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Archives: May 2004
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Albert Einstein doll

Dressed for intense classroom action, this 5 inch tall hard-plastic Albert Einstein Action Figure holds a piece of chalk in his hand, poised to explain relativity or to do battle with the forces of entropy. Features realistic disheveled hair and comes on an illustrated blister card with Einstein facts. (Subject to change.)
$9.99
I'm an affiliate of Entertainment Earth. If you buy this product from my page, i get 5% at no extra cost to you. Sweet.
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Autobot Jazz has a mullet!
Jazz the autobot transformer has a mullet in this icon rendition! haha!
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67 degree difference between days in Anatartica

Wow, can you imagine having a forecast that has a 67 difference from one day to the next? Well, at the South Pole's Amundsen-Scott's station it will be -67 on Saturday, and then 0 on Sunday.
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Fake plastic cicadas needed
Anyone know where I can buy some fake plastic cicadas?
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Mr. T's birthday
Today is the birthday of Mr. T. (May 21, 1952) Happy Birthday, foo!
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Which is the coolest chicago cubs hat?
I want to buy a new cubs hat. Something funky cool. Which one do you think?
option A: fitted: $23.95: Cap Cubs Trucha Trucker option B: non-fitted: $16.95: Antidote Mesh Cubs Trucker Hat option C: fitted: $27.99: Alternate Desert Storm Camo Hat
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McDonalds Stepometer Challenge
I hereby challenge anyone to get a stepometer from McDonalds and see if you do more steps than me.
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"If you have a large stomach" -McDonalds Adult Happy Meal

Today I bought a McDonalds Adult Happy Meal. It has a salad, Dasani water, a Stepometer with instructions, and "Step with It!" a walking program by Bob Greene, Oprah's personal trainer.
The instructions stated something rather humorous: "2. Make sure the Stepometer is worn on your waistband in line with the front center of your leg and is not located on the side or titled. If you have a large stomach, try placing the Stepometer on the side of your hip."
Check this scan of the instructions. (with my highlighting)
"If you have a large stomach"! I'm glad McDonalds is recognizing that a good section of their audience is overweight. But hey, good for them! They are trying to help out those that need to be more healthy.
Also of side note, the Adult Happy Meal did NOT come in it's own cute little box. Instead, the employees fulfilling my order had to pick up the pieces from several different places. But at least the water was very cold.
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Velcro has 300 hooks per square inch
Invented by the Swiss George de Mestral (1907-1990), it was patented in 1955. While walking his dog one evening, he bacame annoyed by the burrs that stuck tenaciously to his clothes and dog. He examined them under a microscope and found the myriad hooks of the burr caught on the loops of his wool sock. He realized that if he could replicate this method of fastening, it would be superior to the zipper. After eight years of trial and error, he finally had an automated manufacturing process that could make the loops at the required 300-per-square-inch density.
And designers can appreciate that velcro is 300 dpi. haha!
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312, 213 palendromic area codes in the nation's largest cities
It's wild that two of the three biggest cities in the US have palendromic area codes to each other:
312: Chicago
213: Los Angeles
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MLB Gameday Audio is nice to have
It's really fun to listen to any major league baseball radio broadcast. Sick of Ron and Pat of the Cubs radio? You can tune into the opposing team's radiocast. How about listening to any other game? It's all possible through MLB's Gameday Audio.
If you sign up , i get $10. Lemme know if you are going to sign up. Thanks!
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15 years from now Comiskey Park will be popular
Yeah, it's supposed to be called U.S. Cellular. Whatever. But in 15 years, the area will be drastically different from what it is now and the Chicago White Sox ballpark will be THE place to be. (with Wrigley Field still being classic and popular as ever)
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Fresh Paint: Sign alternatives
The subway stations in Chicago are painted quite often. They hang up the same "Fresh Paint" signs everytime. Next time I'm gonna nab one, see what font is used, and make my own signs.
What would be a good phrase to put on them?
* Fresh Idea
* Fresh Start
* Fresh Season
* Fresh Fish
* Fresh Aquaint
* Fresh Evidence
* Fresh Breeze
* Fresh out of milk
* Fresh Air: Thank you for not driving
* Dry Paint
Got any other ideas? Any favorites here?
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Adobe Acrobat is just not called "Adobe"
What is it with people who call "Adobe Acrobat" just "Adobe"?
i.e. "I used opened that pdf in Adobe."
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I met a real live robot this weekend

And we were both wearing yellow! [ larger photo]
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Croquet Champion X4

Yours truly, the Mighty Mauler unified ALL FOUR championship belts of the Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk. Check out this press photo.
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natural water
I only drink natural water, none of that artifical water.
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Rake by Elevated Train Tracks

There's a great website out there, dpchallenge.com For newbies and experienced digital photo buffs alike, this site offers weekly challenges on a wide variety of themes, some for paying members and some for anyone. There's also a lively community. Paying members can even sell prints via the site.
I submitted a photo for the rust competition. I already knew about the location of this rake (underneath the brown line between Damen and Western), so I went down there last night to photograph it while the sun was setting. Right now the photo is getting a 4.5 rating. Which is just below average. (top voters get around a 7, the last placers get like a 3). I suppose I should not have included so much of the white background, and more of the rake.
The next competition is "Opposites: Black and White. Left and Right. Take a photo of two opposite things." I wonder what I should shoot. Any ideas?
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playing scrabble with an anagram machine
Here's a new way to play Scrabble. Players are allowed to use an anagram machine, like the one at wordsmith.org. Yeah, yeah. First thing is that you think is that it's cheating. But if all the players are allowed to do this, then the game's focus becomes more strategic as to where you are going to place your tiles
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12 funny American things to buy for July 4th
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"Sorry, much was not found in the database"
The phrase that acoynmfinder spits out when you search for " much" is quite funny:
"Sorry, much was not found in the database"
Say it out loud, it's quite funny.
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Disappear in your city
I like the line "disappear in your city" found in this spam message I received today. It sounds very poetic.
From: Lucile
Sent: Monday, May 3, 2004 5:05 AM
Subject: ceremony
Kidd,
Govenment don't want me to sell
UndergroundCD !Check Your spouse and staff
Investigate Your Own CREDIT-HISTORY
hacking someone PC!
Disappear in your city
bannedcd2004
anorexia,disappearance of likhodeev.
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The bridges are now raising in Chicago

The boats are going down the river and that means one thing in chicago... the start of summer! (and a new print on my deviantart page, Start of Summer 2004)
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