9/30/2003 11:14:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Fans of the Cubs invaded Turner Field in Atlanta and saw them beat the Braves 4-2. This is the first road win for the Cubs in the postseason since Game 3 of the 1945 World Series. Kerry Wood got it done tonight. Carlos Zambrano will carry us through on Wednesday.|W|P|106498167771796511|W|P|Cubs Win! Cubs Win!|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/27/2003 03:51:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|You are telling me those fans that have sit through as many losing seasons as Cubs fans have are going to turn on the team now? This is because they have to exchange their rain delay tickets from yesterday for a game next year. Some of these fans paid as much as $800 per ticket from a broker and the tickets next year will be face value, about $25. These fans are blaming the Cubs for not letting them see the game today. However the Cubs are good Chicagoans and are of course blaming the mayor. By city ordnance there can only be 18 regular season night games, if they made up the game tonight they would be breaking the law, and they way the Mayor has been who knows if Wrigley would still exist after that.|W|P|106469651539013983|W|P|Right a century of suffering didn't do it but missing one game will.|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/25/2003 06:03:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Hundreds ot rabbits are being evicted from Grant Park! All they wanted to do was make love not war, but they are eating our trees. The evictions are going to be humane.|W|P|106453103641695320|W|P|Kicking the rabbit habit.|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/25/2003 09:00:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Josh Claybourn has the inside story.|W|P|106449843910185854|W|P|The Middle Earth - Middle East connection|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/25/2003 08:26:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|If the Farm Progress Show is ever held in Flatiron all we would need to do is change the date on a lot of news stories. Including this one with Vermillion County in it. Sternly worded email has been sent.|W|P|106449638898672642|W|P|They didn't move Henning did they?|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/25/2003 08:14:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Students had a bake sale to protest affermitive action. The prices were based on race and gender. As you can imagine even though black people paid the least there was still anger about the sale. One black student, Matt Houston, said, "My reaction was disgust because of the ignorance of some SMU students. They were arguing that affirmative action was solely based on race. It's not based on race. It's based on bringing a diverse community to a certain organization." Is he disgusted with his own ignorance? Affermitive action tries to bring "a diverse community" through rules based solely on race and gender. Reminds me of a cartoon sent to me by Zack Wendling yesterday.|W|P|106449564113947458|W|P|Texas University Shuts Down Bake Sale|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/24/2003 08:14:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|This is a nice story about the Farm Progress Show, but it came up in my Vermillion County news search. I guess not everyone is as conscience of the fact that there are two counties spelled differently. This is why I am an annoying nag and write them a sternly worded email every time these Illinoisan stories show up.|W|P|106440925030868223|W|P|Not Vermillion County News|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/24/2003 12:02:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Tonight the very funny Conan O'Brien had a bit about new NCAA mascots. All of the schools in the bit were real, save one. There was a mascot from Terre Haute University, not ISU. I looked, there is not a THU. Very odd. Where is Andy Richter? Could he regulate this madness? He is going to be on NBC it seems!|W|P|106437972323369927|W|P|Terre Haute University?|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/23/2003 10:13:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|This home was lived in for 20 years by Zach Wendling of the Hoosier Review. I can only imagine if Flatiron were to burn.|W|P|106437321079094072|W|P|Childhood home of TFL friend burns.|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/23/2003 07:58:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Last night I was fiddling around with my internet setup, preparing to call Comcast technical support. Something unexpected happened when I tried to renew my IP address, I was able to and it looked like a Comcast IP address. However I was still unable to connect to AIM or load a web page. I was able to resolve addresses but I was not able to contact servers. I was only able to do things that did not need to leave the Comcast network. It occurred to me that maybe my account was still not active. I started the activation CD and completed the steps. After this I was up and running. The only drawback is the activation process included Comcast installing spy ware and changing you IE installation.|W|P|106432188719117746|W|P|I am back.|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/23/2003 07:45:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Last night I went to bed as the rain began. This morning I awoke wondering if it is possible the pipes in my apartment might have froze, because it is freaking cold in here! I look at the weather for Chicago, as reported at Midway. It is currently 48 degrees! But this takes the cake, it "feels like" 44 degrees, there is a wind chill. How quickly the days of summer have passed. It is going to be a nasty cold World Series at Wrigley Field come late October.|W|P|106432115344110765|W|P|The Front Has Passed!|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/22/2003 11:06:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|...is going to be a father!|W|P|106428998316127898|W|P|David Letterman...|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/21/2003 06:58:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|I was just starting to be back in the swing of posting, and what happens? My internet access at home goes on the frits! I am using an internet cafe right now, but it is a little costly if you alreay have a machine at home and are paying for access you cannot use!|W|P|106418873176731666|W|P|Grrrrr.....Comcast (Ok, I think it is my fault)|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/19/2003 09:18:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Or maybe you want to know what all the talk is about. The Great Jonah has this article defusing these fears.|W|P|106402431815168530|W|P|Worried about the PATRIOT Act?