Here's another one. I have a hobby of taking black and white photographs here in Chicago. I am particularly interested in taking pictures of Chicago alleys.

A while ago, I had an idea of putting out a book of Chicago alley pictures. I thought that sounded a little far out. A few weeks ago I searched for the word "alley" at Amazon.

Believe it or not, there is a book of photographs of Chicago alleys (not just alleys) coming out in November, according to their info. Wild.

Now, I'm not saying that I could have secured a contract for such a book, but I found it amazing that someone else had the same exact idea, and did!

Is there anyone else out there who thought up a crazy idea, only to later see someone else doing it?

> Is there a super consciousness or what? I've
> had
> weird ideas and somebody else must have
> gotten
> them, too....

> What would something non-glass they could
> hurl?
> I thought about plastic bags of paint...they
> could probably sell their
> "creation" for $5,999
> and get even more stress relief!!