I’m more popular than you
My SJ-R column this week is on why I’m more popular than all of you, relatively speaking and not really.
People are more talented than me
We took in a Gus Gordon production yesterday at the Hoogland with the Rewinds. It was quite enjoyable and was made even more so by the appearance […]

Have you ever been so inspired by a political candidate that you burned vacation days to campaign for their election, with no expectation of personal reward, such as a cushy job or plum government contract?

I know that Will does this and I’m sure some of you others have as well. While I respect your commitment, […]

Run Hurts
I usually enjoy Sundays, but I thought that I would try something different this week and instead spent the day suffering from severe, post half-marathon muscular pain. My legs are seriously distressed. 
I did manage to hobble around the UIS soccer fields while the kids flew a kite (Look for shark-invested skies this spring, […]

The Lincoln Memorial Half Marathon starts in an hour and a half. I thought about live-blogging the race, with updates on the quarter mile, but wireless is sporadic along the course and I may have found carrying the laptop to be cumbersome.
This may be the last transmission you get from me.
 
UPDATE
We finished the race! Every […]

I don’t know who Ouijas-ups the weather forecasts that appear in the SJ-R (I think it’s Nick Rogers; it stands to reason), but after making their determination of what the day’s high temperature will be, for the sake of accuracy and truth in reporting, they should immediately subtract 10 degrees. The past two weeks have […]