tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3409381813607273017..comments2024-03-28T06:41:07.968-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: The Joy of Illinois Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-16751250281102942492019-08-01T06:42:41.671-05:002019-08-01T06:42:41.671-05:00MSNBC is better than CNN. Yes, there may be hope b...MSNBC is better than CNN. Yes, there may be hope but Bernie has to stop yelling, as you said.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59974721248400776952018-07-26T18:36:28.590-05:002018-07-26T18:36:28.590-05:00perhaps because everyone in town already had one.perhaps because everyone in town already had one.mellowjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543634125013198207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48732711205837204452018-07-26T16:55:01.202-05:002018-07-26T16:55:01.202-05:00Sorry for the attitude, it's just that I was e...Sorry for the attitude, it's just that I was expecting an interesting farmers tale. I try not to complain about slow moving farm vehicles or inconvenient rainy days, as our very lives depend on both. Hotel clerks do have interesting stories to tell. At a Scottsdale Rodeway Inn 30+years ago a man of no distinction checked in and disappeared soon after. The manager, after several days with a lockout device on the door achieving no response, entered the room. Odd electronic and wires and pieces were strewn around so she called the police. They figured someone had been building detonators so the bomb squad came out with all the tools and cleared out the room. Several days later the police stopped by to tell us that the bomb guy had been arrested in San Diego, which explained his absence. The impending Papal visit to Phoenix might have been the explanation for his activities. I'm not sure if they ever determine the Pope was his target.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49932982835196539822018-07-26T16:23:33.862-05:002018-07-26T16:23:33.862-05:00I have never ventured further south than Peoria in...I have never ventured further south than Peoria in the great state of Illinois. Don't remember why I ended up there, but do recall an interesting office plaque that read "Justice of the peace. Marriages consummated."<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66230474378946770932018-07-26T13:53:30.277-05:002018-07-26T13:53:30.277-05:00Mr.S. has my sympathy and condolences. Seeing and ...Mr.S. has my sympathy and condolences. Seeing and hearing these monsters in the flesh is even worse than seeing them on the screen. Same garbage spewing from their pie-holes, but you're actually seeing a live human being who's breathing the same air in the same space, and it's an unsettling and disturbing experience. <br /><br />I witnessed a 1968 George Wallace tirade at the old International Amphitheater, a few days before he lost to Nixon, and narrowly escaped an ass-kicking in the chaos and near-rioting that ensued. Missed Reagan's visit to Wrigley in '88, for an on-air schmooze with Harry Caray, but one of my scalper buddies managed to get within spitting distance of his limo. <br /><br />Question: Is His Orangeness, the wannabe-NFL-owner, even aware that baseball exists? Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52251383639160787832018-07-26T12:36:22.571-05:002018-07-26T12:36:22.571-05:00Trump will undoubtedly do that obnoxious thing of ...Trump will undoubtedly do that obnoxious thing of confining reporters to a pen and inviting the mouthbreathing knuckle-draggers to jeer at and threaten them. What a guy.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63149744665238250882018-07-26T10:20:27.735-05:002018-07-26T10:20:27.735-05:00I'm much more interested to hear what the farm...I'm much more interested to hear what the farmers are thinking. We already know that Trump won't have any cogent thoughts to convey.<br />Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-81871874502055482222018-07-26T09:58:00.993-05:002018-07-26T09:58:00.993-05:00Glad to hear that we'll get the farmers' p...Glad to hear that we'll get the farmers' points of view. I wouldn't be surprised if Neil met some fellow audiobook lovers ensconced in the corn and soy fields.<br /><br />john<br />tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32847296518828639462018-07-26T09:41:59.681-05:002018-07-26T09:41:59.681-05:00On the 4th of July I drove to Montgomery Alabama t...On the 4th of July I drove to Montgomery Alabama to visit the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, more commonly called the Lynching Memorial. I checked into a motel in Prattville, a town just outside of Montgomery. The desk clerk was chatty, and filled me in on how much she loved living there and how safe it was. "We never lock our doors here" she told me in her beautiful southern accent. " Not even our car doors. Why just last night my husband left his Smith and Wesson layin' on the seat of his pickup truck and nobody took it."<br /><br />Dennis Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936110563379328219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66677825648407753052018-07-26T09:20:27.198-05:002018-07-26T09:20:27.198-05:00Not at all. In fact, they were quite interesting. ...Not at all. In fact, they were quite interesting. But I don't have a column on Thursdays. And it can't run Friday because I'll be writing about Trump's speech in Granite City. So Monday then. Which is good, since that gives me more time to polish it, necessary since it coming so late, pretty well after every other publication has already given the farmers their say, I'll have to gild it in a veneer of art so it doesn't just seem to be showing up after the party's over. That might happen anyway, but it's out of my control. I don't run the place; I just work there, and we have to fit in lots of stuff from lots of other people. <br /><br />Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-10617546464936331872018-07-26T08:50:36.388-05:002018-07-26T08:50:36.388-05:00Guess those farmers didn't have much to say.Guess those farmers didn't have much to say.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-72219323168543218392018-07-26T08:14:46.809-05:002018-07-26T08:14:46.809-05:00I googled it. The Greyhound Hall of Fame is in Ab...I googled it. The Greyhound Hall of Fame is in Abilene, the Greyhound Bus Museum is in Hibbing Minnesota, where the company started.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63703822147281001332018-07-26T07:19:02.188-05:002018-07-26T07:19:02.188-05:00Litchfield has one fun thing about it. The Honda m...Litchfield has one fun thing about it. The Honda motorcycle dealer down the street from your hotel does a customer appreciation weekend around Mother's Day each year. Was actually a fun thing to look forward to each spring. <br /><br />https://www.niehauscycle.com/customer-appreciation-days.htm<br />Steve0617https://www.blogger.com/profile/01576364924199407376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-9806061925583107622018-07-26T01:06:44.634-05:002018-07-26T01:06:44.634-05:00Gotta love cornbelt hotel clerks. We were in Indep...Gotta love cornbelt hotel clerks. We were in Independence, MO. a few weeks ago and checked into a Quality Inn. <br />Clerk: You here for the game?<br />Me: What game is that?<br />Clerk: Kansas City Royals.<br />Me: No, we're going to the Harry Truman Museum.<br />Clerk: Oh. I've lived here all my life and I've never been there. I should get over there some day.<br />Me: Uh....<br /><br />Two days later, we're checking out with a different clerk.<br />Clerk: What's your next stop?<br />Me: Abilene, KS.<br />Clerk: You must be going to the Greyhound museum.<br />Me: Uh... no, we're going to the Eisenhower museum.<br />Clerk: Oh... Isn't there a greyhound museum?<br />We did notice a greyhound museum, but I couldn't tell you whether it exists to immortalize dogs or busses. <br />Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.com