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5 Things I Think I do. And I expect NBC will continue to do it for a few weeks. Hardly seems like a week doesn't go by where that "establishment" isn't in the news for one bizarre reason or another. Be it the drunken brawls or abandoned kids, I can't imagine ever going back there. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 9:53 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think "Twinkie Cheese Dog - This dog can survive any disaster and it might cause a few of its own. Simple - a hot dog laid in a Twinkie covered in cheese. Yum"The Pink Panther sounds fairly disgusting also. A number of people are commenting on the post and admitting that they used to do that when they were a kid. I read his post and thought, "Hell, I still do that. Except my guys rides a motorcycle, not a pair of skis." I guess it speaks to the power of a good book. Oswego chalks up a 3rd high school for 2014 "A third high school could cost up to $100 million, and District 308 has the money, thanks a successful $450 million building referendum measure in 2006. It could also cost the district an estimated $2 million in additional operations and personnel costs to open the building."with this: Facing $5.5 million deficit, Oswego schools plan to cut 87 jobs I understand that money raised for a building referendum cannot be used for an operating budget, but if the school district is tight on operating cash with only 2 high schools open what makes them think they can properly staff and run a third high school? Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 11:11 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think - Olympic Edition I know he's done plenty of sports announcing, but if I'm in a room and hear his voice I immediately think "downhill racing." I only ask because it seemed like every couple I saw or overheard the music for last night was skating to a song from the late 1960's or 1970's. Every other country in the world doesn't want to watch NBC's coverage of the games and if every country had cameras at the Olympics for televising the events then there wouldn't be much space left for the participants or spectators. It's on today. I plan on watching. The other being that he rides an ottoman down the curling sheet Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 10:00 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think Dave still knows funny and knows how to be entertaining. Yawnsville. In any event, I think the City Council should be worried less about the mythical bodily harm that come of thrown candy (Someone claims a piece of candy drew blood after it struck the wife of a city official - must have thrown a box of rock candy) and more about how the practice of passing out candy has turned parades into greedy dashes by little kids for free crap.  Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 1:13 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think By birth, my Grandpa is already Ian's Great-Grandpa. But I think serving ice cream AND pop at the same time makes my Grandpa Great to Ian. Heather gave me a subscription to their "Now Playing" guide for my birthday last November. I received the first issue a few weeks back. I knew the monthly magazine was mainly a guide to all the programming on the channel, but I guess I was expecting a little more editorial than what is actually published. Overall it's a disappointment. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 6:29 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think In fact, I was surprised it won the Golden Globe last week. I don�t recall gushing reviews over the film. Is it really that good? I don't understand all the buzz around this film. Zoe will make a mistake and exclaim "Oh, poop" and Heather and I don't bat an eye. But if Zoe uttered an "Oh, shit" we would probably give her hell. Semantically the two proclamations are the same, but our reactions are so dramatically different.  The game is essentially decided by a coin flip. And one of the best ways to combine the two is in a confection referred to as "Buckeyes" Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 5:22 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think It started with Zoe Friday night and ended with Heather on Monday night. In between it hit Emma, Ian, and me. Oy! However, this artwork started making the rounds on the inter-webs over the weekend and it made stop and marvel again at the wickedly trippy design skills of Jack Kirby. The art samples are designs for a college production of Julius Caesar in 1969 that Jack Kirby worked on.   Ballboy Has Accident on Court, Delays Match If you�re old enough to serve as a ball boy at the Australian Open shouldn�t you be old enough to gauge when you will need to use the restroom? It�s not on DVD yet, but you can find plenty of samplings on YouTube. