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The Big Cheese is Coming

December 4, 2007 at 8:35am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

No, not Santa Claus. President Bush will be in Omaha tomorrow to campaign for soon-to-be-Senator Mike Johanns. I love the irony of the man Chuck Hagel considers to be among the worst presidents in history campaigning on behalf of the man who would replace Hagel in the Senate.

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Everybody Loves a Delayed Parade

December 4, 2007 at 8:30am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

All you Star City Holiday Parade fans can rejoice: the parade is on for this weekend. Let’s hope most of the participants are able to show up, and that the weather cooperates this time.

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Waiting for The Peacock

December 3, 2007 at 7:22pm By: Mr. T Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

For all you south side Lincoln fans of Indian food - seems like The Peacock has yet to open, but is coming soon. The hoped for opening date is December 15, but it may be later. In the meantime, the neon light with The Peacock’s name is still on, and the place looks almost ready for business.

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Good Morning, My Little Guinea Pigs

December 3, 2007 at 9:00am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

Y’all are guinea pigs. I hope you don’t mind.

You might have already noticed a new “Reply to this comment” link accompanying each of the comments on this site. I went ahead and enabled threaded commenting (as I hinted I might). I don’t know if I’ll keep it around or not. If I do keep it around, you can count on some formatting and usability changes.

What I would like from you, if you’re so inclined, is to give it a test drive. If you happen to notice any glitches or see any error messages, . If you can grab a screenshot of the glitch, even better. Happy commenting!

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Is Racquet Club Slipping?

December 3, 2007 at 8:00am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

Lincoln Racquet Club has been a Lincoln institution for a couple decades, but I’m beginning to wonder if it will be able to make it much longer. Old ideas pushed by an aging owner aren’t helping the club keep in step with the rest of Lincoln’s competitive fitness market.

Most people will point to the fact that LRC isn’t open on Saturdays (more specifically, the Seventh Day Adventist sabbath) as the most obvious reason for LRC’s troubles. I think that’s only part of the story. After all, Racquet Club survived this long being open only 6 days a week. The problem is more likely not compensating for that shortcoming with sufficient excellence and innovation in other areas.

What is your impression of Lincoln Racquet Club? Are there any Racquet Club members out there? What’s your sense of LRC’s present and future?

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Bo knows Nebraska

December 2, 2007 at 3:23pm By: D.M.B. Posted in D.M.B. Sports Report

Bo Pelini is the head football coach at Nebraska...again.

In the end, this was my choice from Day 1.  I am surprised though because I thought Tom would play it safe and pick Turner Gill.  I am glad that Tom did “step outside the box” if it were just a little bit outside. 

Discuss.

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