Sunday, February 02, 2014

From Da Tech Guy On DaRadio Blog: Illinois fumbles $127K on worst Super Bowl ad

Lincoln statue,
Dixon, IL
The NFL championship game hasn't even started, but I already have a choice for the worst Super Bowl commercial. Are you ready to see an Abraham Lincoln figurine get crushed by a football? If you are watching the big game in Chicago, the ad will air right before halftime. Or you can see it in my weekly post for Da Tech Guy On DaRadio Blog: Illinois fumbles $127K on worst Super Bowl ad.

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(Video) Philip Seymour Hoffman in Liberty! The American Revolution

Philip Seymour Hoffman died today in New York City, of an apparent drug overdose--another great talent who lived a troubled life.

While best known for his roles in such films as Boogie Nights, Capote, and The Master, Hoffman also appeared as Joseph Plumb Martin, a Connecticut Continental Army soldier in PBS' 1997 Liberty! The American Revolution.

Look for the future Oscar winner at 39:50.



Hoffman was 46. Rest in peace.

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Indiana Dunes: The Revolutionary War Battle of Le Petit Fort
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No surprise: Punxsutawney Phil forecasts longer winter

Lake Michigan
I value the judgement of a giant squirrel over that of a global warming-believing scientist. It's Ground Hog Day and Punxsutawney Phil predicts a longer winter.

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(Video) Woman confronts Obama over ObamaCare failures

Sure, Obama offers to have his staff fix this woman's ObamaCare issues--she wasn't able, despite the president's promise, to keep her plan--but what about the millions of others who face or will face the same problem?

A Kentucky woman told the president on Friday about her ObamaCare nightmare during a Google+ Hangout.



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Saturday, February 01, 2014

(Photo) Frozen Des Plaines River with a sepia sky

Two days ago I ascertained that a photograph I took of a nearby old cemetery would look better in black-and-white. But this photograph of the frozen Des Plaines River next to the Oakton Avenue bridge, which I snapped this morning, pretty much came out naturally in B&W--save for the sepia clouds as the sun struggled to come out.

The snow you see is fresh, about two inches of the four we received today had fallen by the time I took this pic.


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(Photo) Niles' St. Matthew's Lutheran Cemetery in winter

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(Photo) The now-closed Des Plaines Theatre

Yesterday the Daily Herald reported that the Des Plaines Theatre in Des Plaines, Illinois has been closed; the owner has been unable to keep up with modern building code standards. Originally a vaudeville house, more recently the Des Plaines had shown Bollywood films, hosted horror movie festivals, as well as concerts.

The theater opened in 1925.

I took this photograph in December.


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(Video) Executive Lawlessness: Obama's Weapons of Political Intimidation

In Part Two of PJ Media's series on Executive Lawlessness, the Trifecta panel continues its conversation on executive lawlessness, this time on what host Bill Whittle calls "the weaponizing of the federal government and using it to intimidate political opponents."


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On this day in 2011: Chicago's big blizzard

Morton Grove, IL after the blizzard
Three years ago today a 20 inch blizzard swept through the Chicago area. Below you will find my posts about this meteorological marvel--as another snowstorm hits the region.

Blizzard 2011 photos, Morton Grove, Illinois

More Morton Grove 2011 blizzard pics

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