Top Ten Things That Turn Female Geeks Off
2009-11-05 16:00:00 Okay guys, it really comes as no surprise that some male geeks and nerds have a hard time relating to the opposite sex. Heck, that goofy show BIG BANG THEORY makes that a running gag every week! And with this in mind, I Twittered a question to all my female friends "What do fanboys do that really turn you off?" And WOW...did I get a response! So here are the Top Ten responses that I received. (Twitter alias' have been removed to prevent flaming.) Take notes fellas:Read more after the jump!...
Top Ten Things Standing in the Way of a Walter Payton Statue
2009-11-03 12:18:00 On Sunday the Bears honored franchise legend Walter Payton to mark the 10 year anniversary of his passing. It was a touching moment and also helped to swing the spotlight onto a topic that's got plenty of folks talking. Should a Walter Payton statue be placed outside of Soldier Field?Simple enough question, but incredibly difficult to answer. No matter which side of the fence you sit on, there exist certain obstacles that I think we all can agree on. Here are the Top Ten Things Standing in the Way of a Walter Payton statue. 10. UpkeepMaintaining Payton's statue would be a drain on the Park District's resources. The fifteen minutes a week it would take to clean the thing would...
Top Ten Things About the Bears that Scare the Hell Out of Me
2009-11-02 11:51:00 I'm not usually one to write something negative about the Bears after a victory. But gents, you leave me no choice after that yawn of a 30-6 win over the Browns. Yesterday was supposed to be the game that got us back on track before we start a tough four game stretch against the Cardinals, 49ers, Eagles and vikings. Instead, we're left wondering what kind of team we have this year and if they're even good enough to get to the playoffs. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy we won and I could look back on this list five weeks from now and laugh at my idiocy (I'll probably do that anyway). But until then, here are the Top Ten...
"Where the Wild Things Are" Halloween Costume
2009-11-02 06:07:00 Wearing our "Where the Wild Things Are" costumes for Halloween.
Recensie: Steve Vai - Where The Wild Things Are
2009-10-29 10:57:00 Steve Vai is op tournee geweest. Een tijdje geleden alweer hoor, maar toch. Dus in plaats van zich eindelijk eens op dat nieuwe studio-album te storten, besloot Vai eerst al zijn energie en marketingtechnisch denken op een live cd/dvd te...
How to cope with the wait for bar exam results: 7 things you MUST do
2009-10-23 19:50:00 The wait for aspiring Illinois lawyers is over but those who took the New York bar exam or the Texas bar exam or the California bar exam are still waiting....November is the month they find out and that's just around the corner [insert theme music from Jaws]. Well, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again? Uh, only if you're JFK, Jr. I mean no disrespect. But, let's be honest, NO ONE wants to try, try again at the bar exam. Once is enough, thank you very much. All of that time and energy spent in bar review class, followed by outlines and outlines and more outlines, followed by practice tests and multiple choice question after multiple choice question. And, when...
Weekend work on Blue, Red, Brown lines mess things up a bit
2009-10-23 12:50:00 Slow zone work continues on the Blue Line this weekend, with shuttle buses connecting stations closed between Clark/Lake and UIC-Halsted from 10 pm Friday till 4 am Monday.On the Brown and Red lines, work continues to finish the Fullerton and Belmont station platforms. All trains will board on the east platform. Last weekend crews were installing the new canopy roofs on the west platform. I was talking last week with Tattler Pub Crawl friends about whether the CTA would finish both station by the Dec. 31 deadline. I reminded them that the CTA has never missed a deadline on this Brown Line expansion project.So, we'll see how that goes....
Box office blog: Let the 'Wild Things' victory party start
2009-10-19 03:46:00 A cause for a wild rumpus: The extraordinary "Where the Wild Things Are" topped the weekend box office with $32.5 million. That's not a huge tally but a good start for a movie that should, hopefully have a good word of mouth, and continue to build an audience until its regarded as the classic that it is.What definitely is not a classic--or even a less-than-terrible movie--is "Law Abiding Citizen," which took second place with $21.2 million. For anyone who didn't think the movie was a gratuitously violent and totally nonsensical waste of time, well, I disagree. At No. 3 was the highly buzzed-about "Paranormal Activity," which added another $20.2 million to its total (now more than $33 million), which is...
