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January 22, 2006
Free dogs
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….
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
Visit a lollipop factory
Personalized, hand-made Australian candy. (From ”Cool Hunting”)
The Candy maker
Seioubo, Japanese traditional sweets
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 …
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
Jackson County Jail - “The cops are there to protect her… but who will protect her from the cops?” Many other Adult Cinema Posters
"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
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
"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?
"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
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
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"...
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
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
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?
Many More Unusual Links About Politics As Usual Here
January 14, 2006 in Politics | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
January 13, 2006
Antispyware
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
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
The Airboard
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
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!
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.
Grab a graphic to link to Grow-a-brain
January 10, 2006 in Website News | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack
Lack of curiosity
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