Peoria Illinoisan

Some interesting tidbits that won’t otherwise be noticed.

Gabriel on my Bar Louie related post I got the whole damn staff fired!

I would like to eat at your house and give a review to your wife I guess she is not pretty clean, because eating out, sign that she does not like to clean the dishes and who knows what else.
People that complain about everything and anything just because they pay the luxury of having their meal prepare and deliver to their table don’t make them especial, it just make them a customer. Everyone deserves a great service and everyone have the right to speak up if the service is not great. If you did not like the service of that specific person you should have bring it to the attention of the supervisor, this way you are giving the server a chance to work on his/her mistake, after all their are just humans as you and they make ………….. right!. Don’t be a fool and hide behind your computer saying “I got the whole damn staff fired!” How ignorant and how selfish does it sound

Gabriel, I always wondered why my wife likes to eat out. Of course, it’s because she doesn’t like to clean! The idiotic comments that come out of these Bar Louie posts never cease to amaze me.

Stephanie Stank on My Moral Sense is Disproportionately Shocked!

He was a cute murderer!!! ….but so dumb for killing that mother and her child. Although he probably didn’t intentionally do it….two innocent ladies were shot and killed. I just saw an episode like this story on the First 48.

That’s sorta sick.

Shep on The Player’s Championship

I also had the pleasure recently of playing the Stadium course with my 11 year old son. And yes, I also parred 17, with a 7 iron from 115 yards. I landed about 8 feet past the hole, missed my bird by inches but hit a two footer for the most satisfying par I have ever had!! Playing 18 with the sun setting and the evening bagpipes sounding in the distance was almost anti-climatic. Unfortunately, my son didn’t make the green in 3 tries. His first attempt was the closest, and if he’d played the junior tees instead of the whites like I suggested, he would’ve been on there as well.

Congratulations Shep! Hope you son takes your advice next time.

Von Clemens on Hey Look, Honey

I stumbled upon your site by accident and I must say that it has been nostalgic and informative. I am currently stationed in Indiana and this site is like a looking glass into my home away from home that the Journal Star doesn’t come close to. Recently I was back at home and wanted to play Newman Golf Course, but the Cross Country teams were competing there (why they shut down a golf course during the last good days of play is beyond me). Your blog above does mention that people were trespassing upon private property and I recalled that the Cross-Country teams did the same during their visits by urinating in peoples backyards during the tourney (even though plenty of Porto-potties were placed strategically around the course, upsetting many a senior citizen that have homes on the 15th and 16th holes) One lady complained and was told by one of the coaches that “she needs to go back inside her home and have another cup of coffee”. Had that been my mother or Grandmother, that coach would have had to sip his coffee thru a straw for the rest of his days. It always amazes me that people do things on public and private property that they wouldn’t think about doing on their own.

That coach would’ve gotten an earful from me. The only way I would think to own a house along that stretch of Newman Golf Course is if I had a privacy fence to keep out the golfers trying to find their errant golf balls.

V1CST3R on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

I thought that the door’s greatest hits would have been on top 10. Unfortunately not

No greatest hits album should ever be on a list of the best of anything. Especially the Doors.

John Pilecki on In Others’ Words: Bob Dylan

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, reflecting on his days in high school, said something to the effect that he was never among the “in crowd”; rather, he would seek out some intelligent outsider kid and hang around with him/her. For over four decades, Bob Dylan has served metaphorically some millions of bodies as that intelligent outsider kid, and will continue to offer shelter from the adolescent and post-adolescent storm for generations to come - a note of influence that would play even in Peoria.

John, you were doing so well until you said “play in Peoria”

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