Fireworks and phat cars

So my daughter played with the kids of friends at Chuck E. Cheese last week. (I actually still call it Showbiz, lol - I had my 9th birthday party there {in Naperville}; I still remember writing out the invitations to it, lol...) I didn’t go though because I was sleeping before I had to go to work (I work third/early first). But fear not, I have been threatened with ammonia salts the next time there’s a get together!! lmao

So where are my fellow yanks going to watch fireworks this year? Amazingly enough, I found a great spot last year - see, prior to that, since 1999 we’d watched them from my grandma’s parking lot - her apartment complex was situated on Peoria’s second steepest hill, and the lot faced the river (which is where they shoot them off from). Before that, ever since I can remember we watched them from Grandma’s office downtown - she had a huge corner office facing the river on - guess which floor? The 16th! It was saaweeeet! lol But then she retired in 1998 and I didn‘t have the cajones to ask the new lady if we could go there to see ‘em still. lol Anyway I can’t wait. I need an excuse to get some fresh air and see something aesthetically pleasing.

Speaking of which… 0 to 60 in 2.5 s, 987 horses, and leather and Alcantara* upholstery? ::Be still my heart!:: Check this out, and don’t miss the slide show. Try to keep the drool from ruining your keyboard. http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jun2006/id20060606_403090.htm?chan=innovation_auto+design_auto+design

Straight from the horse’s mouth: http://www.bugatti-cars.de/bugatti/choice_en.html

More eye candy: http://autos.aol.com/article/luxury/v2/_a/you-better-have-money/20060320172809990001

…If you’re at all interested in Blu-Ray & HD DVD, let this serve as a sort of a followup to my previous post on the subject. This tells the differences in the formats and explains features (and prices) of various players: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060626_899401.htm?chan=topStories_ssi_5

…A feel-good article relating to my last post: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060628/1/8dph.html

…And this is just cool: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060627-snake-color.html

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"Recognize that...there is great intelligence in the universe. Fact: A single human cell measuring 1/1,000 of an inch across contains instructions within its DNA that would fill 1,000 books of 600 pages each (Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now)!"**

* Alcantara is a “microfiber ultrasuede” - http://www.ultrasuede.com/products/automotive/aftermarket/
** http://health.yahoo.com/experts/yeahdave/105/relax-its-all-goooooood