tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78344952011-08-03T01:34:46.808-05:00One man types...nobody reads...repeat...grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.comBlogger8981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-53211923665972660972010-10-11T07:11:00.000-05:002010-10-11T10:18:04.111-05:00

I have a hard time believing that Elmo was traumatized by Katy Perry's decollatage after discovering that he had already "been around the block"... Compare and contrast:So I am left with the understanding that cleavage that sings pop songs is "bad" while equally impressive cleavage that sings Bizet is "good".Thanks, Sesame Street!

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-30891137357957768492010-07-10T01:11:00.003-05:002010-07-10T01:22:28.192-05:00

It's been almost a year since my last post. Sure, I'll admit I got caught up in all the hoopla about Facebook for a while. But lately I'm finding myself getting kind of tired about it. I missed the regularness of just blogging. Where I can form and use complete sentences and where I am sheltered from the Farmvilles, the quizzes, and the people you didn't really know in school but you felt too

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-45154206066822430502009-03-30T22:03:00.003-05:002009-03-30T22:05:15.482-05:00

Anyone want to bet that this school has an abstinence-only sex-ed policy?Just another legacy of the past eight years...

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-33827702939557241572009-03-25T06:50:00.000-05:002009-03-25T08:01:40.077-05:00

One annoying thing about Facebook is the ridiculousness of the ads. I mean, not only to they appear to have been designed by 8 year olds* but almost all of them are for fraudulent or potentially illegal activities**. But every not and then I'll see one that I find amusing, but not for the reason you might think. Consider the following:Let's consider the power of simile for a moment. So buying

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-45369026826160290672009-03-23T16:53:00.003-05:002009-03-23T17:05:47.325-05:00

I think I'm starting to like Tesla Coil music a little too much, but this is awesome.My only wish is that you could hear Sexyback a little better while the coils are working. As it is you can pretty much just hear the bassline.SexyBack vs. Legend of Zelda Theme on Two Tesla Coils from Trammell on Vimeo.

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-57829068263589837202009-03-19T06:39:00.002-05:002009-03-19T07:46:01.130-05:00

Yesterday I received an email from my mom. She's really gotten into emailing lately, presumably because it's one of the easiest and more reliable ways to get a hold of me, other than text message (which my dad is now better at than I am). Anyway, mom mentioned Grrrcat several times, asking how he is and whatnot.I only mention this because as I was reading this in my gmail browser, the "sponsored

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-30149127879147593092009-03-09T12:35:00.001-05:002009-03-09T15:38:26.124-05:00

Just when you think government is comprised of adults...video emerges of an actual city council meeting somewhere where a kid in the audience uses one of the plethora of iPhone fart sound apps to add his own - shall we say "color commentary"?Kid Uses Fart Machine During City Council Meeting - watch more funny videosOf course, if I were in that situation, I'd probably laugh too. Who am I kidding

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-83293533627916795842009-03-06T12:21:00.000-06:002009-03-06T13:25:21.257-06:00

Had to make a change to my blog template over lunch today because the old template - in all its fascist glory - wouldn't adapt itself well to either large image or video posts. While I could mostly live with that, I couldn't live with the fact that it wouldn't show the full width of hte new Current widget! So begone "Scribe"! Consider yourself exiled!Yay! Now I can listen to the current

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-9362213200608676712009-03-06T06:38:00.002-06:002009-03-06T08:42:42.660-06:00

You know, as much as I love living in Chicago, there is a bizarre dichotomy between how the city tries to position itself as a modern, sophisticated urban center (see: 2016 Olympic bid, Alinea, Magnificent Mile, fantastic cultural institutions) and how the rest of the state seems heck-bent on celebrating it’s ignorance. It’s sort of like your one friend in high school who was the eccentric,

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On the current front page of Yahoo is coverage of the inauguration speech and hoopla.Also, an opportunity for the American people to review what various fashion talking heads have to say about Michelle's fashion choices.For the love of pete, Yahoo. The man just finished a speech in which he talked about the need to "put away childish things", grow up and take responsibility for making hard

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-15813962458171535992008-11-25T16:58:00.002-06:002008-11-25T17:23:52.302-06:00

Greetings from Maui! I tell you, if any of you out there get the opportunity to come here, not only should you say yes, but you should quit your job so that you have enough time to truly appreciate it.The first day we arrived the weather was a little rainy, but since then it's been *gorgeous*. Pretty much sunny and mid-80s every day, but unlike back in the midwest where heat like that is

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-60259396945885987562008-11-22T09:59:00.000-06:002008-11-22T09:59:01.075-06:00

Because I forgot to post this before...here's something to watch while the GF and I wing our way to Maui!It's the GF's second ad she made for the Current. This one didn't get on air, but honestly I thought it had better non-sequiteur one liners than her first one for the Prius.