Top 11 things to be said by Balloon Boy family on 'Letterman'
2009-10-17 00:08:00 To be said by Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene, with Balloon Boy Falcon getting the last word in 10. Uh, no thanks, Dave. Don't really care to go on 'Wife Swap' with you.9. Skeletons in the closet, Dave? Feh. I had a live kid in the attic.8. Could we make this quick? We're taping our new five nights a week show on NBC that will air before Leno.7. Do you want to catapult the missus instead of a pumpkin in your annual Halloween rite?6. We're gonna milk this as much as the Osbourne family did.5. If Falcon had been a girl we were going to name her Yellow-bellied sapsucker.4. Media hog? My ultimate goal is to be a Hannah...
No, 'Where the Wild Things Are' Cannot Ruin the Book
2009-10-16 14:03:00 Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.Glib, uninteresting people are fond of saying the following phrase: "Oh, the movie totally ruined the book." First of all, a movie cannot "ruin" a book. A writer, director and actors can do a poor job of adapting a movie from a book, but this does not suddenly render the book inert. The book is still the same thing. You can still read it and it will have the same words as before anyone ever dreamed of turning it into a movie. You know what ruins a book? If the author turns out to be a Nazi. But short of the "secret Nazi" development, your precious book will be just fine. People say this phrase...
'Wild Things' a wild rumpus
2009-10-16 05:32:00 By Matt PaisWriter-director Spike Jonze and stars Max Records and Catherine Keener struggle to summarize--in five words or less--the experience of adapting Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" for the big screen. Finally, 12-year-old Records finds the answer, counting the words on his hand as he speaks: "Let. The. Wild. Rumpus. Start."That phrase, recognizable for anyone who grew up with the classic book about a kid named Max and the fantasy world to which he escapes, may be the only appropriate way to describe a production that involved so much baggage--and fun. RedEye chatted with the director, Records and Keener, who plays Max's mother, during a Chicago press stop....
Things that go bang in the night!
2009-10-15 18:00:00 Life it scary enough so the last thing that someone is going to need is to hear are strange sounds coming from inside cupboards or walls, but it would be seriously funny too, wouldn?t it? Place this tiny device somewhere out of sight and preferably out of reach too, to make your target victims life a ...
Top Ten Things You Should Know About the Atlanta Falcons
2009-10-15 12:32:00 After a week spent in misery without a Bears game to break up the monotony, football is back in Chicago this Sunday night as we take a trip down to the Georgia Dome to take on he Atlanta Falcons. This contest carries with it a mountain of implications and will go a long way in determining how the NFC will shape up this season. Last year the Falcons snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a last second field goal thanks to then rookie wonder Matt Ryan's pass to Michael Jenkins with only six seconds left on the clock. Lovie Smith may refuse to talk about it, but we'll be the first to say that we're still sick over...
Movie Review: Where The Wild Things Are
2009-10-15 09:49:00 Starring: Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, Steve Mouzakis, Mark Ruffalo, James Gandolfini, Paul DanoDirector: Spike JonzeRelease Date: October 16, 2009Running Time: 101 minMPAA Rating: PGDistributor: Warner Bros., Golden Village PicturesLeave it to imaginative director Spike Jonze to puncture the world of innocence created by Maurice Sednak in the classic children's short story about a boy fleeing from home to an island inhabited by a race of huge, fuzzy creatures. This alternate reality is presented in both delicate and frenzied respects, the latter which is working more distinguishable in Mr. Jonze's film adaptation. Save for a couple of magical scenes subtlety is tamed and encapsulated by the overwhelming power of Jonze's mind that twirls out of control, allowing conflictions of tone to hurl upon the live-action film and consume it for the worse. Tone isn't consistent throughout the film, a major setback for a short film (90 minutes). The connection between the first fiftee...
