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The 'Burgh sweater market will never be the same

Review: Mac OS X Shines In Comparison With Windows Vista - News by InformationWeek
Cowher makes it official: He's gone
What Does 200 Calories Look Like?
Chicago jazz mecca closes doors, perhaps forever
We were there for NYE. Cranky Owner: "If you turned out other nights like you turned out for this N.Y.E., we wouldn't be closing"
Howstuffworks "How Hangovers Work"
Eating Elsewhere: Pittsburgh's Strip District
Kilmer plans Genius return - Movie news - Movies - Virgin.net
Bill Brasky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"We once had a bachelor party for Brasky. He ate the entire cake before we could tell him there was a stripper in it."
The Worst Analogies Ever Written in a High School Essay
He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.
KOIN.com - Pot Cookies Brought To Company Party
Hey, why do these cookies cost $10 each?
Florida State University To Phase Out Academic Operations By 2010 | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
"It's been clear for a while that Florida State's mission is to provide the young men and women enrolled here with a world-class football program, and this is the best way to cut the fat and really focus on making us No. 1 every year,"
Bitwise Magazine :: the D Programming Language - Walter Bright Interview
Why it's so hard to find giant squid. - By Daniel Engber - Slate Magazine
The best jazz albums of 2006. - By Fred Kaplan - Slate Magazine
Jazz | JazzTimes Magazine > Guides > Festival Guide

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Tastes like chicken. Reindeer chicken

Chicagoist: The New Drill
"The Chicago Spire as planned will be exceedingly thin and stand around 2,000 feet tall (160 stories): the Manute Bol of skyscrapers."
Drink up for a longer life - MSNBC.com
"people who already regularly consume low to moderate amounts of alcohol should be encouraged to continue"
Italy Magazine - Siena best Italian City to live
Al Gore Caught Warming Globe To Increase Box Office Profits | The Onion
"We have accounts from concerned citizens that Mr. Gore purchased a Cadillac Escalade SUV several months before [his film] opened in theaters,"
Bill Walton Spends Entire Lakers Broadcast Gushing About His Son | The Onion
"Oh, yes! Throw it down, big man! Throw it down!"
Exploring Google's Hidden Features
Unofficial builds of Thunderbird with Address Book integration - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
David X. Cohen interview about Futurama
"By the way, we are looking into producing a full 22-minute episode of Everybody Loves Hypnotoad for the DVD release. I am serious."
cbs2chicago.com - Reindeer Hot Dogs Served For Holiday Season
"We didn't eat Rudolph today. We ate some un-faced, un-named reindeer, so I am ok with that"
Open Culture: iTunes - Foreign Language Lesson Podcast Collection
Chicago Rolls Out Cold-Weather Prostitutes | The Onion
"Seriously, if it weren't for cold-weather prostitutes, I don't think I'd ever leave the house"
The Battaglias: From Siciliy to the Chicago Mob to the NHL
The Bates Battaglia family history
Blackhawks Sign Bondra
I think we may have something here

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Beheading Marie Antoinette is fun for the whole family

Diet Coke to be full of vitamins and minerals? - Dec. 8, 2006
That reminds me, I need to renew my subscription to Beverage Digest
Seed: Signs of Liquid Water Add to 'Life on Mars' Debate
Bad Astronomy Blog - LIQUID WATER ON MARS!
Warm beer led to killing, police say
"Police said the home had no electricity at the time." (via Brian)
Flac 1.1.3 Released
I like the --picture option
YouTube - John McLaughlin
Experts reconstruct Leonardo fingerprint - Science - MSNBC.com
Thousands of songs in your pocket: An audiophile's nightmare? | csmonitor.com
Scientists discover where the world's healthiest wines are grown - Britain - Times Online
Uncommonly comic gifts | Chicago Tribune news | Entertainment
"Sure, you can get a similar effect with a machete and a Barbie doll, but that's more of a one-time deal."
Apple's iTunes may get Beatles' songs for iPod listeners

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Just another Harold and Kumar related accident

