Open Thread: Cubs vs. Diamondbacks, Saturday 5/10, 2:40 CT Rockford, I, the magical Fox wizard, hereby decree that only privileged people who live in the following TV markets will be able to view today's Cubs/Diamondbacks game. A Fox Pox on the rest of you! Abilene TX, Albany GA, Albuquerque NM, Alexandria LA, Amarillo TX, Atlanta GA, Austin TX, Bakersfield CA, Baton Rouge LA, Bend OR, Biloxi MS, Birmingham AL, Boise ID, Butte MT, Casper WY, Cedar Rapids IA, Champaign IL, Chattanooga TN, Cheyenne WY, Chicago IL, Chico CA, Cincinnati OH, Colorado Springs.

5/10: Today in G-History 1888: MAX STEINER, composer for the original .".King Kong.".and .".Son of Kong.". and composed stock music.d.".The Giant Claw.".".20 Million Miles to Earth.". and the 2005 .".Kong.".remake, is born in Vienna. A protege of Gustav Mahler and Johannes Brahms, he also wrote the scores for .".Rio Rita.".".The Informer.".".Tovarich.".".Gone With the Wind.".".Now, Voyager.".".Since You Went Away.".".Life With Father.".".The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.".".So This Is Paris.".".The FBI Story.". and .".A Summer Place.". 1902. Tickets.

Links of the Week Ending 5-10-08 Here are some of the more interesting stories from around the blogosphere this week.Marty McKee on The Rockford Files.DVD PANACHE gives an excellent reason to pick up an HD DVD player.Glenn Kenny.ronicles a week in movie watching.Roger Ebert continues his blogging with this post on majority critical opinion.What are the Ten Most Questionable Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Best Week Ever gives their choices.Piper has announced a new Plot Farm contest. The deadline. IL.

Winnebago County Board Might Go McHenry County Board One Better by Cal Skinner The McHenry County Board joined 70-some other Illinois counties in passing a resolution opposed to more gun control legislation. In doing so, it broke new ground in the Chicago metropolitan area. It's probably explained by McHenry County's being the most rural of the six Chicagoland counties. Winnebago County Board member Randy Olson wants his Rockford-area county to do more. He and former Democratic Party County Treasurer and now county board member Doug Aurand want their. Ticket.

Starting A Fusion Program In Your Home Town Starting A Fusion Program In Your Home Town by Simon It is getting to the point that to make advances in the field of IEC Fusion collaborative efforts will be required due to the range of knowledge required and the cost. The individual with the home built fusor is not a thing of the past by any means, but it is not the wave of the future. I have been contacted by people from Jr. Colleges who are interested in doing fusion research so that is probably the place to go. Get your local Jr. Colle. Rockford IL.

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Sopranos Creator Gets First Film Deal IL tickets, You would have thought that David Chase - seven-time Emmy winner and creative parent to The Rockford Files, Northern Exposure, and The Sopranos - would have had a shot at a feature by now - whether by choice or by lack of opportunities, he hasn't yet taken that leap in his thirty-plus years in the business. Yesterday, Paramount Pictures announced that Chase will finally get his shot - writing, producing, and directing his first film, which will not be a continuation of The Sopranos.

Concealed carry coming to an Illinois county? Rockford ticket broker, The idea is a bit difficult to imagine, but a bipartisan coalition of Winnebago County board members is giving it a try. At least two Winnebago County Board members would like to see that changed in Illinois, starting in Winnebago County. Randy Olson, R-1, and Doug Aurand, D-3, plan to present a resolution to the County Board this month authorizing concealed carry within the boundaries of the county.I put it together a couple years ago? Olson said of the resolution.I had a few members.

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Reality TV: News, Updates and Casting My husband and I have different ideas about what to watch. I love Reality TV, and shows like ?Split Ends?Dirty Jobs?Clean House?Deadliest Catch?American Chopper? and others, like in my last post ?Wife Swap. My husband on the other hand could happily watch ?The Rockford Files? and old movies for days on end. Lately, I've been getting into ?Groomer Has It? on Animal Planet. I usually end up liking something the first year, and then go back to watch it the second, and they change . ticket brokers.