Top Ten Jerry Angelo Draft Picks That Went On to Bigger and Better Things
2009-10-13 12:15:00 After perusing the slew of coverage all over the Chicago Tribune sports section (here and here) about former Bears like Cedric Benson and Kyle Orton, it got us thinking. What other Jerry Angelo draft picks have gone on to bigger and better things since leaving the Bears? Here are the Top Ten that we could come up with. 10. Rex GrossmanJust wanted to make sure I had your attention. Grossman's keeping the bench warm in Houston trying to figure out a way to raise his career QB rating without actually getting into the game....
8 Things that helped us turn our personal housing crisis into an opportunit
2009-10-12 18:24:00 Today I have a guest post over at Magpie Girl - Rachelle Mee-Chapman's wonderful blog. I was so honored that she asked me to write something because - as I said when I wrote about her no clothes challenge- I'm a fan of her blog and writing. She asked me to write something "value-added" about what we'd learned from living on less or how to talk to friends when you fall into hard times. It got me thinking... a lot. Which led to 8 Things that helped us turn our personal housing crisis into an opportunity. It's all in the post 8Ways to Turn a Financial Crisis into Opportunity over at Magpie Girl. I hope you enjoy....
Top 10 Things to do on a Bears Bye Weekend
2009-10-09 05:13:00 So what is a crazed, fanatical, ridiculous Bears fans supposed to do during the Bears BYE this weekend? Here are some ideas. How about 10 of em? Vince Vaughn, Jay Cutler and Greg Olsen attend the Chicago Premiere of Couples Retreat1. Go see a movieThe Chicago International Film Festival just opened on Thursday night. It runs from October 8 - 22. For more info click here.For those less-refined movie buffs, Couples Retreat, the new Vince Vaughn comedy is premiering this weekend. Jay Cutler and Greg Olsen had a little "couples retreat" of their own at the Chicago premiere earlier this week, so it's somewhat Bears related, right?...
Creepy things going on?
2009-10-08 17:00:00 Then you are going to need this Ghost Detector, you may laugh but there are people that really rate this stuff and besides if it didn?t work or wasn?t real then it wouldn?t be able to be sold for $70 would it? All have to do id wave this around and any ghost that is sitting ...
Clay Buchholz Still Smoking - Good Things Come in Three's
2009-10-06 13:16:00 Buchholz has been smoking hot for the Sox - And is your #3 Starter. (SawxBlog Illustration) The doubt is now all but erased. Clay Buchholz is your number three starter today - and quite possibly your number one or two...
By: SawxBlog.com
Things I Love Thursday
2009-09-24 02:44:00 Learning about colour — I had an Aura-Soma consultation with Joycelle on my birthday & it was mind-blowing. As well as giving me lots of insight as to where I was & where I needed to get to,... A place of congregation for fashion misfits, Vogue vagabonds, les enfants terribles. Dress up, leave a false name, be legendary!
By: iCiNG!
Home Based Small Business: the vital things you need to know about home bas
2009-09-22 20:41:00 This article propagates the vital things you need to know about home based small business. You may have thought you knew everything about home based small business; just confirm by reading the matter that is found in the following article. Benefits of Being an home based small business affiliate Marketer home based small business ...
Aviation Bell Cranks and Widgets and Things
2009-09-22 03:41:00 does any one know where i can find a catalog of aviation grade bell cranks and stuff to make custom throttle linkage for blowers and street scoops? since I don't know exactly what each piece is called I need pictures and prices so I can design multiple setups
Kids say the darndest things
2009-09-19 06:45:00 I have a three year old who is just starting to talk. If you've been through this, you know that every day is a new adventure in their discoveries. So yesterday, I had a moment that I found so hilarious, I wish I could freeze time. But since I can't, I'll write about it instead.My son Britt saying "cheese"...
30 Things About My Invisible Illness
2009-09-18 16:35:00 I rarely ever do these question and answer things , but some of my favorite asthmatics are doing it and it’s for a good cause…. so what the heck. 1. The illness I live with is: asthma 2. I was diagnosed with it : at the age of 2 3. But I had symptoms since: birth in 1954 4. The biggest adjustment I’ve had to make is: learning to live WITH the disease. 5. Most people assume: because I’m able to walk marathons, that I’m totally healthy 6. The hardest part about mornings are: that they end too soon. 7. My favorite medical TV show is: I don’t watch medical TV shows. 8. A gadget I couldn’t live without is: my Mp3 player. 9. The hardest part about nights are: making it through them. 10. Each day I take 12 pills, 3 inhalers and 6 nebulizer treatments . 11. Regarding alternative treatments I: have tried just about everything. 12. If I had to choose between an invisible illness or visible I would choose: probably an invisible one. 13. Regarding working a...
