January 31, 2007
Los Lobos Tickets Still Available For Metropolis Shows
According to an email today from the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, there are still a few tickets left for the two Los Lobos shows on March 15th and 16th. Frankly, this is shocking
news and as soon as word gets out those few tickets will be sucked up fast. So hurry up and get those tickets!!!
I grabbed a pair of tickets way back when they first went on sale. While I am only a casual Los Lobos fan, you can't pass up a chance of seeing a band of this caliber in such an intimate venue.
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Kazakhstan beat Thailand 52-1 to wrap up their ruthless march through the group stage of the Asian Games ice hockey tournament yesterday. A search of records indicated the game was the highest scoring match in Olympics history.
January 29, 2007
National Gorilla Suit Day
January 24, 2007
Formula Predicts Bears Superbowl Victory
Sports statistician John Dewan, who's formulas successfully predicted the winner of 14 of the last 16 Superbowls and last week's Bears dominating victory over the Saints, revealed the results of his calculations for Superbowl XLI.
Conclusion - The Bears will win the Superbowl!
As of the time of this post, the Bears are seven point underdogs. For those so inclined, now maybe a good time to make that Superbowl wager.
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Posted by JB at 3:33 PM | PermalinkJudge Avoids Being Most Hated Man In Illinois
Cook County Judge John Moran decided not to be the most hated man in Illinois and granted Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson permission to travel to Miami to play in the Superbowl. (Johnson has been under house/work confinement for violating his probation while awaiting trial for 10 counts of possession of firearms without a state identification card.)
Could Judge Moran really decide any other way? Even if he thought Johnson would get into more trouble in Miami, deranged Bears fans would be crawling out of the woodwork to make his life miserable, especially if the Bears lost the Superbowl. He'd need to get into the witness protection program.
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Posted by JB at 2:28 PM | PermalinkJanuary 22, 2007
Bears Hysteria - Take Me Away!!!
I've been busy. Busy with all sorts of things in all sorts of areas. Not that it's a bad thing. I have a good feeling about how the year is beginning.
Despite my schedule, I managed to keep the last two Sundays free to watch the Bears march to Miami. I never figured they'd make it this far, but never closed the door to the possibility that they would make it all the way either. Now I'm gladly letting the Bears Superbowl hype wash over me and enjoying every moment.
Unlike the White Sox World Series run, the Bears making the Superbowl is a unifying experience. For the most part, everyone is pulling the same direction. The degrees of fanaticism and pessimism vary wildly, but in a little less than two weeks we'll all be parked in front of the game. For now, I'll gladly soak up all the analysis and talk radio banter that comes my way. I didn't realize just how long ago '85 really was and who knows when this will happen again.
I'm keeping my pocket camera charged and ready in the hopes of catching some random acts of extreme fandom.
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Posted by JB at 10:29 PM | PermalinkCeline Dion Covering AC/DC
This is wrong...just wrong... I'll never be able to hear "Shook Me All Night Long" again without this version creeping into my thoughts. Share my pain; here is Celine Dion and Anastacia covering the AC/DC classic.
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January 21, 2007
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One of my favorite wrestlers - Bam Bam Bigelow - has passed away.
January 20, 2007
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And now the other shoe has fallen.
January 19, 2007
No-Knead Bread
Inga's Mom (who Mags gave a shout out to for introducing her to Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies as a child) forwarded a recipe from the KC Star a week or so ago for No-Knead Bread. Renee and her friends loved it, but Inga hasn't had a chance to try it yet.
Now the cat is out of the bag as the recipe has hit the big time; being featured on the Martha Stewart Show and was now posted on Amazon's Plog (why don't they just call it a blog?). Might be a good activity while the rest of the civilized world watches the NFC and AFC championship games this Sunday btw - Go Bears!. It Renee approved!
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Posted by JB at 9:59 PM | PermalinkJanuary 18, 2007
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Scientists who recreated "Spanish flu" - the 1918 virus which killed up to 50m people - have witnessed its remarkable killing power first hand.
