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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Chicago Air & Water Show the big draw this weekend

Gonna watch this from a relative's condo at Lake Point Towers Sunday downtown, which I do almost every year, so that should be cool. It's gonna be a smokin' weekend calling for 90's both days so it's really sweet to catch indoors 20 stories up over the Lake :(....   Starts at 11 which means leave about 4 hours ago....lol

Vince Vaughn is supposed to sky dive with these men, the Golden Knights,  last year it was Bill Murray.

 Let's not forget to keep an eye on the older loved ones of ours and don't forget those pets either :)

 Pic from great friend Wisco Dave this morning ....

But still this thing will draw millions over the weekend total despite the concrete jungle heat, it does every year, as it's actually one of the most heavily attended, free, public events in the world, that is a fact Jack.

It used to be around the fourth of July the way I remember things yet I couldn't confirm it,  then one summer  it seems like they moved it to later in the summer to August for some God forsaken reason, when it's 400 degrees on the pavement in most of the city ...


Perhaps it's always been in August but I remember as a teen going down there earlier for this thing, but I could be wrong, although I doubt it ;)  lol
Chicago Air & Water Show: "The Chicago Air and Water Show presented by the City of Chicago and Shell Oil Products U.S rocks the lakefront August 14-15, 2010 for the largest FREE show of its kind in the United States.


The U.S. Navy Blue Angels and U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights will headline the 52nd Annual Chicago Air and Water Show along the lakefront from Fullerton to Oak Street, with North Avenue Beach as the focal point. New time this year; the water and air portions have been combined for one continuous show beginning at 11 am and ending at 4 pm both days.


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Thursday, August 5, 2010

Big Gov Shuts Down Child's Lemonade Stand Lacking $120 License... Morons

This child here is the absolute perfect 'poster child' for the anti big government movement and Tea party agenda.

When a child in THIS country of all places in the world can't do the very first thing most American children do to earn their first money, we've left the ranch for good. Red tape and bureaucratic BS has taken the place for common sense everywhere we turn, be it lemonade stands to Mosques on ground zero.

God help us. (how many times before he says "I heard you the last 100 times, I keep telling ya, all it's up to you people, not me...")

Portland lemonade stand runs into health inspectors, needs $120 license to operate |

"It's hardly unusual to hear small-business owners gripe about licensing requirements or complain that heavy-handed regulations are driving them into the red.

So when Multnomah County shut down an enterprise last week for operating without a license, you might just sigh and say, there they go again.

Except this entrepreneur was a 7-year-old named Julie Murphy. Her business was a lemonade stand at the Last Thursday monthly art fair in Northeast Portland. The government regulation she violated? Failing to get a $120 temporary restaurant license.

Turns out that kids' lemonade stands -- those constants of summertime -- are supposed to get a permit in Oregon, particularly at big events that happen to be patrolled regularly by county health inspectors.

'I understand the reason behind what they're doing and it's a neighborhood event, and they're trying to generate revenue,' said Jon Kawaguchi, environmental health supervisor for the Multnomah County Health Department. 'But we still need to put the public's health first.'continued at OregonLive.com:
UPDATED FRIDAY as you knew damn well the liberal loon government there in OR would be apologizing almost immediately, but our practice here is not to accept them because they're so frequent they've become useless> They wore out the 'apology' just like they've worn out the word "racist" and the concept of 'racism' for that matter.

Oregon County Apologizes to 7-Year-Old Girl After Saying She Can't Have Lemonade Stand



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Friday, June 18, 2010

Plasma and LCD Owners, A Must Read Post If 'Mirror-Like' Screens Matter To You

I won't make this the usual ranting post although it's lengthy it's worth it (promise), in fact I never do this, as they have to 'twist my arm to fill out the 'ratings' pages on Amazon where I spend almost all my internet purchase money, and the reason I do it is this, which many consumers don't know about, which is an Amazon service as well Iwish to alert people to that's useful, where I purchased this great LCD polish.:

When I was crippled I tried to basically purchase everything online, being wheelchair bound makes running to the store quite a brutal adventure avoided at all costs. I used to shop in the middle of the night when the world sleeps to go to Walgreens if I had to, because it's smaller than a grocery store, bigger than the Muslim owned convenience stores I won't patronize, and easier to navigate in a wheelchair.

