Chicago: Today's Special

The Game of the Week
Spicy Smoked Alligator Sausage with Cajun Remoulade and St. Pete's Blue Cheese
$8.50

The Gordon Waller (Today's Celebrity Sausage)
Irish Banger with Goose Island Honker's Ale Mustard and Irish Harp Cheddar Cheese
$7.50

Other Specials
Spicy Thai Chicken Sausage with Thai Peanut Sauce and Toasted Coconut
$7.50

Ribeye Steak Sausage with Horseradish Cream Sauce and Crispy Fried Onions
$8.00

Burgundy and Citrus Pork Sausage with Sun-Dried Tomato Mustard and Montsegur Peppercorn Cheese
$7.50

Merguez Lamb Sausage with Spicy Harissa and Goat Cheese
$6.50

Mushroom and Swiss Cheese Pork Sausage with Chili-Garlic Mustard, "Ducky" Shiitake Mushrooms and Baby Edam Cheese
$7.50

The Teuben: Corned Beef Sausage with Russian Dressing, Sauerkraut and Swiss Cheese
$7.50

Foie Gras and Sauternes Duck Sausage with Truffle Aioli, Foie Gras Mousse and Sel Gris
$9.00

The Atomic Bomb: Damn Spicy Pork Sausage with Chipotle Dijonnaise and Habanero-Jack Cheese
$7.50

Spinach and Feta Loukaniko with Skordalia, Kalamata Olives and Feta Cheese
$7.50

And quiches all week.

my first thought was that this title referenced the old PBS kid's show

On Saturday, Jeff ate the gator and the duck w/ fois gras, and I ate the Gordon Waller (although it was called something else in the store) and a Polish.

That was the first time I knowingly ate fois gras and it's weird and I don't like it.

$10 "agent processing charges" when I speak with a Bally's agent regarding a refund? Then they have such "extremely high call volume" that they cannot take my call? Grr.

What brought that on?

Frustration while being on hold with Bally's. My membership ran out and I'm being billed now, which I do not want.

bally's: pssh!

my first thought was that this title referenced the old PBS kid's show

That was Nickelodeon

Wait wait wait wait

Bally's charges you $10 to speak to a CSR???

They tried to pull that shit with me, was only $5 back when I had to deal with them. One of the many, many, many reasons I hate that company.

I think it's a THREAT to encourage you to use their automated system which is WORTHLESS to me. But they said that I *could* incur a $10 "agent processing fee" if I spoke to an agent re my refund.

Yeah, that sounds like what they did to me. I argued my way out of it, but still showed up on my account and had to argue it AGAIN. Hate hate hate Ballys.

I didn't mind them b/c I paid 2 years up front (at a significant discount) and then didn't have to deal with them at all except at the facility, which was OK.

I just had a lot of problems with them automatically renewing my membership and trying to charge me well after I'd made it clear I was done. Just turned into like a 6-month ordeal of fighting with them every month when I'd get a new bill. That and I really hated going to the Ballys on Clybourne when I lived in Bucktown.

That was Nickelodeon

Definitely not. We never had cable and it was on channel 13.

ty wikipedia, we're both right

Today's Special is a children's television show produced by Clive VanderBurgh at TVOntario from 1982 to 1987. It also ran on Nickelodeon and the Faith and Values Channel (now the Hallmark Channel) as well as many PBS stations throughout the United States.

Faith and Values Channel???? eeew

W0lf N@v@rr0: Say "NO!" to the Flu shot!!! This is a created plan for MASS GENOCIDE of our people!!!! Many noted scientists are coming out against this shot!

"many"

"noted"

is there some kind of non-MASS genocide? like a boutique or small-scale genocide?

swine flu shot : Obama :: Kool-Aid : Jim Jones

it all makes sense to me now.

But also Kool-Aid:Obama::Flavor-Aid:Jim Jones. If you'll recall all the THEY'RE DRINKING THE OBAMA KOOLAID stuff during the election.

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2672/conspiracyn.jpg

Let's all go running.

