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University Demolition Is Just Part Of Its NaturePosted Tuesday, May 14, at 6:00 AM The historic handball court located on the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus is no more. It has been dismantled brick by brick and some of those will be incorporated into a residence hall that will occupy the site in a year or so. Please don't assume this musing is disparaging of the University for appearing to be massively hypocritical for offering a renowned Historic Preservation degree on the one hand while apparently carrying a sledgehammer in the other...
It's not surprising that the intersection of William Street and West End Boulevard attracts an abundance of political signage every time an election is in the offing. It is a very busy crossroad with lots of eyeballs passing through everyday. For as long as I can remember, the northwest corner of this intersection has been an especially popular posting place for politicians, but that's a problem...
The Department of Conservation in conjunction with the Biology department from SEMO has been conducting a survey of the deer population within the city limits of Cape Girardeau. This blogger feels this is a huge waste of time and money since everyone knows that most deer are notoriously bad at filling out surveys. ...
City To Hire 20 People To Use Sidewalks Got two feet? If you do the City of Cape Girardeau may want you! In an effort to promote the usage of sidewalks throughout Cape Girardeau, city leaders are planning to hire 20 people to use them during daylight hours Monday through Friday. "Cape Girardeau has the finest sidewalks between St. Louis and Memphis, but most residents just don't realize it," said Wes T. O'Money, City Director For Pointless Projects...
How I Spent The End Of The World Updated at 7:55pm on at December 21, 2012 December 20, 2011 - 11:55pm According to the Mayan calendar, the world is potentially ending in 5 minutes. Experts say that some of the Maya were incredibly accurate timekeepers and that they predicted the world's end occurring on December 21, 2012. ...
Which Candidate Is To Blame For Hurricane Sandy? As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the Northeast, a single question comes to mind: Who is to blame? This epic storm has to be somebody's fault. There's no doubt about it. Someone is responsible and like any good detective, you should always look for a motive. Who can gain from a catastrophe of epic proportions?...
Ban Scooters and Other 'Gateway' Vehicles The Cape Girardeau City Council is attempting to regulate scooters rather than doing the right thing and outlawing those two-wheeled menaces entirely. Instead of banning them outright, the council is on-track to just limiting where scooters may be ridden, requiring riders to wear a helmet and possibly making them carry insurance on their motorized putt-putts...
Boosting Revenue In this lackluster economy -- where prices for everything have increased, where manufacturers have tinkered with their packaging to make consumers think they're getting the same value for their money, where the job duties of many workers have increased but compensation has stayed flat or gone backwards when you factor in real-world inflation -- every business is trying to find an edge to eek out the same amount of profit that they used to earn back in the Good Ol' Days...
Barkie The Dog As I write this, Barkie the Dog is barking. Barkie lives at the house next door to mine. When he is inside, he doesn't seem to pursue his favorite hobby, which is -- not surprising -- barking. But when his owner decides he needs to be put in his outside pen, Barkie uses the opportunity to work on his oratorical skills although he doesn't need to. Barkie no longer has to hone his talent. He is already a third-degree black belt of barking, a veritable Bruce Lee of the howl...
The sign next to the River Heritage Museum in downtown Cape Girardeau caught my attention last week as I was driving home. "WELCOME BACK HOOK AND LADDER 1950 FIRETRUCK SEPT 29," it said. I found the phrasing odd. It made me think that the fire truck had gone on vacation and was just now returning from a relaxing time such as summering in the Hamptons. ...
I can't help wondering where Mrs. Niederburger is going to stay after Mom and Dad burn down her house. That sentence deserves explanation. First of all, my parents aren't arsonists. Secondly, the burning of the house is sanctioned by their local fire department which is going to use it for practice...
Doctor, May I Have Some Tide? I was feeling guilty the other day. I was suffering from either allergies or a cold and was desperate for some relief. After ransacking the bathroom medicine drawer at my house, I came across a box of expired sinus medication that contained pseudoephedrine. I immediately took one...
Nuclear Puffs? I'm not sure if we should blame al-Qaeda or the giant drug conglomerates that make up Big Pharma, but I know one thing is for certain: a conspiracy is afoot. I realized this after reading a news story regarding retailer Bed, Bath and Beyond over the weekend. The firm was recalling tissue holders they had sold which had been found to be radioactive...
Now Where Were We? Hi there. I'm back. For both of you who are wondering where my blog has been, I decided to take the summer off. Ever since I graduated from college, I've always wanted to "summer" somewhere, but unfortunately gainful employment, lack of independent wealth and having mortgages never made that feasible...
My Next TV I found my next TV this past weekend. Actually to call this find a mere TV is to do it an injustice. It would be like calling The Pope a Catholic. Of course he is that, but he is also The Number One Catholic On The Planet. And I'm convinced that this television has to be The Number One TV On The Planet and just possibly, the known Universe...
News Of The Not The CNN breaking news text alert that came across my phone yesterday was both literally and figuratively not news. The alert was that billionaire Donald Trump was not running for President. Really, CNN, that was news? Was The Donald ever serious about running? And did anyone actually think he even had a chance of winning if he did happen to throw his hat in the ring? I assumed from the start of the rumblings that Trump might run for President that it was just another narcissistic ploy to keep his name in the spot light.. ...
For Whom The Road Tolls, It Tolls For Thee, Armadillo! --- --- The Missouri Department of Transportation recently announced that its proposed construction budget for the next five years is going to be significantly leaner. Anorexic lean, one could say. The agency is projecting to spend half of what it currently does per year or just $600 million. Their plan is to slash offices, slash projects, slash surplus equipment and slash personnel...
Cairo Can Be Added To Corp Playbook in 2046 I was not surprised that the Corp of Engineers breached the Birds Point Levee with explosives in an attempt to lower historically high floodwaters threatening the nearby river town of Cairo, Illinois. After all, that gambit has been a part of the Corp's Official Mississippi / Ohio Rivers Flood Control Playbook since 1928. Granted this particular play is a tad bit dusty having been used only once prior to this week in 1937...
I had the extreme misfortune of not leaving working early last Friday. I never used to leave work early on Friday, but after the paper discontinued a Saturday edition in 2009, I found that I could occasionally start my weekend around four-thirty. But last week I didn't. It was a gray day and bad weather was headed towards Cape so I stayed put and continued working...
Fancy Some Cheese With That Cat Food? The other evening when my wife and I were at the grocery store buying our cat Patches her canned food, we noticed several new flavors of Fancy Feast. As a rule, we do not experiment with our cat regarding her wet food. We don't want to disrupt her digestion creating An Incident. Consequently, the dozens of flavors that are available from this brand on the grocery store shelves tend to just complicate us finding the four that we do regularly buy...
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