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-20540432884452124382008-11-21T16:22:00.002-06:002008-11-21T16:38:04.493-06:00

For those of you playing along at home, I'm taking a quick break from packing for Maui and doing laundry to relate the story of my followup appointment with the retinologist on Wednesday. At the first appointment she had given a bunch of different treatment options. We started with steroids for 10 days and when I went back in the spot was still there. When the doctor looked at it and ran some

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-50803159648008883132008-11-21T05:33:00.000-06:002008-11-21T05:33:00.985-06:00

A woman in Arizona was recently suffering from numbness in her arm and blurred vision went into her doctor for a diagnosis. After some tests, a CAT scan, and eventually an MRI, they discovered a tumor in her brain. Of course, surgery was scheduled. But when the doctors arrived at the site of the tumor, they found – not a tumor – but a worm. The full story is here, but the most interesting part

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-21486120458926475342008-11-20T05:54:00.000-06:002008-11-20T05:54:01.006-06:00

Umm...is it just me, or is this the most brilliantly-named "as seen on tv" product *ever*?I mean, really? Shoulder straps are *that* uncomfortable? Really?Why do I get this feeling that this whole thing is just a joke dreamed up by some millionaire who just wanted to buy ad space for his made-up product with the somewhat pervy name...anyone know what Bill Gates is doing these days now that he's

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-88504705866429054272008-11-19T05:50:00.001-06:002008-11-19T05:50:00.339-06:00

Am I the only one who gets a little annoyed at these ads? I mean, so there's no difference between a Bounty Hunger and a Criminal Investigator - they both just wear fedoras? Redheads are only suited for being a psychologist or a therapist? Where's the bald guy? What am *I* supposed to do for a living? Is there no place for me?Let me tell you I have friends who are CI's and he is *SOOO* not

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-31571717455678791042008-11-18T18:00:00.001-06:002008-11-18T18:01:43.449-06:00

Earlier today through the magic of the internet I was listening to 89.3 The Current out of Minneapolis at work when they decided to play “I’m a Believer” by the Monkees. Being a hopeless romantic, I decide to call the GF and tell her about it because she lurves the Monkees. She wasn’t at her desk so I just left her a voice mail of the song by putting the headphone up to the mic so her voice

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-80923313413215703202008-11-18T17:37:00.000-06:002008-11-18T17:37:01.033-06:00

Those of you paying very close attention* may have noticed that my position in the Cubs queue has changed! That's right b*tches, I'm now only 60 people away from crackin the top 30,000! Woo-hoo!Of course, this means that only 65 new people got tix this year. Doing the math, that means if we keep up this rate I'll get my season tickets in...um...about 462 years.Congratulations great, great,

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-51227099868227379722008-11-17T18:25:00.004-06:002008-11-17T18:49:49.338-06:00

All right, time for an update.After wrapping up a particularly intense travel month for work (October) I woke up a few weeks ago with a small, odd distortion in my left eye. I didn't pay it much mind for a few days until I saw a work report that was supposed to have text in a box had a warped corner in the lower right instead of a right angle. Being a big fan of right angles in boxes, I took

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-71201674731841281952008-10-31T12:40:00.001-05:002008-10-31T12:42:56.021-05:00

How awesome is this? Some guy laid down 64 tracks of him making random mouth sounds and it magically turns into a near-perfect rendition of Michael Jackson's Thriller! And just in time for Halloween! What are the odds!?!?See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.Laugh if you want, but deep inside you know it's awesome and are jealous you didn't think of it first. Especially

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-88719898896717144802008-10-17T06:20:00.000-05:002008-10-17T09:22:28.976-05:00

Once again, I have found myself cursed with a cold. And once again, I have the GF to blame for it. It’s really not fair – the same cold she had for approximately 4 hours has struck me down for the better part of a week. So much for the myth about how living in the upper Midwest makes you have a hardier immune system.I’m desperately trying to sleep as much as possible before this weekend

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-21445613379319469442008-10-11T19:12:00.001-05:002008-10-11T19:14:49.509-05:00

As you may have presumed, it's been a hectic time around these parts. Mostly work stuff but also a lot of committee meetings for the theater company.That said, I'd be remiss if I didn't pass this along:The internet is awesome...

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-91905361453134581642008-09-23T08:28:00.002-05:002008-09-23T09:52:52.336-05:00

Earlier this summer, my mom retired. So her and my stepdad sold the house and began their life as wandering nomads in their RV. Because of this, I assumed custody of their cat, who will now become the latest character in the blog: Grrrcat. TOWWAS has already met him, and he’s pretty much the nicest cat you will ever meet. He is also very concerned for the well-being of all his pet humans, as

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-53702890700905247972008-08-28T06:09:00.000-05:002008-08-28T08:13:04.254-05:00

Earlier this week I finally unloaded some of my older Ikea furniture on a friend from work who’s basically just starting to furnish her own grown-up place. She took away my ikea chair* and a huge desk that used to sit in my second bedroom before I realized that it was way too big to fit in the guest room/office. The chair was pretty easy to get out but the desk itself took a fair amount of

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-21070202543377074072008-08-27T06:37:00.000-05:002008-08-27T12:44:59.393-05:00

I know I'm a complete nerd because I actually find this tune kind of catchy:I keep forgetting that the LHC is about to come on line. But hey, if it inspires the ladies of science to bring forth the funk like this, maybe it'll be okay if it ends up destroying the world. Woo!