Once my knee stops hurting.

But also Kool-Aid:Obama::Flavor-Aid:Jim Jones. If you'll recall all the THEY'RE DRINKING THE OBAMA KOOLAID stuff during the election.

Flavor-Aid, Kool-Aid whatever you wanker. I meant to say that Obama is going to kill us all using the swine flu vaccine the same way that Jim Jones killed us all with instant powdered drink, with the "drinking the Obama Kool-Aid" as another level to that particular kind of nuttiness. And also when people say "drinking the Obama Kool-Aid" you know they are referencing Jim Jones, right? Or referencing the idea of blindly following a leader who is actively trying to kill you in some secret and seemingly innocuous way.

We can't run. I don't want tattoos on my face.

I don't know what any of this means.

Jenny, I meant something by what I said, but it is not readily apparent to me now, so there is no reason it should be for you either.

I will go running, tattoos, badgers, and rug burn be damned.

Let's just pretend that we totally agreed on whatever it was. Awesome!

Hey guess what? W0lf N@v@rr0 says that Facebook games like Mafia Wars and Yoville are designed to keep us all numb and unaware.

I'm starting to think he's having a schizophrenic break, actually.

What an idiot. Everybody knows thats what Scrabulous was for.

Who's this dude again?

He is an old and previously pretty good friend of mine from my college years, although when we hung out his name was Sc0+t @l3x@nd3r. He was always a little bit of an asshole/conspiracy theorist, but we all were (insert universal sign for smoking a doob here) so he did not stand out. Probably about nine years ago he disappeared into the Pacific Northwest and nobody heard from him for awhile. Then he re-emerged I guess three or four years ago having changed his name to W.N. and wanted to Get the Band Back Together (he was the guitar player in a local jam band with some modest regional success in the early- to mid-90s) and now he is publicly losing his shit on Facebook. Or that's just how he rolls these days, personality-wise, and I'm just noticing it for the first time, since I haven't actually spoken with him in person since, shit, probably like '00.

Again, his Myspace seems fairly together. Maybe Sc0++ posts there and W01f posts to FB.

Thank you for passing on his updates. Particularly as you won't let me friend him :( or your other kookie friends.

jaymc - Courtney is moving less than a block from you. You guys are going to be galpals.

― At first I thought it was a stupid idea, then it made me cry (Jesse), Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:01 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

THERE IS A NEW THREAD

― she is writing about love (Jenny), Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:03 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

well shoot.

should have left jesse posting in the other thread by himself for the next two months, wondering where everyone else is

I swear we have had an very situation in the past, where Jesse doesn't notice the new thread and then somebody says, "We should have just let Jesse post in the old thread and see if he noticed," but I don't feel like search for it.

had an very situation? Really?

This is a sign that I need to get off the ILX and pack.

I also live about a block from jaymc, so there could be plenty of galpaling around

where r u going?

Delawhat. My grandfather died on Sunday so we're going home for the familial grieving/funeral services.

oh man. sorry to hear that.

The reason I posted to the old thread is that I forgot to remove the bookmark from the last one and I went to it from my bookmarks.

I would like to live around you gals. The only thing missing there is a major grocery store within an easy walk (tell me if I'm wrong). Otherwise that area is sweeeeet. I would make Scott's my place where everyone loved me and greeted me like Norm. And the baristas at Starbucks would do the same. And Rung Petch would have curry waiting for me every day after work.

haven't we had this discussion? there is a Jewel not that far away, like maybe 4 blocks?

We probably did, but I seem to be malfunctioning lately.

Yeah, the Jewel is 0.5 mi away from my place, according to Google Maps.

Although we have a) a car and b) no particular love for Jewel, so we go elsewhere for groceries.

oh man. sorry to hear that.

Thanks. It's cool. He was 96 and had been ailing for awhile, plus he just up and stopped eating last Monday, which seemed like a pretty good sign that he'd had enough.

Wow, 96.

