When we moved the mom-in-law from Rockford to here in Urbana three years ago the wife sent postcards to all the relatives telling them of the move. This...

One of the founding fathers of the American Taliban is dead today at age 73. Jerry Falwell was as great a threat to tolerance and American values as any...

The cost of one day of the war in Iraq could pay for one year of health insurance for 400,000 uninsured children. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6323933/ Well, I think in tort cases that would be known as Criminal Negligence wouldn't it? Counselors? All I can figure is...

As it was suggested at "his" prior appearance(s?) that I was doing "Deepfry" as prank and the subject of "spoofing" recently came up, I'm just stating for the...

I stopped by the fly shop in Lewisburg today and the guy had a handwritten sign on the door advertising an Orvis blow out. 40% off rods & reels, Orvis flies...

I received the following today from an angling club that I may or may not now be a member of. Have I been...

If you saw my post last week, looking for comments on beginner's fly fishing outfits, you know I'm about to take a class. I offered my 14 yr old son...

O. K. guys got this one from one of my Professors today- its a good'n. Go into google- type in weapons of mass destruction, then click on the I'm feeling...

Has anyone else seen how the RIGHT is trying to use Obama's name against him? It's really quite comical. Op

Reading roffian discourse on the subject of tofu is like reading the report of a Japanese sports writer who mistakenly wandered in on a performance of the...

Settling into work and a Winter mode after returning from the San Juan. Now's the time of year for me to daydream about next year's trips. Over the past year...

David J. Babineau will be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetary on Wednesday, June 28. DJ, as he was known to his family and friends, was killed in Iraq...

Pulled into Grayling MI about 2 in the am on Saturday thanks to the Indianapolis rush hour and some dude who blew by me deciding to take out the lanes a few...

Barack Obama has announced that the withdrawal of Daschle and Killefer from consideration doesn't worry him one bit... "I have already spoken to both Willie...

We appear to have been adopted by a rather nice female husky. I don't much about them, but from 'net info thus far, it appears that she might be a full-blood....

Darin Minor wrote: Very interesting stuff Chas, thanks. I doubt that I'll be able to make up to PA on Tues. night, but I'd be...

I saw this in Google's cache of a webpage that no longer exists, and I figured I'd preserve it by posting it he ----------------------------- The Most...

Is it worth doing for one rod? How difficult is it for a knacky but rank beginner? Will I end up with a really good rod for a bargain price? -- Lionel

In the 2000 election Gore won the popular vote by about 500,000 votes, but lost the election to Bush by the Electoral vote count. In the 2004 election Bush...