January 30, 2008
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"...According to a new report issued by Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi, one million iPhones of the 3.75 million sold have been unlocked to run on non-official networks..."
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"...Kevin Koster’s list of every reason David Bruce Banner transformed into the Hulk in the classic TV series..." example 19 (”Being pushed down a mountainside by a bigfoot impersonator”) and 20 (”Dealing with a pesky operator in a phone booth”)
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"..Hillary Clinton is using a Golden Earring song in her campaign called "When The Lady Smiles." ... I was wondering whether Hillary really knows that in the video for that song a nun is raped, and the attacker's brain gets eaten by a dog..."
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Wheeeee!!!!
January 29, 2008
Lakai Fully Flared Intro
This isn't a Superbowl commercial, but it should be. [via - Neatorama]
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January 26, 2008
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"...CBS 2 morning news anchor Randy Salerno died yesterday in a snowmobiling accident in Wisconsin. He was 45..."
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Remember the Kursk Submarine disaster in 2000? A Dutch salvage crew recovered the sub some time ago and EnglishRussia has photos of the wreckage. via - io9.com
January 25, 2008
Terry Kath Tribute Video
Friend of the site Beth Radtke has put together a tribute video for late Chicago guitarist Terry Kath on the 30th anniversary of his death.
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A friend of Harvard Avenue is (in)famous!
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The last native speaker of the Eyak language has passed.
January 23, 2008
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A shame and a shock...
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Surprised no one thought of this years ago!
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A comic that proves there are such things as stupid questions.
January 22, 2008
Slots or Not
The Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce wants slots. The trustees and mayor don't want slots. I'm all for taking a suckers money. Arlington Park is too big a venue to leave closed most of the year.
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Posted by JB at 4:58 PM | PermalinkArlington Heights Man Found Dead
Missing Arlington Heights resident, Leslie Wroblewski was found dead in his car in Wisconsin. Foul play is not suspected. No other details so far.
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Posted by JB at 4:53 PM | Permalinklinks for 2008-01-22
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The search for Leslie Wroblewski expands to Vegas...He took two grand out of the bank the morning he disappeared.
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Martians!!!
January 21, 2008
Trader Joe's Bare Leg Extravaganza
Television trucks will be parking outside Trader Joe's before you know it. Over the weekend the Daily Herald and today WBBM Newsradio 780 covered a story about a shorts wearing contest at the store. At the beginning of the fall, a group of employees bet each other to see who could wear shorts the longest into the winter. With the recent single digit temperatures, there are four short wearing employees left and the local media has gotten a whiff of a story.
I predict that the shorts wearing contest will go into next winter unless they take my unsolicited advice - make the length of the shorts incrementally shorter over time. Stocking produce in hot pants - oh the crowds they would draw.
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Posted by JB at 10:36 PM | Permalinklinks for 2008-01-21
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"...Former Chicago mayor Eugene Sawyer has died, following a long illness. Sawyer was 73 years old..."
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A grease fire shuts down Boston Blackie's - no big loss.
January 20, 2008
WTF Mayo
Lots to see on the shelves of Garden Fresh Market including this unpronounceable brand of mayonnaise.
Wow! Is this the Eastern European equivalent Darkie Toothpaste? Maybe there is a cultural reference I'm missing, but these jars stopped me in my tracks. Maybe this spicy mayo would go good on this yummy looking canned roast beef. With a name like 'Babushka's Recipe', it's gotta be good!
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Posted by JB at 3:52 PM | PermalinkJanuary 19, 2008
Have You Seen This Man?
-2.jpg "Leslie Wroblewski")
Signs are up all over town - asking if you've seen Arlington Heights resident Leslie Wroblewski. From the CBS2Chicago website:
Leslie Wroblewski was last seen at 9 a.m. Friday in Arlington Heights. He stands 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds.
Wroblewski was last seen wearing a black leather jacket and jeans. His car is a 1994 two-door blue Nissan Sentra, with Illinois license playe Y399220.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911, or the Arlington Heights Police Department at (847) 368-5300.
[photo from CBS2 Chicago]
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January 18, 2008
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January 17, 2008
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Sheet of carbon nanotubes
January 16, 2008
My Drivin' Feet
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Little feel good piece about Arlington Heights Glass & Mirror
January 15, 2008
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January 14, 2008
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Plus the names of the Professor and the Skipper.
