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The reason it was such a big deal is because the PICTURE surfaced. He wasn't nearly as famous when he got the DUI. The news media focuses on current events, not something someone did 4-5 years ago.

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    Hi everypeep.   I got published in Huffington Post today, which is a pretty big score for me. Thought I would post here to share with my UO peeps.   What I’ve Learned About Unemplo

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    I think the essay is "going viral" as they say. I have gotten close to 400 emails. My blog is blowing up. It's being shared all over LI and the FB sharing is unbelievable. I may have put a nail in the

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This looks like a completely ordinary day in Pittsburgh, is there something I should be noticing that's out of place? ;-)

 

What struck me was the interesting choice of color for the brick which I find to be a very calming color and quite pleasant on the building the fire truck is parked in front of. Other than that - you know, just a typical vacant lot inhabited by Appalachian Samurais.

THIS IS WAY TOO ON TOPIC

THIS IS WAY TOO ON TOPIC

 

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I can't tell you how creepy that is! Gaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!

Does anyone else think Bruce Springsteen has seriously lost it?? LOL ..

yeah even as an old fan even i almost fell over when he did that. that's a freakin 60 year old man fer gawdssakes....with hairplugs and facelifts....and singing a 35 year old song he's done a bazillion times!?!! on one hand i gotta hand it to him, but the whole thing was weird, not only just that move.

 

what are they going to do for halftime next year? dig up the rolling stones and prop them up on a stage? plug mick jagger in so he can chicken dance? heh.  :laugh:

 

 

meanwhile, speaking of shocking.....!

 

 

Haru’s Electric-Eel Cocktail Is Truly Shocking

 

2/4/09 at 11:40 AM

 

Haru’s Electric-Eel Cocktail Is Truly Shocking

 

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We’ve seen mocktails, Baracktails, and now: “shocktails.” Haru’s director of operations and mixologist, Keith Dusko, is pairing a new drink, the Electric Eel, with so-called Sechuan buttons (also called Sansho buttons) that he says create an “electric sensation” when chewed — “like putting a nine-volt battery in your mouth.” (Indeed, accounts of eating the flower bud support this.) The drink itself is a margarita-like mix of premium tequila, sake, and yuzu, but it’s the buttons we’re intrigued by. We’re sure Dusko isn’t the first to use them in a drink, but so far they haven’t gotten miracle fruit–like hype. "Sunday Styles," are you reading this? The Electric Eel hits the menu on Saturday.

 

 

 

 

I heard about that.  Craziness

What struck me was the interesting choice of color for the brick which I find to be a very calming color and quite pleasant on the building the fire truck is parked in front of. Other than that - you know, just a typical vacant lot inhabited by Appalachian Samurais.

 

That's an interesting poiint, but there's a better view of it from this position, I think:

 

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&layer=c&cbll=40.457684,-80.007905&panoid=2qb3c0ZZvnQVS5Zf7zV5ag&cbp=12,104.22841706211522,,1,3.6992372993223354&ie=UTF8&ll=40.457764,-80.007929&spn=0,359.994904&z=18

That's an interesting poiint, but there's a better view of it from this position, I think:

Random observations: The samurais have spotted the camera car and are checking it out. It just rained and street and sidewalks are wet, and boy on bicycle without fenders most likely has a wet stripe down the middle of his back from his shoulders to his @ss.

 

 

A Google street view is worth a thousand words.

David, you were right on with this one about Michael Phelps: I bet they'll take his @ss off the Kellog's Corn Flakes box.

 

 

I felt a sudden inclination to design a graphic of Tony the Tiger b!tch-slapping Phelps on the front of the cereal box but I can't be bothered.

David, you were right on with this one about Michael Phelps: I bet they'll take his @ss off the Kellog's Corn Flakes box.

 

 

I felt a sudden inclination to design a graphic of Tony the Tiger b!tch-slapping Phelps on the front of the cereal box but I can't be bothered.

 

Ga'head.  Do it!!!  make sure Tony is hold a bong!

That would take me forever to do! Someone else do it.

 

You could give it to CNN for press release. If Phelps goes down, Tony the tokin' Tiger is losing his contract too.

 

shhhhh

 

dont give me any ideas. 

 

He got suspended earlier today from by USA swimming for 3 months, although that makes no sense since he's taking a "break"?

 

 

David, you were right on with this one about Michael Phelps: I bet they'll take his @ss off the Kellog's Corn Flakes box.

 

Kellogg to drop Phelps over pot smoking photo

1 hr 4 mins ago

 

PORTLAND, Ore. Cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. says it will not renew its sponsorhip contract with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps because he has acknowledged smoking marijuana last fall. The Battle Creek, Mich.-based company said Thursday that Phelps's behavior caught on camera and published Sunday is "not consistent with the image of Kellogg."

 

The company put Phelps on boxes of its Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes.

Phelps has kept the backing of many sponsors since the photos surfaced that showed him inhaling from a marijuana pipe.

