On this day
April 4
9 items, across every year
2022 4 years ago
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- Why “I Love Onions” is such a wonderfully quirky song
What combines kazoos, scatting, muppet voices, a Billboard 100 appearance, and played on Captain Kangaroo? Answer: this song!
2013 13 years ago
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- Re-activating your EarthLink email address
Good ol’ Earthlink. Back in the late 1990’s Earthlink was one of the top internet service providers. Chances are you or someone you know used Earthlink…
2012 14 years ago
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- New word: pinbombed
word: pinbombed definition: When someone pins many many pins of the same topic/theme to Pinterest, so it takes over the screen when someone looks through their…
2008 18 years ago
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- Chicago 34th out of 50 for recycling
Popular Science reports the top 50 greenest cities. But their ranking combines several areas, Electricity, Transportation, Green living, Recycling and green perspective. The following list shows…
2007 19 years ago
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- Woodpecker on Tribune Tower
While at work on the 14th floor of the Tribune Tower our copywriter spotted a woodpecker outside our windows! The little birdie was just hanging onto…
2006 20 years ago
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- New Word: Takyotim
interjection: short for “take your time” The shortening of this phrase into takyotim is ironic given what it means. View all the new word definitions on…
2005 21 years ago
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- chewing on two pieces of gum
It’s kinda silly that when I’m hungry I like to chew on two pieces of gum instead of one.
2002 24 years ago
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- Cubs Opener
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…
2001 25 years ago
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- TMS editorial columnists & cartoonist email newsletter
A weekly html email newsletter sent out to newspapers editors that allows editors to sample the top commentators every week. There was a lot of different…