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-67078240877233244732008-08-26T06:56:00.002-05:002008-08-26T08:14:13.123-05:00

One of the recent trips for work was a visit to the International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta last week. At the show, I saw a lot of machinery that only serious lumber-using people (e.g. Ikea) would ever use but I also saw a super-high-end sports car that was made almost entirely of wood - The Splinter:All right, you say, that's interesting but why should I care?The funniest thing about the car

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-90041032384852088102008-08-25T06:51:00.003-05:002008-08-25T08:02:07.743-05:00

This past weekend I discovered that a friend of mine was in town on vacation from New York, so I bopped downtown to get some lunch on Saturday and catch up over pad thai and white sangria*. After doing that for about an hour, we walked up along the magnificent mile, stopping in to various stores and what not while he played tourist.I should say at this point that my friend works in investment

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-15680432317976295012008-08-20T08:41:00.004-05:002008-08-20T08:44:04.155-05:00

I don't care how cool or "rad" you think you are, if you try to go kite surfing during a hurricane, you deserve to get blown across the street and dragged into a building.Kite-surfing in a tropical stormI just really have no pity for this guy. Of course, this being America he will probably recover and try to sue ESPN for unduly influencing him to take overly dangerous risks via multiple showings

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-59457873613299401572008-08-17T12:03:00.008-05:002008-08-17T13:09:05.903-05:00

This weekend was spent kicking it in Cleveland. I had to come out for work on Friday, so I figured I'd spend the weekend here. All told it was a fine weekend of hanging out with old friends and seeing the old neighborhood. But it was a better opportunity to catch up on blogging and download all the pictures from my phone that I'd intended to blog about but never got around to.First: Does

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-22445655764731648182008-08-11T06:48:00.000-05:002008-08-11T07:55:20.053-05:00

Am I the only one who received the email from the Obama campaign offering me the "opportunity" to be the first to know who the VP will be? Somehow, I doubt it.But you know, I didn't sign up. I figure the 0.0000001 second delay between when the email is announced and when it's being broadcast on MSNBC ("Obama announces VP-elect! More at 11!"), Fox News ("Hussein Obama pick for VP proves

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-26580962052828209862008-07-21T22:57:00.002-05:002008-07-21T22:58:45.673-05:00

Have you seen this? Extinct, my ASS! from The Original Joe Fisher on Vimeo.It's a super-realistic ROBOT DINOSAUR! WANT!!!!!!1111!!!ONE!

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-30456532608068282232008-07-11T14:29:00.003-05:002008-07-11T14:45:43.941-05:00

The one nice thing about being stuck at an airport is that it gives me time to catch up on about a month's worth of blog-reading! Particularly when the airport itself has free wi-fi! Still, the bad thing about it is when American sends me an automated call telling me that my flight home tonight has been canceled. Poop. I've got my travel company on it though, and they are trying to get me home

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-58114705981772857552008-06-16T19:46:00.003-05:002008-06-16T19:53:33.576-05:00

Dear Ms Huffington,While I may not understand how you get so many famous (and not-so-famous) people to post material on your blog, I do enjoy many of the postings that populate it. That said, was there so much nothing going on today that this somehow becomes material that is even remotely relevant to anyone outside of Katherine Heigel's bikini cleaner?Apparently, a number of the internet's

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-66807103742629927212008-06-12T22:09:00.003-05:002008-06-12T22:24:53.633-05:00

After 15 years of being on the move from address to address and state to state - the powers that be have finally caught up to me and slapped me with the wet haddock of civic responsibility. Yes, I've been summoned to Jury Duty.For years now I've been of the impression that jury duty was something that happened to "other people" much in the same way that "other people" get hit by hurricanes, win

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-77702515252918444252008-06-08T21:11:00.003-05:002008-06-08T21:44:18.599-05:00

I took a couple weeks off (obviously) to recharge and accommodate a bunch of work-related schedule business. I had a trade show last Sunday (more on that later), a bunch of prep work for a presentation I'm giving on Tuesday, a car-chase moment last-Friday, and on top of everything I've managed to catch a cold which I've spent most of the weekend trying to beat. I'll try to catch you up...Last

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-41753282033862413412008-05-25T21:46:00.001-05:002008-05-25T21:47:13.208-05:00

A quick fun, yet relaxing game for the long weekend:

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-23578592783694441762008-05-23T06:31:00.000-05:002008-05-23T15:47:18.335-05:00

