I am weening myself off Blogrolling. I spent a good part of this
afternoon setting up a blogroll on Bloglines
. You can see it to the immediate right,
below the Captain America picture.
My reasons are twofold:
1. Blogrolling goes down way too often.
2. I used to have four blogrolls, but they decided to freeze “free”
rolls to one, I [...]

From Illini Gir
l:
/First of all in my humble opinion, Dick Clarke seems like someone
who gave his life to public service, was disappointed at how his
career ended, and has decided to get back at the administration by
pushing this book full [...]

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German TV anchorman Guenther Jauch, right, takes a close look at a
tattoo on Oscar winning South African actress Charlize Theron.

Journal Star: Arbitrator rules police can live outside Peoria

/City police officers can move outside of Peoria to live, but not as
quickly as some would have liked, a federal arbitrator ruled
recently. The ruling, handed down last week, allows Peoria police
officers [...]

Here is a press release sent to me from Alex
about our allies and friends in Spain:
/Press Release
March 26, 2004
IBO
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights is currently meeting in
Geneva, between the dates of March 15 through April 23. During this
session, the UN Rapporteur on Torture, Theo van Boven will be presenting
his report on torture [...]

Because my blog aint showing up

? NBC5: Peoria Hoops Star Considers NBA

It’s a video file, so don’t click if you don’t have broadband.
But more importantly, has anyone else noticed that Shaun looks like
another famous Peoria export: Richard Pryor?
http://billscontent.com/images/shaunlivingston2.jpg
Here is Shaun, above and below left, with Richard, below right.
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… although it will take a state law to do it.
? Pantagraph (Bloomington): Will Bush make Illinois ballot?

/Legislation approved unanimously in the state Senate on Thursday
would make a technical change in state election law to allow Bush to
appear on the ballot.
[...]

(Safe for work pic)

Jeff Jarvis speaks the truth about
television’s sacred cow
:
/Remember that Phil Donahue started this form of talk TV. But it was
Oprah who trashed it, bringing on people to confess their sins and
fight just so they could be on TV (such is the draw [...]

Thanks to Chase for sniffing
this out for me. He certainly has a nose for news.
? ANANOVA: Top doc backs picking your nose and eating it

/Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay
healthy, according to a top Austrian doctor.
[...]

Ch-ch-ch-changes.
I’ve added a forum! I’ve added a gallery!
Yep. I’ve discovered the joys of Fantastico and I used it to boost the
usefulness of the site.
The forum is here. The gallery is
here .

WEEK: Royster Doesn’t Get The Nod
A school superintendent with ties to central Illinois will be the new head of a St. Louis areas district, but it won’t be Kay Royster.
The Peoria School District 150 chief interviewed on Monday, but the Parkway Board of education announced Thursday morning Dr. Robert Malito will be the new superintendent [...]

After exceeding his bandwidth for at least two months in a row, Rodger
Schultz is migrating his site to a new host. It’s under construction now
.
Good luck and I hope he backed up all his posts.

Speaking of smelly hippies
, I found this info on
Indymedia :
/On April 23rd, we will rally in Peoria, Illinois and march to CAT
headquarters to demand James Owens, the current CEO, meet with a
delegation of victims of violence and destruction perpetrated using
[...]