Jim Davis
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Pinball would-be wizard's lament: For the days of Tropic IsleApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - One of my favorite childhood memories goes back to when I was 7 or 8 years old. My dad would take me with him to his Friday-night bowling league. While he bowled, I'd p...
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Pinball sales wizards leaving the businessApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - After 32 years as sellers of pinball machines, arcade-style video games, jukeboxes and other cool game room stuff, Paul and Ann Biechler are calling it quits. At 67, the...
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Why it might really pay to be lucky rather than goodApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - I think I first heard the expression on the golf course. A guy skulls a short pitch shot. Instead of a highly lofted shot that lands softly on the green, it takes off li...
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Jack Bauer and Smokey the horse jump through hoopsApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - My last column about dogs chronicled the gut-wrenching decision last fall to put to sleep our 13-year-old Boston terrier, Fudge. The upside of losing a dog, I guess, is ...
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Fighting the copy-cat syndrome in the age of instant messagingMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Bomb threats. Suicides. Gang names. Things we often, as a matter of course, don't write about. The reasons are all intertwined. Someone who gets his jollies causing a ru...
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Bridging the generation gap with Pat BooneMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - How do you like the new mug shot of me? Hard to believe it's five years ago to the month that I started writing this column. Hard to believe, too, how my hair has gotten...
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Sorry, but even student journalists need bosses, tooMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Let me start by saying I have enormous respect for the accomplishments of the Central Times, the student-run newspaper at Naperville Central High School. More than once ...
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Lessons learned at NIU come back to the foreFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Jim Davis, NIU Class of '77. B.S. in Journalism. Frankly, I hadn't been thinking about that a lot lately. Until this past week. In that time, I thought more than once of...
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I think I want you to tell us what you think … perhapsFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Be careful what you wish for, Daily Herald. We recently asked our online readers to tell us what they think of our stories, and, boy, have they. It's called story commen...
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Dan Tani putting on his socks: Great TVJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - I'll get to the business about Dan Tani putting on his socks in a minute, but as you all recall, I'm sure, I've got three more months of gloating to do about the DuPage ...