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Posted by Are You Sassfied?
You know that song "A few of my favorite things," from The Sound of Music Get that tune in your head. Got itWith that in your head...read THIS:
________________________________________________________________One laid off husband and bil...
Posted by schazd...It's a blog...I think
Barack Obama NCAA Bracket: March Madness Picks Include Kansas, Kentucky
Posted by Techno-News Blog
News Pressure groups see broadband investment as vital to the US economy US regulators have unveiled the nation's first plan to give every American super-fast broadband by 2020. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which has submitted the plan to ...
Posted by Techno-News Blog
Net criminals cashed in during 2009, suggests a report. US losses to online crime almost doubled during 2009, reveals a report. Losses totalled $560m (£371m) in 2009, up from $265m (£176m) in 2008, showed the annual report by the Internet Crime Complain...
Posted by Techno-News Blog
Twitter has announced technology that it hopes will further embed the service into the fabric of the web. @anywhere, as it is known, will allow people using websites such as Amazon or the New York Times to follow new users or share media directly from the...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog
By Jamey DunnGov. Pat Quinn signed a bill into law today that moves the state primary election back to the third Tuesday in March.The General Assembly moved the date up to the first Tuesday in February before the 2008 primary, when then-U.S. Sen. Barack O...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog
Or as I call it, Let’s Drink For The Sake Of Drinking And Use The Excuse Of “Ethnic Heritage” Day.
Oh, come on, people… “Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day”! Jeez… looking for a justification fo...
Posted by School Talk
You’ve probably read this by now — a NYT Magazine story about teacher quality, by Elizabeth Green. I recommend it if you haven’t.
Here’s the story (please tell me if the link no longer works).
Posted by Matt Penning Images
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.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }I’m so glad that Karen is an early riser.
This was taken from the balcony o...
Posted by Haven't Done Anything Yet
Well, I managed to get the house all sparkly clean last night. The rugs are in the dryer to prevent any Peanut fur from tarnishing my illusion of clean. I'm so ready for a house full of Wisconsinites. Tonight I am totally free for whatever may come up. He...
Posted by First Reading
Rochester’s first meeting to draft its budget for the next fiscal year is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the village hall’s executive conference room.
Those who attend may want to dress warmly.
When the village’s finance trustee, Wa...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog
* 11:56 am - The Democrats don’t catch a break after all…
The trial of Governor Rod Blagojevich will begin June 3, U.S. District Judge James Zagel decided Wednesday, turning down a request for a delay from Blagojevich’s attorneys.
Attorn...
Posted by honey & quinine
St. Patrick’s Day Song
by Job Conger
(introduction)
There’s a hint of winter leaving in the breeze upon the loch,
The kiss of spring upon the cheek beneath a sapphire sky.
It’s the time of year I harken to be something that I’m n...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog
Slightly cooler wetter Summers, and slightly warmer and wetter Falls with earlier first frosts. Oh that sounds so scary. But if you think about it, it is. I have said all along that the biggest early effect of Global Warming is the disruption in farming. ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog
* He didn’t really say a lot, but it’s rare to post video of a full speech by House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Madigan spoke to the IBEW this morning. He talked about the budget, the upcoming campaign and Sen. Bill Brady, among other things. ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog
* He didn’t really say a lot, but it’s rare to post video of a full speech by House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Madigan spoke to the IBEW this morning. He talked about the budget, the upcoming campaign and Sen. Bill Brady, among other things. ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 1 minute ago.
* Remember back in February when the Champaign city council rejected a federal grant to fight underage drinking
Ald. Tom Bruno questioned “the morality of accepting federal grant money for local purposes.” Mayor Jerry Schweighart said he w...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 1 hour ago.
* Ummm…
Appearing before a Republican audience in the Chicago suburbs Friday, Rep. Mark Kirk, the GOP nominee for Senate, sought to rally the partisan crowd with language about President Obama that may not sit well with some Illinois voters.
“We a...
Posted by UIS News Bureau 2 days 1 hour ago.
The American Political Science Association (APSA) has just announced that it is honoring University of Illinois Springfield political science professor Christopher Z. Mooney by naming a national Ph.D. dissertation award after him. Doctoral candidates wor...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 1 hour ago.
* Mike Noonan shaves his precious locks for St. Baldrick’s Day. Good tune, too. Check out the destruction…Mike raised over $5,000 to fight children’s cancer. Good for him. Donate by clicking here.
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