A Knight in Dragonland

I know, I know.  I’ve been a big slacker lately.  Bad blogger!
I guess I’ll blame the beautiful weather we’ve been having lately.  I’ve been outside a lot in the last week.
My backyard would be the perfect hangout if it weren’t for all the infernal insects … mostly gnats and mosquitoes.  I collected 25 mosquito bites [...]

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OK, I was so ragingly PO’d about the Journal Star’s Pekin school consolidation editorial today that I’m probably the last one in the local blogosphere to notice that I was quoted in the Chicago Tribune regarding my “Smoking Mad” post.
They obviously didn’t realize that I’m not an anonymous blogger anymore, since they just quote me [...]

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No, I haven’t transformed into Dr. John Carroll. Heh.
BJ Aberle at Oneproblem has an interesting post about Avanti’s. He still feels the love, but recognizes that those from outside the area just don’t understand the affection. Even acknowledging that relatively minor sacrilege may get BJ lynched by a band of Gondola-wielding brigantes, red [...]

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I know … I stir up a big hornets nest here and then I slack off. My excuses?
1) Well, there’s always the four kids.
2) I was on call over the weekend and today … which is why I’m up late. Naughty babies. They don’t listen to their doctor.
3) My mom just had [...]

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Michelle Teheux wrote a nice editorial in the March 7 edition of the Times (the link is broken … I’m not sure why) highlighting my situation. Thanks, Michelle … you could have warned me you were doing that! Now I’m REALLY out.
I’d like to give some additional hat tips to some other bloggers [...]

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I’m referring to my own paranoia with this post. Given recent events, I hope you’ll forgive me.
Specifically, my apologies to black helicopter. We’ve had some nasty online disagreements in the past, but further behind the scenes conversations have cleared the air. He’s not my guy.
Of course now I have no clue who [...]

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Do I remain anonymous, or don’t I?
I’ve been battling with that question a lot this week. It appears that choice has been taken away from me to a certain extent – my anonymity didn’t protect me from a nasty stalker wanting to shut me up, and now my name is public record as part [...]

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The number of visits and page views to my blog has literally DOUBLED since I posted about the threat placed on my door. Now even more people are reading what I have to say. Was that your intention, Stalker? Somehow I don’t think so.
I’d like to thank everyone who has offered their [...]

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Well, apparently I’m not so anonymous … and someone doesn’t appreciate what I’ve been saying.
Today someone placed a handwritten threat addressed to “knightindragonland” on my screen door while my wife was home with our baby girl (Little Dragon #4). Paraphrasing, it told me to shut my mouth. I don’t remember the exact words [...]

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I haven’t been blogging much in the last week, other than leaving some comments on other blogs.  Work and family take priority.  Feel free to use this as an open thread.

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Buried back in a post I did a month ago about an editorial written by Michelle Teheux of the Daily Times, I recently received a comment that consisted of a rather curt series of questions:
Who are you? What is your name? Why do you write this blog?

These questions were from Nick Vogel, a reporter [...]

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I won an honorable mention in the Scott O’Brien’s First Annual Local Blog Awards!  For … well, there wasn’t really a category.  I was just mentioned honorably as a local blogger.  That’s good, I guess.  My blog has only been around for 4 months now, so I’ll take any recognition I can get.  Thanks, Scott.
I’ve [...]

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After three or four different Halloween parties for the kids and trick-or-treating at multiple locations, our house is now filled to the rafters with candy. It is my duty as a father to save my children from sucrose excess and partake in some of the overflow. My mother sent home an entire bag [...]

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I’m heading out of town on Sunday.  I’m going back down to St. Louis – unfortunately not for anything fun.  I’ll be two days of all-day testing over everything I’ve learned in the past 3 years.  No stress.  No pressure.  Gotta love the boards.  Ugh.

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I was making a bunch of goofy posts last night … probably because it was like 2 or 3 A.M. and I was up with the baby.  Chalk it up to post-midnight madness.

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