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Wednesday, July 30, 2003

Three cigars

One of the great benefits of this job is the large window about five feet.... [click for full entry]

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Two chairs

My boss often calls me into his office so we can talk "eye to eye,".... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:54 AM | Comments (2)

Blogs and Google

With all the negative talk about blogs clogging up Google search results, Microdoc News has.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:39 AM

Tuesday, July 29, 2003

Illinois senate meetups

After reading about the Illinois Senate race at Arch Pundit, I did some checking and.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:28 AM | Comments (1)

Monday, July 28, 2003

You Gotta Move

Bill at Peoria Pundit gives his take on our governor's decision to provide a "normal".... [click for full entry]

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Sunday, July 27, 2003

Switching computers

This computer is not doing well at all. Little things (floppy drive, keyboard, parallel port,.... [click for full entry]

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Friday, July 25, 2003

Who is missing

Speaking of The Who, I gave in to two days of resistance and went to.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:23 AM | Comments (2)

Thursday, July 24, 2003

Back to validation

Sometime ago, after a lot of sweat work, I managed to make this page Valid.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:47 PM

Wednesday, July 23, 2003

Magic bus

Not a lot of people ride the bus around here. I'm concerned that the bus.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:33 AM | Comments (3)

Monday, July 21, 2003

Name that chopper

Dedicated to Cor-e. UPDATE: Two different angles. Click thumbnail images for pop-up of larger.... [click for full entry]

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Friday, July 18, 2003

Merci outil de traduction de Google

Suddenly I speak French. Well, not exactly suddenly. The French language and I go way.... [click for full entry]

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Thursday, July 17, 2003

Once I was lost

But, now I"m found. Taking a cue from Team Murder the other day, I added.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:24 AM

Wednesday, July 16, 2003

Looking for Jimmy

They're still looking for Jimmy Hoffa. Wood 8: Hoffa Investigation reports: Authorities dug under a.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:56 PM

Sunday, July 13, 2003

Fight for your rights

So, yesterday I’m zipping through downtown Springfield around noon. And what to my wandering.... [click for full entry]

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Saturday, July 12, 2003

Laughing

Our local talk radio station interviewed Soupy Sales around noon today. I can't remember the.... [click for full entry]

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Thinking

Lately I've been thinking about not thinking any more. Okay, I stopped thinking that. Now.... [click for full entry]

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Thursday, July 10, 2003

Illinois wine country

Whenever I think of Illinois wine, the only thing that comes to mind is watermelon.... [click for full entry]

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West Nile close to home

Again. The Illinois Dept. of Public Health is reporting that seven birds have tested postive.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 10:35 PM

Wednesday, July 09, 2003

Clear Sky Clocks

Does anyone watch the sky? Does anyone read side blogs? I do, to both. Author.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:23 PM

Monday, July 07, 2003

Missing you

Dear Three Day Weekend, Why did you leave so me suddenly? Sometime during the middle.... [click for full entry]

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Sunday, July 06, 2003

Thinking cool thoughts

Yeah, it’s hot here. But I’ve felt hotter. It was the summer of ‘88. We.... [click for full entry]

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Blogchatter

Testing to see if I'm pinging Blogchatter. Pings to BlogChatter are displayed instantly the moment.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 07:15 PM

Friday, July 04, 2003

Fourth of July

Freedom. Relaxation. Day off from the workday grind. Independence. My biggest thing today will.... [click for full entry]

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Successful bastard

This guy I’m working for gave me a mini lesson in how to treat the.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 02:56 AM

Wednesday, July 02, 2003

What am I doing here

During the day when I'm at work, I come up with lots of things to.... [click for full entry]

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Budget fallout

Flipping through the local radio dial today, I heard some guy call into a talk.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 10:58 PM