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Good grief, it's been a long time since I've posted!

I've been a bit busy this past week, so I haven't had time to post anything on the blog page. And frankly, my life has been a little boring, and I don't think everyone needs to know the boring aspects of my life!

Things should get interesting at the Belleville News-Democrat in the next few weeks. Both our publisher and editor are leaving at the end of the month. We already have a new publisher, a hometown product who is liked in local and Knight Ridder circles. However, we don't have a new editor in place. There is some speculation the new editor could come from outside, which might be a good idea because we need a few more fresh ideas to shake some things up here. We have a good paper, but it could be better if we could plan a little bit more so we can have compelling presentations every day.

I should have gotten out on the bike a bit more, but lots of goofy things got in the way.

St. Patrick's Day went well. Even though I don't have a bit of Irish blood in me, I figure I can celebrate anyway because I'm Catholic! I went to an Irish pub in downtown Belleville, Castletown Geoghegan, and heard a local Irish band, Father Stone. One of my good friends, Wayne Schell of Jerseyville, played guitar, banjo, fiddle and mandolin during the course of the evening. Wayne's quite good. He doesn't have a classic singing voice, but it's a voice that fits in well with the style of music he performs.

I hope I get more of a chance to get on my bike next week and spend less time behind a computer.

Roger 0 comments 12:02 AM