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Multi-link Monday: Pricing the 'Grey's Anatomy' house

Posted: Monday, March 19, 2007 6:00 AM by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
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Last week was almost all "American Idol." Let's start off this week with our usual contingent of Monday randomness.

• How much is "The Brady Bunch" house worth today? (Mike and Carol could sell his architectural treasure, one bathroom and all, for a cool $1 million) How about Meredith's Seattle home on "Grey's Anatomy"? ($1.2 million.) Even Archie Bunker's Queens home goes for half a mill. Zillow.com offers a fun roundup of prices for the houses whose exteriors stand in for TV characters' homes.

• Have you heard of Peggle? It's from PopCap Games, the folks that created Bejeweled, and it's every bit as addictive. It's kind of like pinball, but with some funky twists. Give it a shot.

• Looking ahead to our summer commercial contest, I wanted to link to this AdFreak list of their top 10 ads featuring people dressed up like food. I'm pretty sure you can guess who's number one.

• "Lord of the Rings" fans, want to exercise and have some Tolkien-related fun? Keep track of the miles you walk or run, and enter the number into this site. It'll translate your distance into how far you'd be on Frodo and friends' path to Rivendell. Combine it with this site for more "LOTR" walking fun.

• Our Tech section published a list of fun time-wasters for those who hate March Madness. I've popped the Virtual Bubble Wrap before, and highly recommend it as a stress buster.

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Hey, I remember that game when it was called Plinko!

Chrism (Sent Monday, March 19, 2007 7:56 PM)

Got a few needed chuckles from sorrygottago.com Thanks for the link!

Bill McGovern (Sent Monday, March 19, 2007 9:13 PM)

OK...StumbleUpon.com is addictive as anything...You never know what it will find for you to look at next (the site is listed in the fun time-wasters article). I have been playing with that one off and on all day...

Katie, TX (Sent Monday, March 19, 2007 11:00 PM)

addictinggames.com is also a great site to visit if you are looking for something to do @ work.

Crystal (Sent Tuesday, March 20, 2007 8:53 AM)

I tried the 'words made from telephone numbers,' and entered my current number. Sadly, the last 3 digits of my number spell out 'pus.' What kind of disgusting product could I advertise?

Rick (Sent Tuesday, March 20, 2007 3:19 PM)



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