Although we've seen Rockford receive poor grades on a variety of things over the years, it still sucks to see our city show up on yet another list of the country's most dangerous places.
Anyone who has had their driver's license for a while has had at least one moment of being completely freaked out by something that happens on the road. It might be catastrophic car damage, insane weather conditions, other drivers, you name it.
Basically, the Milk Crate Challenge (which is also called the Crate Challenge) involves users attempting to climb a staircase made of plastic milk crates without falling. It might sound simple enough, but there have been some stunning wipe-outs.
Over the years, Rockford has been on the receiving end of all sorts of slings and arrows from different publications, and I don't know that it will ever stop. I'm sure they get their numbers correct, but sometimes it feels like we're being piled on.
Think of what's going on with cicadas just to the east of the Rockford area as a sort of precursor to what we're going to be going through in three short years.
On my personal list of "things I've done but never want to do again," going ice-fishing is right near the top. It's right next to diaper-changing and eating haggis (although, those two things are remarkably similar).
If your bottle of hand sanitizer contains methanol (or, wood alcohol), you could be risking a toxic reaction, according to the Food and Drug Administration.