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i felt sorry for the president as well as those that expected him to speak today in elmwood, il. the weather in illinois changes every 10 minutes, so to some extent it must have been expected. i hope that everyone had thoughts of the men and women that protect us 24x7x365. i know that i [...]

sucks. illinois approved a rate hike that started at the first of the year for home owners insurance, as well as others. i have had a home, and therefore, insurance for 15 years. in that time, i have never had a claim. i have certainly had the opportunity too, with a couple floods and the [...]

hi. been a while huh? there just isn’t enough time in the day. so. i listened to some, but not (as yet) all of the health care summit today. i was quite taken with the passion that the president and the rest of the democrats during what i heard. i was, as usual, not impressed [...]

the good: two of my kids hooked up with me on twitter. devin and ian. interesting tweets. my better half has started her observations for school. won’t be long now before kids will be bringing her apples. there was a reunion of the hudson flight survivors. what a great story. last weeks house episode was [...]

last week at work, as happens to us all, i had to make a trip to the washroom. on the wall. apparently someone had a sneeze and left a ‘present’ on the wall above the urinal. later. someone spent the time to create and tape up a ‘wtf’ note right next to it. now. that [...]

today i removed the sign up that had been a part of my site for months. the way that health care is being directed, isn’t the change that i voted for. it’s just such a shame. i was so supportive of real change, and instead seem to be getting much the same with a government [...]

personally, i believe that we are slowly killing the planet. however. even if we aren’t why are we fighting to keep oil companies in place? oil has it’s problems, and there can’t be a everlasting supply of it, because there just can’t. what’s wrong with trying to move forward on different alternatives? why can’t we [...]

bye bye lou. wonder how long it will be before you are on the faux network. QuestionsView Results

and one that i read really ticked me off. not knowing that there was a limitation as to the number of characters that were allowed, i had at it. well. it wouldn’t save. so. for you folks that started and couldn’t finish, or really just want to flame, here it is in it’s entirety… ( [...]

not that my kids are lazy… this morning, a couple neighborhood kids came by and asked if they could rake the leaves in the yard for $5. for just a moment, i thought yes, but then realized that my kids were listening behind me as they were holding the dogs back. then i said no, [...]