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Taj Ma Garaj.(Revs)
Byline: PHIL BERG
John Dixon likes fast Porsches and a good laugh
"If you can't make fun of yourself, you can't make fun of anyone else,'' says John Dixon, a soft-spoken 55-year-old with puppy-dog eyes and a quiet, humble demeanor who enjoys droll ambushes on an overwhelmingly inventive scale. He never tells jokes, but his friends stumble upon a witty epitaph, a sly cartoon or a blatant wall-high cartoon with every step they take in the 23,000-square-foot garage he calls the Taj Ma Garaj.
Dixon wasn't joking one day in 1970 when he was passed by a Porsche. Dixon had a badass Chevy with a 396 V8 pumping out 375 of yesterday's horses, and he was on his way across the state to school. A 911 passed him, so he gave chase. "I couldn't believe how fast this guy was going. I mean, he wasn't walking away from me, but to keep up with him, my brakes were fading and my wide-track belted bias-ply tires were plowing all over. You think driving on an interstate wouldn't be hard, but at 100 mph, you do have to ...
- Canada : $1.4B Taj Ma-Hospital.
- News wire article from: TendersInfo August 14, 2009 700+ words
...Infrastructure Minister George Smitherman, who as a former health minister used to complain about tax dollars being spent on "Taj Ma-Hospitals." "We don't have extra money to throw around for grandiose design," Smitherman said in 2004. "I've travelled...
- Trump's hair still a mystery.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Svokos, Heather January 16, 2004 700+ words
...Donald Trump's Hair. (My favorites: No. 7: Trumpy. No. 6: Strangely hypnotic. No. 5: Unbe-weave-able. No. 1: Taj Ma-helmet.) And as recently as Monday's show, Dave introduced a new segment: "Is Donald Trump's Hair Getting Crazier...
- Golden hero: Stanford's Jacobsen seems to have a glow about everything in life,...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Jenkins, Lee March 5, 2002 700+ words
...knocked down citrus trees to build a regulation half-court surrounded by castle rock and floodlights. Jacobsen nicknamed it "Taj-ma-hoop." "Growing up on that court, getting picked on by my older brothers, I always dreamt it was a national stage...
- Taj Mahal
- Reference information from: Webster's NewWorld Dictionary January 1, 1988 700+ words
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 Taj Ma|hal (tzh| m hl, tj-) famous mausoleum at Agra, India, built (c. 1630-c. 1648) by Shah Jahan for his favorite wife Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
- A firm foundation: Cosmetic changes were all this well-built home needed.
- Newspaper article from: Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN) June 17, 2006 700+ words
...generally head to the basement. "It was a furnace room and storage. We put in a game room, wine cellar, sewing room and 'Taj Ma-laundry,' " he said, referring to a nearpalatial nexus of clothing care, with all manner of appliances and fabric-pampering...
- Season is becoming a mad, mad world.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) November 2, 2009 700+ words
...There's no question we're going to get it." He didn't offer any timetable, however. He'd be lying if he did. At the Taj Ma-Cowboys, the new $1.2 billion playpen of Dallas owner Jerry Jones, the Seahawks fell deeper into their hole Sunday...
- Golden hero: Stanford's Jacobsen seems to have a glow about everything in life,...
- Newspaper article from: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) March 5, 2002 700+ words
...knocked down citrus trees to build a regulation half-court surrounded by castle rock and floodlights. Jacobsen nicknamed it "Taj-ma-hoop." "Growing up on that court, getting picked on by my older brothers, I always dreamt it was a national stage...
- Outhouse Proud.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Builder Weber, Carolyn June 1, 2000 700+ words
...The colorful collection of renderings displays the little known work of some of history's most celebrated architects, including ThroneHenge, the Taj Ma-Stall, Wright's masterpiece Flushingwater, and Philip Johnson's glass outhouse.
