It is such a nice day, I am off to go fishing.
Top things to do during Bears training camp:
10. Check out the awesome facilities at Olivet Nazarene University.
9. Marvel how camp officials and workers get everyone into Snowbarger Park in time for practice. Can you say well-oiled machine.
Smokey is no longer the Weather Cat for the News@Noon.
He lost his battle to negotiate a better deal early Wednesday afternoon.
Surprisingly, Smoke Man is not sad, but very happy.
Amazing what posting a video to You Tube can cause.
Some may just get a few thousand hits, while the one posted by newlywed Kevin Heinz, has more than 10 million.
Heinz’s father-in-law told him to post the wedding video for relatives. It features a unique entrance by the bridal party.
Kevin’s bride, Jill Peterson, decided to use the Chris Brown song “Forever” for them to enter the church’s sanctuary. Peterson danced growing up and through college.
A week ago the video was posted and within a day it was growing viewers by the hour.
I posted it a week ago after a friend, John Glavin, posted a link to it on Facebook and said it was amazing. There were only 23,000 views when I viewed it for the first time.
People love the video so much that 102,000 have it bookmarked and more than 52,000 have left comments.
Late last week, the bridal party was on the “Today” show dancing in front of a national audience.
Just a suggestion to Kevin and Jill. Don’t do anything special for the birth of your children. This is a once in a lifetime performance.
Two former presidents of the University of Illinois recommended Monday that members of the board of trustees of the school should resign.
James Stukel and Stanley Ikenberry testified before the Illinois Admissions Review Commission in Urbana.
The university has come under scrutiny for what is believed to be an effort by a trustees, elected official or influential patron intervened to get a student who didn’t meet admission requirements admitted.
Trustees are appointed by the governor. It appears these trustee positions were seen as opportunity to raise campaign funds .
More than 800 undergraduates earned their way into the university this way according to an investigation by the Chicago Tribune. It also was used for grad school spots.
It is nice that Stukel and Ikenberry came before the commission, which does not have subpoena power. Gov. Pat Quinn appointed the panel to find ways to stop this apparent abuse of power.
Funny how some state officials such as House Leader Michael Madigan, Seneate President John Cullerton and Republican House Leader Tom Cross have opted out of discussing matters with the panel. Several other elected representatives and senators also have declined.
Maybe these folks have nothing to hide, but their silence or unwillingness to testify speaks loudly.
Loud enough that pay-for-play politics should be wiped out from this state.
I want to know when is enough enough. When will our governmental leaders change the status quo. Be a government for the people instead of for what helps them the most financially.
What is it going to take for them to wake up and see they are fiddling as the Land of Lincoln burns.
This is the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. This is a fine time to step up and act like Honest Abe.
News out of the Comic-Con in San Diego says that Jack Bauer returns for season eight of the super cool FOX television show “24″ a changed man.
Kiefer Sutherland talked about the upcoming season at the convention on Friday.
After being in a coma for several months, Bauer recovers and is happy with his life. He has come to terms with his chaotic life of saving the United States and the world seven straight years. he has done this without taking a vacation or bathroom break.
That is what i call a super hero.
Another detail about the season, which starts Jan. 17, 2010, reveals FBI agent Renee, played by actress Annie Wersching, has turned a darker side in dealing with criminals. She comes back into Jack’s life, and there could be some romantic sparks.
This is the final year of Sutherland’s contract. However, Sutherland did say if executive producer Howard Gordon came up with a thrilling Season Nine, he would look at it.
Never sell Jack short. There is always something up his sleeve.
A Houston sandwich shop employee added a new item to the menu.
Yava Matthews gave Tracy Armstead a knuckle sandwich when he attempted to leave the Subway she worked at with the cash register draw on Monday.
Matthews said she followed through on her her initial response, which was to hit the man.
I could write something about what is happening with ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and a video of her that made its way to the Internet.
But that wouldn’t be fun.
It’s a crazy, cynical world we live in. Both sides of the street.
However, a friend posted a YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0) from a wedding.
It makes me laugh. I hope this couple plays this back when the going gets tough. The bump and grind is when we learn to survive or fail.
Smokey our cat has decided to test how much of a star he has become.
A couple of months ago, Smoke Man and I teamed to do the weather for The Daily Journal’s News@Noon webcast.
We have had a few minor bumps and glitches. Or is that hisses and scratches? But nothing like what he is currently doing.
Smokey has decided to stop shooting spots for the show.
Preparing to leave for work, I have to hunt him down. I find him hiding under a bed. He also gets as far away as he can from arm reach.
He has started carrying a picket sign asking for more pay. It is out of my hands.
Representatives of The Daily Journal are holding firm on their offer of a chance to walk around the building and use several co-workers desks as litter boxes or a place to take a nap. Smokey wants to see the money.
Just last night, Smokey showed me several charts with the number of viewers he has brought in. He definitely has too much time on his hands.
We shall see how this all comes out.
I think he could get a show on the cable network TNT.
Smokey knows drama.
President Barack Obama need not apologize to me.
It has nothing to do with health care reform and trying to ram things through Congress.
Nope.
It has to do with the jeans he wore when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch last Tuesday (July 14) at the Major League Baseball All-Star game in St. Louis.
Obama’s well-worn pair of denim have been called mom jeans.
During an interview on NBC’s Today Show, Obama admitted he looked “frumpy,” but he fessed up why. The man does not like to shop.
I’m with you Mr. President.
I bet you those jeans would be comfortable to wear while working around the yard. However, that’s not a problem for you. The White House is a little too big for one person to cut the lawn.
You are absolutely right, sir, men like you and I in our 40s do not need to be prancing around in tight-fitting jeans. Long hair, is all right.
I also agree with the commander in chief about wives being the fashionable ones. Your wife, Michelle, has an eye for fashion. Same with my wife, Dawn. You do not mess with a good thing.
Frumpy is better than fashionable, especially when you are leader of the world’s biggest super power.
