Can you find me a website with Chicago Landmarks?
Monday, September 28th, 2009
mrs.tip harris #1 asked:
like the sears tower, wrigley field, field museum
like the sears tower, wrigley field, field museum
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Saturday, June 13th, 2009
Luisa C asked:
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE REVOLVING RESTAURANT AT THE SEARS TOWER IN CHICAGO?
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE REVOLVING RESTAURANT AT THE SEARS TOWER IN CHICAGO?
what do you think of my bucket list?
Friday, December 28th, 2007
Andrew asked:
I got snowed in today, and I was bored out of my mind so I made a list of things that I would like to do before I die…
I got snowed in today, and I was bored out of my mind so I made a list of things that I would like to do before I die…
1. Graduate college with at least a 3.7 GPA
2. Graduate med school
3. Buy a house
4. Buy a dog
5. Start my own pediatric practice
6. Further my degree in medicine by specializing
7. Find true love
8. Marry her
9. Have kids
10. buy a vacation home on the ocean
11. retire early
12. learn to fly
13. buy a plane
14. travel around the world
15. leave a $1000 tip at a restaurant
16. buy Yankees season tickets
17. buy colts season tickets
18. attend all 7 games of the world series
19. attend the Super Bowl
20. attend the Stanley cup Finals
21. attend the NBA finals
22. Skydive
23. Go zorbing (look it up)
24. Write a book
25. Teach myself how to play the guitar
26. Learn to play the piano
27. Learn to play the drums
28. Watch the Indianapolis 500 from a blimp
29. Take a shower in a waterfall
30. Climb a BIG mountain
31. See the 7 wonders of the world
32. Scuba dive with sharks
33. Base jump
34. Follow a band on their European tour
35. Get on stage at a Dave Matthews Band concert
36. Write and produce a song
37. Write and produce a movie
38. Visit the grave of Kurt Cobain
39. Visit the grave of Jimi Hendrix
40. Go to Woodstock
41. See Led Zeppelin in concert
42. Go to the top of the Sears tower in Chicago and stand on the rail, with my head against the glass
43. Break a Guinness world record
44. Run all of the major marathons in the world
45. Enter a Triathlon
46. Go to the winter and summer Olympics
47. Dance with my wife in the rain under the Eiffel tower
48. Take all of my friends on a second spring break in the Bahamas (my treat)
49. Be able to do a double black diamond run on skis and a snowboard without falling once
50. Do a 720 on a skateboard
51. Donate a large amount to a charity
52. Give a homeless person a steady job
53. Find the remains of jimmy Hoffa
54. Live alone in the wild for a month
55. Ride a bull for 8 seconds
56. Open a restaurant
57. Stay at the Atlantis Palms resort in Dubai for a week
58. Stay at the under-water resort in Dubai the following week
59. Golf at Pebble Beach and at Augusta National and St. Andrew’s
60. Shoot 5 under par one 18 holes
61. Learn a 2nd language
62. Use it in a foreign country
63. Learn a 3rd language
64. And use it in a foreign country
65. Renew my vows with my wife at the place of her choice
66. Catch a 6 foot marlin
67. Ride a sea turtle
68. See a symphony at the Sydney Opera house
69. Learn to surf
70. Give someone a tattoo
71. Celebrate the New Year on Time Square
72. Celebrate the New Year in a different country
73. Go on a hot air balloon ride
74. Design a pair of shoes
75. Shoot my own turkey for thanksgiving
76. Be a vegetarian…for a day or so
77. Buy and restore a classic car
78. Dunk a basketball
79. Attend the world cup
80. Learn to play rugby
81. Learn to fence
82. Learn to play cricket
what do you think?
give me a star if you like it! 
Why is Africa less developed than Europe or the East?
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Rupert Roo asked:
I don’t get why there is no African equivalent of Van Gogh, Nietzsche, Da Vinci, Newton or Mozart.
And please don’t reference:
1.Different values because there’s a big difference between the Sears Tower and a grass hut.
2.Temperature differences or an agrarian diet unless you’ve got something really cool to say.
3.Colonialism, because this was just the start of the overwhelming advances made by said regions. In short; Africa was already behind the 8 ball at this point.
