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Hot Air Balloons and Why I Don't Ride in One -
Mike Fak (5,738)   
Mike Fak  
Next weekend our town will be hosting our annual art fair and hot air balloon fest. It is probably the most intense weekend of the year what with surrounding towns and big city folks coming to see about 40 hot air balloons go up into the sky twice a day. Of course sometimes they don't due to... ( added 1 year 86 days ago.) |
Being Sixty Years Old Has Advantages -
Mike Fak (5,738)
Mike Fak
I had a lot of fun on my sixtieth birthday. I was busy running around town and many folks already knew I was reaching what I guess is a benchmark date in one's life. I had the radio show that morning where we made fun of my being so old. The publisher also snuck in a "Fak's turned 60 today" into... ( added 1 year 89 days ago.) |
The Rooster That Wouldn’t Come to Dinner -
Sandra E. Graham (7,883)     
Sandra E. Graham 
Growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, I guess I could have been classified as your typical "city kid". I was in my teens before I was ever introduced to a world called "the country" and became aware of wild animals that made strange noises in the night and vicious insects that bored into your skin... ( added 1 year 89 days ago.) |
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Chronicles of a County Fair Reporter. -
Mike Fak (5,738)
Mike Fak
Well the 72 nd Logan County Fair is in the books and I can rest up a little bit.
I decided in my new capacity with the Lincoln Daily News that I would give the fair my total attention after I was sure any important news blips or blurts were included in the day's edition.
I imagine our... ( added 1 year 96 days ago.) |
The Dangers of Being a Chili Cook-Off Judge. -
Mike Fak (5,738)
Mike Fak
Since it is county fair week in my home town I thought I would share a rather embarrassing tale that happened at this county fair about seven years ago.
Now at the time I was doing a local television show and so the station had a tent at the fair. It doesn't do much for business except allow... ( added 1 year 100 days ago.) |
The Tarzan of Wrigleyville -
Mike Fak (5,738)
Mike Fak
I touched briefly on this story in my last book but I believe it deserves its own extrapolation to be presented to the world for internet eternity.
It has been a family favorite over the years primarily because it shows how early on I could do really inept things. Plus my four siblings were... ( added 1 year 103 days ago.) |
Roller Derby, Taco Bell, and Rumors -
 - Teresa Ortiz (11,020)  
Teresa Ortiz
As we walked through the doors, we knew we were in another time and place, though not sure which one. Forget about Greek Mythology, there is no myth about it, for there she was right in front of me, the one and only--Medusa. The snakes in her hair left a lot to be desired, but rest assured it was... ( added 1 year 104 days ago.) |
A City Boy Prepares For the County Fair. -
Mike Fak (5,738)
Mike Fak
Being born and raised in Chicago, I have trouble understanding county fairs. When I came downstate in the late 70s I found quite a culture shock when it came to the local county fairs. I saw entire businesses shut down, people take a vacation week and almost everything grind to a halt when it was... ( added 1 year 107 days ago.) |
What’s In a Number When You Are Talking About Age? -
Mike Fak (5,738)
Mike Fak
I recently received a private e-mail from one of you Warpies asking me a specific question. The question was, "What do you do when you can't think of anything to write about?"
Now I understand the person's question but I couldn't relate a really good answer because I have never had a writer's... ( added 1 year 110 days ago.) |
A Weather Report I Would Like To Write -
Mike Fak (5,738)
Mike Fak
We Illinoisans were hit with another massive storm last weekend. I'm not sure if it is global warming or climate change or the revenge of the polar bears but something isn't right with the weather in the Midwest. Now one of the things our on line paper can do that printed media can't is to post... ( added 1 year 114 days ago.) |
Chicago Drivers Make a Person Go Ballistic -
Mike Fak (5,738)
Mike Fak
This weekend we went up to the Waukegan area to visit family. Now although my wife and I are both Chicago natives, what we have seen happen to traffic and the lunacy of area drivers makes us wonder if we can ever move back home. In the old days before families had a car for every person in the... ( added 1 year 117 days ago.) |
June 20th… I Finally Used My Mother's Day Present -
- Myla Madson (3,380)  
Myla Madson
Divorced mothers tend to get gypped on Mother's Day because dad no longer feels compelled, or more accurately, required to take the little ones shopping to ensure a proper gift is purchased for the gal who gives so much of herself to so many people. I have received more school Mother's Day... ( added 1 year 141 days ago.) |
What if the Government Took Over Baseball (Satire) -
Mike Fak (5,738)
Mike Fak
Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell warned baseball owners at their quarterly meeting that if players and owners don't cooperate with his investigation into steroid use in baseball that the U.S. government might step in. I'm not certain that a body of legislators that can't figure out... ( added 2 years 291 days ago.) |
