Storm

Last night pin point Doppler was right.  A storm from the west did come in.  Good thing the we didn't hit Movies in the Park at Grant Park.  Blues Brothers according to my BF is something I HAVE to watch.  This is coming from someone who hasn't been to a movie theatre since the first of the Star Wars Prequel.  If I were standing when the storm front came in, I would have been knocked over.  It made doors slam, wall art fall, papers fly.   

Granite Counter Tops!!!

Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking and is considered especially dangerous to smokers, whose lungs are already compromised. Children and developing fetuses are vulnerable to radiation, which can cause other forms of cancer. Mr. Witt said the E.P.A. is not studying health risks associated with granite countertops because of a “lack of resources.”

Wow...I had no idea. Anyway, I'm sure I get exposed to things worse than this.

Twin Tuition

Check this out. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/education/edlife/27twins.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Thought this was interesting especially since 2 of my first cousins have a set of twins.

Wicker Park Fest

Spent some at Wicker Park Fest today with the BF and my sister and Homey. Very different from the Wells Street Art Fest. At Wells Street, you get your typical drunk young people walking their dogs and pushing their $800 strollers. You will find the same at Wicker Park Fest except on the small dog leash you have an iguana. Her name was Percy. She climbed the trunk of a tree in the grounds of Wicker Park. It's not a chick magnet like a lab puppy! It got a lot of attention though. Too bad I didn't have an iPhone to capture the moment. But there was an emo guy who could have passed for a homeless dude who whip his iPhone out to snap a pic.

Oh yes, I did. I wikipediaed Wicker Park: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Town%2C_Chicago#Wicker_Park

Shirts BACK ON!!!

There's a store not far from me called Shirt Off Sheffield.  It's a side store to the original Shirts On Sheffield that is actually on a street called Sheffield.  Well, it looks like Shirts OFF Sheffield is going...going...gone.  I saw a SHIRTLESS fat man in the window of the store...DUDE...put your shirt BACK on!

Risks with Leftovers

I love Joy's Noodles.  Esp the Pad Woon Sen with tofu.  When I go, I peruse the menu, but this is my usual.  And I take half of it home.  Well, I really wanted to eat it last night (Sunday) but it's been in my fridge since last Wednesday around lunch.  Hmmm...4 days of fertile grounds for bacteria.  It was sweeter than usual so it's just as good as a petri dish. Not the best thing to eat...I wanted it so badly. 

 

Instead I ate the following:  a 2-egg (whites only), with kale, salt, garlic powder on a fat-free Central Market flour tortilla.  It was sufficient.