Man. I think I want to move to your area. Though that would not help my commute any, and in fact would slow it down.

i wonder if courtney is moving into my building or something

She's moving just north of the Starbucks.

oh, I live in a different direct from the jaymc nexus, west.

closer to the JEWEL????

I think Courtney, Eric, and I will form a neat little triangle.

of love

http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=34919
Owners of Hop Leaf to open new place. Excitement to ensue.

that's it, I'm moving to andersonville

there's a new restaurant opening up next to the globe pub but i'm not sure what kind

i also have yet to try "Browntrout" on lincoln which looks nice but doesn't have many veggie options

this is the place opening next to the globe, it sounds boring:
http://chicago.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/neighborhood_bar/red-brick-chicago/1251398/content

i'm hungry

That does sound boring.
Perhaps a good mid-year resolution idea would be to only eat out at places where the food or booze is better than you would have at home. At least for sit-down places.

I think sara has mentioned wanting to go to browntrout.

Renee went to Browntrout recently and said it was good but that if she had a choice, she'd go to Glenn's.

Kr signed up to pick Restaurant Club this week, so we are going to Sweets and Savories, a slightly upscale French-influenced place "saddled with the name of a muffin shop" (as an LTHForum poster put it).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Chicago_Downtown_Aerial_View.jpg
cool picure of chicago that is too big to post here.

Weird, a friend of mine (ilxor but non-Chicagoan) IMed me that pic last night.

thank you for my new work desktop

u r whale cum

thanks for that

CDs of mattttt's I have ripped today:

Radiohead - The Bends
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Hot Water Music - Finding the Rhythms
Beck - Odelay!
Christie Front Drive - s/t (lol emo)
Elliot Smith - s/t
Minor Threat - Complete Discography
Boys Against Girls - Freak* On* Ica*
Built to Spill - Ancient Melodies of the Future
Mogwai - Come on Die Young, My Father my King, Rock Action
Air - Moon Safari

more to come, he should move out more often

last friday i mocked a state investigator for not reading a letter and causing us to miss a deadline

then today i found out that on that very day i too failed to read a letter, causing us to miss another deadline

i wish my boss would just yell at me instead of being all understanding.

(this is not actually true)

what's up duders

not much homes

just biked to work

am sweating like a pig

I cheated on you guys and went to pub quiz last night with some other folks. We finished 5th.

u 2-timer!

j/k although I would actually be kind of bummed if you won w/o any of us

i posted this on ILC but last night i worked really hard to make a risotto and while it was good, possibly even delicious there was little difference between it and fancy rice a roni. i am wondering if rice a roni (which i made and ate copious amts of as a child) ruined risotto for me.

did you guys eat those rice-and-sauce-in-a-bag/box things a lot when you were younger? i ate the hell out of those things because it was something i could make with a pot, water and maybe butter if i had it. sad but true.

I ate stuff like that when I had to cook for myself for the first time while on study abroad.

we still make the rice pilaf and couscous from a box, but it's not rice-a-roni, it's like the slightly fancier company that specializes in couscous

i'm lazy

oh speaking of disappointing dinners, we tried to make like a basic aglio olio pasta last night but with the brown rice spaghetti instead of the usual whole wheat pasta and it was pretty disgusting. the pasta didn't really separate even though i stirred it and so it was just like big gelatinous globs of rice pasta, which is chewier than regular pasta

i made popovers last night with garlic, cayenne, and red pepper

and cheese

I cashed in 20 F@ther & S0n pizza cards for a free 14" spinach pizza. $2.50 delivered!

I made 2 boxes of Mexican Rice-a-Roni and put some chicken sausages in a pan to brown up and added a can of black beans to the mess and it was quite good.

I bought a bunch of those all-in-one bags of food-like substances b/c even the Rice-a-Roni was too time consuming considering my current dumb agenda.

Nothing says "camping" to me like rice and sauce in a bag.

I want to go camping. I have been experiencing quite the missing-nature jones lately.