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 12:32 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think  What do you think it means when in a dream you�re having about starting a new job, not only is your mother there to check on you, but Sylvester Stallone stops by and chats up your mother like a old lost friend? I�m not sure if I�ll ever be able to stop thinking about that. I got to thinking about the now ubiquitous head coach headsets this past weekend while watching the NFL Playoffs and kept seeing the Pepsi Throwback commercials. We�d see Tom Landry and then see Bill Bellicheck. It made me think of watching Joe Paterno prowl the sidelines a few weeks ago in their bowl game. Sure, having that little communication device on your head might be helpful to keep everybody on the same page, but you look like a dork. On Sunday the Chicago Tribune ran a Haugh-penned piece on what might have happened if the Chicago Bears had landed Alabama coach Nick Saban 6 years ago when they offered him the head coaching job. This is the sort of silly and pointless "What If" writing I expect from fan-run blogs/websites, not that sort of column I go to the Chicago Tribune for. Catch a 5th grader sinking his first shot in a school basketball game. The sense of joy is contagious. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 1:01 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think I also plan to put our library�s online reserve system to good work this year. (Sure I'll continue to read traditional books. But I got a stack of those for Christmas and I�m looking for new comics to read)  [found here] I�ve already downloaded the whole document. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 4:54 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think I can open iTunes on my computer at home right now, buy a song and listen to it without any problem. However, if I try and take the gift code from one of the albums my brother-in-law got me for Christmas this year, Apple insists I upgrade to the latest version of iTunes. The problem being the latest version of iTunes won�t run on my computer. My iMac only has the hardware to support OS 10.3.9. The latest version of iTunes wants 10.4 or higher. So to use a code to download an album that has already been paid for in iTunes, Apple says that I have to essentially buy a new computer. Yet I can buy and download music through iTunes right now without issue. What�s so special about a gifted album that I need the latest version of iTunes? But should a Pink Floyd song come on the radio today, I will roll my eyes and turn to another station. The songs sound bloated and self-absorbed. Relaxing because I don�t have to wake up early and drag myself into the office every morning and fight my way through a day only to drag myself home again. Frustrating because there is so much I would like to do during my time off that I never seem to get to. The game doesn�t change my mind about the team � they are still poorly coached and need a new offensive line � but it certainly was fun to watch.  Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 11:06 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think Cameron: "If I did Titanic today, I'd do it very differently. There wouldn't be a 750-foot-long set. There would be small set pieces integrated into a large CGI set. I wouldn't have to wait seven days to get the perfect sunset for the kiss scene. We'd shoot it in front of a green screen, and we'd choose our sunset."I guess I still consider film the art of capturing the perfect moment, not creating one. However I think Jackson nails it on why if I have to have motion-capture in the films I watch, I want him or Cameron handling it and not Polar Express/Christmas Carol director Robert Zemeckis Jackson: "With Gollum and Kong, the key thing that we did was the eyes. I think Gollum and Kong represented the best eyes that I've seen in a CGI film."Take a look at a Zemeckis motion-capture film and tell me you see any life in those eyes. Gah. I don�t know the Ohio station�s name or call letters, but they obviously understood that there are more than 20 Christmas songs that you can be played. 93.9 in Chicago is so tightly programmed with the same songs over and over that you can set your watch by what song is playing. Mariah Carey again? It must be 3pm. The house had running water and a functioning LEGO toilet. But because LEGO wouldn�t take it from him and no private buyers could be found, the house had to be smashed into little broken LEGO bits. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 4:51 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think  For a second grader, Emma is contemplating some pretty intense and heady stuff. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 9:45 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think DC Earth One sounds like it has better editorial direction from the get-go and only publishing the books as original graphic novels � as opposed to first as monthly comics and later as collected editions � is the better approach to hit the target appeal group. