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BB Gun Vandals on the Loose

January 8, 2007 at 7:20am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

It must be very annoying to walk outside in the morning to find out that your car has been shot up with a BB gun. The only vandalism my car has ever experienced was having its plates stolen. (They were found a couple weeks later in an alley in a town in Kansas. I actually got a phone call from the town’s police chief to see if I wanted them back.) Have any of you been victims of the latest rash of BB gun vandalism? Would anybody be opposed to punishing the perpetrators by allowing their victims to shoot at them with BB guns?

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Live Blogging - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

January 7, 2007 at 6:55pm By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

I’ll be live blogging throughout tonight’s broadcast of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which features Lincoln’s very own Fullerton-Machacek family. Which other Lincolnites will we see? Where will the EM:HE crew go around town? Let’s find out together!

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Friday Five

January 5, 2007 at 7:30am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

Today’s Friday Five is a simple game. I will name the features at (or near) each corner of an intersection except one. Your job is to tell me (1) what’s at the remaining corner, and (2) which intersection it is. I will go clockwise around the intersection, but I won’t necessarily start at the same corner every time.

Example:furniture / bulls eye / chicken Answer: Best Buy (48th and R)

1. burritos / onion rings / groceries
2. movies / campers / pancakes
3. dirt / barber / bank
4. yoga / gas / popcorn
5. phones / cars / insurance

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Lincoln’s Top Online Yellow Pages Searches

January 5, 2007 at 7:20am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

Here’s an interesting Top 10 list: Lincoln’s top 10 yellow pages headings in 2006 on windstreamyellowpages.com. The numbers in parentheses are the national ranking for each heading:

1. Restaurants (1)
2. Apartments (60)
3. Employment agencies (41)
4. Tattooing (>130)
5. Heating and Ventilating Contractors (54)
6. Doctors offices and clinics (2)
7. Insurance Brokers (12)
8. Hotels (28)
9. Hospitals (9)
10. Movie Theaters (17)

Most of the items look reasonable enough, but what’s with #4? Are Lincolnites obsessed with tattoos relative to the rest of the country?

A tip o’ the hat to Simon for the list. Thanks, Simon!

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Bundles of Cash

January 4, 2007 at 7:30am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

Dang, the LJS is committing highway robbery with its upcoming Bundles of Joy insert. The annual BoJ insert features photos of babies born in Lincoln in the past year. They will print a photo of your precious little one for the low (ha!) low (ha!) price of 40 bucks. Ouch. But how can you not send in a photo of your child when you have grandmas and aunts and friends of friends harassing you about it? It’s extortion, I tell ya.

Anyway, look for Robert when the insert comes out. He’ll be the cute one.

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Live Blogging on Sunday?

January 4, 2007 at 7:20am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

A family of seven with lots of love but very little space in their house and who, as a result, have been living separately for years, will finally be reunited.

That’s the description of this Sunday’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition broadcast featuring the Fullerton-Machacek family from Lincoln. I’m thinking about live-blogging^* the show. I’ve never done live-blogging before, but it could be fun, and this would be a perfect time to try it out. Would anybody join in?

^* I’m not sure if it would be easier to post live updates here in the blog (where non-registered people can post comments) or in the forum (where only registered members can post). It’s possible that instead of live-blogging we’ll actually be “live-foruming”, but that lacks a certain je ne sais quois.

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Bumpity Bump Bump Bumpity Bump, Look at My Suspension Go!

January 3, 2007 at 8:45am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

I’m not typically one to pile on Lincoln’s snow removal crew. In fact, more often than not I wish they would do less snow removal, not more, especially in residential areas where the plows are known to create more problems (e.g. blocked driveways) than they solve. But their latest efforts have really disappointed me. Public works director Karl Fredrickson claims that ”all of the arterial streets had been plowed four times” by Tuesday. Given the back-breaking state of many of Lincoln’s arterials, that’s awfully depressing to hear.

Fredrickson blames the meteorologists, and he has a point. Ken Siemek and company really goofed, and they continued to misread the storm even as it progressed. While it was obvious to everybody and their dog that the storm was putting down more than “2 to 4 inches”, every weather source I checked continued to present a remarkably inaccurate picture of the situation.

Still, it would be nice to hear Fredrickson say “You know what, you’re right. Some of the roads do suck right now. Here’s our plan...” Instead, he acts like there isn’t a problem at all. Many Lincolnites have unrealistic expectations in regard to snow removal, that’s true. But Karl Fredrickson’s message to the public is insufficient, and he deserves the heat he gets as a result.

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While Beutler Hits the Issues, Svoboda Hits Below the Belt

January 3, 2007 at 8:35am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

Mayoral candidate Ken Svoboda caused a little trouble recently with a telephone poll that Democrats allege was a campaign maneuver, and thus subject to specific laws. Svoboda’s camp says nope, it was just an internal campaign poll. They’re probably both right.

Apparently one of the questions says Chris Beutler is “friends with Don Wesely”, which the Dems perceived as an implied political attack. Svoboda’s response: “Since when is that a negative?” Fair enough, Ken, but answer me this: Since when is that relative to this spring’s mayoral race?

While Chris Beutler has been sticking to the issues, Svoboda wants to be petty. That’s one demerit for you, Ken.

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Stuck in Traffic

January 3, 2007 at 8:30am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

Yeesh, I had hoped to have several posts up by 8:00am this morning, but a traffic tangle on South 27th Street gave me some unexpected relaxation time on the bus. I’ll have some new stuff up soon.

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