Okay, it’s minus 17 and according to the TV, it’s minus 39. Too damn cold for anyone else. I mean, what the heck is wrong with the weather. Perhaps God is mad at Peoria for the museum mess or the Kellar Branch. I think the cold is nature’s way of saying, let it go. [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 26, 2008
Kellar Branch lives!
Oh, I don’t mean the proposed trail or even the fact that trains are rumbling down the line. The whole thing is kind of silly to me. No, what lives is the heated debate that people have on this. As someone who could care less, I find it amazing to see how bitter the debate [...]
January 25, 2008
More from the East Side
To paraphrase something from the movie, “8 mile,” 309 in da house! Sorry, I just saw that movie and well, got that scene going through my head. Has nothing to do with anything that I am going to write about but it’s my blog so screw it. Seems that East Peoria is again beating its bigger [...]
January 23, 2008
Starbucks trying out $1 coffee
Oh hell yah. Starbucks, that giant in the west who hooked everyone on hyped up coffee, is testing $1 coffee with free refills. Now, I am all for this but think they are testing it in the wrong place. Seattle is used to paying high prices. Hell, they are used to rain every day of [...]
January 21, 2008
Another reason why our government is run by idiots
Well, I am in the midst of doing my taxes. You know, trying to them done early. Anyway, I was annoyed earlier when the government decided to bail out the idiots who decided to get low-interest adjustable mortgages and not plan for the future when rates would go up. I mean, who really thought that [...]
January 20, 2008
Wither the innocence
I was thinking — a dangerous thing in this day and age — about how much different things are compared to in the past. Beyond the microwaves, TV remotes without cords and the absence of black-and-white sets, It’s the lack of need for libraries. Wow, I know I am going to get yelled at about [...]
January 19, 2008
It’s Clinton for the Democrats
I hate to call a race so early and honestly, hope I am wrong, but I think it’s going to be Clinton for the Democrats. Here’s my problem… I don’t care about her personality nor do I care that she’s pushy, ambitious and truly doesn’t care about us as citizens. What gets me is that [...]
January 16, 2008
Oliver’s out, who’s next
Oh, I don’t know. I just to have something intriguing at the top. Makes it sounds like I know what I am talking about…
But it is interesting to see Randy Oliver quit as city manager. I wonder why. He seemed to be doing a good job. I just wonder if this wasn’t a result of [...]
January 15, 2008
Sad day in River City
Phillip Pannier came home from Iraq but not the way he nor his family had hoped. The 20-year-old soldier was killed and his body arrived in Peoria today. The funeral in Roanoke is set for Friday. The images and the stories of this 20-year-old bring home the horrors of war. Not because of the shooting [...]
January 13, 2008
Honey, let’s go look at East Peoria!
The city of Peoria has some ideas for the riverbank just north of Taft Homes. One plan calls for making new islands and putting in townhomes to support a park Another group, called Green Edge, is the one backing this idea and others. Sound nifty. Really. Anything that can be done to make the riverfront an [...]
