Lee Smith

Make it one for my baby and one more for the road...that long, long road....

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

Tommy Lasorda is the author of one of my favorite quotes: “It doesn’t do any good to tell people your problems. 80% don’t care and the other 20% are glad you’ve got problems.“ He will be missed.

https://t.co/Ue5nASqPap

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

Pekin authorities consider banning Breaking Bad streaming. #pekinscenes https://t.co/uXRaqNJL6D

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

Gardening activism? Hmm. Well, count me in.

Commentary: I’m fighting for my right to garden https://t.co/oHS5wRWbFF

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

Thoughts on AG Barr appearance before Judiciary Comm: Does anyone ask questions or listen to answers anymore? Good cross exam requires both. Perhaps these proceedings should be called “statings”instead of “hearings.” Sad for legal profession if these are licensed attorneys.

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

The Monday NYT puzzle is the easiest of the week, but 32 Across, “Illinois City on the Illinois River” was redundantly easy. Lacon and Pekin only have 5 letters.

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

Alright! Checkmate, C-U.

[Journal Star @pjstar]

Peoria also loses IHSA scholastic bowl championship, keeps chess finals https://t.co/vclCGoFTrd

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

I saw Wes Unseld when he was playing for Louisville ⁦@bradleyu⁩ in the 60s. A case study in the value of sheer bulk in basketball. Not sure if he was even 6’6”. No one ever made a more beautiful outlet pass. https://t.co/I1kWwLV6n1

[Randolph Dawdy @ayereckon]

We need the pandemic dream team: Dr’s Ben Carson Ronny Jackson Harold Bornstein

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

Why? They could limit # of people coming in if that’s the concern. It’s an important resource for people hunkering down now.

[Chris Kaergard @ChrisKaergard]

Peoria Public Library will be closed to the public starting Monday until at least March 30, per news release.

[John Nichols @NicholsUprising]

Sicily has figured out this whole self-isolation thing.

#COVID19 #CoronavirusPandemic

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

Major contribution to Allied cause in WW II.

[Andy Kravetz @andykravetz]

Now, a proclamation on the 75th anniversary of the public release of penicillin. Mass produced here at the Ag Lab. Speaking medicine, there was an 80s song called Bad Medicine by Bon Jovi. @CityofPeoria_IL

All kidding aside, this was a huge deal and put the ag lab on the map.

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

Professor Harold Hill has opened a voting software initiative in Iowa. #yougottaknowtheterritory

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

@andykravetz Cost of the DNA work?

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

Someone at my health club apparently thought this would be good reading while on the treadmill.

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

I'm a St-Viateur man myself, but wouldn't say no to a poppyseed from Fairmount.

A Montreal Bagel War Unites Rival Kings https://t.co/g8zSrntga0

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

A recurring rural story to ponder on this rural-themed holiday: aging, land-rich farmers living on the edge of poverty. They will be financially fine, but something will be lost.

https://t.co/QGa9LuqiGf via @NYTimes

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

One of the last and best of the independent donut shops. Worth a stop off I 80.

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

Blast from the past. ⁦@pjstar⁩ trying to make amends for all those papers forgotten or thrown in the shrubs. Too little, too late.

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

Poor Steak ‘n Shake. For $10k you can own one, but many still remain closed.
https://t.co/iIV2g25hPU

[Lee Smith @llsmith428]

As someone who divides time between a smallish city and a rural area, I find this, sadly, to be one of the most perceptive pieces of the “what in the world are those people in the sticks thinking” category. Not every town’s the same, tho.

https://t.co/vTiGTs2H5Q via @NYTOpinion