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fantastic prank...a must see

A fun gag, people 'frozen' in place in Grand Central Station. The best part is the guy on the walkie talkie at the end!!

bamboozle

I'm thinking of planting some bamboo this spring but I'm afraid. Cost. How it spreads. Will it attract local pandas?

is your dog a werewolf?

This 45 second youtube will let you know.

is it copasetic?

Thought copasetic was a localism, a Northeast word. Read on at Wiki.

summer thought on a winter day

I miss beach volleyball and the old rivalries, esp. Stoklos + Sinjin Smith vs. Hovland + Dodd. Sigh.

Bono and Joe

How fun is it to see Joe Cocker and Bono in Across the Universe?

road trip

Been on family trip to Florida. On my mother-in-law's computer - she's very hip - and just sending along thoughts about Sirius satellite and a comedian.

My rental car has Sirius, and a channel called Classic Vinyl - is that perfect for me or what? Anyway, they do this charming thing - they play 2 seconds of that needle-hitting-the LP hiss. I'm sorry; I love that sound. It means pleasure to follow.

Marc Maron is HYSTERICAL! He takes on religion, sex and politics and he's pretty outrageous about it. No, very outrageous. Check out his CD, Tickets Still Available.

hats and shirts

Whether we admit it or not, we often wear certain t-shirts or baseball caps to say something clever about ourselves - my bookstore t-shirts announce my bookishness - and we just do it for own pleasure. Still, i was getting annoyed no one had anything to say about my Hot Dog Johnny's cap til just yesterday!

oddest musical couples?

Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle, or Alison Krause & Robert Plant?

the more things change....

I LOVE that modern cities still use the old technology of rooftop water tanks, even if new buildigs cover 'em up. I love NY's water tanks, esp. a whole skyline full of them.

I'm not alone.

From Shelf Awareness: Eric Miller, partner and co-owner of Miller Trade Book Marketing, the Midwest rep group set up Wicker Park Press, which has published three titles with Academy Chicago. In December, on his own, he publishes Water Tanks of Chicago: A Vanishing Urban Legacy by Larry W. Green ($19.95, 9780978967604), a paperback that chronicles a sometimes unnoticed aspect of the Windy City's skylines: water tanks, some of which date back to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, that have "a lot of cultural significance" and have been nominated for landmark status. "This is book is part of a push to preserve these towers," Miller told Shelf Awareness.