Hey - Beer Man!

This site dedicated to my heroes...the beer vendors of Wrigley Field. Unfortunately my favorite vendor, Louie, is not featured. He was probably at a nascar event when the photos were taken.

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When I first read the article in this month's Wired about aSmallWorld, I thought it was either a joke or just an essay, not a piece of journalism. That's not meant to be a slam on Ms. Jardin's writing skills; I just didn't think it was real.

As much as they probably want you to think, Damn! How do I get access to this biyatch? the first thing that crossed my mind when I hit the home page was, This is supposed to be the portal to every single hip, rich person of influence in the world, and their web site sucks. What's up with the blurry graphics?

Hobo Dictionary

Learn how to talk west like a boxcar Willie, and the Boston bums might share their skee with you.

Ah, the hobo community, a subject near and dear to our hearts here at H8.

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Summer Vacation at Burning Man

The rednecks explained that the Burning Men always ran out of food, and there was nothing better than watching a hungry vegetarian eat deer.

Robot Franks Invade Madison

Protest signs in binary, a little Kraftwerk and a ServerBot? Not bad. Who's up for a little Robot Throwdown...

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Differently-abled

In this case, it means he gets one extra thing to pound the DDR pad with.

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Donna Martin Registers!

Zena and I are going in to get her the $2800 menorah.

Oh yeah? Can your grandpappy do this?

I'm not up on the finer nuances of modern Japanese culture and social scenes, but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say these guys probably have a lot of free time on Saturday night. Amazing. Be sure to stick it out for the ultimate combo of geek Japanese culture, yo-yos and breakdancing.

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Gleaming the Cube

Camann's father, William, an anesthesiologist, and his mother, Rhonda, who have spent the weekend hovering on the sidelines, say they were a bit worried when their son began cubing two or three hours a day, concerned that his marks might suffer.

The latest drug crisis in our youth? Nah, just folks a little too into Rubik's Cube.

(Note: There don't appear to be too many Unofficial World Records posted for "Rubik-like" puzzles on speedcubing.com, so get crackin' and you too could see your name in lights.)

When's the Snarky Bingo Bingo come out?

Burning Man Bingo

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BABY, YOU CAN FLOAT MY WHIP

Funkmaster Flex, the hot-rod king of the central Bronx, has a new show on Spike TV.

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Since [our employer] went down in flames and laid all of us off, I find that getting to the west side is harder than it used to be. I'm concerned that I'm getting a little rusty on my hipster language skills.

I thought I'd offer to the men and women of House8 the latest in cultural language trends, so that when we're re-employed we can pick up where we left off.

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That said, here's a guide to Flex's car lingo:

* Whip: Car
* Shoes: Wheels
* Ride out: Take off
* Churp and tie: Burnout
* Dubs: Tires more than 20 inches in diameter
* Big block: Old car with a lot of horsepower

* Thump thump: Noise made by loud sound system
* Pipework: Exhaust system; ie, "That's serious pipework!"
* Floating: Driving a hot truck slowly down a crowded street
* Third-lane style: Going more than 70 miles an hour
* Trick out: Doing anything "after market" to your car

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Better than Citizen Kane!

This movie is playing in any parking lot that will have it. I need to find a venue for it here in Chicago . . . any suggestions?

Andrew, please add a category for Bigfoot.

Hipster Bingo In Practice

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Hipster Bingo

Let the backlash begin!

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Fun things with hot dogs

It just can't get any better than this...or can it with Origami Hot Dogs!

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One meter per pixel...

Calling all nerds.... if you liked the Megapenny Project that was posted a few weeks ago, then you'll love this.

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CALLING ALL NERDS

US mental group seeks Klingon interpreter...

If it's wrong, I don't want to be right

Just because you're single doesn't mean you have to be alone at Valentine's Day. Talk about a cheap date! And they never ask what you're thinking about.

Get your schmekel out of your gatkes, you putz!

Now you at home can decipher the wiley code of the Jew-run media. Get me Spielberg on the smontess, I wanna talk geld!

The Hello Kitty Computer!

I hear the NVU employees are sporting these babies now...they even come portable!

For all you SANRIO lovers

cute, cute and just so cute!

"Warchalking"

You a hobo with a wireless card? Also, Let's WARCHALK!

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Wheelbarrow Freestylin'

Perhaps this too is a result of an extended period of time unemployed. Perhaps not. Either way, this is clowny and brilliant at the same time. Stupidity rules.

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Scary Image of the Day

Enjoy!

Phish reunite to appear on the Simpsons...

What the hell was Matt Groening thinking?

Wired News: 'Igniting Fear With Flying Metal'

"I don't think people get many visceral experiences these days," Pauline said. "Humans are made to have extreme experiences. They are landmarks in your life."

Mark Pauline and Survival Research Laboratories have been fusing theatre and technology since the late seventies. This article covers The Arbitrary Calculation of Pathological Amusement show in Tokyo where they, for the first time, allowed an SRL robot to be tele-operated, unsupervised, over the Web by non-SRL crew in a full-scale show.

I dig the Konrad Adenauer quote at the beginning of the article: "The good Lord sets definite limits on man's wisdom but sets no limits on his stupidity Ð- and that's just not fair."