The Television Wasteland. Dumb Commercials and Stupid Shows. -
Mike Fak (5,738)
Mike Fak
Whether you use a dish or a cable, the price we pay for the garbage we are currently having sent into our homes just makes me want to fire everyone in the whole television industry. I currently have cable and my 60 channel compendium of potential entertainment is a joke. Half the channels are... ( added 3 years 56 days ago.) |
Reality TV – If the Real World Was Like “Real World” -
Danny Davids (19,741) 
Danny Davids
It’s May 2006, and the 2005-2006 television season is
winding down. Some people anxiously
await their favorite show’s season-ending cliffhanger, while others feel pangs
of sorrow as they watch the final episode of a series that won’t be back on the
air next fall. Many, however, are... ( added 3 years 165 days ago.) |
Reality TV: No, It's Not! -
Danny Davids (19,741)
Danny Davids
by Danny Davids
Okay, before I start, let me confess: I definitely enjoy watching “The Apprentice” (Donald’s, not Martha’s). I was hooked on the recent show “Rock Star: INXS”. And I was a huge fan of the short-lived series “The Mole”. Having admitted that, even I can see by watching excerpts... ( added 4 years 35 days ago.) |
Survivor Samoa Episode 4 "Hungry for a Win" Galu Goes to Tribal Council -
Teresa Ortiz (11,020)
Teresa Ortiz
After his heated battle with Ben during tribal council for Foa Foa, Jaison had regrets about playing the game. "I came for adventure", he said among other things while going over the evening's events as the storm raged and the rain come down hard.
The morning of day 9 met with Russell (1)... ( added 30 days 2 hours ago.) |
iHate The Use Of The Lower Case "i" As A Prefix For Everything -
Ben Morrish (7,936) 
Ben Morrish
Today, the iPhone is probably the most talked about gadget in the world. I regularly see news about iPhones show up on my iGoogle page. If I wanted to, I could read about iPhones on iGoogle on an iMac . Or perhaps I could watch " I, Claudius " on an iPlayer widget in my iGoogle on an iMac ! In... ( added 35 days 7 hours ago.) |
The Bachelorette Finale, Oh the Romance -
Brianna Popsickle (1,642) 
Brianna Popsickle
"Are you crying?"
"Yes," I replied, reaching for the Kleenex.
I was watching the finale of the Bachelorette with my daughter. Handsome and loveable Ed Swiderski, had just proposed to Jillian Harris. It was, of course, very romantic and every girl's dream.
I'm sure my daughter... ( added 102 days 3 hours ago.) |
The Mason-Dixon Line -
- Shari Vaudo (418)  
Shari Vaudo
I was born in the north, but have lived for many years, in the south and live back in the north now. I guess that makes me a nor-southerner or something to that effect.
When you move from the north to the south or visa versa, the differences are noticeable immediately. The dialect is the... ( added 115 days 23 hours ago.) |
Jackson a Symbol of Times -
- John Sammon (3,475) 
John Sammon
Poor Michael Jackson. Even though I was never a fan of the man, I have to feel empathy for a short life that was largely devoid of happiness. But I've come to view him in a larger context, because in a way, he was a symbol of an America that went wrong. He represents the unhealthy growth of the... ( added 133 days 1 hour ago.) |
What Happened To The Cartoons? -
- Mr. Keith (2,407) 
Mr. Keith
I can remember in my youth, going to a movie with my brothers to see a James Bond movie. It cost 75 cents to get in and for that money I saw not only a " double feature " but also a cartoon before the show started. I remember walking about two miles to the high tech " multiplex " theater that had... ( added 133 days 13 hours ago.) |
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Why I Sign My Kids Up For Every Vacation Bible School -
Laura Trahan (38,784)  
Laura Trahan
I recently was talking to one of my friends about summer activities. I was shocked at her agenda for her kids. She was attending three or four local Vacation Bible Schools. I was in shock that she would send her kids to churches that she was not a member of the congregation. "Oh, your one of... ( added 148 days 23 hours ago.) |
The American Civil War, George Frederic Root, and Jesus Loves the Little Children - Interesting -
Teresa Ortiz (11,020)
Teresa Ortiz
War and Music are close companions. Biblical and secular history records battle songs and chants from various cultures some patriotic and some anti-war, depending on the perspective of the writer.
My love for music led me to search out songs that came out of The American Civil War, which... ( added 169 days 13 hours ago.) |
Vacuum Cleaner Salesmen, the Power Company and my Ex's Life Insurance Policy. -
- Myla Madson (3,380)
Myla Madson
Okay, stop me if you have heard this one before. A vacuum cleaner salesman is making his rounds through the neighborhood and knocks on the door of a single mom who tells him to go away because she is broke and could certainly not afford his fancy vacuum cleaner.
She starts to shut the door on... ( added 180 days 5 hours ago.) |
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