Ahh Chicago..

I know I've bitched and moaned about this city... but where else will you find Jones' Big Ass Truck Rental and Storage?

Make sure to watch the commercial he made. Usually I'm against local commercials but he has a gift.

-Later

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope everyone is going to be able to enjoy one of these for the holidays.

Yes, you can feel your arteries hardening just by reading the article.

And no, America doesn't have a weight problem.

-Later

So..

I should never have learned how to embed stuff in my blog.

Well worth the four and a half minutes it takes to listen to...



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Interesting tidbit.

When coming in from the cold to go for a swim at your local gym... make sure to realize your hands, having just been exposed to the cold and wind, will not be an accurate gauge of the temperature of the shower used prior to entering the pool.

I learned a valuable lesson... I hope all of you don't have to learn it the hard way either.

-Later

Series of... fail?

Heh... Ted Stevens lost. I honestly didn't see that coming. Joey said it would happen but I couldn't believe that the senator from Alaskan since 1970 and never failed to get less than at least 65% of the vote.

Well.. didn't someone say something about "change" recently?

Also, I'm glad the man responsible for the following lost:



-Later

A few interesting things

What would we do without youtube? honestly.. I don't know.



And since I like anything domino related..



If Stuart saw that, I can guarantee that he would be playing with dominoes tonight.

-Later

Check this out.

Tried to copy the picture directly... but it didn't work. But check out this story. Made me laugh quite a bit.

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Why I love American Cinema

I recently came across this description of a movie in my Comcast guide thingy..

Shadow Man:
"Steven Seagal stars in this explosive action thriller about an ex-CIA operative who gets mixed up in international espionage when the tries to rescue his kidnapped daughter and stop a deadly virus from falling into enemy hands."

How could that be bad?

Seriously.

Total awesomeness.

-Later

slightly less tired

So I didn't make it into bed by 11 last night, more like 11:40 or so. Read for a bit, then tossed and turned till around 12:15ish... woke up again at 4am or so. Went back to sleep about 30 minutes later.. and woke up again at 6.

This sucks.

-Later

Tired

I've been sleeping like crap lately. I don't know what the issue is, but lately I can't seem to get to sleep at night. It isn't like I'm just in bed, trying to get to sleep. No, I'm actually fully awake until around 2-3 each morning. It is quite irritating and I don't know why it is.

Ideally I would like to get to sleep early and wake up early. I think ol' Ben said that that makes a person healthy, rich and smart. But I can't remember the quote since I'm tired.

But I've been going to sleep late, and waking up no so late. I think I average around 5 hours of sleep a night. That just isn't good. I know that the ideal amount of time to sleep is 8-9 hours a night, but is anyone really getting that? Seriously. Does anyone out there get 8+ hours of sleep a night. Whenever I try to sleep that much I feel really tired the next day. If I'm going to be tired, I might as well not waste over 10% of my day sleeping.

Tonight I'm going to make a concentrated effort to be in bed reading by 11pm and the lights off by 11:30. If I get my normal 5 hours of sleep and wake at 4am.. well, the gym isn't even open at that time, so I'll be forced to either get more sleep.. or putter around the apartment until the gym does open. I'm curious to see how it goes.

Stupid sleep... can't we just make a pill that keeps us awake? I see them at truck stops all the time. There aren't any negative side effects to these right? What about Adderall? Hmm... I need more of my friends to be pharmacists who don't care about their jobs.

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finally

Well at least it is all over. I doubt we'll see any major changes for quite some time.. but I'm glad that the election is over and am curious to see how Mr. Obama does in the White House.

Also, I'm sad to see the results come in from California. I am amazed at how vehemently so many people believe in marriage. It just seems sort of stupid to me.. if two people love each other, they should be entitled to the same benefits that a legal marriage provides to everyone else. I'm quite surprised California passed the ban... of all the states.

They didn't get 60 seats.. sorry Joey. I know that probably is a slight damper on, what I can only assume, is a festive mood.

I'm glad the abortion issues raised in S. Dakota didn't pass. Also the bill that was going to label birth as "conception" in Colorado I think it was. I could only imagine the headaches that would have caused there.

Anyways, at least it is over and people can get back to arguing and bickering about other things.

-Later