I realize that from mitochondrial DNA it is basically proven that life began in Africa. But why did culture, technology and art stagnate there since the inception of civilization? And yeah I know that there is a great variety of African culture, art etc. But can you really compare that to Mozart? Really?
I’ve read about Maslow but I’ve also visited South Africa and there’s no shortage of food there. I’ve also heard it’s not too hard to get a cheeseburger in Cairo. There’s plenty of food in lots of Africa and has been for a long time. I don’t think it was too easy to get food during a Russian winter in the 1800s but somehow Dostoevsky managed to do great things.
Edit:I just finished reading “Guns, Germs, and Steel” and although it was very well received and recommended by a good friend, I don’t buy it’s explanations. No other agenda than that one.
I don’t get why there is no African equivalent of Van Gogh, Nietzsche, Da Vinci, Newton or Mozart.
And please don’t reference:
1.Different values because there’s a big difference between the Sears Tower and a grass hut.
2.Temperature differences or an agrarian diet unless you’ve got something really cool to say.
3.Colonialism, because this was just the start of the overwhelming advances made by said regions. In short; Africa was already behind the 8 ball at this point.
I realize that from mitochondrial DNA it is basically proven that life began in Africa. But why did culture, technology and art stagnate there since the inception of civilization? And yeah I know that there is a great variety of African culture, art etc. But can you really compare that to Mozart? Really?
I’ve read about Maslow but I’ve also visited South Africa and there’s no shortage of food there. I’ve also heard it’s not too hard to get a cheeseburger in Cairo. There’s plenty of food in lots of Africa and has been for a long time. I don’t think it was too easy to get food during a Russian winter in the 1800s but somehow Dostoevsky managed to do great things.
Edit:I just finished reading “Guns, Germs, and Steel” and although it was very well received and recommended by a good friend, I don’t buy it’s explanations. No other agenda than that one.
What do you guys think about this idea for a book?
Monday, October 8th, 2007
Claudia asked:
There is a group of teenagers that are in Mexico, and then 9 tsunamis occur (they survive to all of them), but then the last wave(10th) is a huge mega-tsunami bigger than the Empire State Building, and the Sears Towers in Chicago. With all these waves the rest of the people die. But the group of teens in Mexico stay underwater for 1000 years, and then they survive. Later they will realize that they’re special (they are like a new specie of humans), and their mission is to start a new world….
There is a group of teenagers that are in Mexico, and then 9 tsunamis occur (they survive to all of them), but then the last wave(10th) is a huge mega-tsunami bigger than the Empire State Building, and the Sears Towers in Chicago. With all these waves the rest of the people die. But the group of teens in Mexico stay underwater for 1000 years, and then they survive. Later they will realize that they’re special (they are like a new specie of humans), and their mission is to start a new world….
Honestly, do you think that this book could make a lot of money?
Do you think that this book could be a good idea for a movie?
Who has the feeling the someting big could happen at any moment since September 11th is in this week and why?
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Santa Claus(e)-The pianist. asked:
I don’t know why but I have the feeling something big could happen now or at any moment,I live in Chicago and the Sears Tower is still standing tall in the sky,I don’t want anything to happen to it or I don’t want any airplane crashing into it or some other building that is a target,I hope nothing happens this Thursday,if anything happens I want it to be the return of Christ,I will keep a close eye on the news to hear if anything unexpected happened that the public is unaware of,so far nothing has happened and I want to keep it that way!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t know why but I have the feeling something big could happen now or at any moment,I live in Chicago and the Sears Tower is still standing tall in the sky,I don’t want anything to happen to it or I don’t want any airplane crashing into it or some other building that is a target,I hope nothing happens this Thursday,if anything happens I want it to be the return of Christ,I will keep a close eye on the news to hear if anything unexpected happened that the public is unaware of,so far nothing has happened and I want to keep it that way!!!!!!!!!!
Why does it seem the age of having the biggest or the fastest is over with?
