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Disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's Personal Belongings To be Sold at Auction

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Disgraced Illinois Governor RoDisgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's personal belongings go up for auction, including thios life-size statue of Elvis Presley.

Disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's personal belongings are set to go up for auction by the storage facility to which he owes one year's worth of back rent. Indeed, Boyer-Rosene Moving & Storage, a Chicago-area moving and storage company, plans to sell the contents of seven 5' by 7' wooden storage crates he has rented for the past eight years (as seen above), according to Paul Lombardo, Boyer-Rosene's chief executive officer.

Most of the contents of the crates are documents, but there's one intriguing item: a life-size statue of crooner Elvis Presley with a microphone in hand.

Unless Blagojevich ponies up what he owes, the public will be invited to buy at auction the contents of the crates on August 14. The proceeds of the auction will be donated to a local charity, Children's Memorial Hospital, according to Lombardo.

It is unlikely that former Governor Rod Blagojevich is terribly focused on the belongings he left at Boyer-Rosene--at least not right now. In fact, he spent much of today in a court room listening to closing arguments during his federal trial in Chicago for corruption charges. Jurors are expected to begin their deliberations tomorrow.

Tags: auction, Boyer-Rosene Moving Storage, Elvis Presley, Governor Rod Blagojevich, Illinois, trial

Linde Werdelin Watches Present The "Test Set" For The Biformeter Curious

by Ariel Adams (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Timepieces / Watches

Linde Werdelin aims to please and knows that you really need to handle their watches to appreciate them. That is a bit hard if you aren't near one of the few spots around the world where you can get their watches. Since conception they have offered a "trial run" of their line, and have just now revamped the watch trial program to include new watches. The new offer is better and easier than ever. Linde Werdelin presents the "Test Set," a combo pack of a watch plus Linde Werdelin's "The Rock" Land Instrument. It is a computer device that attaches on top of their watches that provides you with many sensors and useful features for extreme Earth surface exploration.

After filling out a short form, Linde Werdelin will send you a watch that you choose (depending on availability) and you can test it out for five days. If you don't like it, you can return it with no obligation to purchase. Available watches in the Test Set include the all titanium SpidoLite, Oktopus, The One (various styles), Two-Timer, and 3-Timer (various styles) watches. They will come with an aluminum The Rock as well. Very cool watches that I am a fan of. For more information go to Linde Werdelin.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

Gallery: Linde Werdelin The Rock