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January 22, 2006

Free dogs

Great_dane_on_chair New real estate blogs: Buy a House, Get a Free Dog. Found on “Real estate, and How” - News for the Real Estate Professional

Dan Forbes & Marie Avery’ Bradenton Real Estate News

Tony Kawaguchi’s Aloha Tony blog from Honolulu

Continuing Education in Real Estate Blog by Carol Knowlton Irvin, J.D., and James D. Irvin, J.D., (With a write-up about this blog, always a good way of getting on this list…)

Brooklyn Views, a blog about the Atlantic Yards project

Ron Ares’s Re: PDX - Brought to you by Ron Ares, an Oregon broker

Jack Patton’s Gainesville Florida Area Real Estate Blog

2 blogs from Zip Realty: Zip Realty blog and Market Conditions

Dain Charbonneau’s Central Florida Real Estate - The Real Estate Information Resource for Central Florida

Starting Real Estate, starting a blog….

Real estate red

Steve Levine’s Massachusetts Real Estate Blog

I am away for the weekend. This item had been pre-posted for your enjoyment. The complete List of Real Estate Blogs as well as Grow-a-Brain’s Extensive Real Estate Archives are Here

January 22, 2006 in Real estate Blogs | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack

January 21, 2006

Candy making

Candy_maker

Visit a lollipop factory

Personalized, hand-made Australian candy. (From ”Cool Hunting”)

The Candy maker

Seioubo, Japanese traditional sweets

Candy-like Straw Art

I am away for the weekend. This item had been pre-posted for your enjoyment. More unique links about Candy Art And Other Unusual Sweets Here

January 21, 2006 in Food - Candy Art | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

January 20, 2006

My name is Lester Burnham …

Belle_de_jour Jackie Brole and Dunlap (played by Nashville comics Travis and Jonathan) discuss that new "King Kong" movie everybody's been talkin' about (the new one, not the old black-and-white one), and how it's nice to enjoy a good Western, for example Brokeback Mountain

Jean-Claude Van Damme got his start as an actor in movies such as Breakin'.. (Another original post from Planet Dan)

The Hollywood Librarian - Librarians in Cinema and society

Rare Bunuel posters

Jackson County Jail - “The cops are there to protect her… but who will protect her from the cops?” Many other Adult Cinema Posters

Artwork by Fellini

"Whoa, he made the international sign of the donut!" And some other Donut Movie Quotes

Savage Eden, a new film from Godfrey Reggio, Philip Glass, Ron Fricke, George Meyer , some of the folks who brought us The Quatsi Trilogy. Images from Koyaanisqatsi, Life out of balance

Vintage Image of the Day feature on "Cinematical" blog

The Filmmaking Portal

After nearly 2 years of not having a TV, radio, iPod or any such electronic toys (except of this computer), I received a DVD player for Christmas. So this week I finally turned it on, and watched some movies: Ray, Mystic River & My Pet Goat – 3 thumbs up.

Grow-a-brain’s Extensive Collections of Best Film Directors and other Unusual Film Stories Here

January 20, 2006 in Cinema | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

January 19, 2006

Old flames

Green_flame "With all the time you spend watching TV - you could have written a novel by now." How to be more productive: First, you have to make the best of each kind of time. And second, you have to try and make your time higher-quality

“You can’t go home again” - Another sad, little pearl from PostSecrets

10 Ways to Achieve your Goals Quicker. No 1: Make all your dreams real by first identifying and then focusing on specific, tangible targets for what you want

An interesting Ask-Metafilter thread - What skill should I learn next, and why? Martial Arts ? Automotive repair? Investing Teaching? Knitting? Sign language? Poker?....

Also there: How can I totally blow my mind?

Looking up old flame? Think twice. (Last year I received an unexpected email from my first girlfriend. It was 1968 1969… We played Disraeli Gears Wheels of Fire… “In a white room with black curtains near the stations”… On April 18, I’ll fly to NYC to meet her…)

Inner Algebra - How To Do Algebra In Your Head

“I turned 40 on January 12th, 2006, and I wanted to mark the occasion in some positive fashion. So I got this crazy idea: I know! I'll write 40 words (no more, no less) every day for a year, and each day I'll write about a different person (in no particular order--in fact, in a shuffled order) who touched my life in some way. But not just anyone, it's got to be someone I've actually met in person, someone whose name I still remember, and someone who was interesting…”

Many More Unusual Things To Do With Your Life Here

January 19, 2006 in Do Something with your Life | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack

January 18, 2006

Would you prefer the red one or the yellow one?