Click the pic for PRIME questions and answers (new tab)

They have a service called "Prime Shipping" in which one pays only $75 a year and all your shipping is free, 2 days for everything, and $3:99 overnite, which enabled me to buy $5 items at Amazon .

Nowadays they can hook you up with almost anything but cars and houses, and have them shipped practically OVERNITE after about your third or fourth purchase... really.It pays off quickly.

It's the most incredible deal on the internet, and I just don't know how anyone who shops online regularly doesn't utilize it. Were I Amazon I'd advertise it on TV AND Radio all day, every day.

It's an incredible bargain, please believe me, you'll be so happy if this matters to you, as some don't care what these LCD monitors and TV's look like. I do, as I stare at them for a living. My girlfriend's screens you can scrape the dirt off of after a couple days. I just cannot stand dirty, fingerprinted screens. GRRRRR. I know, it's anal.

It also comes in incredibly handy for holidays, birthdays, as Fathers day, for example, I ordered 2 books and a golfing range finder for my pops, and they're there already over night ordered Wednesday with free shipping now and for the rest of the year.

So, I'm a real 'stickler' for spotless LCD screens since my living revolves around art and design, and in our business, color accuracy it absolutely a MUST, as my clients, which include some of Chicago 's top printers and Design firms, want accuracy.

Since we do all our communication online, much of production comes after my work is finalized and signed off on. It's really the first step of the printing process. And if I screw it up, printing presses all around Chicago are idle until I fix it.

So I've tried all kinds of shit to easily clean my 2 65 inch LCD's and my 5 lcd computer monitors in my office, and I've finally found something that I recommend so wholeheartedly I was compelled to do this post to share it with you all, which I NEVER DO HERE with products but everyone can use this.

Perhaps the company will see it and send me a free case of this stuff ....wink wink wink....lol . this is totally unsolicited though, honestly.

This is the product: CLEAN DR.

And the little Prime Logo indicates to Prime customers that the shipping deals qualify, which means I got it shipped here for 8 dollars total ordered Wednesday with some guitar strings..

What a deal? No? You don't even have to leave the freaking house! Even though I can walk now I still use it a couple times a week for one thing or another related to my work usually.

Then this is the final result after about only 3 minutes of cleaning, just spay a light film, then wipe and buff it lightly and this is what it looks like! And trust me when I say the 'picture doesn't do it justice".

REMEMBER TO ALWAYS use Mircofiber cloths, a new one each time if possible as anything on those rags scratches the F888 out of these things on the screen or the bezel. No Paper products ever, scratch city usually unless it's really wet.

It actually looks better now than it did when I bought it a year ago, a Samsung 55 " 1080P LED HDTV UN55c5000..


You can see that's practically spotless, and I use only a feather duster for everyday cleaning, and the microfiber rags that you can order with it are the way to go. You can see the blue rag in the picture. One actually comes with the product.

It's almost like a mirror, I shiite you not. That's the window you see in the opposite end of the room about 30 feet away. It's almost like the tv picture in fact but this photo's a bit blurry. : (

It Honestly looks even better in person and it's really the best thing out there. I've tried them all. Everything leaves a coating or streaking, yet with that product it looks like that after just a couple minutes.

The first time I cleaned the whole screen it took me a half hour to rub out and buff the streaks out with any other cleaner.

Here's my laptop on my desk as well, same thing, like a mirror.


I do hope this information was of use for many of you and you should check it out for yourself, it's a wonderful product that meets it's expectations and claims, an unusual thing to find online sometimes.

Another great thing about doing all that shopping at Amazon is they have totally hassle free returns and you never even have to encounter some poor Indian working for $9 an hour on the phone in Islamabad to get a refund if the product sucks. Then if it does suck, you write a bad review and the companies 'kiss your ass' to rectify it.

You use offbrand places, you often end up with junk, and cant ever return the stuff easily and usually at your expense.

Good luck if you do choose to use it, you will NOT be disappointed, and thanks for reading ; )

I was NOT paid by Amazon nor CleanDr for this endorsement.


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