I’m supporting Rudy Giuliani for President in 2008. I like who he’s picked to head his campaign in Illinois: Tom Cross and I like what he brings to the discussion. I also think he can actually win in November and not make this election a referendum on Iraq. Over the long […]

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As Nat and I are packing our bags and heading out the door this afternoon for a drive down to St. Louis for the Labor Day weekend, my mind keeps wandering back to a post I wrote almost a year ago. We’re multi-tasking in St. Louis: Nat is going to a wedding and […]

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If you think Guitar Hero is popular on college campuses across the country, wait until they get their hands on this. Midway, the video game manufacturer, is coming out with Beirut or Beer Pong for the Wii.
Video game publisher Midway has a new game coming out for the Wii system. “Party Game” […]

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I’ve been doing some thinking about the Governor’s Race in 2010 here in Illinois. It’s going to be wide open on the GOP side and I think that Lisa Madigan (whom I’m presuming will be the nominee) will be tough to beat. Doable, but tough.
The part I’ve been thinking about is […]

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Today is a big day. It’s the first day of the High School football season. It’s huge in places like Texas and Florida, but it’s a pretty big deal in the Chicago suburbs. I live in a community that works up quite the lather during the season. The Lincoln-Way East Griffins […]

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One of the by-products of traveling for work is that you end up alone in a smallish hotel room with nothing to do but surf the web and watch television. If that wasn’t bad enough, for me, it’s been summer-time television - which means a lot of reruns, reality shows, and filler. Last […]

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My old stomping grounds, Memorial Stadium in Champaign is getting a major facelift. They’re adding new permanent stands to the North Endzone, and updating both the West and East Halls. The addition of a new press box and an assortment of luxury suites will bring the Illini in line with the majority of […]

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There’s plenty going on down in Champaign and it’s not all football related.
First, Yahoo announced that they’re expanding to bring an office to campus, then Valleywag reported that the U of I will partner with the Library of Congress to preserve Second Life as a museum artifact.
All of it makes sense. It’s […]

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I can’t stop listening to this song. It’s the Strokes from “Top of the Pops”. Equation Boy/Man took me to see The Strokes a year or so back at the Aragon Ballroom. I bet they played this one.

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Especially in recent weeks, with their focus of going more and more to the left (on purpose! Can you believe it?!?!?!), I haven’t had too many mornings where I’m riding the train to the city and I find myself agreeing with the Sun-Times and the Chicago Democrats. Today, however, I was pleasantly surprised. […]

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