By: Baycitywalker
Winners Don?t Do Different Things, They Do Things Differently
2009-09-18 01:36:00 We at Startups.in, seldom read the typical forwarded mails that reach our inboxes. Even more rare is us forwarding them again to more of our friends. But this particular forwarded mail stood out as an exception which deserved a special mention and hence this post. In fact, the title of the post also comes from a ...Benefit from the Indian startup community. Join us at the Indian startup portal Winners Don’t Do Different Things, They Do Things Differently is a post from: News, Views, Reviews & Interviews of Indian startups Related Posts Tune Mujhe Sab Kuch Diya…Shukriya Mataram
Things I Love Thursday
2009-09-17 11:49:00 & Discovering melatonin which resulted in the best sleep on a plane ever. I know I talked about magic pills the other day, but these need to be added to the magic pill roster. Why had no one... A place of congregation for fashion misfits, Vogue vagabonds, les enfants terribles. Dress up, leave a false name, be legendary!
By: iCiNG!
P. C. Ocampo wrote a new blog post: 1109: The Little Things Add Up Resistiv
2009-09-15 14:29:00 P. C. Ocampo wrote a new blog post: 1109: The Little Things Add Up Resistively As promised yesterday, here is the name of that new discovery book I got: “Science Wizardry for Kids”. It’s about an inch thick with several categories, so it will be long time fun. @@ There are several campaigns that are going to be rolled out for the celebration of environmental month. First is “no Styrofoam” to be ...
By: BackBeat
One of these things is not like the other thing?
2009-09-14 20:25:00 Back a few years ago a game called Guitar Hero was released and thousands of music hipsters and video game nerds united to the sound of tiny plastic guitar buttons clicking away. Since then, the company that created the game, Harmonix, has split away and invented Rock Band, which is the same, but with a whole ...
By: Say No to Crack
5 coole Apps fr den Mac
2009-09-14 13:00:00 Fr MAC OS X gibt es eine schier unbegrenzte Auswahl an interessanten Anwendungen. Mit diesem Artikel mchte ich Euch ein paar wirklich sinnvolle Anwendungen vorstellen. No related posts.
By: designblog
Cutler Struggles, Bears Do Some Good Things
2009-09-14 07:25:00 I know everyone in Chicago is disappointed in Jay Cutler's inaugural performance as the Bears quarterback, but there were some good things to be taken from Sunday night's 21-15 loss to the arch-rival Packers.First of all, the defensive line put excellent pressure on Packers QB Aaron Rodgers, who, according to all of the pregame prognosticators, was supposed to torch the Bears secondary for a huge night. That never happened because guys like Adewale Ogunleye were able to get into the backfield and keep Rodgers from finding his comfort zone.In addition, the defense kept Packers running back Ryan Grant in check, holding him to just 61 yards on 16 carries. The entire Green Bay running game totaled just 76 yards on...
Things to Know About For Sale Signs in the Yard
2009-09-14 07:00:00 All the home sellers I know long for the day when their For Sale Signs will be topped by those coveted sold signs. I use For Sale Sign modifiers in Sacramento. For example, when the seller accepts an offer and goes into contract with a buyer, I often place a "pending" sign on top of the sign post. Then, after the contract contingencies are removed, I trade out the pending sign for a "sold" sign. Those signs stay in place until the transaction closes escrow. This causes confusion for some passersby because I remove the "sold" sign on the day the escrow closes. I keep that sign in my personal inventory. The company that installed the For Sale Sign panel comes out a day or two after closing to remove the panel and post. Sometimes I get calls from people asking me if the escrow blew up because the sold sign is gone . . . read more about For Sale Signs. More Articles by Elizabeth Weintraub: Should Sellers Use a Security Alarm? 5 Steps Before Home Selling Top Home Selling Mistakes &...
