In the next Star Wars film (Attack of the Clones) Yoda will yield a light saber with “maneuvers as quick as his speech is circuitous.” Time Magazine states. “A Gandhi turned Rambo, Yoda is the real action hero of the…
This morning there was bird that ran around a statue in Lakeview. It almost seemed like the bird was just exercising. But that would be odd, because animals don’t exercise just to exercise (like us humans). Everything animals do is…
The official croquet of the Squirearchy is now made under the brand names of Wilson and Sportcraft. Amazing. Here’s the story no-point story: hey! i found the croquet set for lisa. I went over to sportmart during work. There’s one…
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…