Selling_the_dream"Shall we meet next week or the week after?" The alternative close works by offering more than one clearly defined alternative to the customer. The number of alternative should be very few - two or three is often quite adequate. If you offer too many alternatives, the customer will then be faced with a more complex problem of how they choose between the many alternatives offered. Many other closing techniques at Changing Minds, with 1,700 pages, one of the largest sites in the world on all aspects of how we change one another's minds

Old Glory Robot Insurance

"Until last Saturday, I have never heard of Classica cookware by Regal Ware. Two weeks ago, my friends Matt and Kristin went to Chandler Balloon Festival. At the festival, one of the booths was advertising in-home cooking demonstrations in exchange for free hotel-stays. The cookware company would send a sales person to your home, cook your family dinner, and try to sell you their cookware. Regardless if you decide to purchase the cookware or not, the company would pay for 3-nights resort stay at a Mexico vacation spot..."

A basic guide to the ideas in Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People

The top ten lies of entrepreneurs, by Guy Kawasaki. I used all ten between 1987-1990

The Smoking Gun. A treasure trove of damning evidence against Big Tobacco has been unearthed at UCSF

Please help - I need to sell a domain name. Anybody has any advice of the best place & method? I will announce it within the next week or so.

Many More Links of How to Win Friends and Influence People Here

January 18, 2006 in Salesmanship | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

January 17, 2006

Urban symmetries

Fishing_hut Photos of Ice Fishing Shacks by Scott Peterman. Many other gorgeous montages at Polar Inertia, include Arizona Cotton, Cuban Television sets, Overpasses, shipping containers, more. (From ”Pruned”)

Origamic Architecture by the Canadian papercraft artist Yee

The great walls of Iraq. A new form of architecture is dotting urban centres throughout Iraq, but it is not the type Iraqis say they can be proud of. Tonnes of reinforced concrete walls overlooking man-made mountains of sand bags are being systematically erected around government offices, party headquarters, senior officials' houses and police stations

Built St, Louis - A site dedicated to the historic architecture of St. Louis, Missouri

Urban symmetries at The Book of Pallalink

Garage Conversions are "a low-cost way to accommodate surging population growth without increasing sprawl"

Many More Unusual architectural Links Here

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I added a lenghy summery of my recent trip to New Zealand on "Koru-Koru". Please visit, read & comment.

January 17, 2006 in Architecture | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

January 16, 2006

Matrix Reloaded

Larry_wachowski The Mystery of Larry Wachowski. Could the co-creator of The Matrix real life truly be stranger than fiction? A Rolling Stone story involving one billion dollar, androgyny, leather and BDSM

Ladies and Gentlemen. This is Chip Zdarsky Chip Zdarsky as Elektra. Here is Chip Zdarsky’s comic Prison Funnies

What is pony play? It is different for each player but the basics is where one takes on the role of a pony (or sometimes a mule, donkey, etc..). Sometimes it is just the one person, like playing dress up, dreaming of the peacefulness of fields. Other times there may be more participants…

How does one become an international drug smuggler? Before becoming a writer, Richard Stratton ran hash from the Middle East, making money hand over fist and living off adrenaline. Until he got caught. (Salon registration required)

Bambam Baba, the Indian Holy Sand Man

April Beaver - 2003 Beaver Fair Queen. (From BA’s blog)

Hetty Green, the tightfisted, shrewd Witch of Wall Street

Many More Unusual People Doing Unusual Things Here

January 16, 2006 in Unusual People | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack

January 15, 2006

"If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let 'em go, because, man, they're gone"...

