My latest blog entries

Chuck Heston

Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on April 7, 2008

You kind of know you're getting older when all your childhood icons are passing away. We lost Charlton Heston over the weekend. I still remember going to the Times Theatre in Savanna, Illinois to see "Planet of The Apes". Charlton Heston is a tradition at our house every Easter on ...
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UFC Fighting...or not?

Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on March 25, 2008

I've knocked this around (pun intended)for days now and still haven't decided what to do. My 16 year old son, David, is a HUGE fan of UFC cage fighting. This is the stuff where 2 guys get into a chain link fence octagon and punch, kick, elbow each other. There ...
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What do you collect?

Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on March 11, 2008

I don't know where I got it, but all my life, I have gone through stages of collecting stuff. Mom didn't , Dad didn't...I do. When I was a kid, I started noticing rocks that I liked for one reason or another. One looked like a dinosaur tooth, another had ...
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Lake Austin

Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on March 3, 2008

I almost hit the trifecta today. On the way in here to WJVL, I was on my usual route coming up 51. As I was going under the little railroad bridge by the "Marine Corp League", I hit the standing water that has accumilated there...just then...BAM!...I hit the pothole that ...
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Makes a Darn Fine Babysitter!

Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on February 11, 2008

Just saw where the latest "Prevention" magazine has an article about doctor proven home remedies. #1...DUCT TAPE!!! Yup, our ol grey friend. Now, you and I have known for years about the virtues of Duct Tape. I have held entire cars together with Duct Tape. My first set of drums ...
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