January 13, 2008
Protestors
Maybe Rep. Kirk was in the area or they were just taking advantage of a busy intersection, but there were anti-war protestors on the corner of Arlington Heights Road and Northwest Highway late yesterday afternoon. I was coming back from a solo 'photo excursion' in Des Plaines and the light was fading, so I snapped a couple shots from the driver's seat.
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Posted by JB at 10:32 AM | PermalinkJanuary 12, 2008
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Tributes have been paid to Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach the top of the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, after he died aged 88.
January 11, 2008
Flamingo and Fuego
Just finished watching 'Check, Please!' on WTTW-TV (not sure if it was new or a re-run) where they gave Flamingo in Mount Prospect a very favorable review. I had been tempted to pop-in as it looks inviting (it's a block away from ChoDang Tofu), so now it is towards the top of my list of restaurants to try. Unfortunately, they are now going to have the 'Check, Please!' wave of diners filling the restaurant for a couple of weeks. I'll have to bide my time.
Seeing Flamingo reminded me about something I was meaning to say about Fuego in Downtown Arlington Heights, since the holidays. I blogged a long time ago after it first opened, that I wasn't super impressed. Fate has pulled me back into Fuego a few times recently, and I want to officially give it an upgrade from my original blah opinion. My recent meals have charmed me especially a tilapia and jicama special they had on Christmas Eve that knocked my socks off. I don't know if anything changed with them or me, but It's on my fave restaurants list now.
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Posted by JB at 8:43 PM | PermalinkJanuary 10, 2008
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Scottie Pippen is still playing professional basketball...in Finland.
January 9, 2008
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"...In his 1960 masterpiece Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock used Bosco Chocolate Syrup as fake blood..."
January 8, 2008
Bluejuice - Vitriol
My blogging New Year is starting off with a whimper.
Good news with my New Years resolution so far. The first week of the 2008 had me doing 5 yoga sessions, so I'm starting the year on track. Seven times a week will take building up as five times is wearing me out.
This is from the holidays - a music video via the site of artist Ben Templesmith in Australia. His video of the weekend turned me on to the band Bluejuice and their incredibly catchy song - Vitriol. I was so hooked that I got the album (which I was only able to find on I-Tunes). Vitriol is still in heavy rotation. Here's the video - there is a little non-music skit before the song. Hope you like it.
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Posted by JB at 10:23 PM | Permalinklinks for 2008-01-08
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"...A motorist was airlifted to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge and sections of Rand Road were blocked for much of Sunday evening following a multiple car collision at Wilke Road in Arlington Heights..."
January 6, 2008
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"...a new, almost $30 million village hall will open for business at 8 a.m. Jan. 22..."
January 5, 2008
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Remember a time when this would have been a two-hour prime-time special event?
January 4, 2008
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100 things we didn't know last year
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"Cloning a person isn't kidnapping, so copying music isn't stealing."
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Wow, talk about a fear monge. This Guiliani ad is over the top and shameful.
January 3, 2008
P.R. Gone Wrong
This headline on Google Finance made me do a double-take.
Wow, the Verizon Public Relations department might want to consider shorter headlines. The full headline was "Verizon Wireless Encourages Michigan Domestic Violence Organizations To Apply for Grants"
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Posted by JB at 8:57 PM | Permalinklinks for 2008-01-03
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An interesting historical 'what-if'.
January 2, 2008
Our Christmas Tree
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Posted by JB at 8:09 PM | PermalinkHi Ya
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Posted by JB at 7:52 PM | PermalinkJanuary 1, 2008
Got In People Magazine
If you have the Holiday 2007 issue of People Extra, you'll see this on page 48:
And if you look at the tiny - bordering on microscopic - credits in the margin, you'll see my name. Someone from People saw the dolphin photo on Flickr and asked if they could use it in their holiday issue. Unfortunately, they said they didn't have any money in the budget to pay me (cough bull$%!t cough). So no, I didn't make any money but a magazine chose one of my photos out of the blue to print -- so that's something.
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Posted by JB at 7:09 PM | Permalink2008
Happy 2008 everyone.
I guess this is the end of my impromptu holiday hiatus. We were in town, but Inga had the last few weeks of the year off, so we did lots-o-stuff together. Spent most of my computer time on a new work venture that I am excited about for 2008.
Usually, I poo-poo New Years resolutions, but I do have one this year - do more yoga. My goal is to working up to practicing 5-7 times a week than the current 2-3 (3x a week is currently a very rare occurrence).
Cheers!
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