I had a genuine fear of violence at work yesterday. A guy came in unannounced (normally we buzz everyone in downstairs), looking sweaty, holding his hand behind his back the whole time he was here.

He said he was here to see RM, the lawyer who used to have an office here, and who handles criminal appeals, including murder and other violent crimes.

Turned out he was to pick up a package that I didn't know about. Blech. I was a kind of shaken.

when i was 12 my favorite thing to eat was chicken flavored rice a roni with crushed up potato chips in it. health!
ain't no shame in those things -- i just was disappointed to realize that making it from scratch yielded only marginally better results.

dan you should go to devil's lake. lotsa good hiking there, and it's nearby.

Were you stoned when you were 12?

if only i were cool enough to be a 12 year old stoner. i was probably watching Perfect Strangers while eating this fine dish.

Yeah, I don't think I was even using a stovetop when I was 12. Instead, I would put cream cheese on a slice of salami and roll it up.

gross

i would cut slices of salami, microwave them, and make a salami & ketchup sandwich

Cream cheese on salami you think is gross, Jordan? Incorrect.

i think that's one of the holdovers from my kosher childhood, just couldn't do it. i can eat a cheeseburger, but couldn't have a glass of milk with it.

drinking an entire glass of milk is gross

Milk w/ a burger or other non-sweet foods seems pretty fucking gross to me too. But I could chug couple pints w/ cookies or cake.

I used to wrap a hot dog in a tortilla and eat it with mustard.

I was going to write "I used to wrap a hot dog in a tortilla and throw the whole thing in the garbage" and I LOLed just thinking about it.

i don't know why that is so hilarious, but it is

I had some kind of Trader Joes pizza last night that was super-thin-crust and ham and some kind of cheese and...nom nom nom, in any case, with hibiscus sorbet and some melon afterwards.

It's funny as hell. It's like having people talk about how they take care of their banded-collar shirts and then saying "I just take my banded-collar shirt, fold it up, and put it in the garbage."

I'm glad you found it funny! It is sort of an in-joke w/ Jenny and me.

Not about hot dogs and tortillas, but about recipes in general.

i have definitely made hot dog tacos at home, when i only have hot dogs, tortillas, and maybe some salsa or black beans in the fridge.

Some jackass in the suite upstairs has been singing for the past couple of days, like full voice SINGING.

Reading some of these last few posts reminds me of a "recipe" that was forwarded to me by a fellow expat Yooper. Apparently it was featured on a local radio station's morning show, and is as follows:

Take one ice cream cone and roll up a slice of bologna inside the cone to form a sort of funnel shape. Fill the funnel with a dollop of cottage cheese. Sprinkle with bacon bits and enjoy.

I swear to mother Earth I am not making that up.

I can back dan up on that - my mother-in-law emailed that my wife and wife's brother in utter amazement.

I think there was some other ILX crazy ass food thread where more J@n Tu(k3r recipes got posted, but none as crazy as that one.

Hi Joygoat!

Take one ice cream cone and roll up a slice of bologna inside the cone to form a sort of funnel shape. Fill the funnel with a dollop of cottage cheese. Sprinkle with bacon bits and enjoy throw it in the garbage.

fixed.

lol

dan we should make these for the rollinen gathering next month

but make it seem like we've been working all day on something really special, only to unveil weak-ass ice cream cones with bologna and cottage cheese

We'll be the kings of that wedding.

Bring that and make it look like the caterers brought it.

don't forget the bacon sprinkles

They're the best part!

the upstairs neighbors are pouting b/c we asked them to please stop singing in operatic voices. they said "sometimes we hear noises from your office. we all do our best."

"Try harder."

If you can't beat 'em...

And that person is still singing the same way.

This is the same office where one of the psychologists laughs like: "HYUCK HYUCK HYUCK HYUCK! really loudly, all day, ever day."

I ate Drs. Fr|3nd and W3|n3r.

