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Got Weed? Better Avoid Galesburg.

ByJim Loomis 11/13/201811/18/2018

Galesburg, Illinois, has been a railroad town for a very long time. Two of Amtrak’s long distance trains, the Southwest Chief and the California Zephyr, stop in Galesburg four times a day—two heading towards the West Coast and two coming east to Chicago. Then there’s the Illinois Zephyr and the Carl Sandburg, two trains also…

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Cutting It Close? Not a Good Idea.

ByJim Loomis 01/13/201801/14/2018

The trouble begins when my wife asks, “What time do you want me to take you to the airport?” and I say, “At noon.” Her response is 100% predictable: “What?? Your flight doesn’t leave until 3 o’clock!” We’ve had this conversation almost word-for-word many times over the years and it turns out that…