Odds 'n Ends
The legendary 50,000 watt Chicago blowtorch!
Photos
Giant painted fiberglass corn forms!
The mansion of Judge David Davis is in Bloomington IL. He was behind Abraham Lincoln's rise to national power.
Frederick MD Community Bridge Mural
These photos were taken at the "Community Bridge" mural in downtown Frederick, MD (which was founded in 1743!)
"The Queen City of the Cornbelt"
as declared in the old Fairbury Blade newspaper.
Replacing a 200,000 gallon fire prevention system reservoir.
Nature center on the Vermilion River near Pontiac, Illinois
Located along the Illinois River between Ottawa and Utica.
More Stuff
Homeshield History
If you are or were an employee of Homeshield, aka Nichols-Homeshield, aka American Screen Company, in Chatsworth, IL, or a current or former resident of Chatsworth, you will enjoy browsing through these old Homeshield newsletters from the early '60s.
WLS Radio 890 History!
If you live in or are from the Midwest, try some radio nostalgia! This link is a history of WLS, with lots of content. You can also get CD's of Vol. 1 - 4 of Animal Stories, (with Uncle Larr and Little Tommy), here! Some of the funniest stuff ever heard on radio!
Are you a non-profit organization or small business in need of a Web site or a re-design? I can help.
Is English Difficult?
We'll begin with a box and the plural is
boxes,
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not
oxes.
The one fowl is a goose but two are called
geese,
Yet the plural of mouse should never be
called meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a whole set of
mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called
pen?
If I speak of a foot and you show me your
feet,
And if I show you a boot, should not a pair
be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why should not the plural of booth be called
beeth?
Then one may be that, and three would be
those,
Yet hat in the plural wouldn't be hose.
And the plural of cat is cats and not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say Mother we never say
Methren;
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his, and
him;
But imagine the feminine she, shis, and shim.
So English, I fancy, you all will agree,
Is the funniest language you ever did see.
Author Unknown