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  • 49ers and Bears History

    These are some great facts that even some of you Bears fans might enjoy. The best is the story about Ditka tossing the gum into the stands after getting smoked by the Niners. The next best thing is San Fran is coming to Chicago in 2015! Count on me having tickets to that game. I…

  • Favorite Color

    Favorite Color

    Bingo! This is my favorite color! Photo courtesy of Wired Outdoors Facebook Page

  • “Sitting is Killing Us”

    I’m all about being active, upright, and moving. This article highlights why we need to make the shift back to a more active lifestyle. “What we need to do is change the default,” Levine says. “I want us to have to find excuses to be sitting down.” Imagine that. Maybe standing really could be the…

  • PSA for Illini Fans

    Public service announcement to all Illini fans: do yourself a favor and support some of the other athletic teams besides men’s football and basketball. We just watched women’s volleyball whip Long Beach State tonight and it was a good time. We’ve also had a lot of fun at baseball and softball games. Tennis, gymnastics, and…

  • Parenting

    Parenting is the most difficult and the most rewarding commitment on the planet.

  • The Power of the Like Button

    Fascinating read from Wired on what happens if you like everything you see on Facebook.

  • EZ KUT Ratcheting Pruners

    One of the coolest little tools I’ve purchased recently. Useful for hunters, gardners, etc. Ratcheting pruners from an Illinois company called EZ KUT. These will be getting a lot of use during deer season. They’re small enough to fit in a pack & work so easy I won’t sweat my ass off trying to saw…

  • A Country Cruise

    A Country Cruise

    Love me some country cruisin’

  • Flashback + Bad Photography + Cardinals Love

    Flashback + Bad Photography + Cardinals Love

    This is the photo my cousin took of me on the field at Busch Stadium in the early 90s. He wasn’t the best photographer. Pretty sure that’s Todd Zeile.  

  • Slow-Motion Cheetah

    Amazing slow-motion footage of a Cheetah at high speed. The Cincinnati Zoo has a cheetah exhibit where you get to see a cheetah run full speed after prey (on the string like in this video) and it is one of the cooler things I’ve ever seen at a zoo. They talk about and illustrate how…