The occasional links, musings, and sharables from the interwebs from a nonprofit marketing professional and self-proclaimed tech culturist in the heartland of America. Here’s my website. Here I am on Twitter. And while you’re at it, ask me anything.Tumblr (3.0; @welfle)http://blog.welfle.com/<p>Um. Uh… 42?</p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/436675911http://blog.welfle.com/post/436675911Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:24:51 -0500<p>Electric John Lennons.</p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/436551214http://blog.welfle.com/post/436551214Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:23:53 -0500<p><p class="formspringmeAnswer">I think my fave Roger Moore James Bond was The Spy Who Loved Me. But mostly because lady spies are so sexy, and Barbara Bach did it so well. (In fact, nobody does it better.)</p> <p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/awelfle" target="_blank">Ask me anything</a> </p></p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/436398190http://blog.welfle.com/post/436398190Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:06:28 -0500formspring.me<p><p class="formspringmeAnswer">To find the princess. But she always seems to be in another castle.<br/><br/> I think she is avoiding me.</p> <p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/awelfle" target="_blank">Ask me anything</a> </p></p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/436394853http://blog.welfle.com/post/436394853Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:03:55 -0500formspring.me<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/naQSB1Ozyds&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/naQSB1Ozyds&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>To make up for the strange Russian singer <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.welfle.com/post/433381469/pardon-to-those-of-you-on-facebook-who-have-seen">I posted</a> the other day, I present, for your approval, Ida Maria. This is a fun song, and a great video. /via @<a target="_blank" href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/08/ida-maria-oh-my-god.html">boingboing</a></p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/435687012http://blog.welfle.com/post/435687012Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:04:52 -0500videomusicboingboingrocknroll<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyzdijPhSK1qz5raso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Whoa. This is an old Soviet-era Russian tank-plane. Click the picture to see more pictures of it. It is pretty amazing.</p> <p>Says <a target="_blank" href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/08/humongous-soviet-gro.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">BoingBoing</a> about this, “f you fed a hyperactive 12 year old lad a diet of old <i>Astounding Stories</i> covers and put him in the most boring math class of all time for 28 straight hours with a collection of fine pens and a binder full of doodling paper, he just might produce one of these. “</p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/435448494http://blog.welfle.com/post/435448494Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:03:00 -0500airplaneSovietpictureawesomelinkage<p><p class="formspringmeAnswer">Oye. Well, there are so many variables here, I can’t even begin to answer this question. First, I need to know, a) the wingspan of the African Swallowtail, b) whether or not it was indeed an African Swallowtail or a European Swallowtail, and c) whether or not they could carry an answer-catcher across great distances. It all depends on their migratory patterns. Overall, A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound answer catcher.</p> <p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/awelfle" target="_blank">Ask me anything</a> </p></p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/435236039http://blog.welfle.com/post/435236039Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:01:03 -0500formspring.me<p>Did you check underneath the rice in the pantry? I often find it there.</p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/435212210http://blog.welfle.com/post/435212210Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:46:11 -0500<p>Duck-billed platypi. And don’t ask me what brings baby duck-billed platypi. Satan does, since they’re an abomination against God and everyone.</p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/435211253http://blog.welfle.com/post/435211253Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:45:33 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyyanhGInj1qz5raso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Me, drinking Jamba Juice, so that must mean I’m not in Fort Wayne.</p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/434574794http://blog.welfle.com/post/434574794Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:34:51 -0500jamba juicechicagofoodvacationtravel<a href="http://blog.welfle.com/ask">Ask me anything.</a>: <p>Perchance to answer; perchance for you to learn.</p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/434444216http://blog.welfle.com/post/434444216Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:33:51 -0500asklinklinkage“Maybe in order to understand mankind we have to look at that word itself. MANKIND. Basically, it’s made up of two separate words “mank” and “ind.” What do these words mean? It’s a mystery and that’s why so is mankind.”<br/><br/> - <em> Jack Handey, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.deepthoughtsbyjackhandey.com/"><i>Deep Thoughts</i></a></em>http://blog.welfle.com/post/434321525http://blog.welfle.com/post/434321525Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:33:50 -0500quoteshumorSNLnon-sequitir“The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.”<br/><br/> - <em> Alfred Hitchcock</em>http://blog.welfle.com/post/434165650http://blog.welfle.com/post/434165650Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:33:05 -0500quotehitchcockmovie<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyy8p8Lp6p1qz5raso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One more Legoland picture — Einstein. Very, very cool. The picture I didn’t get was of the kid who looked up his nose.</p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/434139229http://blog.welfle.com/post/434139229Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:17:04 -0500legoeinsteinawesomechicago<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyxvihImA11qz5raso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Went to the Legoland Discovery Center in Shaumberg, IL today. Apparently they made my dad out of Legos on a bench in the entrance.</p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/433637634http://blog.welfle.com/post/433637634Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:07:03 -0500photoLego<p>You should . And put tranquilizers in it so you can make a quick getaway. Or better yet, use tea with laxatives, and while they’re in the bathroom, lock them in, and then make a getaway.</p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/433515235http://blog.welfle.com/post/433515235Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:07:53 -0500<p>Um, of course! And then go buy some Chipotl-away.</p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/433485003http://blog.welfle.com/post/433485003Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:52:57 -0500<p><p class="formspringmeAnswer">Okay. Enough bandying about. No more lollygagging. I’ll give you a straight answer. I am.. —e;goisdn.,gjhs’lgkh;lib /connection terminated/</p> <p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/awelfle" target="_blank">Ask me anything</a> </p></p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/433423513http://blog.welfle.com/post/433423513Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:21:48 -0500formspring.me<p><p class="formspringmeAnswer">I know, right? I thought it was chemicals like Vegetable mono- and diglycerides suspended in butterfat!</p> <p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/awelfle" target="_blank">Ask me anything</a> </p></p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/433423525http://blog.welfle.com/post/433423525Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:21:48 -0500formspring.me<p><p class="formspringmeAnswer">I know, right? I thought it was chemicals like Vegetable mono- and diglycerides suspended in butterfat!</p> <p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/awelfle" target="_blank">Ask me anything</a> </p></p>http://blog.welfle.com/post/433423461http://blog.welfle.com/post/433423461Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:21:46 -0500formspring.me