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If you live in the Chicagoland area, you watch WGN news and you’re familiar with weekend anchors Bob Jordan and Jackie Bange. I know they are two of my favorites.

What you’re probably not familiar with is their 2 minute and 40 second choreographed dance that takes place during the first commercial break of each broadcast.

That is one seriously choreographed routine and I absolutely love how Bob Jordan jumps right back into the broadcast.

Somtimes, I love how the internet works…

Back in Jaunary 2008, I posted about Amy Freeze and my post got picked up as a reference on her Wikipedia page. Last night, Amy Freeze was mentioned during the Bears vs. Packers game, and the news reported this morning that she was one of the most searched Google terms last night.

Since Google pulls up her Wikipedia page, and her Wikipedia page links to me, I got 1,700 hits in the 8 o’clock hour last night.

Thanks for having a cool meteorologist name, Amy Freeze!

I just got an email from Chicago Public Radio informing me that I won two tickets to Muppets, Music, & Magic: Jim Henson’s Legacy at the Gene Siskel Film Theatre!

Throughout the month of November, the Gene Siskel Film Theatre is screening a major retrospective of Jim Henson’s work, including The Dark Crystal, The Muppet Movie, and Labyrinth. I’ve narrowed our choices down to an episode of Fraggle Rock entitled A Better World: Living in Harmony and Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas.

While everyone is celebrating Obama’s win (including myself), I think we should all take a few minutes to watch Senator McCain’s concession speech. It was classy, heartfelt, and had a positive message. In my opinion, it was every bit as good as Obama’s acceptance speech.

Kudos to Senator McCain and President Obama!

If someone in our house would have made these videos, we would have crowned them Captain Obvious, and I kind of love it because these are two music videos that I always wondered what the shit the visuals had to do with the lyrics.

Enjoy.

Nothing this cool ever happens when I ride public transportation. Wouldn’t it be nice commuting to your jobs in Philadelphia or NYC or Chicago and having some entertainment along the way? And they are so courteous, wishing everyone a good day and not kicking anyone in the head!

It’s a good thing I lost interest in Project Runway a few weeks ago, because our cable went out for good.

We haven’t deliberately been stealing cable (we didn’t splice any lines or hang from the roof to run cables), but we have been enjoying basic cable at no charge since we moved.

We don’t require anything fancy. Just the basic channels plus E!, Bravo, and Discovery, but just that runs $50 a month in our area. Looks like my Boob Tube isn’t going to get much love anymore, but maybe the lack of television will compel me to use the exercise equipment sitting in the spare bedroom.

They make it look so easy in the movies. A good looking guy walks up to a woman with flowing hair (no doubt courtsey of Extreme Style by VO5)and says something like “You know, when you blow out the match, it’s an invitation to kiss you” (Flesh and the Devil) or “Mind if I get drunk with you?” (Red Dust) and a love connection is made.

I know those lines would work on me in real life, but you just don’t hear anything quite so creative these days. If you think you can come up with something just as memorable then you should be playing the Ultimate Flirting Championship. Put the widget below on your own blog and see just how well your own pick up lines really work.

If you’re watching this season of Project Runway, you’re familiar with Blayne and his signature phrases “girlicious” and “holla at ya boy.”

In a move that would make Blayne extremely proud, and Tim Gunn extremely uncomfortable, I taught my 6 year old cousin, Kate, the meaning and proper usage of the word “holla.” At first she was confused. Tilting her head and curling her lip; but she quickly caught on. She even said “holla back” without even being told it was the proper reply!

If all goes well, she’ll be greating her kindergarten teacher on the third day of school with a heartfelt “holla at ya girl.”