Box_of_truth Some people collect stamps. Some people collect artwork. Other people collect model trains or model airplanes. Me, I collect fire alarms

Philadelphia physicians have been pioneers and leaders in the practice and teaching of obstetrics and gynecology since the 18th century, and the OB-GYN Instrument Collection of the Mütter Museum reflect the richness of that heritage

Flickr photos tagged with Buttpaste. Unfortunately, Due To Damage By Hurricane Katrina, Boudreaux's Buttpaste Cannot Currently Fulfill Orders Placed On The Website At This Time

The purpose of The Box O' Truth is to test the penetration of various rounds. There is only one way to know how much a certain round penetrates. You must shoot it into a medium and see for a fact

Hunters from “Consumptive”

Michael Jackson In Winter, by Lamar Peterson

‘Smells like dinosaurs’ and other things my boyfriend says

Impossible Images can be drawn on paper but can't exist in real life. (From Floble)

Thanks to Michaël Bellon for the graphic above! Many More Unusual Oddities and Crazy linkage Here

January 15, 2006 in Odds & Ends | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Father blogs about daughter's cancer battle

Toddler_blog Robyns Morph. On Metamorphfaces (Good name!) you can find other samples of readers’ kids. (Turn your speakers off to avoid gratuitous music)

More on Google Videos: Baby's First Laugh, by little Devin

Samantha's Story, my fight against a childhood cancer called Neuroblastoma. As reported in the BBC - Father posts cancer toddler blog. (Found on A View from England)

The best cakes in town are made by Miss Cora Lee Merriweather, and when she dies, her ghost comes back to haunt the bake shop and harass any new owners until they leave. Years later, the establishment is bought by Annie Washington, the best baker ever to have worked on the Sea Star cruise ships. The ghost tries to scare this young woman into leaving as well, but to no avail… An old story from NPR - A Baker's Ghost Returns

If you have a baby, you should outfit him/her with a pair of very cute shoes. (From SFT). Also, Baby Squid Knitted Hat

Your children have ruined my neighborhood. This used to be a nice neighborhood: artists, laborers, immigrants, postgraduates. Good, clean, quiet, hard-working people all. But recently, your children have begun to creep into my lovely neighborhood, and, since their arrival, this place has really gone downhill

The State of the World's Children 2006

Many More Unusual Links About Kids Here

January 15, 2006 in Kids | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

January 14, 2006

Headless

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An classic Jon Stewart Mess O’ Potamia Report Card

The Abortionist of Arkansas - Unabashed in Recommending, Performing Procedure

The latest statistics on the world epidemic of AIDS & HIV were published by UNAIDS/WHO in November 2005. Their report gives the latest AIDS and HIV statistics for the whole world and for regions. Number of people living with HIV/AIDS in 2005 - 40.3 million

The N55 ROCKET SYSTEM enables persons to communicate their protest in a concrete way. It is a low tech, low cost, highly efficient hybrid rocket propulsion system, fueled by a mixture of polyethylene and laughing gas (N2O. From ”Pruned”)

Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey for Governor of Minnesota - 2006

Repost (?) - Top 100 Speeches American Rhetoric

Here is the 1976 Maine police document recording the arrest of one George W. Bush for driving under the influence of alcohol

Wishful Thinking: Bush Approval Ratings in All 50 States as of December 2005, from SurveyUSA. Don’t start celebrating though

Strong opinions from Doug Thompson (Time to impeach a President) and from Cenk Uygur: Are We Really This Stupid?

The Impeachment Project

Many More Unusual Links About Politics As Usual Here

January 14, 2006 in Politics | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

January 13, 2006

Antispyware

Lol_1 Swedish Girls with Network Equipment

Webmasters who didn't think when they registered their URL … What’s wrong with GasHeating?

Anatomy Of A Spyware Infection; There’s a fuzzy line between second-tier antispyware vendors and the malware they clean

25 "most interesting'' cams for 2005

I love my computer (Looks like Tom Winkler’s style)

Switzerland's first manufacturer of individual computer mice

The history of 404 - HTTP/1.0 Room 404 Object Not Found

It's a wonderful Internet (with hidden surprises)

Motivator: Inspire! Motivate! Mock! Armed with a digital camera and that non-stop wit of yours, you now have the power to turn a simple photograph into an inspirational message that will burn forever in the hearts and minds of dozens

An Extensive Guide to Google Services

More To Life On The Internet Here

January 13, 2006 in Internet | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack

January 12, 2006

Like AutoTrader for airplanes

Oxygen_masks_1 Airplanes for sale world wide: Airplane Trader is the plane enthusiast’s choice when searching online. We offer a wide selection of planes for sale including hundreds of personal, business and transport planes. Our excellent selection of airplane listings also includes float planes, kit planes, helicopters and classic warplanes

Panic at 30K Feet: Ever had them oxygen masks deploying in mid-flight?...