When you are writing a story for radio, one of the most important things to consider is the effect that pronouncing names of people being quotes on air can have when combined with regular English. Unlike television or print media, you can't rely on a captioned photo of said source to explain any confusion. Case in point, in this morning's story on how the high price of gasoline might affect

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-67651535891344279902008-05-16T06:25:00.001-05:002008-05-16T23:24:04.294-05:00

This week I've actually had an opportunity to get out and run some errands, which is good because a) I haven't had time to do much of that over the last couple weeks and b) I'm traveling for a lot of June and July so I won't get to do much then either. And my milk expired.But it's amazing how my brain shuts down to advertising messages when I'm not actualyl shopping. It's a sort of "don't talk

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-73358256192455887552008-05-15T06:27:00.001-05:002008-05-15T06:38:09.938-05:00

In light of the fact that Mother's Day was this weekend I had to share a picture from the local corner market in my neighborhood. It's one of Chicago's countless storefront groceries that overcharge you for basic food items, but are so much easier to walk to than getting in the car to drive to the Jewel or Dominicks.Anyway I had to stop in there last weekend to pick up milk and other essentials

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-78420293783133684172008-05-14T16:41:00.004-05:002008-05-14T16:42:57.576-05:00

John Edwards just endorsed Barack Obama! Yay!Now keeping fingers crossed that this whole mess finally wraps up and we can move on...

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-76460128407702752042008-05-13T16:20:00.000-05:002008-05-13T16:20:00.803-05:00

Remember when Spice was struggling with the truth that "Stuff White People Like" applied to people exactly like her?Yeah, well with the latest post I've come to realize that it applies just as much to me. I'm *so* that guy. In every detail - I can't stand when people use the wrong form of their/they're/there and take great delight in spotting grammar errors in major publications*.I guess this

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-52106084298688848942008-05-13T12:15:00.000-05:002008-05-13T12:31:40.562-05:00

On the way up to the GF's a while back I found myself stuck behind a car of an obviously risk-averse person:It's a little blurry, I'll grant you. But only because I had to move fast to get a picture before he turned. But you can clearly see the Jesus fish juxstaposed with the Superman logo just to its left. When the end of the world comes, clearly, this guy wanted to make sure he would be

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-1186014393171833292008-05-13T07:02:00.000-05:002008-05-13T09:45:29.354-05:00

Well it looks like the GF and my timing was impeccable. The city of Berwyn tore down the Spindle the weekend before last. A sad day indeed. I blame Walgreens and their hatred of all things art. After all we saw the parking lot where it is located and there's plenty of room for both the Spindle and a Walgreens, so logically the only reason the Spindle was dismantled was because Walgreens hated

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-35920983785576538492008-05-12T22:31:00.002-05:002008-05-13T09:34:39.032-05:00

When I got home from work today, I decided to make myself a light dinner because I wasn't terribly hungry and could stand to lose some "winter insulation". After all, it's spring which means the odds of me being seen in a bathing suit go up significantly - particularly if I have to go to Europe for some reason and get assaulted by the speedo gestapo for not wearing one.After some thoughtful

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-55272733598804467312008-05-07T05:59:00.002-05:002008-05-07T11:15:57.339-05:00

On Sunday of this week, a new television show premiered in Chicago that the GF worked on. I'm not going to say what she did, because then people will be able to read the closing credits, find her name, and then the whole carefully-woven illusion of secrecy that I promote on this blog by just referring to her as "the GF" will be rent in twain.Anyway, it's a really good show and I'm just too proud

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-67510540976984715752008-04-21T21:19:00.004-05:002008-04-22T10:28:46.171-05:00

Even though I don't trumpet it from the highest hill, I happen to be a big fan of 'net neutrality. Maybe it's because I'm from Minnesota* but I always find myself rooting against the big dominating powers regardless of whether it's in football or internet-related business models.That said, I don't really do a whole lot about it because frankly what I do doesn't really matter. Sure, I wrote an

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-67424432900602268642008-04-21T12:26:00.001-05:002008-04-21T15:31:28.128-05:00

All right Lifesource. I am just guessing that I'm up for donations again because you've called me - literally* - SIX times since I got into work this morning. You know, maybe I'd actually pick up the phone if you would stop harassing me.Or at least limit your calls to one per day.Or even just leaving a voice mail reminder that "it's time to donate!"As it is, you're just annoying me.* And yes,

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-79853506080154444312008-04-20T19:13:00.000-05:002008-04-20T19:13:22.966-05:00

We saw this sign on the offramp from the Kennedy Expressway onto Damen Avenue. I have no idea what the point is but frankly I think it's hella funny."Honey, look! I'm an asshole! HA!"Still, I wonder how IDOT knows so much about my assholeness...hmmm....

