I got a late start to listing my favorite Christmas movies this year because lots of work & school biz. Enough about that. This year I'm doing it a little different. Instead of just ranking them, I'm instead suggesting a different movie for everyday in December that bring the Christmas spirit to you with a dash of disturbing images, silly jokes & ( Read more... )

I have yet to comment in my journal about the idiocy of District 150 in Peoria. For anyone who's not aware, they're thinking of closing one of the high school's and it's likely to be either Woodruff or Central which is downright stupid. This article explains the situation a little and offers an argument to close Manual instead ( Read more... )

Last night I needed to get a paper printed for one of my sadistic teachers who will give a D for the whole course if I didn't turn it in today, so I went to Bratley library assuming printed pages were included with my tuition since that what happens at ICC. I get there and discover that I have to pay 8 cents a page and had 2 pages. Now 16 cents is ( Read more... )

I'm debating on dedicating this whole journal to everything I hate about acdemia for the next three years. I've made it no secret recently what animosity I have for Bradley University and the people that run it and it's only gotten worse since classes started. I've yet to find anything that warrants them stealing over 7 times as much money from me ( Read more... )

I just found out that the 100+ year old house I grew up in was once part of a large lot owned by Lydia Moss Bradley. Since I lived in the oldest house in the neighborhood, I can only assume that it was her house. I doubt she lived there, though. My guess is it was one of her farms (now a city block, of course) and my old house was the land manager' ( Read more... )

I know this isn't timely news, (or perhaps it is since so many black Democrats are throwing around the race card to Republican Governors and Senators) but some recent discussions on this board has gotten me thinking about how despicable certain politicians have been in the past. Specifically, most of my life I've noticed a rather enormous paradox ( Read more... )

I know people are getting sick of hearing about this Rush Limbaugh thing, but I have to give a shout out to Paul Begala and James Carville. You don't have to be a Democrat to recognize these guys' cunning & talent when it comes to manipulating the public, but what makes them even more admirable is their entertainment value. These guys are ( Read more... )

Little Rotten Roddy's been impeached! I'm elated! The Ill. House vote was 114 to 1. I wonder to the poor sucker was that thought it was a good idea to defend that piece of raw sewage. He must not be up for re-election soon ( Read more... )

I'm sorry to announce that this may be my final hat posting till October ( Read more... )

The day you've all been waiting for (or at least two or three of you!) I'm revealing my five favorite Chsistmas movies of all time! Some of you have tried to predict it based on previous years' lists and may or may not have been correct. Lets recap so far and find out:

25. Black Christmas:
24. First Blood:
23. Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
22 ( Read more... )