Friday February 19

Back from a break. Rowan had a pretty good day yesterday. She's got that nasty cold from a few weeks ago licked and I think the longer days will get her itching for trips outside. She's practicing riding her tricycle around the living room, so maybe she'll hit the ground running come Springtime.

Check out the favicon on SpydeysWebb.com and the SpydeysWebb Blog. Brooke made me one for Valentine's Day. A favicon is the small icon that appears next to the web site address in your browser's address bar. Mine is pretty appropriate...[Wikipedia]

Cubbie tickets went on sale today! The second annual Poppa Day at Wrigley Field will be Saturday May 15th vs. the Pirates. This is year two where Rowan takes her poppas up for a baseball game, and Brooke and I get to ride along. Let's hope it's a little warmer than last year! That was a cold and windy day and even though they tried to blow it, the Cubbies beat the Astros 5-4 in the bottom of the 9th. [Wrigley Field & Baseball Reference]

Speaking of the Cubbies, Spring Training kicked off yesterday with pitchers and catchers reporting. The position players are set to arrive on Monday for the first full team workout of the 2010 season. Here's a guide for what to look for with the Cubbies in Spring Training. [Cubs.com & Chicago Tribune]

News Quiz and more after the jump...



This week's News Quiz is back. [Chicago Tribune]

A little late on this one! I should have blogged last Friday because the Westminster Dog Show was on Monday and Tuesday of this week. Yet again, a chihuahua didn't win Best in Show. [Westminster Dog Show]

The hard to reach mineral in Avatar has a very unimaginative name. Seems scientists use these types of names quite a bit to describe the not yet found or as yet undiscovered. [Chicago Tribune]

Olympics are in full force! Brooke and I have been staying up way too late to see the final, maybe live maybe not, results from Vancouver. Nice group of links for following The Games. Some of these may be dated, but they're pretty good. Still 10 days left. [Vancouver 2010 & Tech Crunch Blog]

Some of these 25 Athletes to Watch have come through, and some haven't (yet). [Time]

Proctor & Gamble are sending athletes' moms to the games. Maybe you've seen some of the ads they have for this program. [Brandweek]

How did King Tut die, exactly? [BBC News]

Have a great weekend! Days are getting longer, maybe no more snow soon...

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