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-89260692549151259862008-04-20T18:46:00.004-05:002008-04-20T23:09:42.083-05:00

This morning the GF and I got up early in order to go see "The Spindle" in Berwyn. While (apparently) many of the residents of that community consider it an eyesore, for most folks in my generation it is an iconic sculpture forever associated with cars, driving, and "gotta moosh, gotta moosh, can you do the fandango". We had to go this weekend because it's probably going to get torn down any day

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-8065713313931975652008-04-13T14:23:00.005-05:002008-04-13T14:30:56.083-05:00

Running errands after work on Friday, I stopped by Walgreens to pick up some personal effects and noticed that they've already got their decor up for Mother's Day. I guess this is what happens when easter is so early in the season. After all, what could a store base it's decor on if not an upcoming holiday? Even when it's over two months away.I did, however, notice one thing about some of the

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Remember back in the mid-90s when computer games like Myst came out without any obvious storyline or direction*? Well I just found a totally fun minigame called "Feed the Head" and it is exactly what it sounds like - a game where you feed a head!And pull off its nose...among other things.Anyway, it's super fun and doesn't take terribly long to play. Check it out![Edit: If you're wondering, if

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I know that the weather here in Chicago has been a little lousy lately (it's been raining most of the past week which has served only to aggravate those gullible residents who believed last weekend's 60+ degree days were the new norm). But come on Chicago Sun-Times, why do you have to be such a Debbie Downer? Yep, that's the actual headline at the top of their webpage right now...

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-31548602626861056802008-04-07T23:15:00.004-05:002008-04-07T23:36:13.098-05:00

All right, I'm back and my circadian rhythm is completely messed up. I have no idea what time it is and am not tired at all. Thank goodness for the internet*!This is sooo trippy! Seriously, it took me watching it intently for an entire cycle before I figured out what the pattern was and how it worked. And then I still watched it...in fact, it's still playing right now in another tab...How

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-38169112827700431632008-04-07T06:12:00.002-05:002008-04-07T06:14:31.989-05:00

Boy, you know normally I don't mind traveling for work. But being on my third time zone in as many days is really a drag.Needless to say I'm really glad that I'm done traveling for a few months after today.Gotta go pack up!

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I'm in Los Angeles for most of this week on a business trip. While that in itself isn't that bad, I am staying in a different hotel every night because I'm covering a fair amount of territory. Wednesday night, for instance, I was staying in El Segundo - across the street from the Mattel factory. Not exactly the hippest neighborhood to hang out but it was neat to see the place where all my Hot

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-74777521753814895562008-03-31T23:31:00.005-05:002008-04-01T00:13:28.353-05:00

Over the weekend the GF and I attended the wedding of my stepbrother and his lovely fiance (now wife, obviously). It was a *fab* wedding. Really beautiful space, short and sweet ceremony, really fun and interesting people in attendance, and dancing.The last one in particular was of note for two reasons. First, the GF *lurves* dancing. So much so that she will travel with me hundreds of miles

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-28389923023847512982008-03-29T10:57:00.004-05:002008-03-29T11:01:14.600-05:00

I'm in the Twin Cities this weekend for a wedding, but I have too many readers in science *not* to post this picture.Ladies and Gentlemen, this is what happens when we cut science funding for schools. Sigh...Mad credit to Grrrlscientist here for the original posting

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-68715188525984048892008-03-26T05:45:00.000-05:002008-03-26T10:03:24.536-05:00

I'm In the office for only a few hours today before jetting off for a bunch of super-important stuff the rest of this week. This afternoon I'm off to watch the GF work on a super-cool project for her job. Tomorrow I fly to Detroit for a business trip. And Friday the GF and I leave for my stepbrother's wedding for the weekend. Come to think of it, next week I'm travelling to LA for much of the

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-52197708914879974902008-03-24T16:55:00.000-05:002008-03-24T15:58:25.599-05:00

I found a neat widget for blogs - the Uniqlok! Those of you taking a gander at the little clock to the left of this post will no doubt find the dancing Japanese girls fun and all, but most importantly, they dance in time to whatever time it is, each beat taking exactly one second.Honestly, I find the music kinda kewl, but I can understand how it might be a little much for folks with speakers at

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-82872395235092197302008-03-16T21:05:00.002-05:002008-03-16T21:19:18.357-05:00

There are many great things about finding the love of your life. You always have someone who listens to you when you have a bad day, who will run your head when you have a headache, and who will sometimes make dinner for you without asking.Which is all well and good, but you also find yourself facing some of the not-so-great parts like passing the same cold back and forth as the GF and I have

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-12578813775321603302008-03-10T20:07:00.002-05:002008-03-10T20:39:23.140-05:00

After nearly ten years, I finally decided it was time to retire my suit. Yes, that suit that I wore to all major events I attended for the last decade was running out of time. Or at least in my case, running out of room in the waist*. Mercifully, just about the time I made this decision Macy's decided to have a huge sale on men's suits. So I was able to go in and buy *two* suits for about 20%

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-59598836720178456772008-03-09T19:34:00.005-05:002008-03-09T19:49:34.057-05:00

