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Tuesday, Dec 11, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Gotta wonder what that book is and what’s bookmarked…



       

59 Comments
  1. - very old soil - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 1:57 pm:

    It’s an advanced calculus text. Bookmark is on a real world example of a diiferential equation used to describe a state budget.


  2. - NotRich - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 1:58 pm:

    “The Idiot’s Guide to being Governor of Illinois”.. book marked Chapter 7 “how to survive 4 years with Mike Madigan”..


  3. - OneMan - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 1:58 pm:

    Next time you can take care of the toilets yourself, I marked the page for you./


  4. - Huh? - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:00 pm:

    Binders of women.


  5. - Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:00 pm:

    To Serve Man


  6. - Montrose - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:01 pm:

    “You see, it’s all a big metaphor. Just flip to page 403, and it will make sense. See, you are Harry, Julianne is Hermione, and Madigan is Ron Weasley, the broom, of course, is the graduated income tax, and butterbeer is the legalization of recreational marijuana. Now, lets talk about Snape.”


  7. - Huh? - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:01 pm:

    It’s really in the book? The meaning of life?

    Yeah, I bookmarked it for you.


  8. - Huh? - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:06 pm:

    So you have a foolproof way for me to lose weight?

    Yeah, I bookmarked it for you.


  9. - AlfondoGonz - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:06 pm:

    “Snape kills Dumbledore.”


  10. - Steve Rogers - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:07 pm:

    Bob Vila’s Guide to Plumbing


  11. - Res Melius - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:07 pm:

    … and this page explains Catch-22.


  12. - Henry Francis - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:11 pm:

    It’s a low-calorie cook book. He bookmarked a recipe for a delicious pot pie, loaded with pork.


  13. - @misterjayem - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:15 pm:

    Fifty? I had no idea there were so many shades of gray…”

    – MrJM


  14. - wordslinger - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:17 pm:

    “So, you claim Rauner made how many horucruxes?”


  15. - Anon - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:19 pm:

    “Oh sure, absolutely, I’ll get right to it”


  16. - OneMan - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:21 pm:

    So you are saying this has all of Rod’s hair care tips…

    Yes and I bookmarked the chapter on advanced combing


  17. - The Real Captain - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:23 pm:

    On page 197 in my grandpappy’s recipe for possum stew … every Thursday use to be possum stew day at the Governors mansion. Uncle Bruce wouldn’t do it but i’m sure hoping you’ll bring it back in style …


  18. - Keyrock - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:24 pm:

    Rich, isn’t that your copy of Mostly Good and Competent?


  19. - Lol - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:24 pm:

    “How not to lose weight”


  20. - Bourbon Street - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:24 pm:

    “All 12 of them murdered Ratchett. I’ve marked where Poirot starts to explain his reasoning.”


  21. - Kayak - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:26 pm:

    You see this book? This book tells the future. It tells the outcome of every major political event till the end of the century… governor, senator, congressman, president. The records in this book is worth billions, and I’m giving it to you. Oh, and by the way, I even marked where you become POTUS.


  22. - @misterjayem - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:27 pm:

    “And you published this yourself? No, no — of course I’ll read it… Just as soon as I… uhh…”

    – MrJM


  23. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:31 pm:

    “It was lost during the days of Thompson. In here is the secret to governing. Others only found chapters, snippets if you will… but here… here is the book… it’s $7.00.”


  24. - Anon - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:32 pm:

    “You know which hand to raise, right?”


  25. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:34 pm:

    “Yep. ‘All You Need To Get Along With Mike Madigan’. I offered it to Rauner, he told me to jump in a lake… “


  26. - frisbee - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:35 pm:

    “And then towards the end of the grow guide they even tell you how to hide your outdoor plants from the helicopters! I even heard of people burying rail cars in Canada to avoid those pesky thermo imaging devices the coppers got!”

    JBP “Yeah I’m gonna legalize it so you don’t have to worry about the coppers in helicopters”


  27. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:35 pm:

    “This is every synopsis of ‘Dad’s Home State’. I hope you learn from these… “


  28. - Al - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:37 pm:

    Thanks, just what I needed as I prepare my Capitol plan. A book on sausage making.


  29. - ste_wit a v_en - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:37 pm:

    “I’m just finishing up “The Governor” by Rod Blagojevich. Got it for a bargain too.”


  30. - Pot calling kettle - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:37 pm:

    ==It’s really in the book? The meaning of life?

