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.
Paper Clips...Harmless?
Are You Sure?
There's something you need to know, something that few people know about. And the few that
do...well, they keep it to themselves.
Did you ever notice in your desk drawer all those cute little paper clips? Day after day
they are there, so innocent looking, so benign, until one day...
Did you ever notice in your closet all those coat hangers...some with
clothes on them...others just hanging around, waiting...
Did you ever notice that sometimes when you open your desk drawer to get some paper clips
it seems like you don't have very many, when before you had bunches of them?
And did you ever notice sometimes when you are putting clothes in your
closet, it seems like there is no end to the coat hangers? And did you
sometimes wonder why at times you can't find enough hangers for your clothes?
Have you ever wondered about all this? Can there be an explanation? And worse of all...can
there be a connection?
You may find this hard to believe, but the reason that sometimes when
you need paper clips and you don't have hardly any when before you had
bunches of the little fellers is this: THEY MUTATE INTO COAT HANGERS!!
Yes...'tis true! Those cute little paper clips are bombarded by omega
rays from blue ink pens (which is why the Army only uses black ink pens).
Not all the paper clips mutate. It is not known how they get into closets
in order to hang around like coat hangers. Some theorize that when they
are attached to letters and stored in closets, that's when they have their
chance.
Do you follow so far? When your paper clip supply is suddenly low one
day, you will have an abundance of coat hangers! I don't buy the "letter
theory" myself. You ask why? Simply because not enough letters are
written anymore to account for the transport of so many paper clips in
so short a time.
So...you ask, "What's the big deal about a passel of coat hangers
in my closet that came from a bunch of mutated paper clips?" Well,
I'll tell you! THEY COLLECTIVELY MUTATE INTO KILLER TEN-SPEED BICYCLES!!!
Yes! Unbelievable, isn't it? Killer ten-speed bicycles! The kind that jumps up in the air when a kid is riding under a low branch. <BAM>! (I don't know, Mom. I must've hit a rock). The kind that folds up its front wheel suddenly when a kid goes around a corner.(I don't know, Mom. I must've hit some loose gravel). The kind that catches your pants cuff in the chain...the kind that tries to flip you when you use the front brakes.
So now you know. Where are they? Lurking...lurking around garage sales, auctions, yard sales, waiting patiently for some naive kid to say, "Look, Mom! What a neat ten-speed! Can I get it? I'll be careful..." Heh, heh, heh...