Last week, I stopped by Target to pick up some new undershirts. Because I'm pretty much the definition of "medium size" I struggled to find enough of the regular t-shirts to replace my stock. So I was forced to buy a couple sets of the Hanes "premium" shirts. As far as I can tell, the only difference between them is that the premium shirts come in bags of three, while regular shirts come in

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-17854118889345018742008-03-07T17:39:00.005-06:002008-03-07T17:44:14.685-06:00

Dear Nowpublic,I realize that you're all about "crowd powered media", so the author of this may be a 10-year old with no sense of grammar. But there's a big difference between "resigns" and "re-signs".Just an FYI.Grrrbear the Grammar Nazi(Link to full article here)

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-81802693017606733372008-03-07T06:50:00.000-06:002008-03-07T09:58:28.494-06:00

My local NPR pledge "week" ends this afternoon and frankly, I cannot be more glad. I've been a member of public radio for almost 10 years now and while I recognize the need for pledge drives, I also get so tired of them. And this last one went even longer than usual (or at least it felt like it). Maybe it's because everything else on "regular" radio is either crap or commercials. But it

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-22230949991651030872008-03-05T06:10:00.004-06:002008-03-05T09:25:13.672-06:00

I know I'm a little late on most things these days, but I just saw Hillary's "appearance" on the Daily Show Monday night. Boy, talk about uncomfortable. Not only was Jon clearly not excited about talking with her* but there was something not quote right about her whole appearance on the show...Hmmm...what could it be I wonder?... Something vaguely sinister yet hilarious...Oh yeah, I remember now!

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-76455266065598720472008-03-04T20:44:00.002-06:002008-03-04T21:08:42.522-06:00

For some reason, over the last couple weeks I've been getting numerous phone calls from the Obama campaign, apparently convinced that despite my Chicago-area Area Code I actually still reside in Cleveland. In fact, I had two voice mails from Barack himself this afternoon when I got home! That's devotion people, I can imagine him now sitting at a desk with the Cleveland-area phone directory

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-2862070188649151662008-02-28T12:40:00.003-06:002008-02-28T12:42:27.616-06:00

In the midst of work business I forced myself to read through my dental magazine again despite its overwhelming scariness. One product that caught my eye this time is a company making plush stuffed animals complete with models of human teeth – for the purposes of teaching little kids how to brush and floss properly, no doubt. Except that when you combine human teeth with animals, you frequently

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-1729489124248185542008-02-25T12:30:00.000-06:002008-02-25T13:01:49.520-06:00

Although I spent pretty much all the Oscars alone in my apartment doing last-minute work stuff for a big presentation tomorrow, I can’t let an Oscars go by without my yearly “Thoughts on the Oscars” overview. Unfortunately, because I was working, I couldn’t live-blog it like I usually do, so here’s what I can recall during my short 10 minute lunch break:Why is Best Supporting actor the first

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-29428589530119396062008-02-22T06:12:00.000-06:002008-02-22T09:33:35.299-06:00

I know that I have at least a few people still stopping by, hoping beyond hope for something new to read that doesn't involve scary giant puppets or uninteresting stories of travel delays in airports. I also know that a few of said readers are folks who are known to pick up knitting needles now and again* and that at least one of them has a significant other who is a little nerdtacular**. For her

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-70116359401742930182008-02-19T06:45:00.007-06:002008-02-19T06:52:24.331-06:00

I know I'm totally slacking off with respect to blogging lately. Work's been a real obstacle to anything resembling real life for the past few weeks and this weekend was full of theater company stuff, prior social commitments, and taking a few hours off to enjoy a nice dinner with the GF. But this week's making up for taking the weekend off so I'm going to be pretty much offline most of the

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-49944975420973862012008-02-09T16:02:00.000-06:002008-02-09T16:12:42.895-06:00

In an effort to catch up a little on my Netflix queue, and flesh out my film history knowledge, I sat down early this afternoon to watch the Charlie Chaplain classic "City Lights" while I was on the exercise bike.When I brought up the main menu, I noticed that it was a very egalitarian setup - offering subtitles for english, french, spanish, a few Asian languages I didn't recognize, and what

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-69860772985654472352008-02-07T21:34:00.000-06:002008-02-07T22:52:01.540-06:00

In case it wasn't obvious enough, I'm in the midst of another nationwide tour for work. And yes, it's actually pretty dull. Today and tomorrow I'm in Los Angeles. Last night I had to drive out to the middle of the desert* for one meeting this morning and now I'm sitting in my hotel after another meeting this afternoon. It's been about six hours since I got here and traffic has only started

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-68998521676397647402008-01-31T22:53:00.000-06:002008-01-31T22:57:38.310-06:00

Three words: What the f?Seriously? I don't know about ya'll, but there's no way in h-e-double hockey sticks that I could get anything done during the day were my ass being swiveled around by a paint mixer... It's official. Americans are now so far and lazy that we'll believe *anything* that remotely involves motion qualifies as exercise.

