Indiana State wins Arch Madness and heads back to the NCAA Tourney for the first time in a decade

Cinderella is going back to the big dance!!! Go Trees.

Smarter than the Average Bear

I wonder what happened to the hunter.

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Only the ghosts and memories are left...Flat Rock Grade School (RIP)

After several years of letting my old alma mater fall in on itself, The Flat Rock Grade School is being torn down. It was fitting that it was a cold rainy day went I went to say goodbye. From August 1964 to May 1974 it was my home away from home. It was the hub and lifeblood of the community and things haven't been the same since it closed in 1986. So for one last time... Here goes nothing (sic)

Come on and fight, P.S.lets fall in line

We're going to win this game another time

And for that dear old school we love so well

We're going to yell and yell and yell and yell and yell

We're going to fight, fight, fight for every score

We're going to roll old Robinson on the floor

We're going to make that score rise more and more

We're going to go, fight, win...F.R.G.S.

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Rick Kelsheimer (class of 74)

You might me a redneck if...

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Grand Old 'Card' Party

The Gipper smiled as he raked in the chips. "The problem with you Abe, is that you're too darn honest.  You need to be more like 'Tricky Dick'. He could bluff a man into believing that the Cubs are going to win the World Series in his lifetime."


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Abraham Lincoln's Home in Springfield

After my annual trip to Springfield to pay what was due to Caesar, we stopped by Abraham Lincoln's Home . It is completely restored with some original furnishings. It's quite impressive to say the least. You get the feeling that you're standing on hallowed ground. When you use the handrail to go upstairs in the house, you're place your hand on the same piece of wood as Lincoln. You can see the tiny desk in the corner of his bedroom and picture him working late into the night. You can see the table and exact spot where he sat when he learned that he had just won the Republican Party's nomination for the presidency. The tour was completely free. I highly recommended stopping by if you get the chance.

This restored house that sits across the street from the Lincoln House, belonged to Jesse K. Dubois. He was state auditor and Lincoln's close friend. Those of you who read The Hanging of Betsey Reed might remember Dubois as the owner of the Dubois Tavern in Palestine. He used his friendship with Lincoln to launch his own political career.


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More Redneck Technology

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Books I've Just Finished

I just finished reading these three books on my Kindle. They were outrageously funny and I recommend them strongly. (They are a bit racy)  All of the books take place in Florida. He reads like a modern day John D MacDonald.

I'm now reading Alice of Old Vincennes. (Talk about a change of pace!) 

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Is Coffee Really Necessary???

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Do you think the signed a pre-nup???

What a difference two weeks make

Its hard to believe the ice storm was only two weeks ago. Three days without power with sub-zero temperatures. Here are some pictures I took from my back window during the storm. Fortunately my river birch tree bent but didn't break. Hopefully we're done with the bad stuff.

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Another Walk

I enjoyed yesterday's walk so much I decided to take Angie a on hike this morning before the rain started. We went north from the New Harmony Inn and ended up at the same place I discovered the day before. But instead of a happy sea gull, all we found was a solitary giant buzzard sitting atop a tree. It gave a totally different vibe to the experience.

A buzzard sat atop his tree

and cast a weary eye on me.

He looked me over...up and down

then looked away with a furled frown 

no time for me in his featherless head

for he prefers...his writers dead 

Tastes like chicken

Good for the pickin'

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