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With the demolition of the former Gas Company building becoming a reality, many civic minded people and history nerds (myself a member of the latter) are curious about the future of other abandoned structures in this city.

First off, I am not upset that the city is tearing down the Gas Company building. It is pretty much a barn in a bad location, in my opinion, nor am I upset at the situation that expedited the building's demise. There will always be dangerous and forbidden locations....and cur… Continue

I have to confess, this is, perhaps, one of my favorite times of year. I'm not talking about Thanksgiving, nor Christmas. I like to think of this as the "give up" time of year. Whether it is lack of exercise, eating sinfully delicious foods, alcohol, or just plain old fashioned apathy...we all feel a little less guilt this time of year. As anticipation for the holidays builds up (usually about mid-November) coupled with the fact that it gets dark around noon, we all feel a little less shame, wor… Continue

As another school is about to begin in our area I would like to take some time to remind everyone just how unfair life really is, and just how cruel, vile, heartless and mean children of all ages can be.

Why would I do this? Two reasons really: (1) The new RCS dress code, and (2) the fact human beings live in a perpetual state of unhappiness. Instead of medicating, counseling and dress-coding all of it away we need to accept how we're programmed.

I assume one of the many things the RCS dress c… Continue

I found this story from a link on Drudgereport. What strikes me most about this news story is that it's not newsworthy in the least. Basically a young police officer (unaware as to who Bob Dylan is) received a call about a person wandering around a neighborhood. When the young police officer (later to be accompanied by yet another young police officer who had no clue as to who Bob Dylan is as well) asked him to produce his ID and he had none, he went with them back to his hotel so they could get… Continue

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