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 1:14 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think The ESPN/ABC crew gave us plenty of sideline views of ND Quarterback Jimmy Clausen and Standford Head Coach Jim Harbaugh, but only once did we see Charlie Weis. It was almost like ESPN/ABC was going out of their way to not show Charlie on screen. I thought that was interesting. It wasn't like they were ignoring Charlie was there. Brent Musberger talked about him constantly. (Mostly about how this was probably Weis' last game as the Irish's Head Coach) But the ESPN/ABC director would never cut to a shot of Charlie. Certainly makes going to work a little more fun. I also wish it was true. It's driving me crazy. My inner-geek makes me pick the Indiana Jones themed one as my favorite,  But funniest one is the barrel of monkeys scene.  Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 1:13 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think It�s only going to be the Blackhawks from here on out.* For the last few weeks they have been using this image for the "Get your Bears on section".  It's starting to drive me a little batty. Every once and awhile I start thinking it would be cheaper to go with a Dell or HP computer running only Windows, and then the Windows machine I use for work craps out on me again. I wasted 30 minutes untangling the machine after it had locked up because I moved the laptop from one room to another. I don't care how glorious people might think Windows 7 is. I'm sticking with Mac. I am so glad Ian decided to join his school�s basketball team. * Who am I kidding. I�ll still watch every painful snap of the Bears and Fighting Irish to the bitter end. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 12:45 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think Following up on a seven hour marathon of Looney Tunes cartoons this past Sunday, the Cartoon Network has scheduled an hour-long block of Looney Tunes cartoons every weekday at 10am Central. Cartoons on Cartoon Network. What a novel idea.  I think the people behind the marketing campaign for the Ottawa International Animation Festival understand me. I enjoy other pork products � bacon, ribs, roasts, and sausage. What makes the chops different? Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith close to new contracts  Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 5:12 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think This year I received a card with $37 included. Considering my aunt�s personality, love of life, and her own parents (my grandparents) longevity, I�m thinking I will celebrate my 60th birthday by receiving a card from her with three twenties inside. Al Gore better fix things fast. Same price it cost me to have a service come once, I can easily clean the same space twice on my own. I wish we had thought of this sooner.  I think I had forgotten how much I enjoy Kelley Jones' work on Batman. At random I pulled the three-part Batman-Deadman team-up story done by Doug Moench and Kelley Jones in Batman #530-532 from the summer of 1996 out of my collection and have been reading it this week. What fantastic, dynamic art Jones creates. Sure, he has some difficultly in keeping some characters looking the same from panel to panel, but that doesn�t matter in the end. I can let things like that pass so I can enjoy the moody and energetic pages Kelley Jones produces. But regardless of when it was thought of, it will always be a stupid idea. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 5:26 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think Chicago Tribune: "Top 10 ways for offense to improve" For weeks Ian and Emma begged and pleaded with me to not put up the giant inflatable Scooby-Doo wearing a witch hat at Halloween. They were "so embarrassed" by it and wanted to know why couldn�t we have "scary decorations" like other people on the block. So I didn't put him up. (Zoe, and avid fan of Scooby, was surprising quiet) Then three days before Halloween all three kids are asking me when I'm putting Scooby up. "I thought Scooby wasn�t cool. I thought you were too old for Scooby." "No," the all adamantly responded, "It won't be Halloween without Scooby!" So there I was, Saturday morning, putting Halloween Scooby up for one day. I'm going to book a room at The Galactic Suite Space Resort, which plans to open for business in 2012. Damn you, flu season!! Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 3:32 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think Do you have to say, "I am truly happy for this development?" Isn't the fact that you are expressing your happiness over the event proof of your sincerity? Throwing in the "truly" seem redundant and a little silly. I don't think anyone would declare themselves "falsely happy." I mean really. Health care, war, limp economy, and the BCS?  His Pac-Man image is on my desktop now, though I plan to switch in the Batman & Robin or the fruit desktop. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 10:07 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think I'm in the middle of a particularly nasty head cold � and I know it's just a head cold � but that didn't stop me worrying on the first few days if I didn't have H1N1. Even though I have no fever, chills, aches, or any other symptom of the flu, I couldn't help but wonder if I should be sequestering myself away from the kids. All I've got is a running nose. Why is painting the ceiling so difficult? Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 6:44 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think Heinz Orchard, just outside of Libertyville, IL, is a no frills orchard. They�re all about the apples and the experience of picking your own apples. No petting zoos, corn mazes, or carnival rides. We filled up 2.5 pecks of apples and now look forward to a few weeks of homemade apple sauce, apple pies, saut�ed apples, and anything else Heather can figure out how to use apples.  Someone made a comment about them and I thought it was a joke. But apparently they are real and a bunch of different companies produce them: ketchup flavored chips What better way to lure people in and drive up interest in an artbook than letting people see the whole book online. You get teased with page after page of gorgeous Vess art, but it�s all stuck on your computer screen. Buy the book and see every page in full printed glory. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 4:48 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think I wonder if the sweaty dude will ever figure out he only heats himself up more with all the fanning and shirt flapping he does to try and cool himself off. Guy is just crazy about flapping his copy of the Financial Times in front of his face for the first five minutes of the train ride. There was no reason for Julius Jones to have that long TD run at the beginning of the game. I like how the pass rush is pressuring quarterbacks, but without good tackling and defense is no good.  My immediate gut response was Ireland. But the more I think about the question, the more I think that "New England to see the fall foliage" might be a very close #2. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 6:34 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think "The key to our study is that our participants were surprised by the series of unexpected events, and they had no way to make sense of them. Hence, they strived to make sense of something else."  I think DC and Warner Brothers are doing an outstanding job of adapting DC characters in their animated films. The next DCU animated movie is shaping up to be Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.I wish I could keep up with these. In just this year alone we've had new animated films staring Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and a Superman/Batman team-up in Public Enemies. Me. I�m stuck in an office. And maybe I�ll buy myself this one or this one or this one . . .  I think it�s fun that Ian � just like I was when I was 10 years-old � is a root beer guy. He�s always asking for root beer first, then checking down to some other form of pop if root beer isn�t available.Is this preference for root beer a 10 year-old thing? A boy thing? A 10 year-old McKillip boy thing? Don�t know, but it does make we want to buy a bunch of different varieties of root beers and hold our own little tasting party. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 1:04 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think Thank you Chicago Cubs. Zoe asked me to read some of them to her before bed last night. I�m familiar with the standards, so I went deep into the collection to read the more obscure nursery rhymes. And there are a bunch of them. I think my favorite is: "Shave a Pig"  Few things curdle my stomach like opening a microwave that has recently been used for re-heating day old fish. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 4:47 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think Shit My Dad Says It could possibly be the funniest collection of quotes I have ever read. I don�t know if these are all legitimate quotes or not � but I don�t care. They are damn funny. You�d think the teachers and administrators at our kids� school were getting a kick-back from the paper industry. Really. Just pick a news story about the video game and start reading � people can�t heap enough praise on the game. While I don�t doubt that the game is probably tons of fun and I know The Beatles music is timeless, I can�t help but think that the glowing response has less to do with the craft in the game and more to do with people finally stopping and listening to the band�s music. Something they could have done without dropping a bunch of cash down for a game. Then again, that might be the point of the game. Put the music where the most people are for the biggest exposure possible. Yeah, that was productive. But a leg belt? Really? I thought everyone put an end to those in 1999?  Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 10:08 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think  Heidi Macdonald, over at The Beat, does what I think is the best round-up with commentary on what this merger means.If you read all the statements and press releases, it sounds like Disney is interested in buying their way into the wallets of males � a market they haven�t been able to reach consistently through their own characters and properties � but will continue to let Marvel create stories and comics independently of Disney's influence. Disney wants Marvel characters for their movie/TV/animation/video game potential. Hopefully Disney will continue to allow Marvel to do what they do best � produce comics � and not try to meddle with that as well. Essentially I hope the relationship between Marvel and Disney ends up being like how Disney has handled Pixar since absorbing that company into their ranks. Pixar is still free to create the wonder animated films free of Mickey�s corporate overlords, and Disney jumps in to make their dough via merchandising and licensing of the art Pixar produced. I�m a DC Comics man myself and have a limited interest in the Marvel universe of characters, but I would hate to see Captain America and his friends mishandled like Jim Henson�s Muppets were when Disney purchased them so many years ago. I think propaganda art is a fascinating way to study history. It helps take you beyond the facts of the events and get inside the heads of the people affected by the events. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 5:53 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think People are stupid. I know it�s a horrible name, but it is very tasty. I think you should give it a try. CBS Embeds a Video Playing Ad in a Print Magazine Not only does it play every time you open to that page � there�s no volume control. It just plays really, really loud. It�s interesting to note how the designs reflect the time periods stylistically as much as they reflect the film they introduce. I liked that they featured Batman Returns (#13) � which I�ve come to regard as the better of the Tim Burton-helmed Batman films. I found their Top 10 particular interesting, but was shocked that The Godfather II was not ranked #1. I won�t ruin the surprise � go read it for yourself � but I think the Empire staff makes a good argument for why they chose the film that they did for #1. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 10:26 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think I run from the room when I hear his voice. The man can�t just report on his story, he has to make it into some sort of lame Lifetime movie plot. But I think I found the perfect replacement couch.  I didn�t think I was buying too heavily into the Cutler-Will-Save-Us frenzy that has been whipped up in Chicago, but I was particularly underwhelmed by that performance. So maybe I am.  I know I�m tweaking the pronunciation for a cheap laugh, but come on . . .  Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 9:57 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think My guess: drunk, stupid 20 year-old. The man did all sorts of movie � goofball comedy, romantic comedy, suspense, drama � and was always excellent and believable in them. I'm curious to see how things play out once practices and games start up, but the build up to this point has been a lot of fun. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 6:35 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think According to ESPN, the purpose of the documentary � which will probably not feature Steve Bartman � is to answer the question, "Can Bartman ever forgive Chicago?" I wonder when ESPN and other sports media will come to understand that this isn't a story anymore. It was interesting for about 15 minutes because Moises Alou threw a tantrum about missing the ball and childishly blamed Bartman. Since then I think everyone understands that this one misplayed foul ball didn�t ruin the Cubs' chances of getting to the World Series, it was the poor play by the Cubs after that foul ball and in Game 7 that doomed the Cubs. Bartman only remains a story because outfits like ESPN keep bringing it up. The question I think should be asked is, "Can Bartman ever forgive ESPN for making more out of this than anyone else is actually interested in?" Of course next month there will be a study showing that people who eat only organically grown food live, on average, 13.2 years longer, earn 11% more than non-organic eaters in the same jobs, and routinely experience multiple organisms while riding their Vespas. Doesn't matter to me. I like Ho-Hos. The guy simply can�t throw strikes. Every time I see him go out to the mound I want to turn the game off. I don�t want to deal with the stress. The book was interesting enough. Well plotted and thick on police procedural. However he lost points with me because he wrote a story that made too many assumptions about the reader�s existing knowledge of previous Connelly-penned books starring the same character. I understand that Echo Park was like the fifth or sixth book featuring Detective Harry Bosch of the LAPD, but even your fifth or sixth book is still somebody else�s first book. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 4:54 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think (Okay, two exceptions. One, at Progressive Insurance they had offices, but I was there less than 9 months and hated it � so I rarely count that as a place I worked. Two, at the first company I worked for we had offices, but we would cram 2 or 3 people into each one.) Anyways � now I'm being moved into an office this week and I think I feel a little guilty about having an office. Not exactly sure why. Or maybe not I think my favorite poster is the one for High Society. Though the poster for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a close second.  