Yesterday I was wondering if Montgomery, IL has a nickname. (it’s where my girlfriend now lives). So I was searching for some special characteristic of Montgomery… “The Land of No Noise.” From this article.
I played the Big Game lottery yesterday for 325 million dollars. I was hoping that since i got stung by a bee (or hornet) that would be my lucky day. So I played the numbers 8, 4, 16, 1, 46,…
The assilant was not clearly identified. Police sketches have narrowed it down to either a bee, a wasp, or a hornet. No stinger was left behind, so it may be a hornet. The incident occured on the 146 express bus…
Triskaidekaphobia triss-kye-deh-kuh-FOH-bee-uh: fear of the number 13 I wish I was afraid of a number. That sounds really cool. Let’s see what number would I be afraid of. I think 666. It’s kinda funny, because lately I’ve been using 666666…
I purchased a coca-cola from a vending machine in the Aurora, IL trainstation. And the thing plunked down sooo hard that it got all fizzy. I think the soda pop companies should be some sort of cushioned thing at the…
I just went to an adobe conference. They were providing lunch and mentioned they were gonna get pizza. I thought, “oh gee, your standard flat pizza.” But my to my delight, they got some really good stuffed pizza. And no,…
Springtime means that ladybugs come out. But in recent years, we’ve seen a new type of ladybug emerge. One that isn’t as bright red as our earthbound ladybugs. Yes indeed, these new ladybugs are actually… ALIEN LADY BEETLES! They will…
I’m looking to buy a cheap PC. yes, it’s true! I am inviting the death star into my own apartment! Not to worry, my Mac will still reign supreme. There’s been too many things that i want to do on…
I was at Walgreens during lunch today and I ran into this Singing Kung-Fu Hamster. Squeeze his hand and he sings the pop dance song, “Ku Fu Fighting.” But the killer winner of them all is the spinning nunchucks! I’m…
by StanWho says that we have to switch over on a weekend? Here is my new plan. In April, when we spring forward and lose an hour, we change the switchover time to 4:00 p.m.on Friday. That way when it…
Then the interviewee, Paulo Freire, from that same book replied,“Yes, yes, yes. Planting a tree can be also a creative and artistic job. Unbdoubtedly, the veery movement of the body in order to make the hole–there is ritual, there is…
There’s this neat section in a book i’m reading…“I have a friend who is an artist who said that he felt the most radical thing that he could do was to plant trees in the communities where there are no…
We’ve got an official new video game here on the 14th floor of the Tribune Tower. It’s this mini-golf game you can play on the web. It’s quite addicting! Right now, I’m the supreme score leader with 27.Try to beat…
It’s neat living in Wrigleyville. Today is the Chicago Cubs home opener.* They painted the Addison red line L a couple days ago* The street sweeping truck thingy is out* The Tribune Company put up stupid new wind blockers in…
Today’s sunspot number is the highest EVER recorded since 1750!!!! Today’s sunspot number: 262!!! http://www.sunspotcycle.com History of sunspots: http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/ssl/pad/solar/images/zurich.gif
Then at like 4:00pm yesterday, there a bunch of protestors outside the Tribune building. Once or twice a month, we get protestors outside protesting one thing or another. I work up on the 14th floor facing the Pioneer court where…
I loved having snow in april. And on april fool’s day! It was like an April’s Fools joke on us. Actually, I think it was cotton falling from the sky. THAT would be a real April Fools joke.
They are raising the Illinois Tolls from $0.40 to $0.75 ! My brother came up with an idea to put stickers on quarters protesting this ridiculous raise. Here’s our favorite slogan… “Free Roads Forever”
My brother, sister and I are getting my dad a digital frame for his birthday. It’s a 5″x7″ LCD screen in a picture frame that he can hang up. It plugs into the phone outlet, so we can download pictures…
Quark 5 Multiuser license agreement Peter Anton spotted this interesting tidbit in the Quark 5 Multiuser license agreement: “End User acknowledges that QLA UTILIZES A SECURED COMMUNICATIONS LINK BETWEEN END USE AND QUARK, VIA THE INTERNET or technology which may…
I lost my croquet Bloodmatch championship belt to the Punisher at Punishment today. SUMMARY OF PUNISHMENT 2002 Five hungry contenders fought for the universal belt in the first match of the day for Punishment 2002. After the first match Erik…
actually wouldn’t it be fun to be able to get the list of people who have checked out the same book as you? That way you can contact them and talk about it! idea! idea! I’m gonna put a little…
sI would love to see a list of books that I’ve taken out at the library for my entire life. I’ve gone to mostly chicago public libraries. So you’d think they would have a database with all those records. Wow,…
Getting that neat book at the library gave me an idea to post a list of all the neat books that I find at the library. That way, you can go there and take them out! Update 2020 I have…
