July 2008
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Happy 50th, NASA! →
Was an unabashed space nerd during the Apollo missions. Somewhere in the folks’ basement there’s a shoe box filled with mission patches and Cape Kennedy souvenirs. Even today, the Shuttle launches still amaze and inspire. And the Mars Missions are just plain marvels of budget-crimped technology.
50 Years, 50 Great Leaps - How NASA Rocked Our World is a great article highlighting...
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7 Eco-Labels... Defined →
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'Beyond The Vines' →
It’s always extra innings at this proposed “Eternal Luxury Suite for Cubs Fans”. There are fans… and there’s creepy. Packages available:
Single Package
Double Package
Triple Package (Incl. Cremation and Official Cubs Urn)
Grand Slam Package (Triple plus ‘Themed Cemetery Service’)
Expect a spike in orders if (when) the Cubs pull off a World Series...
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'Timothy J. Russert Highway' →
Section of U.S. Route 20A, which runs near Ralph Wilson Stadium (Home of the Buffalo Bills), renamed by Presidential order. The BIlls making the playoffs this season, which would be their first appearance in nine years, would be the more fitting tribute.
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Idea Vending Machine →
(Image via Boing Boing)
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Urbanspoon →
“Where do you want to eat?”
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Over Is Right, Under Is Wrong →
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Angry FCC Fudging Tired Of All This Sugar →
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'Bozo' Dead →
Bucket kicked. Bummer.
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Wordle →
‘Beautiful word clouds’. A cloud based on the R&C RSS feed. Nifty.
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Ebert & Roeper No Longer 'At The Movies' →
Haven’t watched since Ebert fell ill. Roeper gave a yeoman’s effort, but he was no Siskel. The balcony is now closed… for remodeling. Yeah, good luck with that.
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Are You Almost Ready For Some Football?
Training camps are open. The trade wire’s abuzz. The roster merry-go-around creaks to life. And the NFC Champion (in 2007, anyway) Bears are coming out of hibernation (sort of): Bears, RB Jones Agree To One-Year Deal Bears Bet New Money On Urlacher And, yes, Rex is still the QB. Here’s to quarterback controversies in Bourbonnais.
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Open Source Food →
Gastronomic Creative Commons. (via)
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McDonald's 'Cracking Egg' Billboard →
A mechanical outdoor ad marvel near Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Hash Browns ‘Clogging Artery’ installation is still in the concept phase. Breakfast is served. (via)
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Loud Bar Music Makes You Drink More →
“Drink more…?! Hells yeah, I’ll drink more! You buying?!” “No, it’s the loud music making you —” “Yeah! Awesome tune! Just saw ‘em live Saturday night!” “It’s the loud music! Researchers in France just said —” “France?! Eff that! They’re from Portland! The Oregon one!” “All I’m...
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National Hot Dog Month Is Half-Over Already
And I’m way behind my quota. Gimme two Chicago, to-go. Brought to you by the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council. You heard right: an actual organization for hot dogs and sausage. There’s a porn title in there, somewhere.
Anatomy of a Chicago-style dog (via):
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“We went all the way to the Moon and back, yet we can’t cross the street to...”
– Unknown (via Mom’s email)
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101 Fast Recipes For Inspired Picnics →
TOMATOES & PEACHES Toss together sliced seeded tomatoes and peaches, along with thinly sliced red onion and chopped cilantro or rosemary. Dress at the last minute with olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Mouth-watering. Why wait for a picnic? Thanks, Turbo!
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Las Onomatopeyas →
Collection of screen grabs of the icomic (sic) fight word/sound panels from the original Batman series. (via)
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Dog Meat Off The Menu During Beijing Olympics →
An official statement from the Chinese Cat Guild was released shortly after the announcement was made: ‘Meow, meow… MEOW!’ (Translation: ‘We’re fucked!’)
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“Coming up…
An earthquake wiped out Etchasketchistan today.”
– Onion News Network
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'Faceless Aliens' Spotted In Wimbledon Crowd →
Had a flashback of the classic ‘Charlie X’ episode from Star Trek. Photo © Splash (via)
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'Obarbecue'
Associated Press-Yahoo poll asked respondents who, between the 2008 Presidential candidates, they preferred to invite to their summer cookout. All beef. No weenies served.
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Ladies And Gentlemen, Your 2008 Cubs All-Stars
Franchise record seven players headed to the Yankee Stadium contest on July 15th. The cherry on top after taking 2 of 3 during the weekend series at the hateable Cards:
Geovany Soto - C
Alfonso Soriano - OF
Kosuke Fukudome - OF
Aramis Ramirez - OF
Ryan Dempster - P
Kerry Wood - P
Kerry Wood - P
And don’t forget, Sweet Lou’s gonna be on the NL bench staff. Congrats, fellas!...
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The 'Run(away) Of The Chicago Bulls' Has Begun
Duhon Picks Knicks Over Magic; Agrees To Two-Year Deal Who’s next to exit?
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Along With Beauty, Fireworks Create A Beastly Mix... →
LA Times = Killjoys. Now, just pipe down, have a hot dog and enjoy the show, will ya?
Oooh! (cough) Aaah! (hack)
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If It's A Barbecue Holiday, It Must Mean An E.Coli...
Happy 4th of July, Nebraska Beef! What’s that cookin’ on the grill…? Mmmm. Smells like market manipulation.