I Feel Like Going to Church: Strange things happen
2009-09-13 10:00:00 Strange things happening every day - Sister Rosetta TharpeSister Rosetta Tharpe @ SqueezeMyLemonSister Rosetta Tharpe @Amazon.com
By: SqueezeMyLemon
Tweets, Tweeps, Twestivals and Other Things That Start With 'Tw'
2009-09-12 19:33:00 Thursday night, I attended Twestival, a networking/charity event that had people walking around wearing Twitter handles on their name tags instead of real names. A number of people admitted that, while they were on Twitter, they weren't entirely sure what they were supposed to do on Twitter or what half the tweeps out there were talking about. So, before I post about how to use Twitter to aid a job search, here's a quick glossary that should help the uninitiated. Once you've digested this guide, photocopied it and given it to everyone you know, I'll let you in on all my Twitter secrets (and I hope you'll share yours).@ - Use when mentioning another Twitter user or to "reply" to another Twitter...
Top Ten Things You Won't Hear During the Ohio State v USC Game
2009-09-11 05:20:00 When the Buckeyes and Trojans hit the field this weekend, it won't just be one of the biggest games of the week, but also the entire season. And while there are a lot of things you will hear before, during and after this matchup, here's a list of ten things you most definitely will NOT hear:...
Bryan Baker: all the things you are!
2009-09-09 23:22:00 All The Things You Are This is a content summary only. Visit Truth In Shredding to find out more!
Things You May Have Missed?
2009-09-08 17:16:00 The Instapundit does a nice job summarizing stories that we all may have missed over the weekend. Among the highlights: Tens of thousands of TeaParty protests from coast-to-coast. Pizza on a stick! And two Charlie Rangel ethics stories. READ THE WHOLE THING! Of course, if you read/watch the mainstream media you also wouldn’t know who Van Jones is. -Bruce ...
By: GayPatriot
Veronica Salceda wrote a new blog post: Two things and maybe more on my min
2009-09-07 23:14:00 Veronica Salceda wrote a new blog post: Two things and maybe more on my mind today. I am not 100% conservative. I am not 100% non-liberal. I am 100 % neither of the above. I think many Americans feel the way I feel and we are working at getting heard. Our voice over here non-partisan. I don’t want to argue from one box into another box. The conservatism of one hundred ...
20 Cool Things About NCL?s New Ship The Epic
2009-09-05 18:43:00 The Norwegian Cruise Lines will be introducing their newest ship on July 17th, 2010. This new ship will be one of the largest cruise ships afloat in the world at 153, 00 gross tons. It will hold 4200 passengers in three types of cabins staterooms – Interior staterooms, Balcony staterooms and Luxurious Suites including their ...Travel Lady Cruises, always providing you with TLC!20 Cool Things About NCL’s New Ship The Epic
By: Travel Lady Blog
As the Season Turns From Summer to Autumn, Things Begin to Shine Clear for
2009-09-03 13:13:00 Jonathan Papelbon's two inning save last night was his best of the year. (AP Photo) No matter how the season ends for the Red Sox, be it in ticker-tape or in loss, last night's game will be the one that...
By: SawxBlog.com
Top 5 things to do when Gmail is down
2009-09-01 21:49:00 Gmail is down! CRAP! Top 5 things to do when there's #gmailfail.5. Smoke signals (Note: hard to do in an office setting)4. Scramble to re-locate your AIM friends3. Try to crack open your rusty hotmail/netscape/aol mail/yahoomail2. Write this post because you can't do any work right now.1. Get nostalgic about the great Twitter blackout of 2009Written with contributions from social media intern Ernest WilkinsWhat do you do when you don't have gmail/gchat anymore? Post in the comments!...
6 things to look at before buying an ETF
2009-08-31 13:00:00 This will be to no surprise for any regular readers but we at IntelligentSpeculator are fans of ETF’s, they provide such an easy and transparent to trade the markets. There are of course many reasons to use them but generally, I think they are the most appropriate investments for smaller portfolios. Let’s be honest, ETF’s ...
An aberration or sign of things to come?