 

Phelps's agent was not immediately available to comment.

 

Kellogg says its contract with Phelps expires at the end of the month.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_sp_ot/swm_phelps_kellogg

 

 

 

But it's a perfect connection! Weed ---> Munchies ---> Frosted Flakes !!! They should just change the illustration to show him pouring the contents of a box of Frosted Flakes into his mouth, with a bong sitting beside him.

David, you were right on with this one about Michael Phelps: I bet they'll take his @ss off the Kellog's Corn Flakes box.

 

Kellogg to drop Phelps over pot smoking photo

1 hr 4 mins ago

 

PORTLAND, Ore. – Cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. says it will not renew its sponsorhip contract with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps because he has acknowledged smoking marijuana last fall. The Battle Creek, Mich.-based company said Thursday that Phelps's behavior — caught on camera and published Sunday — is "not consistent with the image of Kellogg."

 

The company put Phelps on boxes of its Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes.

Phelps has kept the backing of many sponsors since the photos surfaced that showed him inhaling from a marijuana pipe.

 

Phelps's agent was not immediately available to comment.

 

Kellogg says its contract with Phelps expires at the end of the month.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_sp_ot/swm_phelps_kellogg

 

 

 

But it's a perfect connection! Weed ---> Munchies ---> Frosted Flakes !!! They should just change the illustration to show him pouring the contents of a box of Frosted Flakes into his mouth, with a bong sitting beside him.

 

Who knew such a Sweet and Innocent boy would know such things!

I don't really know anything about it. It's just something I read somewhere.

I don't really know anything about it. It's just something I read somewhere.

 

Did you read it on a wheaties box, maybe?

I don't really know anything about it. It's just something I read somewhere.

 

Did you read it on a wheaties box, maybe?

 

"Weedies," you say? That would be a great name for a product. Lots of sugar and salt, and a mouth-satisfying crunchy-chewy texture. Chocolate-coated? Maybe. Phelps would be an ideal spokesman, and seeing as how he's lost his Kellog contract and probably will lose others, he'd be available at a discount rate.

 

The next place I expect to see him is on a milk carton; "Has anybody seen this boy, lately?"

I don't really know anything about it. It's just something I read somewhere.

 

Did you read it on a wheaties box, maybe?

 

"Weedies," you say? That would be a great name for a product. Lots of sugar and salt, and a mouth-satisfying crunchy-chewy texture. Chocolate-coated? Maybe. Phelps would be an ideal spokesman, and seeing as how he's lost his Kellog contract and probably will lose others, he'd be available at a discount rate.

 

The next place I expect to see him is on a milk carton; "Has anybody seen this boy, lately?"

 

LMAO!!

David, you were right on with this one about Michael Phelps: I bet they'll take his @ss off the Kellog's Corn Flakes box.

 

 

I felt a sudden inclination to design a graphic of Tony the Tiger b!tch-slapping Phelps on the front of the cereal box but I can't be bothered.

from curbed blog -- the bernie madoff victims map  :-o

 

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The above map shows the home addresses of victims of the Bernie Madoff pyramid scheme scam,

but may also double as a map of firesale properties in the not-distant future.

Click through for the full interactive glory:

http://www.batchgeocode.com/map/?i=0cbc44e51e84fbede55cbe4de3580696

from curbed blog -- the bernie madoff victims map  :o

 

2009_02_madmap.jpg

The above map shows the home addresses of victims of the Bernie Madoff pyramid scheme scam,

but may also double as a map of firesale properties in the not-distant future.

Click through for the full interactive glory:

http://www.batchgeocode.com/map/?i=0cbc44e51e84fbede55cbe4de3580696

 

I know one of those dots.  :'(

from curbed blog -- the bernie madoff victims map :-o

 

2009_02_madmap.jpg

The above map shows the home addresses of victims of the Bernie Madoff pyramid scheme scam,

but may also double as a map of firesale properties in the not-distant future.

Click through for the full interactive glory:

http://www.batchgeocode.com/map/?i=0cbc44e51e84fbede55cbe4de3580696

 

 

 

Wow... love that website. Very useful

from curbed blog -- the bernie madoff victims map :-o

 

2009_02_madmap.jpg

The above map shows the home addresses of victims of the Bernie Madoff pyramid scheme scam,

but may also double as a map of firesale properties in the not-distant future.

Click through for the full interactive glory:

http://www.batchgeocode.com/map/?i=0cbc44e51e84fbede55cbe4de3580696

 

Wow, NYC took a hit in 2008 with their largest banks crashing and their richest residents' savings wiped dry.  I guess nowhere's invincible.

So did anyone else see Coraline tonight? If not, I'd recommend it. It's basically a cross between a James and the Giant Peach and Nightmare Before Christmas.. IN 3D!!! haha It gets a little freaky too. It's an awesome and beautiful movie.

from curbed blog -- the bernie madoff victims map  :-o

 

2009_02_madmap.jpg

The above map shows the home addresses of victims of the Bernie Madoff pyramid scheme scam,

but may also double as a map of firesale properties in the not-distant future.