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-44247703530941479732008-01-30T06:39:00.000-06:002008-01-30T06:52:04.283-06:00

Greetings from the Nutmeg State! Despite wind and weather in Chicago yesterday, I was able to sneak on an earlier flight out here to Connecticut and arrive at a reasonable hour*. Of course, then I had the day to hang out in far suburban Hartford. In fact, my hotel is across the parking lot from the mall. I did check it out yesterday, but it contained pretty much the exact same stores as every

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-77213290980309004722008-01-23T09:44:00.000-06:002008-01-23T10:01:42.708-06:00

I'm in Vegas for a day today attending the "World of Concrete" trade show at the convention center. For me, Vegas is nothing all that interesting. I arrived last night really only in time to run down and watch the Belaggio fountain show. Because I'm staying so close to the Belaggio (across the street basically) for the first time, I didn't see a single dude handing out porn on the street!

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-48899450834190843722008-01-16T20:27:00.000-06:002008-01-16T22:23:49.346-06:00

Walking through the office this morning, I noticed that there was a set of keys sitting on top of a shelf, seemingly abandoned. Figuring they were just sitting there temporarily, I left them where they were*. Ordinarily, this wouldn't really be noteworthy - but one of the multiple key fobs on the keys caught my eye.You see, as soon as I saw the keys, I knew they belonged to a woman. Yes, this

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-88440962622730289662008-01-15T06:25:00.000-06:002008-01-15T06:39:29.555-06:00

Hey medical-profession-Ladies!Are you sad because the writer's strike has hobbled your regular viewing of Grey's Anatomy? Feeling Down because that one hot chick left the show/never worked her baby from Knocked Up into the plotline/still hasn't gotten together with that one hot guy?* Well now you can get yourself through the drought by swapping out those grubby, unflattering** plain ol' scrubs

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-53624141290203311412008-01-12T09:22:00.000-06:002008-01-12T11:36:01.364-06:00

While I'm certainly no scientologist* I am both fascinated and exasperated by the study of psychology. Sure, on the one hand they are able to provide insight into some of the more obscure aspects of human existance. For example, ladies, did you know that going on the pill apparently makes you less attractive**?But just when I think psychologists have got things figured out with regard to

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-33843255293802312922008-01-08T19:18:00.000-06:002008-01-09T20:13:53.785-06:00

Just when you think they have come out with a "Complete Idiots Guide" to everything, along comes the one for Intelligent Design.Sigh...In other news, I'm totally getting caught up on Oscar bait movies for this year. Saturday was No Country for Old Men* and Monday was There Will be Blood**. This weekend I'm seeing Atonement with a friend***, and I've already chalked up Juno and I have Once,

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-11685328653748340342008-01-04T06:30:00.000-06:002008-01-04T08:20:05.187-06:00

Do you ever have one of those situations where you find yourself needing to use the facilities in a public place? It's like a shell game, really. You sit there facing the row of stalls* trying to figure out which one was least likely to be, shall we say, "freshly used". There are few things that make me uncomfortable in the world** - but one is sitting down on a pre-warmed toilet seat. I'm not

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-82758973793778071632008-01-03T06:31:00.000-06:002008-01-03T13:10:26.993-06:00

After being forced to watch all the crappy commercials over the holidays, I found myself getting a little irritated for some reason. Apparently, it has something to do with my not being given one of these diamond pendants this year.What is it with *every* single diamond commercial this winter selling us the *exact* same thing? I always thought that when you get your girlfriend something, the

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-10029531405736197252008-01-02T22:41:00.001-06:002008-01-03T09:56:59.143-06:00

Are *you* still an undecided voter? Tired of having to *read* and *learn* all the time about all the different candidates positions? Are you all nervous and sweaty because your caucus is tonight and you're still "undecided"? Well worry no longer because once again - THE INTERNET HAS THE ANSWER!Some research firm has created this website (based in the Netherlands, I think) where you answer 32

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-6473900398744354672007-12-28T17:41:00.000-06:002007-12-28T18:31:34.519-06:00

After returning from a day visiting the ruins of ancient Pompeii at the science museum, I came home to update myself on the goings-on of the world by browsing through the interweb's most popular stories on Digg. Of course, Digg tends to be hit-or-miss when it comes to relevance. Sure, it's generally pretty accurate about news stories and whatnot. But in the end, it's a site by nerds, for nerds

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-27775685025339837502007-12-27T11:18:00.000-06:002007-12-27T11:35:10.541-06:00

Those of you who never saw this in elementary school - here's your chance.I know it's long but if you keep watching eventually you'll see every single cartoon you ever watched coming together to tell you about the dangers of drugs. It's amazing how effective that is, when you think about it. In fact, that's probably why Linsay Lohan and Britney Spears never met a drug they didn't like - simply

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-55618879948418697862007-12-27T11:06:00.000-06:002007-12-27T11:15:06.470-06:00

