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    WWDTM: Listening intently for angry knitters

    Today’s episode of Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me! was previewed by @WBEZ as one where a bunch of people had their knitting needles out for Mo Rocca, right in the front row. It may be possible to hear the clicking as they knit (not all that angrily, really). Chicago Public Radio Blog » Backstage Buzz at Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me! | News and Notes from WBEZ A couple of weeks ago, Mo Rocca made an off-hand comment that handmade sweaters were “itchy.” A fairly innocuous thing to say one would think. Following the broadcast, Mo received tons of angry emails…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Geek Out! - SciFi/Fantasy - Twitter

    Oooh, Penguicon looks like fun…

    My husband @fallingrock is into Linux, we’re geeks, and @wilw will be there too… very tempting! Penguicon: the free software and science fiction con in southeast Michigan, May 1-3 – Boing Boing “The weekend of May 1 through 3, Penguicon brings together science fiction, open source software, and other geek interests in southeast Michigan. In its seventh year, the attendance target for the convention is one thousand, three hundred and thirty seven. Guests of Honor are ubergeek Wil Wheaton, alternate reality game creator Jane McGonigal, Rasmus Lerdorf of PHP, steampunk author Sarah Hoyt, and John ‘maddog’ Hall of Linux International.…

  • Episcopal - Parish: Holy Moly (ECUSA)

    My Church Can Has A YouTube Channel!

    St Nicholas Episcopal Church has a new video camera, and we’ve been uploading to our own YouTube channel. Soon everybody in the world can hear me mess up singing that one solo… YouTube – 1bread1body’s Channel Welcome to St. Nicholas Episcopal Church! We are a church in the northwest suburbs of Chicago that celebrates all people and focuses on mission to children, LGBTQ individuals and families, the hungry, those in need of healing, and those seeking a deeper spiritual life. The church is located at 1072 Ridge Avenue, Elk Grove Village IL They haven’t uploaded anything that they taped during…

  • Mini-Posts

    links for 2009-04-10

    Banana liqueur information Funny drink names, all made from banana liqueur. The most matter-of-fact name is simply "Call A Cab" New World Notes: Enforcers of Dune: Frank Herbert Estate Targets Dune Roleplayers In Second Life (tags: SecondLife) Artists visit virtual Second Life for real-world cash – CNN.com (tags: SecondLife) Daily Kos: Fox has a teabagg'n problem (tags: Teabag RhetoricOfFailure Republican)

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Wordplay

    What is the opposite of people person? Because that would be me… a loner who is, luckily,married and has a few friends. Would it be singular person? or not? This new category debuts today, for those words and phrases that seem to be missing in action, yet beg to be coined.

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Twinkiemobile

    O hai dis mai Twinkiemobile, the Eater Bunneh wuz at wurk 2day. My co-worker had a way with decorative food. Hello, breakfast! Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Twinkiemobile By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 9 Apr ’09, 7.55am CDT PST

  • Hot Off The Presses

    F-16s following stolen plane… where, exactly?

    F-16s following stolen plane — chicagotribune.com It was unknown how much fuel was in the plane or how much training the student pilot has acquired, Kucharek said. The Web site cessna.com indicated the Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seater with a range of about 790 miles and top speed of 141 mph. They evacuated the Capitol building in Madison, WI when the guy went over about an hour and a half ago, and he’s headed our way or beyond us by now. But what the heck?  What’s his story? Obviously, he doesn’t have the radio on, he ignored “non-verbal” signals…