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With all my thanks to Roger Ebert

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April 4, 2013 alcoholism quitting Roger Ebert sober Leave a Comment

My lifelong Lincoln tour continues

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March 26, 2013 Lexington Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln Leave a Comment

True love won’t desert you

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March 11, 2013 cornfields Journey Separate Ways Steve Perry Leave a Comment

Those were the days

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March 9, 2013 1985 Bruce Springsteen high school newspaper penny Rambo Sam Elliott 2 Comments

Rainy night in the city

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February 19, 2013 80s music 80s music videos Chicago Everybody wants to rule the world night Nothing ever lasts forever rainfall Tears for Fears Welcome to your life Western Avenue Leave a Comment

Lincoln 101

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February 11, 2013 Abraham Lincoln Lincoln statues Lincoln stories Presidents Day Leave a Comment

Springfield as Mecca

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January 26, 2013 Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address tablets Lincoln centennial Springfield Leave a Comment

The watershed year

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January 6, 2013 1986 senioritis Leave a Comment

An agreeable memory

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January 3, 2013 Agreement all-boys high school Brother Vince Facebook Griffin High School Leave a Comment

Pink elephants, real and imagined

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December 28, 2012 Botswana drunk driving New Years Eve pink elephants Springfield Leave a Comment

Hearing “Stairway” for first time

December 28, 2012 AM radio FM radio Heart Jason Bonham Kennedy Center Led Zeppelin My Sharona Stairway to Heaven The Knack WCVS 1450AM Leave a Comment

Donnie had a gun

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December 16, 2012 1986 AL playoffs Adam Lanza California Angels Chicago Cubs Donnie Moore gun control NewTown Connecticut shooting Springfield Redbirds Leave a Comment

An alternate version of Lincoln’s words

December 16, 2012 Chicago Tribune Douglas Wilson Gettysburg Address Lincoln Lincoln's Sword Leave a Comment

Will you stand above me?

Breakfast Club
December 11, 2012 (Don't You) Forget About Me Chicks cannot hold they smoke Does that answer your question? Imdb john Cusack John Hughes Judd Nelson Molly Ringwald Simple Minds teenagers in the 1980s The Breakfast club 3 Comments

Nothing ever lasts forever

November 18, 2012 All the freedom and no pleasure Everybody wants to rule the world hardware stores leaf raking music from the 80s Nothing ever lasts forever Tears for Fears there's no turning back Welcome to your life 1 Comment

Finding Lincoln, again

Finding Lincoln again, November 8
November 8, 2012 Abraham Lincoln Deering Library Hogwarts school Lincoln movie Northwestern University Leave a Comment

Yes I’m back

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October 26, 2012 AC/DC Back in Black Cliff's Notes Pearl S. Buck The Good Earth the Loop Leave a Comment

So long, Champ

So long, Champ, October 13
October 13, 2012 1975 1984 beanball game 1984 Cubs 1984 NL playoffs Champ Summers Rennie Stennett Steve Garvey Wrigley Field Leave a Comment

Thinking of my Grandpa

Thinking of my Grandpa, October 5
October 5, 2012 #Cubs 1989 Chicago Grandpa Soviet Union Leave a Comment

Have you ever been arrested?

October 1, 2012 arrest Cranbrook assault Dear Mr. President Have you ever been arrested Hey Daddy Mitt Romney mugshots Police Beat The Loop Chicago truthfulness Willard M. Romney Leave a Comment

Hello, I love you, won’t you tell me your name?

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September 29, 2012 the Doors Waiting for the Sun Leave a Comment

Frustration bubbles over

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September 21, 2012 Chicago Cubs St. Louis Cardinals throughthefencebaseball Wrigley Field Leave a Comment

Feelin’ Weasley

September 4, 2012 1977 Cubs Charlie Brown Chicago Cubs Chudley Cannons Gene Clines George Mitterwald Harry Potter J.K. Rowling Jack Brickhouse Jerry Morales Joe Shlabotnik middle-earth OZ Quidditch Ron Weasley Sheffield Avenue St. Louis Cardinals Universal Studios Waveland Avenue WGN Wizarding World of Harry potter Leave a Comment

Only want to to see you in the Purple Rain

Only want to see you in the Purple Rain, July 18
July 18, 2012 Gene Kelly groceries paper or plastic Prince Purple Rain rain Singin in the Rain Super Bowl halftime Super Bowl in Miami Supermarket Leave a Comment

Don’t look back, something might be gaining on you

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July 7, 2012 59 year old pitcher barnstorming eBay Hall of Famer Kansas City A's Negro Leagues Satchel Paige Springfield Redbirds St. Louis Cardinals Leave a Comment

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