A Dark And Quiet Room

Citizen Journalism from your neighbors

• Local: Delivery drivers don?t obey traffic rules in PeoriaAugust 21, 2008
  This sort of thing has always ticked me off. I was getting gasoline at the neighborhood station the other day, and before I started pumping, I noticed this: Thirty seconds later, I snapped this picture: Look at the traffic lights in both photos. They are green. So why didn’t the driver proceed through the intersection? Because he wasn’t [...]
  Billy Dennis
• A Flower for Mara at GenCon 2008August 21, 2008
  Emily wrote up this Actual Play report of A Flower for Mara from GenCon. That means that I don’t have to! Hooray! Plus, it was a really good game. Very emotionally intense, especially since the group decided that Mara had killed herself. Yeah, that was pretty hard. But still, good.
  Seth Ben-Ezra
• And tonight he?s going to an ?FFA? meeting!August 21, 2008
  I am reading “The Road” and I love it and hate it. I love the writing, very mental picture-inducing, but it’s heartbreaking. Extremely bleak. Nevertheless, I can’t seem to put it down. I would definitely recommend reading “The Road” but would also suggest NOT reading it before bedtime. My next read is [...]
  jenjw4
• Media: Small world at One WorldAugust 21, 2008
  I was invited to attend a meet-up of the Peoria Flickr Group this morning at One World on the corner of West Main and Peoria. This was my third time at One World this week, a new record. It’s one of my favorite restaurants, but I have managed at times to go months without stopping by. [...]
  Billy Dennis
• Illinois River Bridges ProjectAugust 21, 2008
  For anyone who is interested, the Peoria Flickr group is doing a show @ One World. It runs from August 19th through September 15th and features 21 photographs of Peoria’s bridges from 14 different artists. These are all wonderful pictures, and I would highly recommend checking it out sometime over the next few weeks.
  mortonmalaise