The band�s latest album was produced by former Pixies front man Frank Black and the songs reflect Frank�s stripped down, straightforward style of music I really enjoy. And who can�t love lyrics like this: DC comics and chocolate milkshake Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 4:55 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think It's a special Family Vacation edition of "5 Things I Think" Last week Heather and I loaded the kids into our van and drove over 1,200 miles to Port Canaveral, FL so we could board the Disney Wonder for a 5-day cruise with her family. When we were done with the cruise, we drove back � stopping one day in Chattanooga, TN. 5 Things I Thought About the Drive There and Back Again Although, the ads for these "spas" did break up the monotony of seeing another Cracker Barrel billboard.  Florida has the stupidest tollway system. They have a turnpike you pay to enter as opposed to exit. They also have a tollway that doesn't appear to have any logic to where toll booths are placed or the amount charged. Then they have two different E-ZPass type systems � one for the turnpike and one for the tollway � and nether is compatible with the E-ZPass system being used by 13 other States.I hate Florida's roads. It made me want to take a driving trip out to the Smoky Mountains 5 Things I Thought About the Disney Cruise I couldn't figure out how they didn't pass out from heat exhaustion. And yet the danced and sang and kept a huge Disney smile the entire time. Maybe they're heavily drugged.  The Trio � best dessert idea ever. Every night at dinner there would be a number of dessert options to choose from. The one I noticed the first night, and then enjoyed on subsequent nights, was the Trio. It was a sampling of three of the desserts all on one plate.Why have to lock yourself into choosing just one tasty treat when you could enjoy three. Labels: 5 Things I Think, Family posted by Brendan | 4:34 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think  It's a technique I'd love to employee except that all the tree-hugging, pinko, namby-pandies who live in our neighborhood would probably complain. I am not comfortable with that. THE CARRIER DOES NOT EXPRESSLY OR IMPLIEDLY WARRANT, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY AS TO, (a) THE FITNESS, CONDITION OR SEAWORTHINESS OF THE VESSEL AND (b) THE FITNESS, CONDITION OR MERCHANTABILITY OF ANY FOOD OR DRINK PROVIDED ON BOARD THE VESSEL. THE CARRIER SHALL NOT BE STRICTLY LIABLE IN TORT FOR ANY DEFECT, LACK OF FITNESS, IMPURITY OR CONTAMINATION OF ANY FOOD OR DRINK PROVIDED ON BOARD THE VESSEL.They won�t warrant the seaworthiness of the vessel? It�s a fucking boat for taking around 2,000 people out into the ocean. How can they even try to indemnify themselves from seaworthiness of the vessel? Lawyers? Please speak up. I was shocked when we started taking the kids to the Aurora Fourth of July parades about how much candy was throw to the crowd and how much the kids expected it. Now when our kids talk about going to the parade they mention candy as much as the things in the parade. And since I�ve started walking with my Dad in a few parades to help support his campaign, I�ve learned that some cities� kids are better behaved than others when it comes to candy expectations. Warrenville has some well-mannered, fun kids at their parades. Naperville has a lot of work to do. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 12:40 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
5 Things I Think Wasn�t his fault the ship was doomed to sink. I think we should all stop using that poor guy's job description as a put down for futile tasks I'm not sure I want to find out.  I think Marilyn was a once in a century type of beauty. She could do it all because that's what she was born to do. I think the study is fascinating. I think it's the graphical tracking of progress that has hooked me. Every day I can see how things are improving (or sliding back). Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 6:57 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think I know sports figures and celebrities will proudly declare that they don't read any of the press written about them, but I think in this case Favre should pay attention to what people are writing/saying about him. He's becoming a punchline to a joke you don't even have to mention. Favre had a Hall of Fame career in Green Bay and should leave it at that. What is it about after-work driving in a parking lot that turns so many people into idiots? Any commute-related stress I experience during the day can usually be traced back to the 5 � 10 minutes it takes to navigate through that circus of the insane.  That's a lot of burger. I've never met anyone who could so consistently get under my skin by just being who they are. Gah! I hope he's sick tomorrow.  Here's to happiness. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 4:31 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think Make sure to take a look at the activities they have planned. Hysterical. And I love that they end their press release with this quote from Cyclones General Manager, "If you want to be involved in Bellies & Baseball but you�re not pregnant yet, there�s still time!" It's been over a week and we are still trying to chase down problems that appear to only exist in production. We cannot replicate the problems we see on the live website in our QA environment, so we have to hunt down and diagnosis the problem on a live, active website. On a related note: The NHL may be experiencing a bit of a fan re-awakening over the last two seasons, but that�s going to stall out if the NHL can�t find themselves a better national TV deal. There are also some really stupid ones.  If so, what happens when I buy a bunch of these chairs to replace the dining room chairs at our house? Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 5:30 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think  I'd sit Milton Bradley and see how far Reed can go.  Though, "48 Doughty St, Home to Charles Dickens" would be fun to have also. Some of the many experts who cross her (Orpah Winfrey) stage offer interesting and useful information (props to you, Dr. Oz). Others gush nonsense. Oprah, who holds up her guests as prophets, can't seem to tell the differenceIf there is anyone who I think is too big for their britches, it would be Oprah. Labels: 5 Things I Think posted by Brendan | 6:45 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think I knew I only had three days off, but I was still sulking around Monday night because I had to back to work the next day. At least it�s a short week. And it is the perfect foil to Fact Unchecked Labels: 5 Things I Think, Chicago Blackhawks posted by Brendan | 10:51 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think Dude�s got a lousy taste in baseball teams, but he knows how to add some great taste to a plain ole can of beans.  I�m guessing vanilla. Smooth and simple, and he works with just about anything. None the less, I think I�m going to find solace in his breakdown of the Blackhawks � Red Wings match-up while watching Game 2 tonight. Not just because of his shared dislike for the Red Wings, but because of the great illustration he did.  An excerpt: # I got to high school when PCs were becoming ubiquitous.  (Shudder) That�s just creepy � and I don�t think "creepy" was what their marketing team was going for. Labels: 5 Things I Think, Chicago Blackhawks, oddities posted by Brendan | 12:59 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think The problem is that now I have to deal with individual people�s stupidity. A company can always overcome stupidity behind the counter be changing its training or hiring practices. There�s nothing that can be done about the slow minded yahoos who are afraid of technology yet still choose to lumber through the painfully simple touch screen display of a CVS check-out station. And I think there are others who would agree with me on this. Even on TV it�s a great experience.  I haven't heard or seen any of the sports media talking heads broach this subject, but I have to think that with a little time � and maybe a championship or two � that talk should rise to the surface. Maybe it already has and I'm just not aware of it or maybe in general discussion has moved beyond who will be the next "Michael Jordan" to "who will be the next dominate player in the NBA."  When the Chicago Tribune put the Pepsi-Cola Throwback into a taste test against regular Pepsi-Cola (I know this is the sort of hard-hitting journalism that will keep the newspapers relevant for another 100 years), one of the comments related to Pepsi Throwback was, "Now this tastes the way Pepsi should."Their reaction to the regular Pepsi-Cola was, "Too syrupy." I've avoided Pepsi-Cola for years because I thought it was too syrupy tasting. I think I'd like to give this Pepsi Throwback a try while it's in stores. Labels: 5 Things I Think, Chicago Blackhawks, Rant posted by Brendan | 10:08 PM | permanent link
5 Things I Think I'm attending an email conference for the third year in a row, and this time I finally decided to stay at the hotel associated with the conference center. The hotel is a posh-posh resort run by Marriott. They charge $16 for 24 hours of internet access. The hotel I stayed at the last two years � which was five minute drive away � gave me Wi-Fi Internet access for free and was nearly hundred dollars cheaper per night. This is last time I stay at this resort.  [via]  I can't wait for this to open and get Ian, Emma, and Zoe up there. It will be a blast.  Check out his blog. Labels: 5 Things I Think, Chicago, Comics, Rant posted by Brendan | 10:32 PM | permanent link |
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For generations, it has been said that Brooklynites have been "born into baseball." This summer, that term may be more literal than ever before. On Sunday, July 19th at 5pm, the Brooklyn Cyclones are hosting Bellies & Baseball: A Salute to Pregnancy, -- presented by Palmer's -- and inviting expectant parents to participate in a variety of themed activities�including a special prize for anyone who gives birth at the game!
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