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Media Bleg
Tweet This PostI started blogging at my “homebase”, Life In The Great Midwest on November 20, 2004. Here is my first post: My first post, I guess, should be a quote from one of my heroes, Ronald...
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Passport Service and Post Workout Recovery Bleg
Tweet This PostNext summer I am going to France to ride my bike in the Pyrenees on some famous mountains that are featured in the Tour de France from time to time. Also on the agenda is a race. It has...
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Illini At Wrigley Field
Tweet This PostDan and I went to the Illini at Wrigley yesterday and it was a lot of fun. I obtained these tickets by purchasing four end-zone season tickets from Northwestern for $384, which allowed...
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FIFA And the Greens
Tweet This PostFIFA is the international body that selects the host city for the Football (Soccer, to us) World Cup. Recently they made the decision to award the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022...
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Does Egypt = Thailand?
Tweet This PostI have been practicing Muay Thai for almost four years now. I read a variety of information sources about Muay Thai, and sort of live that life – I guess you could say. Over the years...
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Madison Update
Tweet This PostI have taken a few weeks off of my protest photos and videos because basically I have a life to live and kids to raise – and for some reason the direct deposit monies from the...
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The Moral Bankruptcy of International Organizations
Tweet This PostIn the category of “headlines so obvious that you can’t believe you haven’t seen them sooner” here is a BBC article titled Qatar’s Bin Hammam accused of buying 2022 World Cup While I am...
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O Hare Terminal Five
Tweet This PostI recently went on a bike trip to the Pyranees in France. I trained for this for over six months, slaving away in my basement on a trainer as well as doing other workouts in the hostile...
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Photo
Tweet This Post The worst part about riding your bike through the Pyranees in southern France is the awful views at the top of the mountains. This from the top of the Tourmalet.
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Thoughts About Rural France
Tweet This PostFor those who are interested, I have begun blogging about a two week bike trip I recently took to the Pyranees at Life In The Great Midwest. It will probably end up being a fifteen or...
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ChicagoBoyz Wingsuit
Tweet This Post Carl from Chicago has been keeping it quiet, but his new wingsuit hobby is starting to catch on.
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Kenosha Velodrome and Big Fish
Tweet This Post Every year my father and I go salmon fishing on Lake Michigan for Fathers Day out of Kenosha. Due to scheduling conflicts we were not able to make it until last Sunday. Above is the...
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In Favor of Government Regulation
Tweet This PostIn general, I am not in favor of government regulation of pretty much anything, since most of the time the rules don’t make sense or favor certain parties, and/or are written by people...
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Chickens Coming Home to Roost
Tweet This PostOne of my daughters is almost 12 now. She is active in gymnastics and has been on and off for many years. When she was much smaller, I would say five or six years ago, she was in a...
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Baseball
Tweet This Post Nothing says the 4th of July more than a great game of baseball. From the White Sox blowout victory over the Texas Rangers last night.
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Boxing-as-a-Metaphor Songs
Tweet This PostIn the wake of the first Presidential debate, a lot of people have been using boxing metaphors, analogies, and images. Which reminds me of three good songs: Simon & Garfunkel, The...
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Chicagoboyz Outdoor Recreation Update
Tweet This PostFollowing the great kayaking challenge of 2012, my friends invited me to join them on a paddling day-trip in Manatee Bay, not far from Key Largo. This time I brought a map, compass,...
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Chicagoboyz Cycling Series: The Critical Mass Ride
Tweet This Post These guys always seemed to be a bunch of juvenile, self-righteous assholes who enjoy the fruits of a modern transportation system while pretending to be above it all with their...
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