    Yeah, I bookmarked it for you. ==

    42


  31. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:38 pm:

    Oswego Willy presents Governor-elect Pritzker with a printed, bound copy of every comment he’s made about him on Capitol Fax since the election.


  32. - Pot calling kettle - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:39 pm:

    It’s overdue, but I figure if you return it, they’ll be no charge. So, thanks!


  33. - walker - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:41 pm:

    “Defense Against the Dark Arts”


  34. - Kayak - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:43 pm:

    This book covers every Italian dish and sauce.
    What about Prego?
    It’s in there.


  35. - benniefly2 - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:45 pm:

    ‘And they put this beer-cheese sauce over the entire thing?’

    ‘Yeah. Over the fries and meat and everything.’


  36. - A guy - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:48 pm:

    Plumbing for Dummies…

    Bookmark: when to use multiple wax rings.


  37. - Smalls - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:49 pm:

    Book - Government Budgeting 101

    Bookmark - Page with the definition of Balanced Budget


  38. - a drop in - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:49 pm:

    “You can skip over the kissing parts if you think they are yucky”


  39. - A guy - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:49 pm:

    Capitol Fax passwords

    Bookmark: this week’s.


  40. - Jocko - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 2:51 pm:

    “It’s a copy of ‘Tropic of Cancer’ I checked out from the library in 1971. I’m hoping you could return it for me.”

    JB: “You owe how much?”


  41. - Huh? - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 3:02 pm:

    “42″

    “The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42.”

    -Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy

    Took me a few minutes to get the comment.


  42. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 3:16 pm:

    You can’t be serious, the best Belgian waffle recipe in the world?

    Yeah, I bookmarked it for you.


  43. - Montrose - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 3:23 pm:

    The book group meets on the third Wednesday of each month. Mike hosted in November, so you are up for December. I think its John’s turn to bring chips, and Bill need to bring drinks. I wrote the discussion questions on the bookmark. Jim will bring the tissues. This one is a tear jerker.


  44. - Northsider - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 3:24 pm:

    Pot calling kettle @ 2:37: That seems infinitely improbable.


  45. - Rail Splitter - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 3:28 pm:

    Since you’re moving to town, the Springfield chapter of the Loyal Order of the Water Buffalo’s meets on Thursdays. I bookmarked a map to the lodge. Are you gonna bring your buddy Barney along?


  46. - Huh? - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 3:36 pm:

    What’s this book?

    This is Mike Royko’s book “Boss”, the biography of Richard J. Daley. Mike Madigan learned democratic machine politics at Hizzoner’s right hand. This book tells the secret to Madigan’s political longevity and power. I bookmarked the secret to which type of apples he likes.


  47. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 3:47 pm:

    “This is a special, hardcover edition of the new AFSCME contract. The bookmark is where you’ll find the new pay tables. How does January 15 work for you?”


  48. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 3:48 pm:

    Quad Cities Cookbook Guide


  49. - don the legend - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 3:55 pm:

    JB: “You’re saying this is all the possible tax increases that are known to exist?
    Man: “Yep, the bookmark is where Rauner stopped looking once he signed his only budget.”


  50. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 4:14 pm:

    “It reads like stereo instructions but… “


  51. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 4:15 pm:

    Thanks, but I’m more of an Old Testament kind of guy, if you know what I mean.


  52. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 4:15 pm:

    “This is the book with every anonymous commenter on Capitol Fax… and their true identity.”


  53. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 4:16 pm:

    “It’s a Madigan pop-up book… “


  54. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 4:47 pm:

    Listen up old timer: the first rule of book club is you don’t talk about book club.


  55. - Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 4:47 pm:

    “‘How to Look Slimmer by Wearing Vests.’ I marked the spot on what to do when it’s 95 degrees in Illinois.”


  56. - zatoichi - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 5:50 pm:

    The Book of Eli. You can have Denzel’s role.


  57. - Billinois - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 10:15 pm:

    “So let me get this straight, I just throw this at people I don’t like and they go away for a long time?”


  58. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Dec 11, 18 @ 10:20 pm:

    “In this book, you learn 60 and 30… that governors own… that governors owning is really good too. You’re gonna learn to get advice from past governors. You won’t learn a thing about Madigan, that has to be learned by experience. ‘You’ll be fine’. Understand? ‘You’ll be fine”. It’s in the book… “


  59. - The Colossus of Roads - Wednesday, Dec 12, 18 @ 8:30 am:

    This is a first edition of The Flintstones Bedtime Story Book. I book marked the line that reads ” Your only friend is a buck and the more bucks you got, the more friends you got.”


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