|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/19/2003 07:45:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Sir Paul McCartney has had �Let It Be� un-mastered, back to how he intended it to sound. The �Let It Be� we know today is the work of Phil Spector, who was given the task by John Lennon. �Let It Be� was intended to be a return to simple Rock and Roll. That was before the band dissolved on the last day of recording in 1969 and Spector worked his wall of sound techniques. The "new" album will be called �Let It Be...Naked� and should be out in November. Hint: November is before Christmas.|W|P|106401873836103437|W|P|"Just A Great Band"|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/18/2003 11:31:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|I will be on this list one day.|W|P|106394591840147937|W|P|The first Million is the thoughest!|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/11/2003 09:06:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Matt Lauer was interviewing the guy. OK Matt and Katie do not interview, they lead their witnesses, but you know what I mean. This guy was talking about how the Federal government does not torture al-Queda members it captures, but does coerce them. I was listening, thinking this is a good thing. I do not want to hurt or kill them; I want to know where we can find more of the punks. Then I realized that Matt was offended by this! Apparently he does not remember that a celebrity interview or story about divorced soccer mom saving a kitten, or whatever crap that is usually on Today was interrupted buy these folks destroying one of the largest buildings in America! He might not but I do! My sister IMed me, �What is going on in NYC?� I turned on Matt�s Sorry Mug. The first words out of my mouth that day as my knees were hitting the floor where �What the %@&#?� |W|P|106328919320578750|W|P|Patriot Day|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/08/2003 03:04:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|...is being exercised today. Lt. Gov. Kernan is back in Indianapolis and the Supreme Court is standing by!|W|P|106305144618172801|W|P|Indiana State Constitution...|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/08/2003 11:59:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Gov. O'Bannon has been hospitalized here in Chicago. Few details have been given, but an official said, "I know it's a very serious situation." I cannot help by think of the 2000 Gubernatorial Debate. A comment had been made about Gov. O�Bannon�s grandchildren being the reason he was running for reelection. Rep. David McIntosh, the republican opponent, said that O�Bannon�s grandchildren were also a reason he was running against O�Bannon. McIntosh knew that the Governor was getting older and wanted to make sure that his grandchildren had plenty of time to spend with him in the next 4 years.|W|P|106304035649883040|W|P|O'Bannon ill in Chicago!|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/08/2003 11:27:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|This weekend I was watching the Cubs stomp the Brew Crew in Milwaukee. Milwaukee is the hometown of the Commissioner of Baseball. Mr. Selig came into the broadcast booth with Chip Caray and Steve Stone. They were discussing that it was 10 years ago that the wild card system for the MLB pennant races was voted in by the owners. The Commissioner stated a fact that I think might be in play for next year�s presidential election. The Wild Card was approved 27-1 in 1993. The lone dissent came from the Texas Rangers. The president of the Rangers has now gone on to a more important job. We all know him as President Bush. If the election where held today could the baseball fans of the Yankees, Red Sox, White Sox, Twins, Royals, A�s, Mariners, Braves, Cubs, Astros, Cardinals, and Giants hold the President responsible for trying to destroy their hopes of a World Series? Does voting against the Wild Card system sound like something you would do if you wanted to be seen as companionate? Perhaps the President saw giving these team who had failed to win their divisions a second chance similar to going back to the UN for yet another resolution on Iraq, or giving any amount of trust to Kim Jung Il. Just something to ponder. |W|P|106303843774016169|W|P|Compassionate Conservative?|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/05/2003 11:28:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Joscelynn reports that she has arrived no worse for wear in Freiburg.|W|P|106277931491215925|W|P|All is well in Deutschland|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/04/2003 01:16:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|http://www.misternicehands.com/|W|P|106269940094662815|W|P|Via Jonah Golberg in The Corner|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/04/2003 12:02:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|This week I received me welcome packet from the USPS after my move. This pack includes a lot of coupons and advertisements for the stores in the neighborhood. It also includes who are my government officials. I did not expect any of these people to change. I moved 4 whole blocks, but it was into a new congressional district. I was in the 9th district, represented by Jan Schakowsky. I am not in the 5th district, represented by Rahm Emanuel.|W|P|106269493232641831|W|P|Bye Jan, Hello Rahm|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/03/2003 09:00:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Today my best friend, Joscelynn, is traveling to Germany. She will be spending a semester studying in Freiburg. Today she flies to New Jersey and then to Zurich, Switzerland. From Zurich she will take a train to Freiburg. I am sad that I will probably not be able to talk to her as often, because we are uncertain of her computer access. However, I am excited for her to have the great opportunity to see the world.|W|P|106259762733188786|W|P|Happy Travels|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/02/2003 11:42:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Last week, I posted about the City sending me a Notice of Violation for not paying a parking ticket. I was prepared to go downtown and pay the ticket, but I never did. After doing a little more checking in my checking account, I saw that the check had cleared. Today, I called the Department of Revenue and used their automated system to check the status of my ticket. It is paid in full. The automated system is very slow, on the same level as the IRS Telefile system. Al least the voice from the IRS is upbeat. The City�s Revenue voice sounds like a disgruntled city employee and there are pregnant pauses between every word.|W|P|106252097523635203|W|P|Violation Update|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com9/02/2003 10:26:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|I am watching Spike TV this fine morning. And the 80�s Classic �The A Team� is on. As the opening credits are running I had a realization. I should have noticed before. Dwight Schultz is the actor that played Murdock. He is also that actor that plays Lieutenant Reginald Barclay in ST:TNG! A look at his resume reveals that he also does a lot of Video Game voices.|W|P|106251638663330737|W|P|Dwight Schultz|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com