...a fountain in Chicago's Millenium Park that has video screens embedded in it... and every so often, the mouth purses and water flows out of the structure... the first time I saw it I thought it was just artwork on the tower.. then as I began to take a picture, the video picture "blinked" at me.. then smiled.. I almost had a heart attack then and there...
Millenium Park is easily one of my favorite places on the planet with these towers, the giant ampitheater, the crazy aluminum twisty walk across lake shore drive towards Lake Michigan and the wonderful Cloud Gate sculpture as well... hopefully I'll see them all in June when I'm in the windy city again....
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From yesterday's posting... longtime correspondent Jana wonders whether TV's Todd's discovery of the Abraham Lincoln stuffed doll is less a representation of our 16th President...
or more of one of our greatest Game Show Hosts, Mr. Bob Eubanks....
It's a tough call to be sure... more research clearly needs to be done...
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I overheard someone the other day chastise somebody for using the word "Never"... they said "don't ever say that word.. or the word "Hate".... they are too strong to be used as absolutes... nobody ever feels that strongly about anything...."
I tucked that into my mental folder and walked away disagreeing with that person's take in every possible way...
First of all, I do hate some people... (the names J. Blair and B. Schneider come to mind immediately... former coworkers of mine, executive producer and station manager, in case you were wondering...)
Sure, you're saying right now "Hey, TVGuy, you don't really hate them.. you just dislike them alot..."
To which I retort... no, I hate them with the burning white-hot intensity of a thousand suns... if they were stranded on an interstate in a car with no cell phone during a blinding snowstorm as temperatures dipped wildly below zero and I drove by them as they waved their arms for help... I'd keep driving and not give it a second thought and whistle all the way home...
Is that a healthy reaction by me? Nope. And I'm just fine with it and the hatred can just sit in my pit of my stomach and burn for the rest of my life....
So the whole "you don't really hate anyone" argument is just ridiculous to me...
And the "Don't use the word Never" thing...?
Sorry, but I can use it for a myriad of topics... but I'll give you Ten off the top of my head...
These 10 things are immutable and unchanging from this day forward in the life of TVGuy....
1. If Pete Rose is admitted into the Baseball Hall of Fame I will not only NEVER spend another dollar on baseball, but I will NEVER watch a game on television or in person ever again.
Worst. Human. Being. Ever.
(Okay, maybe Hitler.. but Pete's close...)
2. Pop Up Ads....
I don't care if it says "Free Beer, just click here" or "TVGuy, we've just deposited 1 million dollars into your savings account... click here for acceptance!"... I will NEVER click on a company's PopUp Ad or embedded ad that slides over the web page I'm looking at... NEVER. Easily the most annoying thing about the computing age...
So you guys just keep on throwing those ads up there... but you will NEVER get my business....
3. Theme Parks
I will never, ever, NEVER ride a rollercoaster again. I did it once, yes... once... (my family didn't really vacation at amusement parks)...
If you don't get on rides as a youth, then getting on them as an adult is pretty much like a controlled car accident... I couldn't have hated it more... (well, if J. Blair, B. Schneider or Pete Rose had been sitting next to me, then yes.. I could have hated it more... but that's a stretch...)
4. Jump out of an airplane...
Sorry, but in the world of "thrillseeking" TVGuy rates about a 1 out of 10. Leaving an aircraft while it's still in the air? That just is NEVER going to happen... ever...
5. Eat a Rocky Mountain Oyster...
I get it.. it's a Bull Testicle. Ha ha.. look, we gave it a different name.. aren't we clever? (No.)
If you have to rename it, I'm not eating it. Ever. Okay? NEVER!
6. Put clothes on a pet...
TVCat will NEVER walk around our Christmas tree with a Santa costume on... at least as long as I draw breath into my body he won't.....
7. NEVER Hit a woman...
Sorry, but if you're a guy and you strike a woman... well, there will be people in prison that will help you rethink that decision....
8. Dress up on Halloween...
It's my least favorite holiday... ever... also, I'd like to add that as an adult, I've NEVER had any kids come up to my door asking for candy.... granted, I've lived in apartments and condos most of my life.. but still... I hate this holiday and everything associated with it... and if you think I'm going to go over to someone's house as "Dracula".... you don't know me very well....
9. Own a futon or waterbed...
I have done both of those things in the past.... the key word is "past".... do they even sell these things anymore?
I'd add "Beanbag Chair" to this list.. but truth be told... I kinda like the soft beanbaggy goodness.... and I know they still sell them here and there at upscale furniture stores... and I also like Lava Lamps too... so sue me...
But futons and waterbeds? NEVER (again)......
10. Go to the ballet...
Look, I'd go to the Symphony... and maybe even the Opera if you put enough wine in me...
But the Ballet? No, I'd rather have elective Anal Surgery before going through that.... You will NEVER see me milling outside the theater discussing the Ballet during intermission...
I could come up with about 100 more "Never" scenarios... but my point I think has been made...
see ya tomorrow...
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Phil Berquist: If hate were people, I'd be China!
--"City Slickers" (1991)
5 comments:
Greg,
i thought we were cool when i admitted to betting on baseball. see you in the hall of fame.
love,
PETE
That may be the coolest building...EVER!
Sorry Pete, tough break for ya.. you see, there is only one rule in baseball that keeps ya out of the Hall.. and you broke it.
But by all means, keep going each year and set up your folding card table and sign everything in sight for only 10 bucks...
So what happens if a woman makes you ride a roller coaster and then forces you to dress up for Halloween as Pete Rose and perform a ballet with a bull testicle in your mouth? If you hate all that enough, is it okay to hit her then?
Congrats Doug, you've just won 2008's "Most Terrifying Sentence Ever Composed" Award...
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