Today I did the Tour de Corn, a bike ride done in conjunction with the Chatham Sweet Corn Festival. The course was a choice of 20, 31, or 62 miles long. I did 31.
I was really tempted to do the 62 miles, but I haven’t gotten in enough rides over the 30 mile mark yet. If you saw the blurb about me in the SJ-R, I stated my goal is to accomplish a century (100 miles). I am slowly making my way there - this week I biked a total of 110miles including today’s ride.
Today’s ride was great, it was a beautiful morning, the rain clouds were still hanging around with a little drizzle so the humidity was low and the sun wasn’t shining down yet.
My coworker’s son just finished school learning 3D modeling and computer graphics design. Very cool stuff- I believe he uses Maya (a prominent 3D CG program).
He’s looking for a job - any takers?
Video of his work is after the break. Video autostarts.
Ok, maybe my tongue & cheek post was taken a little out of context and my wife is one heck of a wife when it comes to defending her husband, but things went a little overboard. Who knew a small blurb in a weekly tabloid could get so many people riled up? Actually… I did. This is what happened last time when the IT published a jab against those with web logs, play D&D, and live in their parents’ basement.
Turns out that quote came from no one other than one of the gaggle of nerds, BFS, at the baseball game. Knowing Dan and his humor, I could see him saying what was quoted in a very satirical manner.
I am just going to go ahead and apologize for everyone to the Illinois Times. And even suggest with as much response as they got from a negative blurb that they consider doing a feature on some of the local bloggers. I can’t say enough about how many talented people there are out there publishing to the net.
In a token of forgiveness - I give you this IT: Sorry.
Well, the Illinois Times’ Cap City section picked up on the soul of Springfield again detailing the Springfield Bloggers and their adventures. I don’t know if I should be awestruck or flattered. I guess when you’re as popular as Gus Gordon, at least that’s what I keep telling myself, you’re fodder for the tabloids. I can see it in the headlines, Blogger Doesn’t Pick Up After Dog with a shot of the incrementing evidence and a less than photogenic portrait of yours truly.
I do want to set the record straight, I do blog with pants on and although it may be in a basement, it’s my basement. In fact, most of the time I do wear pants. The only time you would catch me with my pants down would be when I was reading a copy of the Illinois Times. Of course, that’s when I “do the business”, “take a load off”, “dropping the Cosby’s off at the pool”, “taking the Browns to the Super Bowl”, “communing with nature”, “making some fudge”, “going to the office”… if you get my drift. And if you do get a whiff of my drift, I apologize a thousand Rick Astleys.
So in a less than welcoming regard, thank you Cap City for taking the time and energy to publish a blurb about a gaggle of nerds. Mom said she’s going to post this one on the fridge.
My wife’s cousin, Hailey M., plays Mary Lenox in the Muni’s production of The Secret Garden. The cast was performing pieces from the musical on the mall by the old state capitol yesterday.
This is her first year in the Muni and she has the lead in the musical. She’s got a beautiful voice and we’re all very proud of her.I believe this is the last weekend for it, so if you have a free night go and check it out.
Lessons learned when planning a night out at the ballpark.
1. Pick a designated section to meet up at - especially if you never seen these people in real life.
2. A roster of people to look for.
3. A big sign “Spfldbloggers” and free tickets from Country Market.
It wasn’t a bad turnout considering that the people from Humzoo didn’t show up because of a mishap with a bounce house. Picture above: gotshoo, Unpainted Huffhines, Johann Drops a Blog, (back row) angry commenters from sj-r.com. Missing from the photo, Dan from BFS and family, and top commenter Nancy.
It’s been a while since I’ve sat down and wrote a post. The last few months after a few weddings, family gatherings, and running into random people I’ve discovered that gotshoo.com gets quite a bit more that traffic than I thought from old friends and family. It’s really cool to think that people I might not otherwise talk to, point their browser here to get an update on not only myself, but Mrs. Shoo, Buddy and Clancy.
To make things even better this week, I was featured in the Spotlight in the A-E section of the paper. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I was extremely proud and carried the article with me everywhere on Thursday. Thanks again to Mr. Unpainted Huffhines.
In retrospect, I hope the article brings more attention to other Springfield bloggers, and of course spfldbloggers.com, out there because all of you are exteremely talented and interesting. Which it does, because today I got an email from Lincoln Studies as request to be added to spfldbloggers.com.
Reminder: Sunday is the unofficial meetup at the Sliders game.
While I’m discussing spfldbloggers.com, I am still working on 2.0 version of the site that would allow everyone to create their own version of the site. So if you wanted a list of blogs that were all about shoes, then you could put your own list together. There are already some sites that you kinda create your own list, but I don’t think they’re that good.
I am also working on a site that brings together the online world of Springfield Illinois and its business sites. It seems like every mom+pop - corporation has a site, but you never know where to look for it or it’s buried in a Google search. That site is coming along pretty well, so expect to see something in the near future.
I am featured in today’s A-E section in the Sj-R. Who knew I was artisitc or entertaining? I thought I had been punching keys and posting photos for the last four years for my mom. Hi Mom! Well if you consider my canvas to be wood floors, dogs, or Mrs. Shoo, then I have to consider myself a pretty good artist.
Also featured in the A-E section is my wife’s cousin Hailey McNamara, the lead in the Secret Garden put on by the Muni.
And BTW, in every interview I’ve had about this lil’ old blog I have always said that I am an ‘IT guy’ and every time co-worker Laurie says ‘Why don’t mention who you work for, we could use the free advertising?’
As I kid I was intrigued by trains, my grandpa had a huge layout built in his basement which was always an evolving project. At one point the train made a circle around the tv. I don’t know how much time I spent at his house playing with them but I remember it vividly. My grandparents were the ones that took me on my first train ride to Lincoln.
Even now I am still intigue. Here’s this multi-ton carriage rolling on steel and not falling over. I spent over a half hour the other day watching YouTube videos of snow plow trains. Very memorizing mesmerizing.
With the rising cost of gasoline trains are becoming more economical. Even trying to catch a ride from Springfield to Chicago, you have to get your ticket early to get a seat. Who knows, maybe someday trains might be as popular as in they were in their hay-day when big black steam locomotives use to cross the country.
Yes, that’s right bloggers, commentators, lurkers of the internet, July 13th (this Sunday) has been designated as the meet-up date. The game begins at 6:05. Check out the Sliders page for more info or Johann’s blog post.
And just for a roll call so we know who to look out for, can those attending leave a comment? I think the plan is to show up early and get seats all in the same section. Unless you want to be creepy and sit by yourselves. And since everyone hasn’t posted their mug for the world, just look for me.
Again, everyone is welcome to join us.
If anyone has questions - gotshoo -=at=- gmail -=dot=- com
Yes, that’s right bloggers, commentators, lurkers of the internet, July 13th (this Sunday) has been designated as the meet-up date. The game begins at 6:05. Check out the 
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