In a review of Sunday night’s grandstand show at the fair, the SJ-R’s Nick Rogers notes that the performances were marred by bad sound that made lyrics and between song banter unintelligible. Now I’m of the opinion that a crappy sound system could only enhance the listening experience at an REO [...]

The Chicago Tribune ran a story today on people who were fired from their jobs for airing their gripes about the workplace on their blogs. Apparently people either aren’t aware that the Internet is a free and open source of information available to all, even their bosses, or they think that it exists in such [...]

Today’s front page SJ-R article on UIS’s online program points to a continuing trend in education, and while there are many positives associated with this trend, there’s a downside as well.
Online classes have certainly opened doors for many individuals whose locality or schedule makes pursuing a degree difficult. They might also serve to keep the [...]

Even though I’m a practicing carnivore and a firm believer in the food chain I still found this picture a bit disturbing. The silver platter on which the pedigreed hare was placed for judging at the fair doesn’t portend well for his future. While other best-in-show caliber species are at least given the opportunity to [...]

Recent visitors to AbeLog have been treated to some photographs of a tasered Jim Leach en flagrante electro. A picture of Leach taken during an on on-air demonstration of taser gun technology made its way to a Web site (Fark.com) where its members do the visual equivalent of music sampling by giving the PhotoShop treatment [...]