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The fallout begins...
January 17, 2007
The Show With Ze Frank To End March 17th
My day had been progressively worse as it dragged on today. As I am getting ready to call it a night; I find that one of my daily rituals, watching 'The Show with ZeFrank',will be ending on March 17th.
It is truely a dark day...
When one of my 'daily rituals' is taken away it throws me out of kilter for a few weeks, which I freely admit is pathetic. For two or three weeks, my afternoons were haunted by a feeling of emptiness, when the daily podcast to the Jim Cramer's Real Money radio show ended. Inga just started watching 'The Show' with me on the laptop before she went to bed. She has a much firmer grip on reality than I do, so she'll be fine.
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Posted by JB at 11:20 PM | Permalinklinks for 2007-01-17
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A cartoon for fellow cat caretakers.
January 14, 2007
Woman Dies Holding Wee For A Wii
What a lousy way to go. A woman in Sacramento died this week of a suspected case of water intoxication. She was competing in a local radio station's 'Hold Your Wee For A Wii" contest; a contest to see who could drink the most water without going to the bathroom with the prize being a Nintendo Wii.
Water intoxication, according to Wikipedia, occurs when water enters the body faster than it can leave. Body fluids are diluted, electrolytes are imbalanced, then cells swell and shut down (in a nutshell - read the wikipedia entry for all the details).
Feel free to throw this story in the face of those annoying people who lug around a big bottle of water everywhere and tell you to drink more water. Another coffee please! The caffeine makes me pee can save your life!
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Posted by JB at 1:48 PM | PermalinkJanuary 13, 2007
Snow Sculpture Competition Moved To February
I went to Randhurst today to take photos of the 3rd Annual Snow Visions Snow Sculpting Competition and discovered that the event has been rescheduled for February 9th - 11th due to the warm weather we've been having recently. The decision to reschedule the event was announced on January 4th, but as we all know, the weather this weekend got cold again. That's life in the world of snow sculpting. Hope we get even better cold weather (am I nuts?) that weekend in February.
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Posted by JB at 11:17 PM | PermalinkJanuary 12, 2007
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via Warren Ellis - Robert Anton Wilson Defies Medical Experts and leaves his body @4:50 AM on binary date 01/11.
January 11, 2007
The Awkward Nap
Lester (top) and Ernie napping. (Get your mind out of the gutter...it's cold and Lester is just helping his little brother stay warm...)
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Police are looking for tips in the robbery of the Citgo Gas Station at 301 E. Central Road in Arlington Heights...
January 10, 2007
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January 5, 2007
Panda Sneeze
[via - Earth & Sky]
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Posted by JB at 8:19 PM | PermalinkJanuary 3, 2007
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January 2, 2007
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I guess there is a limit on how much someone will pay for a video game system. Looks like the PS3 has lost it's cool buzz (if it ever had it). I was at Target yesterday and they had neither PS3s or Nintendo Wii-s. There were several signs saying that t
January 1, 2007
UFO Over O'Hare !?!
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that on November 7th, several United Airlines employees, including some pilots, reported seeing a UFO hovering over gate C17 at O'Hare Airport. (Don't forget to use Bug-Me-Not kids.)
Witness descriptions vary between 6' to 24' in diameter and some say the saucer was spinning as it floated stationary below the low hanging clouds at 4:30 in the afternoon. FAA officials initially denied knowledge of the event, but after a Tribune Freedom Of Information Act request, said the event was most likely a weather phenomenon (a combination of low-hanging clouds, airport lights and dusk), Mulder and Scully won't be headed out to O'Hare anytime soon.
O'Hare controller and union official Craig Burzych points out the real storyline about the UFO sighting; "To fly 7 million light years to O'Hare and then have to turn around and go home because your gate was occupied is simply unacceptable."
[Via - Gapers Block]
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Posted by JB at 8:10 PM | Permalinklinks for 2007-01-01
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Classic 80's nerd chic.