The 'Enya Trailer', created by Brian J. Terwilliger as a promotion for his film ‘One Six Right: The Romance of Flying’

World’s smallest co-axial helicopter. Some specs in Japanese

Also, Proxflyer, the smallest RC helicopter in the world

Can I drive The Ultralight Flying Scooter on the freeway? A: No, this vehicle can not reach freeway speeds (60-75mph) because it is a motor scooter

The Upside Down Balloon Illusion

Learn to fly with Whittsflying….

2006 Airshow Schedule.This is a preliminary list of the air shows currently scheduled for 2006. There will be a lot of changes and additions as airshows finalize their plans

Ohio dirigible

The Airboard

10 greatest fight planes

Boeing 777-200LR, Hong Kong to London non-stop

Image above from Melody Rose. Many More Unusual Flight Links Here

January 12, 2006 in Flight | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

January 11, 2006

Tiki World

Tiki_bar Twig Bench made from copiced (?) hazel, by furniture designer Russell Pinch. (From ”Book of joe”)

After many months of hard work, Mr. Balis' Hai'deaway is now open. Please come on in, sit down, and have a virtual look around while I mix you up a fruity cocktail or three as the tropical sounds of Martin Denny and traditional Polynesian music waft along the humid island breezes. Play some pinball if you wish, it's set to free play

Residential Urinals are showing up in more and more high-end bathroom renovations. For example, here’s Dave’s urinal

Partridge Nail Relief Sculpture and other murals by David Gerry Partridge. (After a post by Joe Clark on his beautiful Toronto photoblog). Also, David Shrigley’s Sculpture of a nail

Hand grenade oil lamps by Piet Houtenbos. $40.00

Gutterstuff, the Foam Filter Insert

Dress your milk or juice cartons for breakfast with these Carton Slips

Animi Causa seating system

Alvin Lustig, Modern American Design Pioneer

Whitehall Flagler Museum in West Palm Beach, Florida

Many More Unusual Design Concepts Here

January 11, 2006 in Home Decor | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack

January 10, 2006

3,000,000 hits!

3000000_1 Congratulations to the blog! Here are tonight’s statistics:

Total number of hits: 3,011,833
This week: 57,397
Average per day: 4,271.69
Today since midnight GMT: 13,650

Following an idea from the Good Shit blog (Careful, source is NSFW!), I am going to start an occasional feature here, a little link-gift for a random reader-blogger. The first gift is for Anne M. of Ample Sanity:

The world's history for those who are in a hurry, by Bruno Bozzetto

Thank you to the 3 million anonymous Google surfers, or to the 500 visitors who returned 6,000 times each.

Growabrain_2 Grab a graphic to link to Grow-a-brain

January 10, 2006 in Website News | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack

Lack of curiosity

Faucet_1 Frvade - The hardest enigma on the internet: 408,250 people have tried to solve the puzzle since April 2005. 0 have succeeded

About the troubling state of lack of curiosity: In a world where everything is worth knowing, nothing is

According to students enrolled in professor Michael Rosenthal's Philosophy 101 course at Dartmouth University, that guy, Darrin Floen, the one who sits at the back of the class and acts like he's Aristotle, seriously needs to shut up

Thinking like a Genius. Even if you're not a genius, you can use the same strategies as Aristotle and Einstein to harness the power of your creative mind and better manage your future. 8 strategies encourage you to think productively, rather than reproductively, in order to arrive at solutions to problems

Brain Maps is an interactive high-resolution digital brain atlas and virtual microscope that is based on scanned images of serial sections of both primate and non-primate brains and that is database-integrated for querying and retrieving data about brain structure and function over the internet

Many More Intelligent Links and Brainier Links Here

January 10, 2006 in Brainy | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack