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Posted by Anonymous Communist 3 years ago.
The man you may know as Mr. Wizard has died at age 89.
I grew up a fanatic of “Mr.Wizard’s World” when it was on Nickelodeon. I remember one episode where he and a kid made a volcano that belched actual fire (none of that lame baking-sod...
Posted by Jerome Prophet 3 years ago.
Mr. Wizard Conducts Science ExperimentMr. Wizard has died. I'd watch Mr Wizard whenever he'd be on the Tonight Show, or if I'd accidentally find him on children's television decades ago. His pace was a bit slow for me, even as a kid, but on the Tonight S...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 3 years ago.
JMDL Library: Stamps honour four music icons: Canada.com, June 11, 2007
Joni gets her own stamp
Posted by Matt Penning Images 3 years ago.
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.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }With apologies to William Shakespeare:
From Romeo & Juliet, Act II, Scene II...
Posted by honey & quinine 3 years ago.
He’s a barker at the county fair
FOr a penny-pitch game.
He’s a pre-emptive striker
With no feel for propriety or shame.
Yet, we know from the annals of history
What Justice brings to the brazen misanthrope:
If his name were Hideki
He’d...
Posted by Occulas Blog 3 years ago.
Our conversation over dinner last night: Los Straightjackets led to Freddy Fender, Freddy Fender led to Marty Robbins, and a vague-but-hilarious childhood memory led me to the wikipedia and the imdb and, eventually, to the google and this video from Steve...
Posted by Where Dave Is 3 years ago.
Dave is
In LondonI was sitting in Oras living room minding my own business when I hear this loud commotion outside. At first I thought it was a car accident but the longer it goes on the less it sounds like that so I open the front door and realize it s...
Posted by Photos Et Cetera 3 years ago.
Ok, I am back. I was camping with my family for the last 5 days. No internet access :) Got some neat photos and also all of us had ticks on us. The nasty little buggers were everywhere. I have some photographs to share as well as a new pencil drawing...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 years ago.
Scratch the Illinois Lottery off the list of major revenue ideas, said House Speaker Michael Madigan Tuesday. The state legislative leaders agree overtime budget negotiations lack progress toward an agreement, but they do seem to be inching toward a pro...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
Speaking of Reagan, anyone care to guess what president, out of the last 10*, left office with a higher approval rating than when he went in Hint: this president also had the highest approval rating of the last 10 when he left office.Thats right: Bill C...
Posted by Springfield Illinois Yahoo Group 3 years ago.
Family Friendly WIBI 91.1 FM http://www.wibi.org/ Two events; pre-concert event and concert Sponsored by Westown Ford in Jacksonville
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
Hey, someone is swiping Peoria police officers: OK, so it's a slow blog day.
Posted by honey & quinine 3 years ago.
Monday Affirmation
Monday brought my head out from between my knees during a trip to the post office, I’m standing iat a counter with some old model airplane kits visible as I prepared a Priority Mail carton for shipping. A fellow I’d never m...
Posted by Illinois Channel 3 years ago.
Dan Walker is still in Springfield as this is written. Yesterday, the Illinois Channel, along with other Springfield media, interviewed the former Governor. Our interview, conducted by contributor Bernie Sieraki, will focus on the governor's policies ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* So, was the governor unfairly criticized for doing what he normally does - hog all the attention for himself This was in the Post-Dispatch over the weekend…
Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration has ordered private developers not to talk ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* Most Statehouse types respect House Speaker Madigan. If they don’t respect his priorities, they do respect his leadership abilities. The following was written by Rep. Jim Sacia, a downstate Republican. You won’t find much like this writt...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
Time magazine headline:The Speech That Brought Down a WallApparently, Reagan's "tear down this wall" line actually brought down the Berlin Wall (years later). I love revisionist GOP history as presented by the so-called liberal media.I see the logic thoug...
Posted by Pretty Good Jewelry 3 years ago.
This is a lovely pale apple green prehnite gem which I set into a pendant. (The color in the first picture is a little washed out, but it was taken outside with the sun beating down directly overhead.) It's not...
Posted by Pretty Good Jewelry 3 years ago.
Prehnite is my new favorite gemstone. I just love the glow it has! What I don't love are the black inclusions present in most of the prehnite bead strands that I run across, so I was very glad to find...
Posted by Anonymous Communist 3 years ago.
I was using Google Maps (which is the best) to research something at work recently, and I noticed something interesting on their Springfield map:Google labels the area south of Bunn Park as “Mildred.” Does anyone know why I had always known t...
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