CDs ripped today:

Murder City Devils - In Name and Blood
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppter's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Get Up Kids - Something to Write Home About
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Nirvana - In Utero
R.E.M. - Monster
Guns 'N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

the maintenance man from my building just got sassy with me. the nerve! i asked him to please remove the giant piles of crap he is storing in our boiler room and he responded by accusing me of stealing his dolly.

Ha! Touche.

http://imgur.com/xh0fm.jpg

I experienced post-bar law student drunks last night. Pretty hilarious.

WHOOO today is the make-up game for the Cubs game that was rained out on my birthday and it looked like today's was going to be rained out too. Earlier this morning, weather.com was calling for thunderstorms around noon and one, now they've changed it to no rain

I saw deej on the el again, for the second time in two weeks, as he was headed to Wrigley to work that game.

it's a televised game too, so watch for me on TV

I feel weird today, I just thought I might throw up. Maybe it was the vinho verde I had last night?

did you throw up, eric?

quiet up in hurr.

i'm writing. i've reached the natural end of my paper, but i really need to stretch it out at least another page.

http://www.11points.com/images/beerbelly.jpg

Add more cliches.

I did not throw up, a cliff bar calmed my stomach. I still feel weird though, my lungs kind of hurt.

I'm sure if you just change the margins and/or font your paper will be long enough.

Artghghgdgdhgahghghggharghgaghaeghagh

Just had to do that.

EZ are you OK?

AJ - my teacher is very wise to margins, font, and size. And also to oversize headers.

I'm OK (except for bedbugs)

But soon I'll be house/dog-sitting in paradise and all will be well.

http://www.pinstripeonline.com/images/396_0005h.jpg

^^in this town

And then helping a semi-famous short-story writer move cross-country.

So fun weeks ahead. In the meantime, bedbugs and all my belongings in black garbage bags.

Bugger.

And may as well move out of my apartment if it's not going to be inhabitable for a while.

And they're letting me break my lease and move out on short notice, which is a relief though it will also be crazy right before I leave town getting stuff into storage

Oh man! Dear God, if You're there, please don't let Me get bed bugs. Thx.

I am at 6 pages and I am leaving it there.

Helpful!

oh man, that sucks ez :/

Is it a problem with your whole building?

There's been word out there that they're making a combeback!

I am going out tomorrow and buying an allergy bag for my mattress!

They're in a few places in the building, but not all over the place. They're letting me keep my stuff (in bags) in an empty apartment, and they've pretty much erradicated them from my particular place (they ran across the hall after last week's extermination and infested my neighbor's place). I've just had little bites from them and some rough sleep, but J-Lo got bit the week before last and had a bad allergic reaction.

Ugh. Lawyers calling me up on my day off. The bath tub at work is backed up. What are they supposed to do?

How about call a plumber? Don't take a bath? Go home?

xp - where are you moving after house sitting?

We'll see, we'll see...

Just saw nick at tj's and then went to dq for a cheesequake.
I am very sorry to hear abt the bedbugs. They are Satan's henchmen.

omg bed bugs hello my worst nightmare. I can't even stand those "Do u has bedbugs?" train ads because I feel like if I contemplate the question, I will somehow draw them to me. I'm sorry you have them, Eric, and my sorry J had a bad reaction to the bites. You have my sympathy and my horror.

Greetings from DE. No bed bugs here. Should I just stay here until Chicago gets the bed bugs thing under control, do you think?

hello delaware

No way, you'd never come back

OMG Eric. That is really one of the worst things that can happen in an apartment, since there's not much you can do about them but burn the place down.

You have my hueg sympathies. (See you at Lindsay's tomorrow afternoon, right?)

Fun side effect of death-in-the-family: the pollen from all the flowers is whipping my allergies into a frenzy so that I look moist and weepy even if I'm not. Also: sneezing.

Something about looking "moist" sounds icky no matter the context.

"Like a well-made cake. Yeah, that's me."

(Yep, I'm planning to be at Lindsay's.)

Main thing is getting rid of the infested furniture (mattress + couch), but other than that they seem to be gone. I just want to be sure that when I move I don't take 'em with me.

