3 Things To Know This Wednesday

1. Congress cancels recess for health care.

2. Get Bob Dylans Christmas album early if you bank with Citibank.

3. 47% to 45% in favor of Olympics in Chicago.

3 Things To Know This Monday

1. President Obama ready for Olympic fight.

2. Baby shaped pears a hit.

3. SNL F-Bomb.

Top 20 "90's" Cartoons

brainz.org put together a list of their top 20 90's cartoons. Their only criteria was that the show had to start in the 90's and it had to be a cartoon. They made an exception for number 1 but you'll see why.

Click here to see the list!


Follow my lead and create your own Top 10 in the comments section!

3 Things To Know This Thursday

1. Patrick Swayze honored on "Dancing With The Stars" with recreation of famous scene.

2. How far away from a McDonalds can you get in the U.S.?

3. The cure for cancer.

3 Things To Know This Wednesday

1. Postal worker steals 3000 Netflix DVDs.

2. Cell phones still not safe.

3. Kiss and LL Cool J among the new nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Occupations Through The Years

This is a data visualization of how many people did what job from 1850-2000. We just don't farm like we used to.

Click here to check it out.

3 Things To Know This Tuesday

1. Help protect insurance companies.

2. Mike Seaver wants you to know that evolution is fake.

3. Census Bureau estimates 100,000 official same-sex weddings, civil unions and domestic partnerships in 2008.

The Lost Art Of Cursive Handwriting

Times have changed and now more time is devoted to typing in the early grades than cursive handwriting. Some teachers argue that writing in script helps hand-eye coordination, even though average legibility peaks around 4th grade.

Is cursive handwriting a necessary skill or a dying art?

Click here to read about what is going on in some schools.

3 Things To Know This Monday

1. The Emmy winners.

2. Alien or shaved sloth...you decide.

3. President Obama may fight for Chicago Olympics after all.

3 Things To Know This Friday

1. Scientists discover the tiny T-Rex.

2. 45,000 deaths per year are linked to lack of health insurance.

3. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

3 Things To Know This Wednesday

1. $15,000 for new home buyers?

2. Showerheads are dangerous.

3. The right to flip off a cop.

On The Edge

Fun new game. Click here to try it out!

3 Things To Know This Tuesday

1. Obama says "Kanye is a jackass".

2. RIP Patrick Swayze.

3. Jay Leno debuts big.

3 Things To Know This Friday

1. Eight years later.

2. The 50 Most Powerful Women.

3. A new TV ratings system.

Dynamic Systems

Dynamic Systems is a great game inspired by Rube Goldberg Machines.

Click here to play.

3 Things To Know This Thursday

1. Republicans turn joint session into their own personal town hall.

2. Tavern On the Green files for bankruptcy.

3. Judge Ellen Degeneres.

3 Things To Know This Wednesday

1. Soda tax!

2. Al Franken draws U.S. map from memory.

3. The SNL Presidents.

Civiballs 2

Weird name, fun game!

Click here to play.

3 Things To Know This Tuesday

1. President Obama's zombification of the children.

2. Fanged frogs, grunting fish and giant rats...oh my.

3. Woman beaten to death for shoplifting...at Wal-Mart.

3 Things To Know This Friday

1. 9.7%

2. 2 SNL firings.

3. NYC Firefighters forced to wash elephant.

3 Things To Know This Thursday

1. Stranger issues warning, slaps crying child at Wal-Mart.

2. Bank of America won't cash armless man's check, no fingerprints.

3. What 20 popular websites looked like when they launched.

Hungry Shapes

I've got another game for you. Good luck in advance with level 30. enjoy!

Click here to give it a try!

Chicago's Original Amusement Park

Riverview park operated from 1904 to 1967 on Chicago's north side. Of the nearly 50 rides that Riverview boasted at it's peak only one is still is operation. It is the Riverview Carousel located in Six Flags Over Georgia.

Below you will find 40 historic photos from the Tribune Company of historic Riverview Park.

Click here to see the photos and read more about Riverview.

3 Things To Know This Wednesday

1. Now supporting gay marriage means eating more ice cream! (and it's even Ben & Jerry's)

2. SNL's new hires.

3. The tennis match of the century : Ferrell V. Arnett

3 Things To Know This Monday

1. Macaulay Culkin is Blanket's father!

2. Cell phones give you brain tumors.

3. Disney buys Marvel for $4,000,000,000.00

Dark Stores

This is a photoproject by Brian Ulrich called Dark Stores. Very sad.

Click here to check it out.

Hot Dog Of The Week

Do you like hot dogs? Who doesn't?!

Then click here and read about the best ones from around the country. The entries also include a drawing similar to the one to the left.

They are by the fantastic artist Hawk Krall. Click on his name and buy a print for yourself or for me because I'd appreciate it.

