http://www.tdrake.net Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:36:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Damn"... That's quite a reaction to finding out you have a million bucks in Jade on the dining room table http://www.tdrake.net/a-stoic-millionaire/ This is almost too funny to be true. So let's just imagine that it is. Here's the story in text: Hippo Eats Dwarf BANGKOK: A hippopotamus swallowed a circus dwarf in a "freak accident" in northern Thailand, according to a columnist in the Pattaya Mail. The Grapevine column reported: "A circus dwarf, nicknamed ... http://www.tdrake.net/hippo-that-ate-the-dwarf/ Scooter makes a special guest appearance at the end of this video. http://www.tdrake.net/scooter-the-super-dog/ I've got way too many projects in the air. I just finished updating InsiderFood with many new resources. I also did some updating on InsiderArts and began working on InsiderWine. I've got a big project to do with YQL that I keep putting off and I still need to ... http://www.tdrake.net/yet-another-blog-of-mine/ Nazi concentration camps featured a hopeful sign for the incoming prisoners. "Arbeit Macht Frei" means Work Sets You Free and helped keep up the guise of these "work camps". Someone just stole the sign from Auschwitz. I took this photo of the Small Fortress in Terezin, Czech Republic. It's hard to understand ... http://www.tdrake.net/arbeit-macht-frei-auschwitz/ There's a plethora of fascinating films by Charles & Ray Eames. This one illustrates how they created one of their fiberglass shells. I don't re-post much, but hat tip to Kottke. http://www.tdrake.net/eames-film-fiberglass-chairs/ I have strange dreams. I have the type that leave me chuckling when I wake up. This morning was a doozy. Imagine this new family game: Bear Escape. I had a dream of the standard nuclear family gathered around the family room as grandma was on her back and ... http://www.tdrake.net/fun-family-bear-escape-game/ The keywords for a politician's campaign web site can tell you a lot. It shows you who they expect to be supported by and what they hope to accomplish. You'd expect them to be either focused or scatter shot. This is the keyword string for George Hutchins, a candidate for Virginia's ... http://www.tdrake.net/hutchins-deranged-politician/ I'm thinking about buying a dozen of these for Christmas gifts. Who doesn't need a Freud in the morning. Unfortunately, it reminds me a little of what Joan Rivers said in her Bravo comedy special about her grey bunny slippers: Joan Rivers: Before Melissa Pulls the Plug Related articles by ZemantaKathy ... http://www.tdrake.net/freudian-slippers/ I'm tired. I'm worn out. I've hit my travel limitations. Is that even possible? I've logged a lot of miles in the past year and the last few months have been overwhelmingly busy as I prepare to leave Paris to live in the Bay Area again. My first year in Paris ... http://www.tdrake.net/travel-europe-iceland-turkey/