Just a short train ride, and he has the world-class c...
Posted by Just Two Guys 3 months ago.
Last year, I had the chance to catch the Avett Brothers blow the doors off the Hoogland Center with their unique bluegrass punk pop, and I thought, "Wow, I'll never see a musical performance this good in Springfield again."That was, until I saw that Boban...
Posted by Just Two Guys 3 months ago.
Aubrey and I spent the better part of the last week remodeling our kitchen. I took Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday off with hopes that those three full days, plus the two weekend days would give us ample time to finish the job. We repainted all of our w...
Posted by Just Two Guys 4 months ago.
Okay, I know that these videos are highly skewed. Only the stupidest answers are selected for air. The intelligent, correct answers don't prove the intended point, so they are left on the cutting room floor. Okay, I get it. That said, it is embarrassi...
Posted by Just Two Guys 4 months ago.
I have to wholeheartedly thank the Hoogland Center for bringing Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar to Springfield. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for us here in Springfield to see such a unique and talented musical group. I've been interested in T...
Posted by Just Two Guys 4 months ago.
Some days at lunch, Aubrey and I watch Roseanne. Some days Roseanne sucks and we watch Leave it to Beaver. Today, we watched Leave it to Beaver. It was an episode in which Beaver begs June and Ward for permission to start riding his bike to school like...
Posted by Just Two Guys 4 months ago.
I was happy to see this article in the SJ-R today written by Jim Ruppert. I'm glad there is at least some talk outside of the blogging community and backyard barbeques. Ruppert rightly points out the need for a new stadium and the examples of cities sim...
Posted by Just Two Guys 4 months ago.
I can rap better than these guys. You owe it to yourself to at least wait for the second guy to rap. He is just ridiculous, and his eyes bug out in this really inhuman way.Best Rap Battle Ever!
Posted by Just Two Guys 4 months ago.
From "The Life Story of a Tick" by Constance Casey, Slate Magazine: "Ticks not only extract blood, they ooze pathogens from their salivary glands into the wound they've sliced with their tiny claws and penetrated with their barbed mouthparts."Aubrey and I...
Posted by Just Two Guys 4 months ago.
You learn something new everyday. "Out of Left Field" is a common expression. I often use it. I have never even cared to know where it came from but a recent article shed new light. Being a Cubs fan, I can say this is turning out to be a very fun year...
Posted by Just Two Guys 4 months ago.
Aubrey raises a good question here.I was with her the night she took this photograph. We were actually parked on the street, and Aubrey was snapping pictures of Incredibly Delicious across the street. When she came back to the car, I said, "Look at the ...
Posted by Just Two Guys 5 months ago.
I found this today as I was browsing an appendix on Hamlet in Google Books. I thought it was pretty cool. It looks almost like an album cover or something for a noise band. They always have the most random album covers.
Posted by Just Two Guys 5 months ago.
Aubrey and I went to the first Local Flavors dinner tonight at Maldaners. Local Flavors is a dinner series sponsored by the Illinois Stewardship Alliance that will be ongoing throughout the summer at various local restaurants. The concept is simple. Ea...
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