3 Things To Know This Friday

1. The "big three" banks have 1/3 of deposits, 1/2 of the mortgages, and 2/3 of credit cards in the US.

2. New Orleans - 4 Years Later.

3. Richard Nixon hated Ted Kennedy.

Intensities In Ten Suburbs

I have listed Andrew Unterberger's, of Twisted Misters (World Series of Pop Culture) fame, blog Intensities in Ten Suburbs on my blogroll for some time but have never given it full on blog entry respect.

He blogs frequently on all things popular culture and has been working on a definitive list of the top 100 songs of the 00's. He blogs in way too much detail about songs that just don't matter that much but I guarantee you will like it.

Click here to be thoroughly entertained.

3 Things To Know This Thursday

1. Gay rights advocates mourn the loss of Ted Kennedy.

2. Is that a tornado or a wind farm?.

3. Curing incurable diseases once again called "controversial"?!?

Mass Attack

I have another fun game for you. Try and balance out the scale by creating balls of equal mass.

I have tried and tried but cannot get all the way through this one, let me know how it goes.

Click here to play Mass Attack!

3 Things To Know This Wednesday

1. Sen. Edward Kennedy
1932 – 2009

2. How Beanie Babies can help explain the housing market bubble.

3. Rhode Island to shut down government for 12 days.

3 Things To Know This Monday

1. Latest stimulus: "Cash for Refrigerators".

2. President Obama's vacation reading list.

3. It only took 48 years for Julia Childs to have a best seller.

3 Things To Know This Friday

1. Artificial life to be created within months.

2. Starbucks - Cheap drinks get cheaper, expensive ones get more pricey.

3. 110,000 fireworks go off in under 60 second...oops.

3 Things To Know This Wednesday

1. Barney Frank says what every other sane person is thinking!

2. Wipeout plans human pinball machine.

3. The grade lower than F.

Splitter 2

Saving the best for last! Here is Splitter 2. It is pretty self-explanatory, once you start playing. enjoy.

Click here to play!

3 Things To Know This Tuesday

1. Field guide to fake grassroot screamers.

2. Guns at presidential townhalls...explanation?!?

3. Nanobees target tumors.

Roly-Poly Cannon

Really fun game where you have to use a cannon to eliminate the bad smiley faces.

Addictive!

Click here to play!

3 Things To Know This Monday

1. GM plans $4,000 compact car.

2. The City of Chicago is closed today.

3. Woman pregnant with 12 babies.

Red Remover

Remove the red and save the green. Sounds simple...gets hard. enjoy!

Click here to play.

3 Things To Know This Saturday

1. No for NASAs moon plan.

2. Mother tasered twiced for speeding.

3. UK thoughts on US health care.

Illinois State Fair Food

It's inching towards the end of Summer and that can mean only one thing...it's state fair time. In one week from today I'll be heading down to Springfield to take in the usual sights as well as some new ones.


I found a list of some of the food options this year (and some pictures).

* Cryo-Creamery ice cream frozen with liquid nitrogen

* “Rueben dogs”

* deep-fried turkey sandwich

* fried key lime pie

* Red Bull energy slushes

* fried plantains

* deep-fried s’mores

* burger on a stick

* meatballs on a stick

* deep-fried hot dogs

* Cajun-style sweet iced tea

* cherry key limeade

* deep-fried brats

* chocolate-covered strawberries on a stick

* Alaskan king crab cakes

* 8-inch-high waffle bowl sundae

via The State Journal - Register

I should probably stop eating now in preparation for a whole lot of deep-fried fun.

3 Things To Know This Thursday

1. Can Muppet diplomacy bring world peace?

2. JetBlue to offer all-you-can-fly ticket for $599.

3. Best Buy sells 52 inch TV for $9.99.

Totem Destroyer

Over the next week or so I am going to start posting some of the more fun and creative online games that I have found.

The first is Totem Destroyer.

Click the blockes to remove them but dont let the golden idol fall. enjoy!

3 Things To Know This Wednesday

1. Second warmest July...ever.

2. Golf and rugby could become Olympic sports in 2016.

3. The aftermath of the California prison riots is devastating.

3 Things To Know This Tuesday

1. Chevy Volt to get 230 miles to the gallon.

2. McDonald's continues to grow in the coffee market.

3. Glaciers melting even faster than expected.

Must Pop Words

Super addictive word game. Starts slow but gets very interesting.

Click here to give it a try.

3 Things To Know This Friday

1. Get all the ex-presidents back to work!

2. Crazy people compare President Obama to Hitler over healthcare.

3. What's your favorite John Hughes movie?

3 Things To Know This Thursday

1. Judge Sonia Sotomayor likely confirmed this afternoon.

2. Half of U.S. mortgages underwater by 2011.

3. Survivor's Ethan Zahn says scariest part about cancer...the bills.

3 Things To Know This Tuesday

1. Kooky "birther" gone wild.

2. Bill Clinton tries to save journalists in North Korea.

3. The Nissan Leaf.