A Good Year for the Outlaw

I forgot I’d asked a question in a previous post, and I forgot to print the answer. So…the answer is on the way. Hang on!

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A big hello to the Aggatucci bunch. Another fabulous Aggy’s pizza has been consumed by yours truly again this evening. There is great pizza in Peoria, Aggatucci’s would have to rank right up there. Plus, the place is just flat cool.
Diane and her folks introduced me to Aggatucci’s several years ago. Di’s got good taste [...]

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…for another barrage of “pro-mid major” basketball column from Kirk and the rest of the PJS gang. George Mason has had an incredible run, and is going to the Final Four. I think it’s great! But it’s not so much a product of the mid-majors getting better talent than they have in the past, it’s [...]

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Compiled by John Gaw of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. He supplies no additional commentary, just raw numbers. I love this stuff:
75Percent of Americans who trust the Internal Revenue Service to safeguard personal information, according to a survey by the Michigan-based Ponemon Institute.
17
Percent who trust the Department of Homeland Security to do so.
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15
Number of months ago that [...]

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I’m kicking back on a day off before I start a new gig, and I’m watching an old SNL on E!, and here comes a promo for Ryan Seacrest joining E!News.
Someone please tell me: what discernable talent does Ryan Seacrest bring to the table? Really, what talent does he have? It’s like Bob and [...]

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I just caught the tail end of a commercial on cable that said:
You may be infected!
Now, growing up, this meant you’d better get checked for an STD, but today the ad was for a computer virus protection program.
It got me thinking. I’m only in my 40’s, and look at the differences in our life. [...]

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I leave McDonald’s Shell on Knoxville a little after nine pm last (Monday) night. I pull into the left turn lane on Nebraska, so as to go towards Downtown on Knoxville. The car in front of me is one of Peoria’s finest, without a turn signal on as we await the green light. It turns, [...]

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