Click through for the full interactive glory:

http://www.batchgeocode.com/map/?i=0cbc44e51e84fbede55cbe4de3580696

 

Wow, NYC took a hit in 2008 with their largest banks crashing and their richest residents' savings wiped dry.  I guess nowhere's invincible.

 

It wasnt just the rich.  Madoff got poor and middle/working class people as well.  I was looking at those addresses and I recognized an address.  I recognized a charity I donated too. 

 

He is a monster that has destroyed so many lives.

So did anyone else see Coraline tonight? If not, I'd recommend it. It's basically a cross between a James and the Giant Peach and Nightmare Before Christmas.. IN 3D!!! haha It gets a little freaky too. It's an awesome and beautiful movie.

 

 

It was a great book (all of Gaimen's are). Can't wait to see it.

I love jennifer saunders and david keith, but dakota fanning...ehhh

from curbed blog -- the bernie madoff victims map  :-o

 

2009_02_madmap.jpg

The above map shows the home addresses of victims of the Bernie Madoff pyramid scheme scam,

but may also double as a map of firesale properties in the not-distant future.

Click through for the full interactive glory:

http://www.batchgeocode.com/map/?i=0cbc44e51e84fbede55cbe4de3580696

 

This man is a better person than I would be if I lost my life savings!

 

http://cbs5.com/local/elderly.madoff.victim.2.929316.html

 

I want to see how Palm Beach/South Florida handles this, they are expected to take a huge hit and it will have a ripple affect across many industries.  I notice lots of houses up for sale.  Not a good thing in the Florida market.

 

So yesterday I went to Ameoba Records in Hollywood (http://www.amoeba.com/), and was just casually looking through the posters, not really looking for anything in particular, when all of a sudden I came across this:

 

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I had never heard of the band, but I thought it was incredibly cool that they used Cincinnati's Union Terminal for their band poster.

I worked in Hyde Park Sq. A lot of the patrons were these wealthy guys with their young girlfriends with plastic surgery, fake boobs, etc. It was funny. Or recent Miami grads. That really probably half of the reason it stays so trendy I think. Hyde Park itself isn't THAT great.

 

That sounds more accurate.

 

Well in the early 1900s you in fact did have to be approved by a committee to live in Hyde Park. It was really exclusive. Obviously that isn't the case today, you can't do that but it is like a miniature Beverly Hills right in Cincy.

 

I worked in Hyde Park Sq. A lot of the patrons were these wealthy guys with their young girlfriends with plastic surgery, fake boobs, etc. It was funny. Or recent Miami grads. That really probably half of the reason it stays so trendy I think. Hyde Park itself isn't THAT great.

 

It's mostly obvious because so many beautiful women jog around the neighborhood nonstop. A lot of my friends would come visit me at work and drink on the patio to watch the women jog by lol

 

So true. Anywhere on the square is just ridiculous to just sit and watch. It reminds me of Nip Tuck - Cincy style. lol

 

I know, I'm convinced that that's why the restaurant patios are so popular lol

So yesterday I went to Ameoba Records in Hollywood (http://www.amoeba.com/), and was just casually looking through the posters, not really looking for anything in particular, when all of a sudden I came across this:

 

080603-alton-kelley-vmed-2p.widec.jpg

 

I had never heard of the band, but I thought it was incredibly cool that they used Cincinnati's Union Terminal for their band poster.

 

WTF? That is UT!

Jebus. I did a count today on the number of photographs on my web-sites --

 

Abandoned: 4551 photographs

American Byways: 2174 photographs

Bridges & Tunnels: 596 photographs

Urbanup: 1158 photographs

Woahh I just realized that I have been a member of this forum for two years as of the 3rd of this month. I think my interests would definitely be different if I didn't find this site.  And that is crazy Sherman, that's a lot.

Any suggestions on a Vday restaurant near Cleveland?  Albatros was my plan, but it is booked.

Any suggestions on a Vday restaurant near Cleveland?  Albatros was my plan, but it is booked.

a restaurant near Cleveland?

 

Regardless of the answer, I say Table 45!

I would prefer in the city, but suppose I would be willing to venture to an inner-ring.

 

I thought about 45, but...$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.  Is it outrageous?

 

Give me a quote for the cheapest bottle of wine, two entrees, an app, and 2 desserts. 

I would prefer in the city, but suppose I would be willing to venture to an inner-ring.

 

I thought about 45, but...$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.  Is it outrageous?

 

Give me a quote for the cheapest bottle of wine, two entrees, an app, and 2 desserts. 

 

Why not just look at their website?

It's amazing some of the questions that get asked of strangers when Google is right there at their disposal!  It's one thing to ask if you liked it!

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