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.
Limericks of Lea
Written by various friends of Lea, to pass the time while on the way to her wedding!
Give
ear to these verses of rhyme,
'Tis a story of love sublime!
How Lea met Ken
By keyboard, not pen
God's hand in His perfect time.
There
once was a girl named Lea.
For fun we all called her "Flea-ah."
And then she met Ken,
Lord knows where she's been,
We just know she's not he-ah.
Lea
is one to explore.
Her life is never a bore.
Like a day in the car
When she couldn't find "R"
Until she burst through the door.
"The
crazy transmission," she wailed,
"I'm sure of the thing, she has failed!
This isn't so funny:
I've got no more money."
It's a good things that prayers prevailed.
And
the time we got stuck in the snow,
With still a few miles to go.
On the hill we did sit,
Lea pushed not a bit,
But she laughed till she cried, don't you know.
Once
more we resorted to prayer,
To rescue three maidens so fair.
Along came a stranger
In a Ford pickup Ranger,
(For life on the edge, none compare).
She
once tried to play in recital,
Her fingers froze in a frightal!
She shook like a leaf,
And sobbed in relief,
When the end of the song was in sightal.
For
riddles and jokes she's the best,
Her memory's put to the test,
She's heard it before,
And she knows you'll roar,
Too bad she can't think of the rest.
The
dog and the cat love to fight.
When Lea drove in late one night,
They jumped in her door,
And created a roar,
And the whole house woke up in a fright!
From
the noble family of Kane,
Wed into the brave clan of Splane,
Know this: she's a thief,
Stole our hearts complete,
Be warned, Ken, you'll never be the same!
She's
been all across the US of A,
Where else she's traveled no one can say.
But then the two met,
On the big Internet;
And finally she'll be there to stay.
So
Ken was biding his time,
Just waiting for someone sublime.
In blew this lass,
Who had lots of class,
So quickly he fed her a line.
The
first date they went on a hike,
She wished they had been on a bike.
"Please stop", she said,
"Before I be dead.
"This hard of a hike I don't like".
Since
then Ken's not been the same,
He pinks at the sound of her name,
They're soon to be wed,
What more can be said?
The rest we don't need to X-Splane!
