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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.

Jazz the autobot transformer has a mullet in this icon rendition! haha!

Wow, can you imagine having a forecast that has a 67ƒ difference from one day to the next? Well, at the South Pole's Amundsen-Scott's station it will be -67ƒ on Saturday, and then 0ƒ on Sunday.

Anyone know where I can buy some fake plastic cicadas?

Today is the birthday of Mr. T. (May 21, 1952) Happy Birthday, foo!

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

I hereby challenge anyone to get a stepometer from McDonalds and see if you do more steps than me.

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.

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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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

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!

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)

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?

What is it with people who call "Adobe Acrobat" just "Adobe"?
i.e. "I used opened that pdf in Adobe."

And we were both wearing yellow! [larger photo]

Yours truly, the Mighty Mauler unified ALL FOUR championship belts of the Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk. Check out this press photo.

I only drink natural water, none of that artifical water.

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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?

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

	Patriotic Afro Wig Nothing like looking an All-American Fool
	Patriotic Potato Sacks What is more American than USA and potatoes?! *stands up and sings* God bless America! Land that I love! Stand beside...
	Metal and Rhinestone Patriotic Flag Rings Bling bling. Can you imagine a USA ring on each of your fingers. Hell yeah! You'd be like sucka Mr. T.
	I love USA charm To complement the bling bling of your patriotic flag rings.
	Laser Patriotic Vests Hot. Actually not. Nothing is more dorky than this. Nothing.
	Patriotic Sequin neckties Sexy. Does this tie seem short? Wear this and you'll get a swirlie.
	Glitter Patroitic Tattoos Tattoos are like hard ass Harley riders. But the glitter says fun lovin techno. Best of both worlds here.
	Terry Cloth Patriotic Wrist Bands Would be excellent on the croquet course. And they are oh soo cool now. The Mauler will devastate!
	Inflate Patriotic Guitar Born in the USA! Rock out like Springsteen! or however you spell his name.
	Patriotic Angel Bear WTF. bears with american flag butterfly wings?
	Mini Foam Patriotic Finger Flyers Fly your own scud rocket into your co-workers!
	Mega Patriotic Assortment When you can't decide just take it all. Nothing more American than that.

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.

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.

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)