Indeed. Bury the sofa and mattress somewhere near all the leftover Atari ET cartridges, and then you may be safe. But man, bedbugs are nasty. These fuckers live longer than my grandmother thinks AIDS lives on a toilet seat.

Kr found through the magic of Facebook that her new co-worker Erin is good friends with mattttt's gf.

You know, I think I knew that, or at least that the friend got a job over there.

i walked past kr's place of employment the other day and WOW is that building enormous and fancy! the sign was fancy too. now i know why she has to dress up for work. just walking past that place in a tshirt made me feel unprofessional.

This week has been, and continues to be a huge ball of suck. Not hoping for sympathy btw, just need to get that out there.

agreed.
i want to kill

http://www.kevo.com/thumbs/c/bd/cm5-750_750.gif
i'm growling right now

http://img2.photographersdirect.com/img/91/wm/pd1102437.jpg

hi jdchurchill

wut

http://www.officialdamned.com/ODsingle/media/images/History/Part1Pix/h1.jpg
damned

Hey, so tell us about yourself, jdc. All I know is that you went to Kn0x and that you're in a band.

And you post a lot of images.

He just learned.

i like the image thing
a picture is worth a thousand words, you know
and how do you do that thing where you type and it turns into a link to another page, eh?
that seems a good skill

all i know about you is that i think you and i have a risotto beef
i'll let it go tho

click on 'formatting help' at the bottom of the page yo

haha!

mmm... beef risotto...

little fig little fig
i don't beef

i don't beef either
actually i don't much care for beef in general, noun or verb

aw c'mon
you desire a good steak
http://argentinastravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/porterhouse-steak.jpg

That's too pretty to be a real steak.

I'll happily admit to being a meat-eater but for a long time I have not been able to see the point in eating a steak. I mean, it's a big chunk of meat. No sauce, no real seasoning if it's "done right" -- and I know this is supposed to be the point, that it's so good that it doesn't need that stuff... but it just isn't to me.

i am a happy meat eater too but i just don't like steak. or beef, really. a little is ok, but anything larger than the amt of carne asada in a taco is too much for me.

you are making him sad
http://media.phillyburbs.com/2008/05/13/steven_raichlen.jpg

this looks kinda good

Yeah, a big steak does nothing for me. but my mom used to buy steaks through the mail, from Omaha Steaks, and she'd get these little ones - 4 oz, I think - and it was kind of perfect, just the right amount. I am very hungry.

Yeah, a big steak does nothing for me.

Wild. I can't help but think that you haven't had a really good steak. Not to patronize or be all "I know better than you" or anything -- I mean that quite seriously. A proper cut of fine American cow, cooked rare to medium-rare, is seriously fine food.

If I had to make one rule for ordering steak in a restaurant, it would be: don't order one that costs less that $25. If there's no steak on the menu that costs that much, you are at Sizzler, and should just have the baked potato and salad and save your steak money.

I've had steak I would consider "really good" but it's always more than just the steak that makes it that way. There's a nice reduction, or some crazy onions, or something else along with it that really compliments the flavor of the meat.

Oh, sure. Wine is good, too. But none of the onions or anything served on top of the meat... you have to have that first bite untainted by anything other than your own lust for flesh.

i like it bloody!
http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ceoWPgoN-b-VZM:http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff154/soadplanet01/VAMPIRE.jpg

Ok cut it out.

http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:U1MP8lBnY3ZusM:http://www.2dayblog.com/images/2007/october/scissors_spider_1.jpg
you're wish is
my command

yeah honestly steak alone doesn't do it for me, the only times i've flipped out over steak have been when a good spicy sauce or something is involved. also rare just kinda grosses me out after awhile (it's not the bloodiness, it's the semi-mushy texture).

Perfectly done meat, I think, has the texture of ripe fruit. It's not an apple, where if it's mushy it's already gone bad, and you're looking for crispness. I think I've never understood apples for that reason. It's more like a pear or a mango. It's fantastically soft and wet and the only reason you chew is because you want to keep it in your mouth a little bit longer.