2009-08-30 07:36:00 No sooner had I typed that I was posting my last piece, “perhaps more to provide fodder for commentary than anything else,” than I realized something I could blog on which would require little effort on my part and provide such fodder for our readers, some of whom I know delight in using our comments ...
By: GayPatriot
P. C. Ocampo wrote a new blog post: 1098: Getting Things Done, Albeit Slow
2009-08-27 09:45:00 P. C. Ocampo wrote a new blog post: 1098: Getting Things Done, Albeit Slowly There have been no posts in the past two days because of preparation for going to a two-day seminar on bringing to life the guiding principles in the campus in the hills of green, and the first day of the seminar. It was only now though that I’ve had the chance to write a long post. ...
More things you can do with Simple Sidebar Navigation
2009-08-27 03:23:00 Simple Sidebar Navigation Take Your Sidebar off the tracks There are so many ways you can use this plugin. The one I employ on most of my blogs is the section for the simple top navigation. But if you want to create truly dynamic sidebars this plugin (with some thought to layout) this will do just about anything you ask it to when it comes to creating custom sidebars. Take a look at Kristal Kraft’s Denver Dwellings site. She uses this plugin and you will find so many variations of sidebars configurations that I wouldn’t recommend even trying to count them. They are all done with this plugin. And she has the Advanced text widget to handle a couple other tasks also written by Max Chirkov. Kristal has a theme with two sidebars which means the variations available to her are something she has to have a database to track. I’m not kidding, (yes I am). If you want to create custom sidebar configurations for your blog. These two plugins will do the heavy ...
Top Ten Things Bears Fans Should Expect from Jay Cutler
2009-08-25 13:18:00 Last week we provided Bears quarterback Jay Cutler with a manifesto of sorts to help him understand what to expect from Chicago and its fans. Today it's Jay's turn to let you know what to expect from him and the Bears this season. 10. Big PointsThe Bears usually only get a crack at racking up the points twice a season against the lowly Lions. But with an offense that actually has a little punch, Chicago might be in for a handful of high scoring affairs. ...
10 Things I Hate Less Than This Cubs Team
2009-08-19 19:18:00 Quit playing with the wildlife and do your damn job. (Photo courtesy Chicago Tribune) I'll be honest. This team has been hard to love from the beginning. I tried, I really did. But it was hard from the get-go. We kicked off the season by saying goodbye to two of the most popular athletes in Chicago (thus rendering my "I got to second base with Mark DeRosa" t-shirt irrelevent), and welcomed in the perpetually grumpy Uncle Milty, a wee former Cardinal who is bad at baseball, and some closer who looks like the guy who tutorued me in Calc in college. It only got worse from there....
Top Ten Things We Forgot to tell Jay Cutler About Being a Chicago Bear
2009-08-18 13:00:00 After watching Jay Cutler's lackluster performance in the Bears' preseason opener, it became clear that he wasn't versed on some of the finer points of playing in this city. So we write this list with you in mind Jay in attempt to help you acclimate yourself to the city of Chicago and the expectations we have of you. 10. Stay Away from the Jump BallThrowing a jump ball may have worked in your favor with a guy like Brandon Marshall, but we'd strongly advise against it during your stay in this city. Unless the Bears go out and get you someone of Marshall's caliber, you're stuck with this hodge podge of mediocrity that couldn't out-jump Benny the Bull. ...
Where the Wild Things Aren't - Red Sox On Outside Looking In
2009-08-18 00:59:00 Frank Francisco screams after K-ing V-Mart in the 9th. (AP Photo) "Who says we can't reel off 25 wins in September? If you feel like you're defeated by losing a series, that's not the right attitude to have." - Victor...
By: SawxBlog.com
'Enjoy the time off' and other crazy things people say to the une
2009-08-18 00:05:00 Sara Shiffman, a Chicagoan who has been looking for jobs in public relations for eight months, will be guest blogging occassionally on The Job Stalker about her quest to find a job in Chicago. If you like her, give the girl some props. Or better yet, a job.Reactions to hearing that I am unemployed never cease to fascinate me. I'll even admit to being blunt about my status just to see if I can rattle people. Don't judge. I don't have a job; I need to entertain myself somehow. In my vast research, I have found the following categories of responses:... |
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