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A Full Closet
The Foster CARE Closet sounds like a great service for foster parents. I had heard vague mentions of the program, but I had no idea how much it had grown. It’s a great example of the power of an entrepreneurial spirit combined with the desire to do good.
Gray Skies
You know, you’ve really got to love the pairing of the literal and metaphorical gray skies over Memorial Stadium these past few days, and forecast through the week. It really adds to the mood.
Well I, for one, have no desire to wallow in despair. I’m going to go look at puppies.
Rumor Central
Again this is purely rumor.
Steve Pederson is out as AD and Tom Osborne will be the interim AD.
There was also rumor of a press conference tomorrow, nothing has been announced as of yet. I’ve seen rumors of coaching staff changes, nothing specific. But we can also guess who might be on the chopping block…
Monday Morning Update
No news is good news for Steve Pederson. Nothing has come out from a major news source that indicates anything is going to happen. The LJS has a story today that big time boosters are upset...but that’s understatement of the century.
I see the next 12 hours as being key for the life of this rumor. The journalistic types will do their digging today and if they can come up with a source, they’ll go with it. But if they can’t find anything, this might turn out to be a rumor started by some 16 y/o kid on his myspace page.
Again, this is all internet rumor. It looks like the source or the start of the rumor came from HuskersIllustrated. A pay website of the rivals network. On their pay message board, the Red Sea Scrolls, they had record number of users log on last night, and that would seem to be where the rumor originated, or at least started to spread.
Again, keep an eye on organizations like ESPN, OWH, and the LJS. This is where, if any, credible rumors will surface first.
Another Monday Morning update
“Jim Rose just said on KFAB that he spoke with Callahan last night at 10:15, and BC says he will not resign. No assistant coaches are resigning, either.
Rose also says Pederson will be on his radio show tonight, but will NOT be taking calls. Rose says SP WILL be answering ‘the tough questions’ from Lane Grindle, though.”
1) Jim Rose is the chief NU blow hard. Jim Rose is a PR man for the athletic dept. Jim Rose scratches their back, they scratch back. Don’t take anything he says without a grain of salt. Jim Rose won’t tell us any “breaking news” if its “bad news”
2) Pederson rarely takes phone calls on his show on the HSN anyway. If things are going good he’ll take them. But we all know that things haven’t been good lately.
3) Lane might ask some tough questions, but they aren’t the questions that we want to hear.
4) I have no doubt that Rose talked to Callahan. I have no doubt that BC said that. But I you aren’t going to hear him come out and say “I won’t resign, but I expect to be fired”
More to come.
Welcome to Pediocrity
No words can describe this. Mass chaos soon to come.
“I refuse to let this program gravitate to a level of mediocrity.”
-Steve Pederson 11/30/2003
Hagar is Horrible
I got a kick out of reading Hagar the Horrible in today’s Journal Star. It’s really an awful comic, and today’s strip helps demonstrate just how awful it is. In fact, it’s so bad, the editor couldn’t even be bothered to read the strip to catch a rather obvious error. Well, maybe not that obvious. The Missus didn’t catch it, but I think that’s only because the strip instantly lulled her to sleep.
Pick Your Favorite
If you had to pick today, which of the four West Haymarket proposals would you pick? Why?
The Women’s Commission is Back … Sort Of
The body formerly known as the Lincoln-Lancaster County Women’s Commission is back as the Mayor’s Commission on Women, a private group no longer receiving local funds. That should take care of one of the biggest critiques against the old Commission, while allowing the group to do the job that many people say still needs to be done. Meanwhile, look for the Journal Star commenters to sarcastically demand that a Mayor’s Commission on [insert group name here] be appointed to provide equal time for their favorite snarky cause.
Film Spottings
Apparently a crew will be in town filming scenes for an upcoming JIm Carrey movie called Yes Man. The crew will be at Saturday’s game against OSU, and they will also shoot around town. Post your sightings here and we’ll take some guesses at which parts of Lincoln will appear in the movie.
