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  • Typical Day

    I’d say this is a pretty typical mail day for me, but it still cracks me up. A Cabela’s archery and shooting catalog. And, an Amazon delivery with a CPU & RAM.

  • Taylor Swift. Annoying. Yes. Role Model. Yes.

    My daughter listens to Taylor Swift, and while Taylor has her annoying quirks, she is a pretty amazing and powerful woman at age 25. Who else makes Apple do an about face on a product/service with her intelligent words? I’m happy to have my daughter look at her as a role model. http://time.com/3930308/taylor-swift-apple/

  • Reminder: 2015 Illinois Baseball was Awesome!

    I know there was a lot of confusion as to why Illinois Baseball lost to an “unranked” Vanderbilt squad. The confusion lie in the way the CWS gives out the 8 national seeds and only showed those numbers on TV. Vandy was a top 10 team in the nation in the last round of polls…

  • Lebron Will Never be as Good as Jordan

    Lebron will never be as good as Jordan. Jordan always found a way to take his mediocre group of teammates, put them on his back, and win in the NBA Finals.  Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson, tied for 1st all-time with 9 NBA titles, merely drew up the play to get the ball to…

  • Facebook Media Partnerships

    Your Facebook feed may start to look a little different. The technology and journalistic issues in play with “instant articles” are fascinating. I always try to find the actual sources of news I want to read. I may find their articles on FB, Twitter, etc, but usually end up reading them on the source site.…

  • Raising a Kid

    I think this is definitely my wife. She is a very good Mom…and boss.  I couldn’t raise a kid? C’mon I love bossing people around! “The Blood” is on Seinfeld tonight! Posted by Seinfeld on Monday, May 11, 2015

  • The Flag

    The Flag

    “The flag stands for all that we hold dear – freedom, democracy, government of the people, by the people, and for the people.” – Henry Cabot Lodge I LOVE flying the red, white, and blue. Best part of the tornado for us was the tree in our front yard getting snapped off. Which, gave us…

  • Damn Good Friends

    “Friends, damn good friends, you can count em all on one of your hands. You got a hundred buddies and a couple of damn good friends” Tyler Farr & Jason Aldean So true!

  • Fighting Illini Baseball to Host NCAA regional?

    Don’t look now, but Fighting Illini Baseball is projecting for a 1 seed in the NCAA tournament and could host a regional! How cool is that? Please get out and support them if you can!

  • Grilling Szn

    Grilling Szn

    Pizza Margherita. Homemade dough, on the grill. Grilling season in full effect.