Midnight Zamboni run prompts firings
"An anonymous tipster reported seeing the two big ice-resurfacing machines chug through a Burger King drive-through..."
Public Arts : Sir George's Top Ten Beatles Tunes (2006-11-20)
U.S. mint pushes new $1 coin with images of past presidents - Nov. 20, 2006
American Mensa | Holiday Gift Guide 06
I like the Pluto R.I.P. shirt
At 43, Testaverde back for 20th season - Yahoo! News
Let's face, they miss Doug Flutie. And, ol' Vinny Greenhead is the next best thing
BBC NEWS | Technology | Physics promises wire-less power
Linux.com | Ubuntu Developer Summit report: X.org improvements, driver controversy, and bling
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | What is the light fandango?
Video: Rocket man injured firing firework from his bottom | the Daily Mail
This lad was saying, 'This is boring, what can we do?' He then put a rocket up his backside and set light to it. (via Dave Barry)
Official Home of the Pittsburgh Penguins: MAVERICKS OWNER MARK CUBAN PRAISES PENGUINS, MALKIN, CROSBY
"Crosby and Malkin ? They will not only remind Pens and NHL fans of Mario and Jaromir Jagr, but could have them wondering whether watching them play together is what watching Mario and Gretzky playing together would have been like." (via Dave)
Seed: Composing in Code
"Do I want to try to learn this Charlie Parker solo, or do I want to learn Pascal?"

del.icio.us one-click-delete back by popular demand

Since there was apparently some interest in my extension, I decided to update it for Firefox 2.0 and the latest del.icio.us . You can update your extension (when approved) on addons.mozilla.org or in the nerdery.

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Pittsburgh, Gray are Big East preseason picks - NCAAB - Yahoo! Sports
Moderate drinking may boost memory | Science Blog
Take that, hippocampus
A-Rod: Consider this your invitation to Chicago - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
"Best of all, nobody would really care if he wins or not. These are the Chicago Cubs we're talking about."
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Postcards From "The Edge."
"P.S. Thanks for sending those date squares! They were delicious."
Tab allows guitarists to play without reading music | Chicago Tribune
This article is actually much more interesting than the headline implies
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Business :: 'Daily Show' joke whets appetites
"People called and e-mailed Sara Lee on Friday to find out where they can get the snack." And to get some info on angioplasty
Chicagoist: One True Curse
Buckner was wearing a Cubs wristband?
Tastebud Chicago: Roast Your Own Coffee
local6.com - Food News - Coke Says New Drink Will Burn Calories
Stephen Colbert Has America by the Ballots -- New York Magazine
Linux.com | Get your FLAC on with MP3FS
Great idea. Now, why is there no FUSE for OS X?

Rest of the pics

Ok, I finished going through the rest of the pictures from our trip. Now available: Florence, Fiesole, and Paris. That is all.

And we're back...

Yet another great trip, I must say. I will have more to say later. I was able to get about halfway through our pictures. So here's Rome: and Assisi:

Hold down the fort while I'm gone

That was your last Linked List for a couple of weeks. Kristi and I will be in Italy and France for the next week or so starting today. In the midst of our wine drinking and pasta eating, we'll try to get some photos. See ya

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There's no Penguins in Canada

Television Theme Songs - Favorite theme songs from TV shows
Sing it, George and Ma'am
Here's why you hate Mondays - National - theage.com.au
"Scientists have discovered a cure for the dreaded Monday morning blues - stop sleeping in on weekends"
Download of the Day: OnTour Dashboard widget (Mac) - Lifehacker
Canadian businessman agrees to buy Penguins - NHL - Yahoo! Sports
Balsillie, whose company makes the BlackBerry wireless messaging device,
Modern Mechanix - Miracles You'll See In The Next Fifty Years
Oh, delicious sawdust... (via linkfilter)
Chicagoist: One Venti Ghetto Latte, Please
"Starbucks customers have been ordering a double shot of espresso, asking for it in a larger cup, and then adding milk from the condiments stand. After a few seconds in the microwave, they've got a ghetto latte."
What's Biff from BTTF up to?
Syd Barrett: Wayne Coyne and Robyn Hitchcock Pay Tribute
"He's really singing from the heart of his mind."
What's New in Python 2.5
BSD-driven OS X is pure music to user's ears