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The Ledge is Open The Ledge opened today. 4 glass-encased boxes suspended from the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower.  And here's a shot looking down through the glass floor:  I can't wait to go. posted by Brendan | 12:59 PM | permanent link |
Here Come the Hawks . . .  The Blackhawks entered the NHL free agent market swinging when they signed two players from the Detroit Red Wings.Marian Hossa, who has played on the Stanley Cup runner-up the last two seasons, was signed to a 12-year deal worth $62 million and the Blackhawks gave Tomas Kopecky a 2-year contract worth $2.4 million. While I question giving a 30-year-old hockey player a 12-year contract, I can’t help but be a little excited about the Hawks bringing a player of Hossa’s caliber to the team. He’s a great player. It seemed like I was hearing his name constantly when I would watch the Blackhawks and Red Wings square off last season. Hopefully next season I hear his name as much – but this time it will be for the good guys. Labels: Chicago Blackhawks posted by Brendan | 3:15 PM | permanent link | LEGO Fun Not only is it incredible cool that architect and certified LEGO professional Adam Reed Tucker has designed and built more than 15 skyscrapers that are part of the ART + SCIENCE = ARCHITECTURE exhibit opening today at the Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. But LEGO has also produced model kits based on many of Tucker’s designs.  I want my very own Sears Tower to preside over my desk at work. Labels: Chicago posted by Brendan | 12:41 PM | permanent link |
Monkey Underwear Solves Everything! I can't argue with Pig's reasoning.  Labels: comic strips posted by Brendan | 9:52 PM | permanent link | 5 Things I Think I can take a little more time in the morning. Sleep in a little more. Have a less annoying drive. It's the little things.  The Cupola will be part of the Tranquility node that will be installed in early 2010 and will provide astronauts a unique view outside of the space station. Let’s get over it. I agree that in hindsight the trade is looking bad right now, but I grow tired of the fawning over DeRosa that still goes on in this town. The film was certainly big in a DeMille sort of way, and fun to watch – especially the parts where the film dealt with the real ins and outs of running a circus. But I can’t understand how the Academy handed the award to The Greatest Show with all its camp and non-existent plot when it had High Noon or The Quiet Man to also choose from that year. Labels: 5 Things I Think, Chicago Cubs, classic movies posted by Brendan | 12:57 PM | permanent link |
Yes, the Cubs Are Crappy Too I love this quote in today's Chicago Tribune. "White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was asked why attendance was so low at the Sox-Dodgers series, and said: 'Because our fans are not stupid like Cubs fans. They know we're (expletive).'"Ozzie went on to remark that the only reason people go to watch the Cubs at Wrigley Field is because "Wrigley Field is just a bar." It's a sentiment I've heard before and have always take exception to. I am a fan of the Cubs and enjoy watching their games because I was raised a Cubs fan and like watching baseball. Not because the Cubs' ballpark is essentially a beer garden or I'm stupid. And I think any Cubs / baseball fan could you tell you that this Cubs team is performing dramatically below expectations based on the team's talent. We don't need Ozzie to point that out. Labels: Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox posted by Brendan | 12:21 PM | permanent link |
Kid Quote of the Week Zoe: "Sometimes I think Uncle Kevin created the sun." Ian: "That's crazy. If Uncle Kevin created the sun, what do you think it was like when Grandpa was a kid? Dark all the time?" - Ian and Zoe in conversation Labels: Kid Quote of the Week posted by Brendan | 4:00 PM | permanent link |
Just as Good as Saying "Bless You"  Makes sense to me. In response to someone sneezing, why not invoke the name of the man who sneezes with his eyes open. Labels: comic strips posted by Brendan | 12:06 PM | permanent link |
My Hot Car Weather.com has an interesting slide show that illustrates how quickly, and dangerously hot, the inside of a car can become during hot weather.  In 90 minutes they have the inside of a vehicle reaching almost 140 degrees. Now I know that the rate of temperature increase isn't exponential, otherwise the temp inside my car that sits under the blazing sun all day in the train station parking lot would be topping out at something like 1,000 degrees, but it still makes me wonder what conditions I’m subjecting myself to when I jump in the car to drive home. My car bakes in the sun for over nine hours. When I open the door it is blistering hot inside, the driver-side window doesn’t roll down, which means I can’t air out the interior very quickly, and the air condition – bless its little heart – just doesn’t seem to have the umph anymore to really cool things down. The drive home in weather like we are experiencing now is always more of an endurance test than just a journey. Labels: General, Observation posted by Brendan | 4:57 PM | permanent link | Color Tricks The green spiral and the blue spiral are actually the same color.  Wild. [via] Labels: Fun posted by Brendan | 11:25 AM | permanent link | |
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