Morton Malaise

Plus a short video of the Avett Brothers. You can find them here. Not as good as last year, but they’ll do I suppose.

…have been lost to the Gods of the Interwebs. My first post that got a link from outside the BlogPeoria realm has been lost. Forever. Boo.
Update: Thanks to the wonders of Google Reader, I Do Not Know Me has saved my post from the nether regions of the InterTUBES. Bravo, sir. Bravo.
There will be [...]

Would anyone be interested in doing another half-term Blogger Bash, around the first couple weeks of June? I don’t know if I can go 3 whole months without seeing all of your sneering, skeptical faces!

Summercamp is but a short 48 hours away. There are so many bands I’m looking forward to seeing this year. Among them are Parliament Funkadelic, Clutch, OAR (Yeah, I like them, and no, I’m not a poser or a sellout or a frat boy), Flaming Lips, moe. (of course), Backyard Tire Fire, Chicago Afrobeat Project, [...]

There is a deer that has been split in half on the south side of westbound I-74 between Morton and East Peoria. One half is on the shoulder next to a massive bloodstain on the pavement, while the other half is about 200 yards down the road with entrails hanging out. It would be nice [...]

The wind changed.
The wind that cooled my back
Changed to the wind that cooled my face.
She done gone changed.
A cool northwest
Turned into a cold
Southeast. And she
scared the
Hell
Out of me.
She blew the dust off my eyes,
And chilled the warmth off my legs,
And woke me from
A deep sleep.
She swirled,
and swirled,
and swirled until that big glass of beer was [...]

IDOT has come out and said that they will only be attending to repairs and maintenance that involve public safety, such as painting(?!). Because of rising fuel prices and poor budgeting over the winter, certain other things are going to be neglected.
Among the examples sited in the PJS of services that will be neglected [...]

YOU FUCKING SUCK! How in the fresh Hell can you have that much talent on one team and suck SO FUCKING BAD?!?! I can’t even come up with the profane language to explain to you how frustrating it is to watch you suck so damn bad. This was supposed to be one of the best [...]

I have lived on the 2nd of 3 floors in my apartment building for something like 4 years. Our building has always been the quiet one, and the tenants that have been here the longest have always taken pride in our serenity. (Some of you may not believe that I could possibly do anything quietly. [...]

5
5 dollar
5 dollar footlongs
*SHRIEK OF HORROR*