Study

If you're chowing down on some 'za in Illinois, is it breaking the bank?

The Quad Cities is a good place to have a baby.

Looking at the results of a recently-published study on the most and least educated cities in the United States reminded me of a couple of quotes. One, from John Belushi in Animal House: "7 years of college down the drain," and the other from my dad: "Did 9 years of high school teach you nothing?"

Turns out Illinois isn't very into explosives for the holiday weekend.

Depending upon your outlook, that headline may anger, disappoint, and/or depress you; or you may feel like Samuel Johnson felt in April of 1775 when he said "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel."

How rude!

Years ago, after a holiday gathering, my wife's grandmother left Rockford to return to her home in Elgin. A call came a short while later letting the family know that she'd had a "little problem" with directions.

I think one of life's funniest phenomenons is the fact that yawns are undeniably contagious. I have NO idea why. But, that's what the internet is for! I'll never forget when I was in elementary school and we all got to the age where we realized just how contagious they are...

I feel like getting called snobby is a very high class insult. It's kind of like a backhanded compliment, like sure you might be kind of classy, but you're annoying about it. That's what I think of when I think "snobby". A new study ranked each state based on how snobby they are...

I don't know how it goes around your house, but I'm constantly getting "the look" from my family for occasionally (okay, maybe the word I should have used is "constantly") feeding our dogs a few things from the dinner table.