Oregonian set to break into record books this morning with giant rubber band ball

Now here’s a guy with some time on his hands. Eugene resident Steve Milton is bound for the record books this morning. His creation -- a mammoth rubber band ball -- will be weighed in Chicago by the record-keepers at Guinness World Records. According to Milton’s myspace page, the ball weighs 4,600 pounds and has a circumference of a whopping 19 feet. You’re probably wondering just how many rubber bands it takes to muscle into the record books. Try 176,000. His ball is so big, he’s even landed a sponsor.