It seems so weird that I'm already over halfway done with my holiday voyage back home for the holidays. After spending last weekend at my Aunt's in Iowa (arriving in the middle of a blizzard of 8" of snow) and the beginning of this week at Grrrmom's (where, no kidding, I watched a squirrel attack a flock of ducks at the birdfeeder in the backyard) I'm now at Grrrdad's in Minneapolis. I continue

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-15942270655451323272007-12-25T10:38:00.000-06:002007-12-25T10:49:59.139-06:00

Yes, that wonderful time of year when we all gather with our families and celebrate the birth of our lord and savior - Jesus X...Well the last-minute scramble to get all my shopping done before the holiday came true again. It never fails, no matter how good my intentions are to get my shopping done by August, craft an elegant and witty holiday letter to all my friends, finish all my work stuff

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-59220232601734607292007-12-14T07:33:00.000-06:002007-12-14T07:36:22.521-06:00

Something fun for the morning. I suppose this is handy to know. I always figured I could have taken down my entire kindergarten class. I just never thought I'd get to the point where I could do it all at once.This is totally what the internet is for - warning us about things we would otherwise never have considered threats.26

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-60850953289208053202007-12-13T05:52:00.000-06:002007-12-13T09:43:18.049-06:00

Those of you familiar with the fiasco at Gate D during halftime of Jets games may be interested in hearing that the team is at least attempting to stop the hyjinks there. Of course, given all the added publicity, the number of idiots there for "the show" was even greater than usual this past week, thus overwhelming the additional security that was brought in for the event. For me this is no

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-66693687919732072982007-12-12T07:11:00.000-06:002007-12-12T09:28:42.464-06:00

I officially have laryngitis, which tewtally sucks. After discussing it with my doctor's nurse yesterday, I'm under orders to rest my voice as much as possible over the next few days. Those of you who know me personally understand how difficult this is for me.Mercifully, my boss is out of the office today and I have a half-day vacation this afternoon. So it's just a matter of keeping my head

grrrbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04070712215227643581noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834495.post-14341634596680529412007-12-10T21:25:00.001-06:002007-12-10T21:44:05.840-06:00

Can someone please explain why Michio Kaku is on *every* science-related documentary on television these days? Did someone pass a law? Did he hold hostage the wife and family of the CEO of Discovery Networks, only releasing them when the guy promised to put him in every show across their spectrum?It's not that I actively dislike this guy - I barely know him, after all - but because he's on all

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AAAAAAAUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHH! MY EYES!!!!!!!1!!!!!!ONE!!!!!!!!!http://www.unjeans.com/Not scared, you say? Did you scroll down to the bottom? Ah, yes...*now* you see...Big presentation for the departmental bigwigs tomorrow, so no time to post much more. But lots to say, so stay tuned!

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I know I've blogged about the ridiculousness of the market for children's crap before, but I think I may have found something that takes the cake - a keepsake tooth that stores all your child's baby teeth as they fall out and also serves as a piggy bank* for all the money they collect. Allegedly, it was created by "a sentimental Tooth Fairy" who wanted to give the children of earth a place to

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Hey ladies!Do you know how sometimes (say, every 28 days or so) you get to feeling cranky, or sad for no apparent reason? Ever wonder why after having a kid your mood can suddenly go into the crapper? Are you curious about why menopause sucks so much?Well, recent research by some innovative scientists has discovered that there is something called "hormones" which cause these bad moods. So it's *

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Have ya'll seen the trailer for the "Golden Compass" movie coming out next weekend? Seriously? Polar bears in suits of armor battling similarly-clad wooly rhinos? That might be the coolest fight scene I've ever even *heard* of in a film! Yet I'm still hesitant, because there are so many counterbalancing things about this film that both attract and repulse me at the same time. Here's how I

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Look! It's Greenland!Taken from the airplane on the way back from Germany last September. It was really beautiful, all sorts of mountains and glaciers, and the ice sheet itself is amazing - it actually looks a mile thick, even from 40,000 feet.

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Who ever knew that this book existed? I saw in a used bookstore a couple months ago, and *almost * bought it. I mean, Asimov + Shakespeare? I can't even imagine...

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My neighborhood of Bucktown recently got a new library branch a year or two ago. And this morning, as I was walkign around the neighborhood, waiting for my car to get repaired* I finally got around to visiting it for the first time. This was a first for me, because despite the fact that I was a library junkie for most of my childhood, I hadn't held a library card for nearly 20 years.So I took

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Yup, yesterday I presented the GF with the biggest ring I could find. She's been so good to me I figured I had to come clean and make an honest woman of her.Want to see it?Hee hee hee...Actually, I *did* buy this for her. She needs one for a shoot she's working on at work and I can buy them at cost. Oh the benefits of working for a distributor!Speaking of which, I know things have been quiet

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Okay, the GF and I have been laughing our butts off at this video all freakin' day today. Had to share...Who knew dog parks were *so* exciting?

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