As snow swirls to the bottom of the globe......these are the days of our lives.
Blago's defense attorney bid him a fond farewell because the Guv just couldn't keep his f'n yap shut. The good man scheduled appearances on local radio station WLS, The View, Good Morning, America and Larry King. He also compared his family's situation to Pearl Harbor. The Guv's plea to the Chicago Sun Times editorial board to help him ensure fair treatment wasn't well received either. You're getting yours, Blago, and you're getting it fair and square.
In the wake of that speed bump, Blago has hired the same PR firm that Drew Peterson uses.
The impeachment trial begins Monday.
1.24.2009
1.11.2009
Random Unposted Pics
Rutabaga, Apple and Brown Sugar
Blonde brownie with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and hazelnuts.
Scallops seared with wasabi powder over turnip greens
Lake Michigan gull
Montrose before it got shitty and snowy outside
Looking toward the Loop
Impeachy Keen!
Blago runs, Blago spouts literature, Blago makes senate appointments!
He also got impeached.
Isn't this fun? I'm glad, with such expansive media coverage, that the whole country can enjoy Blago these days.
Did the man really quote the Sillitoe short story "The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner"? He sure did.
Why wouldn't he identify with the character of a Boy who, following the death of his father, goes on a spending spree with insurance and benefits cash, ending in an arrest for robbery. The story of a youngster rebelling against an authority represented by a moronic police officer, a stereotypical politician, and the authoritarian head of the reform school the boy's arrest lands him in.
Authority wants to use the Boy for his one talent, running. The boy will buck Authority at all opportunity, including losing the big race (stopping short of the finish line if need be) in the face of the temptations of wealth and status promised by Authority. Added to the background of the story is the Boy's misguided reverence for the image of his Father as Saint/Knight/Holy Man.
The grand conclusion of the story has the Boy being punished with six months of labor that enables him to avoid National Service and, rather than reforming him, makes the Boy a better burglar.
Can y'all figure out which character is which?
He also got impeached.
Isn't this fun? I'm glad, with such expansive media coverage, that the whole country can enjoy Blago these days.
Did the man really quote the Sillitoe short story "The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner"? He sure did.
Why wouldn't he identify with the character of a Boy who, following the death of his father, goes on a spending spree with insurance and benefits cash, ending in an arrest for robbery. The story of a youngster rebelling against an authority represented by a moronic police officer, a stereotypical politician, and the authoritarian head of the reform school the boy's arrest lands him in.
Authority wants to use the Boy for his one talent, running. The boy will buck Authority at all opportunity, including losing the big race (stopping short of the finish line if need be) in the face of the temptations of wealth and status promised by Authority. Added to the background of the story is the Boy's misguided reverence for the image of his Father as Saint/Knight/Holy Man.
The grand conclusion of the story has the Boy being punished with six months of labor that enables him to avoid National Service and, rather than reforming him, makes the Boy a better burglar.
Can y'all figure out which character is which?
1.05.2009
Shower Time
In case you missed the first show of the year, here's a list of 2009 meteor showers from the AMS.
The Quadrantids peaked on January 3rd and if you are in the western US or Canada, weather permitting, you had good viewing opportunities.
The rest of us can settle for this picture from a Tokyo company that captured a Quadrantid meteor blazing across the sky as an aurora provides a brilliant green background. The photo is from a camera located on the outskirts of Fairbanks, Alaska.
2009 has been declared the International Year of Astronomy after all, celebrating the 400th year of the work of Galileo. There will be a special exhibit at The Franklin in Philadelphia, which will include 2 of Galileo's telescopes, instruments and artifacts from the Medici family. Keep up with IYOA2009 happenings at the IYOA site or specifically at the IYOA US node.
The Quadrantids peaked on January 3rd and if you are in the western US or Canada, weather permitting, you had good viewing opportunities.
The rest of us can settle for this picture from a Tokyo company that captured a Quadrantid meteor blazing across the sky as an aurora provides a brilliant green background. The photo is from a camera located on the outskirts of Fairbanks, Alaska.
2009 has been declared the International Year of Astronomy after all, celebrating the 400th year of the work of Galileo. There will be a special exhibit at The Franklin in Philadelphia, which will include 2 of Galileo's telescopes, instruments and artifacts from the Medici family. Keep up with IYOA2009 happenings at the IYOA site or specifically at the IYOA US node.
1.04.2009
I want this
http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/60/a-greenwash-you-can-believe-in/
It's a new fangled wash tub.
It's a new fangled wash tub.
12.18.2008
Congrats to the Happy Couple
Everyone's favorite ex-cop is engaged!
Drew Peterson, who is still technically married to his missing fourth wife Stacy, is now engaged to a 23-year-old woman.
Feel good stories are hard to come by and I'm so glad that this young lady could look beyond Drew being under scrutiny in the death of his third wife and the fact that his current wife is still missing. Instead, the newly-engaged lass has looked deeper....to the father and funny man with the swarthy good looks of a Chicago-style Sasquatch.
I wish them joy and happiness and hope the fifth suffers a better fate than the third and fourth.
Drew Peterson, who is still technically married to his missing fourth wife Stacy, is now engaged to a 23-year-old woman.
Feel good stories are hard to come by and I'm so glad that this young lady could look beyond Drew being under scrutiny in the death of his third wife and the fact that his current wife is still missing. Instead, the newly-engaged lass has looked deeper....to the father and funny man with the swarthy good looks of a Chicago-style Sasquatch.
I wish them joy and happiness and hope the fifth suffers a better fate than the third and fourth.
12.15.2008
Bah Bah Blago
The gov'na is in trouble. There is no surprise here. The guy is a piece of work and I think everyone knew that already.
How far reaching this latest politico-bullshit will be is the real question.
Is it too late to just scrap the whole lot of 'em and put D. Rose on a throne? The kid can do it all and he's local and has the kind of mass appeal we like to see. He certainly couldn't do any worse than the string of buffoons the state of Illinois has provided in the modern era.
How far reaching this latest politico-bullshit will be is the real question.
Is it too late to just scrap the whole lot of 'em and put D. Rose on a throne? The kid can do it all and he's local and has the kind of mass appeal we like to see. He certainly couldn't do any worse than the string of buffoons the state of Illinois has provided in the modern era.
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