Some will be grossed out. Others will understand.

that's the common textural factor to most of the foods i dislike, they don't really need to be chewed (or aren't capable of being chewed). tripe, bananas, etc.

For me it's not the texture at all, it's that the flavor of a big hunk of steak is not that appealing all by itself.

that too. i'm a condiment/sauce junkie.

I am surprised, honestly. I thought that if any two chilxors could get with me on meat-eating, it would be you guys.

How do you feel about raw seafood? :)

That's where texture can get to me, although I'll try anything.

A good steak is fantastic. The best I've had in Chicago is at David Burke's Primehouse. I believe I got the 55 day aged ribeye. It was unlike any steak I've ever had, like other worldly. Like if there were cows in space, they would make steaks like this. If I ever go back I should get the 75 day one.

i'll eat it, but sometimes i feel like it has more flavor when cooked. :/

it has the flavor of fish grease when cooked. Don't get me wrong, fish grease is no small thing. But oysters on the half shell? There's something about that that's just... pure. It's just you and the oyster.

I prefer raw oysters. Maybe with a dash of lemon juice or a tiny dash of hot sauce.

This is what I mean. I like hot sauce, but never on the first one.

I love steak and I don't think I've ever even had a really awesome one.

I'm a sauce fiend as well, but sauce has no place around a good steak IMO. Even things like Oscar or au poivre are too much for me.

MR, butterflied is the best.

I have been promising myself a good steak for a long time and not delivering on that promise. I have a $100 gift certificate for a Brazilian steakhouse, so I will make good soon.

i swear to you, I don't know if my nipples are hard because it's chilly in here or because I'm thinking about wantonly molesting a platter of raw oysters.

(I'll put on a shirt and find out.)

my homie gonna grill oysters for a bbq this weekend, anybody into that?
i am skeptical

Frozen oysters? No point.

Hey - do we have camel back crickets around here? I think I just saw one. I thought I left those hateful things behind in NC.

xp - grilled oysters are awesome. I ate them at Acme in N.O. - they put cheese, garlic, and lemon on them. Mmmm.

xxp - on the half-shell

i guess i have never had a sublime steak, but i still think a couple of bites would be enough for me. it's not that i wouldn't try it, it's just that i wouldn't order it. i like fish though.

ok now i am excited then
i just thought why would you grill an oyster??

The ones I had are like oysters Rockefeller, only w/out the sauce and grilled. The grilling imparts the flavor of grilling, which is always a good thing.

I think there's some confusion as to what "on the half shell" means. When I say that, I mean that someone has pried the top off for you, but that's it for the prep work. Serve over ice. Does "on the half shell" mean something other than raw oysters in some places?

you also have to release the oyster from the half shell, otherwise it's stuck on there

You get a special little knife.

Definitions of on the half shell on the Web:

* This phrase usually describes oysters served on the bottom shell, either raw on a bed of crushed ice or cooked on a bed of rock salt. Recipe: Oysters Casino

The kitchen should release your oysters for you is what I learned as my time as a seafood professional.

Ah, see I've mostly had them at non-professional places. But to balance that out, places where you could step outside and see the ocean they came from, which is reassuring.

I had really good oysters in Seattle.

I just slammed a Ba Le lemongrass pork sandwich down my fucking throat and it fucking rocked. Grrrrras;dfkljasd;fklj

I'm drinking a lot of Corona and watching a movie about an alien who crashes in medieval Norway and fights a
dragon with some Vikings.

google results for searching terms "a movie about an alien who crashes in medieval Norway and fights a dragon with some Vikings" turns up Outlanderhttp://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/01/504x_outlandermoorwen.jpg looks badass http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/01/504x_outlandervikingship.jpg gonna put this on ma netflix yo

Yup. Outlander. It was bad but I liked it. It was much better than Knowing, which we also watched. At least Outlander involved aliens, Vikings, and dragons instead of Nicholas Cage. That is my review.