Monday, July 3rd, 2006
Starchild asked:
It seems like the 1960’s and 70’s saw things like the building of the tallest buildings i.e. Sears Tower,World Trade Center…the fastest passenger planes..the concorde…the biggest pass jets,,the B-747…amazing over the top events like multiple trips to the Moon. We had cars with massive high powered engines…And now we have kind of taken two steps back and it seems everything is sort of just bland. And anything will do.
It seems like the 1960’s and 70’s saw things like the building of the tallest buildings i.e. Sears Tower,World Trade Center…the fastest passenger planes..the concorde…the biggest pass jets,,the B-747…amazing over the top events like multiple trips to the Moon. We had cars with massive high powered engines…And now we have kind of taken two steps back and it seems everything is sort of just bland. And anything will do.
Tyler Durden’s philosophy on life?
Sunday, April 9th, 2006
masterofjkd asked:
I’m just curious but for the people that have watched Fight Club, has his philosophy on life and anti consumerist view changed your life for the better, and also a side question, how many of you would want the vision of Tyler Durden’s world to come true, y’know the description: In the world I see – you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You’ll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You’ll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you’ll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway.
Sounds pretty cool to me, going back to a simple times none of this commerical bullshit, but who else thinks this?
I’m just curious but for the people that have watched Fight Club, has his philosophy on life and anti consumerist view changed your life for the better, and also a side question, how many of you would want the vision of Tyler Durden’s world to come true, y’know the description: In the world I see – you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You’ll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You’ll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you’ll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway.
Sounds pretty cool to me, going back to a simple times none of this commerical bullshit, but who else thinks this?
Do you think historical figures have been neglected at the expense of celebrities?
Thursday, March 9th, 2006
Jonathan asked:
Michael Jordan was a talented athlete and his statue does look cool in front of the United Center, but I think a statue that would prove far more symbolic of the city (given how segregated it still is) would be of Fred Hampton due to his efforts to break the fierce separation and draw people together toward the common goal of economic equality and legal justice for all people given the terrible living conditions of some people during the 1960s. He set up breakfast programs in Chicago as well as free clothing and food drives along with helping homeless acquire shelter and set up free medical clinics. Just the word free and medical in the same sentence is amazing given how the medical industry chokes the money out of the patients these days. Anyway, Michael Jordan was a cool athlete, but I think a statue of Fred Hampton in front of the Sears Tower would by far much more greatly establish what the city of Chicago has been through on the deeper level of survival and endurance through harsh times which to me is far more meaningful then some basketball player flipping in shots, scoring points, and dunking on people and winning trophies. No matter how exciting and entertaining it is to watch, in no way does this compare or equate or surpass the efforts of the Black Panthers to improve people’s lives economically during a time when the mass government and police authorities hated and murdered them and oppressed people. So in short, Michael Jordan’s statue is really cool, but I think Fred Hampton deserves a statue of his own to celebrate his efforts in improving the outlook of the city for the inhabitants during a time of upheaval and injustice: anger translated into positive action!
Michael Jordan was a talented athlete and his statue does look cool in front of the United Center, but I think a statue that would prove far more symbolic of the city (given how segregated it still is) would be of Fred Hampton due to his efforts to break the fierce separation and draw people together toward the common goal of economic equality and legal justice for all people given the terrible living conditions of some people during the 1960s. He set up breakfast programs in Chicago as well as free clothing and food drives along with helping homeless acquire shelter and set up free medical clinics. Just the word free and medical in the same sentence is amazing given how the medical industry chokes the money out of the patients these days. Anyway, Michael Jordan was a cool athlete, but I think a statue of Fred Hampton in front of the Sears Tower would by far much more greatly establish what the city of Chicago has been through on the deeper level of survival and endurance through harsh times which to me is far more meaningful then some basketball player flipping in shots, scoring points, and dunking on people and winning trophies. No matter how exciting and entertaining it is to watch, in no way does this compare or equate or surpass the efforts of the Black Panthers to improve people’s lives economically during a time when the mass government and police authorities hated and murdered them and oppressed people. So in short, Michael Jordan’s statue is really cool, but I think Fred Hampton deserves a statue of his own to celebrate his efforts in improving the outlook of the city for the inhabitants during a time of upheaval and injustice: anger translated into positive action!