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Mount Vernon Jaycees’ House of Horror to open

Can you believe that in a little over a week the Jaycees will open for their 30 or 40-odd-th year of scaring locals? I can’t. I can say that we have had great fun building the HoH this year like we always do. Sure, there are issues and an occasional disagreement, but overall it’s a [...]

Just in case…

Just in case there are actually any people who listen to the podcasts I occasionally put up here (I know from the stats there are a few) – there won’t be any more posted. The podcasting idea was something I had looked into deeply, toyed with, and helped Kevin a little bit with in his [...]

“Verizon just bought Alltel…”

“…here we go again.” That was the text from one of my friends from the First Cellular of Southern Illinois/Alltel buyout that remains with Alltel. I don’t blame her. Going through one purchase was bad enough when the coordination was just within a local company. I cannot imagine how horrible this buyout will be on [...]

501 – Never thought I’d get this far…

I wrote my 500th post earlier and didn’t even know it. I was checking in to see how the site was holding up, and check for plugin updates. I looked up, and poof! 500 posts. This is a personal celebration of not stopping writing. I don’t think these posts will ever be remembered as anything [...]