Things I know....

1. Dick Cheney is on TV telling everyone who will listen what he thinks is right and Obama is wrong.  Trouble is, the last 8 years, Cheney hasn't been right once.  Time to go hunting Dick.

2. We, or those that cared enough to vote, voted a new tax for a museum.  There are so many things that Peoria needs but it is a museum we will get.  Read Lollygaggin and see what Peoria faces.

3. Shep Smith on Fox News restored what little faith I had in Fox News, and that isn't much.  He had the balls to say torture is torture and America shouldn't be fucking torturing.  (his words)

4. Stay the fuck out of Wal-Mart when East Bluff Barbie is there, or at least keep your eyes up.

5. Seems like CAT is now wondering that maybe committing money to the new museum right now isn't such a good idea. I think they will build their Visitor Center when economic times dictate it feasible.  After all, laying off thousands of workers and then spending millions on a Visitor Center seems cruel and not real smart.  I'll bet the VC is on hold too.

6. Peoria.com wants to do a podcast between me and the Peoria Pundit because we seem to rub each other the wrong way.  I told them no and I'm not a big fan of Peoria.com anyway because I just don't plain like one of their moderators.

7.  My police friend told me there is much more to the story on this latest District 150 cluster fuck.  The firing of a Principal.  My friend told me the shit hasn't hit the fan as of yet and there is much much more to the story. Stay tuned. (and No, my friend wouldn't tell me either)

8.  I'm sick of rain!!!!  Please copy/paste this and send it to me in July when we haven't seen a drop of rain and my lawn is used by the neighborhood cats as a huge litter box.

9.  I predict that on December 1st, 2009 not one shovel of dirt will be moved down on the Sears lot.  Nothing will have changed and they will blame it on the economy.  Yep, it's the economy stupid.  Too bad 75% of those that didn't vote for the tax couldn't take the time to get off their asses.

10.  East Peoria is getting a IHop and another fast food chain in their "downtown".  If this is economic development, lining up fast food restaurants, then I'm Richard Nixon.  It just means that your teenager can get a job or a laid off CAT worker can get two jobs. "Hi, may I take your order?"  Please pull forward to the next window."

11.  I will continue to laugh at East Peoria's downtown growth because a giant strip mall doesn't mean downtown,  unless they get a Red Robin, Outback, or a Famous Dave's.

12.  Finally relieved that code enforcement nailed my neighbors across the street for using a junk car as a gate to keep their dog in the yard.  Yes, they push a non running car across their driveway to close it off so their dog can run around and then park on the grass and make mud ruts with their other car.  Never mind selling the junk car and buying a gate.  Geez, the only thing missing from their house is wheels.

and lastly...

13.  I stopped at McDonald's (against my better judgement) for breakfast at 5am and used the drive thru (against my judgement). I was the only car there.   I ordered two bacon/egg biscuits.  That's it.  Nothing more and it came up on the screen as just that.  I got home and they fucked that up. I got two bagels with egg.