late friday fragments

Hey I'm not a morning person!

Mrs. 4444 (I don't know the meaning of that number but if I were to pick one it might 007) has been doing this Friday thing (I'm not talking about TGIF drinks but who knows) a 100 times! Wow - So I thought I could join in at least once. Also, I have read some good FF posts.

Now this lady below I bet would have done a great FF skit. Do comedians tend to die young or does it just seem that way to me?

I few bloggers I follow have switched to wordpress.  I'm I missing something?  Would that bring more readers?  Do bloggers also switch from that to blogger?  Don't you hate it when you didn't get the memo?

Other than on the web or in your inbox have you ever seen this?

If I had a diner, I would so love to use cups like that.  

Here's another email picture I got recently.  Ok at first I thought that's a great idea.  What a space saver.

But then I remembered my daughter's room.  The whole family would be in crutches and disabled the first week.  Too big of a problem with forgetting to shut the drawers.

On this 100th FF list I found a blogger (new to me) that had the most excellent photos of an airshow.  I love airshows and should post some photos of my own.  Here's the link -  A Life in the Sticks

Oh one last fragment - on my recent trip to AZ, I noticed a special sign and parking area next to the handicap spots.  Now I wish I took a picture but I was carrying stuff didn't bother to go back.  So in Mesa AZ (please tell any other locations if you know) they had special parking areas for adults with children.  I thought that's a nice idea.  Of course, I can imagine some old people using the handicap spot next to a rowdy car of kids might be upset.

FLUGTAG Chicago 2008

Update May 2011 --

Mrs. 4444 at Half-Past Kissin' Time, started a saturday collection service many months ago.  What does she collect?

Why good blog posts of course.

This was a fun one to create because going to this event was fun.  It's also a good example of odd stuff that I enjoy.  Not weird - just odd.

Unknown Mami started this Sunday share a post of your city theme. You can find her blog by clicking this badge:

At the beginning of the clip you get a view of the Chicago downtown from North Beach. The John Hancock building is very noticeable as I pan my little camera.

Ok - the music is kinda corny but I was trying to find some flying music and I didn't look too long. It was fun to watch and I don't know when they be doing it again.

Enjoy -





I made it to Flugtag Chicago last Saturday. North Beach

I put together this short video. It would have been better if I just could of been there a little earlier and been able to position on the other side of a bush and a few people. Of course it's hard to get a good view of the "landing strip". I heard there were about 70,000 people trying to get that view.

Here's a few pictures too. (click the picture for a larger version)

The flying El was a Chicago favorite. It was written up in the Tribune. They did a great job of creating an L train, but it didn't fly far. The article about the team explained it all in one sentence.

"....Basically, it gave us a reason to get out our power tools and pound a few beers at least once a week...."

The pirates throw a wench in the water first.

The guy looks like he is wing walking on the way down!!!


Getting that "hitting the water" shot from my position was tough.

chicago air show

Chicago Air show starts tomorrow Aug 15.