Friday Five: Toys

Posted and filed under games, My Life.

These are the games and toys I loved the most for about the first twelve years of my life. Tie: Atari 2600, Intellivision LEGOs G.I. Joe Matchbox cars 2-XL

Friday Five: Theme Park Rides

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Spaceship Earth (E.P.C.O.T., Orlando, FL) Space Mountain (Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL) Jurassic Park: The Ride (Universal Studios, Hollywood, CA) The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Orlando, FL) The Land (E.P.C.O.T., Orlando, FL)

Friday Five: Favorite Stadiums

Posted and filed under sports.

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field, “The Swamp” Fenway Park Dodger Stadium Louisiana Superdome Colosseum

Daily David

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Looking for free WiFi access? There is, of course, an app for that. Great idea: Are You An Asshole? (.com) I really need to get my tickets for the 10th Annual Kickspit Underground Rock Festival! You’ve seen the Periodic Table of Candy and the Periodic Table of Booze, of course. There are lots of periodic… Read more »

Daily David

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That’s What Bea Said! Avoid customer service prompts and long hold times with GetHuman.com. (And, of course, there’s an iPhone app for that.) The graphic Jish found depicting a Visual Explanation of Family Relationships is the first I’ve ever seen that made sense. If you live here, you already know this: Los Angeles is a… Read more »

Friday Five: Irish Songs

Posted and filed under music.

Goodbye Mrs. Durkin – Irish Rovers Finnegan’s Wake – Dropkick Murphys The Orange and Green – Irish Rovers Black Velvet Band – Irish Rovers Seven Drunken Nights – Dubliners

Friday Five: Irrational Fears

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… that I’ll get eaten by a shark … that I’ll jump from a tall building … that I’ll get a bacterial brain infection from swimming in a lake … that I’ll slice the end of my finger with a paring knife … that I’ll trip while walking up (not down) a flight of stairs