What better way to unwind after a long holiday weekend than by taking in a heartwarming tale of an innocent young sprite who helps a disillusioned assassin rediscover the joy of racking up a body count. The Movie Geek’s Club will be showing Leon (The Professional) at 7:30 this evening at the Capital City Bar [...]

I’m looking to buy a used bike for my son Victor, preferably a 12 -inch model. If you or someone you know are in possession of a late-model two-wheeler in reasonably good condition, please respond to this post.
In the interest of making this a legitimate blog post and not just a classified ad, I’ll share [...]

One of things I looked forward to when I started writing for the newspaper is getting to write one of those column’s in which I respond to readers’ comments or questions. Unfortunately, I don’t get enough response to do a full-blown, readers’ mail column. I do, however, have one reader who has taken the time [...]

Don’t be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the Red Hat partyI read where the dastardly Red Hats are being celebrated in a musical that’s playing in Chicago. I’m sure it’s in the vein of the Franz Liebkind-penned production of Springtime for Hitler, and similarly inspired. No doubt it glosses over all of the [...]

If you’ve been following the series of articles in the SJ-R about the state’s health insurance plans for children, you’ll have read about the experiences of families who have signed on to the wonderful new programs to improve healthcare and make benefit glorious leader Rod Blagojevich. And you’ll have been somewhat surprised to learn that [...]