Hoosier lore

Oh, for God's sake:

From former Indianapolis Star columnist Ruth Holliday's blog I gleaned this tidbit about Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning:

Greetings, fellow members of Economic Growth Region 3. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development has released a listing of the 50 fastest-growing high-wage jobs for each of the state's 11 regions in the 10-year period 2004-2014. Our top 10: registered nurses, postsecondary teachers, network systems and data communications analysts, elementary and kindergarten school teachers, dental hygienists, medical and health service managers, dentists, sales managers, family and general practicioners, surgeons.

Sometimes, after I see the bill for a restaurant meal, my reaction is, "This is robbery!" Little did I know:

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Ha. The Indiana and Ohio bottle and can Mafia are running their contraband into Michigan and costing the state a bundle:

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Ya'll have fun watching John at the coliseum:

A few nights ago I sat down with great expectations to watch my neighbor John Mellencamp on Real time with Bill Maher.  

If you've gotten over Restless Leg Syndrome, you can now concentrate on worrying about "popcorn lung," the name given to breathing difficulties thought to be caused by exposure to the  fumes from the agent giving microwave popcorn its buttery flavor:

The empty summer hours are coming to an end! The between-season drought is over!! The NFL season starts tonight!!! With the Colts! beginning the defense of their Super Bowl! title!!!! And they're optimistic:

WNBA. Come on, does anybody really care?

Indiana beats Detroit in WNBA Eastern finals opener

Tamika Catchings had 22 points and 11 rebounds to help the Indiana Fever beat the Detroit Shock 75-65 Friday night at Indianapolis in Game 1 of the best-of-three Eastern Conference finals. Catchings set a franchise record with her fourth consecutive double-double.

Cool. Next time I have an extended stay in the hospital, I can have my IV tube and YouTube, too:

INDIANAPOLIS -- First, people got used to being able to surf the Web via free wireless connections as they sipped lattes at coffee shops.

Now, in many cases, patients and visitors to hospitals can whip out their laptops or other wireless devices and enjoy the same free Internet access.

Just one small story from the northwest corner of the state: An e-mail is circulated saying that the owner of a Dunkin' Donuts is turning away customers in uniform because "you are killing my countrymen and I will not serve you." Outrage builds until somebody decides to check it out:

"Hard to believe that something like this might be going on in our community,” said John Pitt of the Indiana Army National Guard.