West Haymarket Open House
If you want to know what’s proposed for the West Haymarket, check out the open house next Thursday, October 18, at 11:00am to 1:00pm or 5:00pm to 7:00pm. If you’re a critic and you plan to go ask questions, here’s some advice: make your questions short, specific, and well-researched. Rambling, factually-inaccurate questions are the hallmark of these events, and they’re a waste of everybody’s time (including yours). If the folks on hand don’t have an answer for you, leave your contact information and request a follow-up call or e-mail. If your question is good, you’ll get that follow-up call.
Wrong Poster Child
I’m a little confused as to how the proposal to tighten the false alarm ordinance will help prevent incidents like the recent Scheel’s gun burglary. Let me see if I’ve got this:
- A store is broken into and guns are stolen
- The security company is slow to call the store manager, who is slow to call police, in part to avoid panicking over a false alarm
- Police respond quickly ... a half hour too late
- Police and others respond by proposing an ordinance that makes similar slow responses more likely in the future
How’s that again?
Don’t get me wrong. I’m sure false alarms are a pain in the butt, and they’re very expensive to me as a taxpayer. I want to eliminate false alarms. I just don’t get how a situation that highlights the problems inherent in trying to prevent false alarms is a poster child for tighter false alarm penalties.
Instead, in my mind the Scheel’s burglary raises questions about a company’s liability when it hires morons to provide security. That’s the issue that needs to be addressed.
As for a false alarm poster child, how about the business which has already had 37 false alarms this year?
Indian Food Lovers, Rejoice
Lovers of Indian food, a new option is coming to town. The Peacock is opening at 27th and Pine Lake, among Starbucks, Chipotle, and Quiznos. Given its neighbors I’ve got to guess that The Peacock is part of a chain, but I can’t find any “Peacock"-themed websites that match the look of the logo on the restaurant’s window.
Given the work left to be done on the interior, I’d guess a December opening.
The Unnoticeables
I was so excited when I discovered Mexicali Bullfrog, the tiny Mexican eatery tucked away near 70th and O. I went there three times in three weeks. Then they went and closed up shop.
Fortunately, I then discovered Smokehouse Deli, just a stone’s throw from my house on the southeast corner of 48th and Highway 2. It’s another tiny place, easy to miss but impossible to forget.
Thinking about Bullfrog and Smokehouse, I realize that there are probably several similar tiny joints all around town that only the privileged few know about. Sadly, the small size that gives these places their charm is also one of the major reasons so many of them don’t last very long. What other “unnoticeables”—those special, hidden restaurants you hold near and dear—are hiding around town that the Lincolnite community should know about?
Mid-Week Tailgating
It is Homecoming week at UNL, and that means an excuse for a mid-week tailgate party. HuskerFest takes place Thursday night from 6:00 to 8:00pm at Ed Weir track just North of Memorial Stadium. There will be free food from Valentino’s, cheerleaders, drawings and giveaways, games for the kids—the works. Plus, you can meet Mike Rozier and Johnny Rodgers. And if you’re among the first 300 Alltel customers to whip out your phone or phone bill, you can win autographed items from Rozier and Rodgers.
If you need a fresh shot of Husker enthusiasm—and who doesn’t right now?—or if you’re just looking for some free food, stop by tomorrow night.
Psst: While you’re on campus, don’t forget to check out the Homecoming floats.
Yet Another School Proposal
If you haven’t already had your fill of Dawes- and Hawthorne-related proposals, Keith Prettyman has another one for you: keep Dawes open while Goodrich undergoes renovations.
I don’t frankly care which route the School Board chooses. I want them to pick the option that creates the most efficient and effective school system possible. Problem is, nobody seems to be able to describe with any clarity how any of the proposals—including retaining the status quo—achieves that goal. There are lots of lofty claims, but very little substance. In fact, the only claim anybody has made that seems to hold any water is that neighborhood schools offer benefits to the local area over larger, more distant schools. Until somebody starts providing facts that clear up the uncertainties around the various school closing options, it’s going to be very difficult to support closing Dawes and/or Hawthorne.
Angels in Adoption
Congratulations to Stephen and Jennie Mossman of Lincoln, 2007 Angels in Adoption award!
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