Category: Illinois

Feeling better and filling-in

June 3rd, 2008 · · Illinois, Mount Vernon, Podcast No comments - Tags: , , , , , ,

I’m finally feeling better from whatever sinus/allergy crap was kicking my butt. It’s not completely gone, but my lungs do not feel like they are full of Jell-o any longer, and I can breathe somewhat.

Thanks to all of you who emailed and offered well-wishes. It made me feel good to get support from you guys.

Kevin has asked me to fill-in for him since he is gone to Florida this week. I need to make the Monday (missed), Wednesday, and Friday Podcasts happen. Obviously I missed Monday, but recovering and getting things together for my first day of class this summer didn’t leave much time. I thoroughly apologize to anyone and everyone whom I have let down in this aggregious situation.

I promise I will do my best to get Wednesday and Friday out the door with no excuses!

Guitar Hero Tournament, Mount Vernon, IL, 5/31/2008

May 29th, 2008 · · Illinois, Jaycees, Mount Vernon 5 comments - Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

UPDATE: There will be a 2nd Tournament due to the success of the first one. Contact us at jaycees@mvn.net if you are interested in participating, sponsoring, or just have questions.

In case you somehow missed it, I am a member of the Mount Vernon Jaycees.

This Saturday, May 31, 2008 we will be hosting a Guitar Hero Tournament at the Granada Center for the Performing Arts. Registration will open at 8AM, with Easy level competition starting at 10AM.

I won’t bother posting the boring details here. The Register-News printed our press-release regarding the event here.

i will say that we are putting major effort behind this concept, and it should be great fun for everyone involved. We greatly appreciate the Granada group letting us rent the facility for this project, and will be giving 100% of the door proceeds to them.

The prizes for each winner’s category will be ~20% of the total registration in the form of a gift-certificate, and will vary of course with participation.

Pizza Pizza! Returns to Mount Vernon?

May 26th, 2008 · · Illinois, Mount Vernon 4 comments - Tags: , , , , , ,

According to the Marion location, Little Caesar’s will be back in Mount Vernon soon. Apparently a tanning salon that signed a 6-month lease will be replaced with the latest iteration of the pizza franchise.

Personally, I am looking forward to the return of Crazy Bread and $5 Hot ‘n Ready’s. Maybe the competition will force some of the other lackluster pizza establishments to be a little more realistic in their pricing.

Just wanted to share this wonderful bit of news with those of you that may care. Now I resume waiting for my crazy bread…

5/23 Friday Podcast

May 24th, 2008 · · Illinois, Mount Vernon, Podcast No comments - Tags: , , , , , , , ,

This one is toned down quite a bit. We discuss food quite a bit for some reason in this episode. There’s also ‘ducks down a drain’, tigers in the mall, and so much more.

For those of you getting episodes from here, don’t forget to head over to bigkev.us and get Big Kev’s Monday and Wednesday episodes.

Even though we are more toned-down somehow, I’m still going to say this isn’t for kids.

It’s time for some shameless plugs, boys and girls!

May 21st, 2008 · · Illinois, Jaycees, Mount Vernon, Podcast, Technology 2 comments - Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Yes, this post is purely for advertisement of whatever I want. I pay the bills, I can do that.

First off, the Mount Vernon Jaycees meet every Wednesday evening at the Old Train Depot. For those of you not aware, it is located at 2nd Street and Broadway on the East side of Mount Vernon, Illinois. We start things up at 7:30PM, and are generally done with the official meeting by 8:30.

This past Sunday (5/18) the Mount Vernon Jaycees held a training session for the entire South Region of the Illinois Jaycees. Illinois’ President Tanya Lee was here helping with the training. While she was here she presented VP Kevin Fradelos with the “Outstanding Fundraising Project” award for the first trimester of 2008. This was a result of the fundraising event held to assist two local families. At this event as well, she named Mr. Fradelos as South Region Director.

Next up, I would like to mention the podcasts I have been putting up for your enjoyment. Kevin, Emily, and I get together most Fridays and record ourselves chatting about various topics. I know the content is over-the-top occasionally, but we keep it pretty toned down except for a few obscenities from time to time (Mom, this means you won’t want to listen).

The first 3 podcasts have gone over quite well with over 50 plays/listens each. Unfortunately, the last two I haven’t been able to track as my stats program spazzed out on me. Please go, listen, and let us know what you think. Make sure you go listen to Kevin at his site, bigkev.us as well. He puts on two more shows during the week Monday and Wednesday. They are generally interesting, even if he’s not always right.

Finally, I would like to mention Blubrry.com. Blubrry is one of the places this podcast is listed, and offers many services/advice for free. Recently, I had some questions regarding Kevin’s RSS feed, and the stats from my site that Blubrry tracks. Within 24 hours (on a Sunday) I received an email from the CIO of RawVoice (they own Blubrry) with an explanation and suggestions for how to fix my issue. THAT ladies and gentlemen is service. I am shocked at the time, politeness, and from whom I got a reply. All of this from a FREE product for an unknown such as myself. Please go have a look around over there if you haven’t yet.

Thanks for reading all my plugs, and keep reading – there’s more to come I’m sure.

PS – We’re now on iTunes.