As a southern Indiana native, I can openly admit that I’m not a big fan of Springfield winters. Ice and snow covered my neighborhood’s streets and sidewalks for weeks in December and January, making driving difficult, dog-walking unsafe and running nearly impossible. (Note: I can lend credibility to this complaint. I attempted to take my […]
IT Overflow
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Stop, drop and roll
Hello! I’m back. I’ve been spending a lot of time at the Capitol lately, and thus haven’t been able to blog. Anyway, I hope some of you have heard this NPR piece about Slow Death by Rubber Duck. If you haven’t, here’s a quick recap: two Canadian environmentalists spent two years monitoring the amount of […]
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April showers bring hardcore racers
April is fast approaching, and it’s going to be a busy month for a couple of us in the Illinois Times office. Amanda Robert and I are running three races in April, back-to-back-to-back, and we’re pretty excited. We’ve been training officially since January, though we started running in November or December as a sort of […]
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Here’s to stairs!
Now that my legs have returned from the jelly-like state induced by the American Lung Association’s Fight for Air Stair Climb on Feb. 20 at the Hilton Hotel in Springfield, I’ve had a chance to chat with a few other people involved in the event. Lori Younker, director of Program Services and Development at the […]
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Onward and Upward
As I rounded the corner to the stair well, the radio-controlled timer reacted to the tag on my shoe, reminding me with a loud “BEEEEEP” that there was no turning back. I was participating in the American Lung Association’s Fight For Air stair climb at the Hilton Hotel in Springfield, and all I could think […]
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Polyphemus
Staring upward from the feet of Polyphemus, I feel a twinge of vertigo overwhelm me. The arrogant, towering cyclops seems to lean over me, mocking me and threatening to crush me. He is unmoving, yet he seems ready to raise his club and end me. A blink and a deep breath reveal Polyphemus to be […]
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Green Links 2/12: Dear Livejournal …
This week has been crazy! I’ve been doing a lot of running around and going back-and-forth between our main office and the Capitol. (I also locked my keys in my car yesterday. That turned into a two-hour debacle with lots of ridiculous circumstances and oh god I don’t wanna talk about it.) Hence, I haven’t […]
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All the Small Things
Yesterday, I went to the Compost Symposium at the State Fairgrounds. It was super interesting, and I wish I could’ve stayed for all the workshops. (Yeah so I like compost and worms and stuff. Deal.) You can read all about it in this week’s edition, but I just wanted to share some wisdom from the […]
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Energy-saving tips and tricks: Day Five
I’m not going to lie, I’ll probably spend a fair portion of my weekend doing laundry. It may not be glamorous or exciting (as glamorous and exciting as this town gets when I saw a bartender wearing overalls last Friday night – step it up, Springfield!) but I have a pile of dirty clothes that […]
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Energy-saving tips and tricks: Day Four
Did you catch my mallards story in today’s paper? I hope so. I had a lot of fun writing and researching it. Who knew people studied ducks so intensely? Anyway, here’s Tip #4: use a humidifier. As I’m sure you know, everything dries out in the winter: your skin, your sinuses and even the air […]
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Seeing double: an all new Dubln Pub
I’m a creature of habit – the waitstaff at Town and Country’s Dublin Pub see me so often they know what I’ll order right down to the request that we move past the iceberg straight to the Romaine. And please don’t forget the hot sauce. A couple of weeks ago this locally owned restaurant doubled […]