I liked Knowing better than Outlander.

I have no idea what was thrown away this week, but I went to put something in the garbage earlier this morning and I literally had to stumble back a few feet when I opened the lid. It smelled like an animal carcass wrapped in rotting chicken and seaweed.

Great to be back, ding dongs.

How come we always fly back to Chicago on the biggest gay fests ofthe year? Thereby making it a pain to actually get home.

The weather here is very lovely.

Bit blustery, I thought.

It was 90+ and humid like the inside of a mouth in Delaware all week, so I was pretty happy to step onto the jetway in Chicago and not feel like I was being roasted alive in a tin can.

We have all the windows open so we can enjoy the sounds of Lucas Prata, whoeverthehellthatis, at Market Days.

7:00 pm is Kristine W., ditto, and then En Vogue.

Tomorrow is kind of awesome:
3:30pm - CeCe Peniston
4:30pm - Kathy Sledge
6:30pm - Berlin
8:30pm - Jody Watley

Hahaha this person is playing that Numa Numa song - Because he produced it! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Prata

Market Days is educational.

Wow that's a good lineup.

Am I a bad gay bc I've never heard of any of them?

You know some of their songs.

En Vogue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpugp6DIb3I

CeCe Penis Ton:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxrWRN0aq2c

Berlin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DARX9nzNE3E

Although this one is muchmuchmcuch100000xxx better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UXtort76gY

My girl Jody Watley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foq2yMj2QgQ

Oh wait berlin as in riding on the metroooo?
Xp ah

Is al pastor meat supposed to be swimming in grease?

Can be.

http://www.ashleymadison.com/

Were any of you aware of this site's existence?

LIFE IS SHORT. HAVE AN AFFAIR.™
and
WHEN DIVORCE ISN'T AN OPTION.

You should sign up.

Can anybody recommend a photo retouching/restoration person/company in Chicago? I have 92 wedding photos* I need scanned, sharpened, color corrected, and whateverelsed.

*From my mom and step dad's wedding in 1984**.

**Mom has a perm and I have a hilarious feathered shag.

So it seems that someone has signed up for eHarmony using my email address. I keep receiving these match requests. Someone where this guy name Jeran is sitting and waiting for responses to his personal ad and they just aren't coming to him. TOO BAD. GET YOUR EMAIL RIGHT.

uh a reminder that book club meeting is today at 5 at our place. just got paranoid that everyone would forget.

I'll be there!

I didn't finish the book, though. I thought I would breeze through it when I went to DE last week but it was a pretty rough time and I basically didn't feel like doing anything other than watching stupid movies/episodes of The Wire. I think read enough (about 3/4) to have some opinions.

OH we got a Furminator and it totally works. Almost too well - the amount of fur this thing pulls out is a little overwhelming. Hopefully the results will be less drastic the more we use it. The cats really like it, too. The both lined up for a Furminatin'.

We also got one of these, which is making the cats go completely bonkers:

http://pet.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pPETS-6085955dt.jpg

I am not at Book Club b/c I am doing school work :(

Procrastination is a blessing and a curse.

On the bright side: after this project (20 min powerpoint on violence against women in Ireland (not Northern Ireland), I will be done with all work for the remainder of the quarter (3 weeks) for both classes except for a 5-7 page "final paper," which is to be a "reflection" on some aspect of my other class.

I am eating YET ANOTHER lemongrass pork sandwich. When will it end???

Bring me one.

Guys I have this friend from college in town who I want to hang out with but his gf is making him go to all these rly shitty places and I feel bad saying "I Don't Want To Go To Slugger's" (or insert any other similar annoying establishment but that's where they want to meet up for dinner/drinks).

I am not at book club b/c I didn't read the book and b/c I thought I would get to hang with this bro but it's turning into a circus.

oh god I am going to sluggers

I've been there. I'm pretty sure you'll live. Just watch your cornhole.

I heard "Take My Breath Away" as I walked home from the Irving Park bus stop.

Also:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3489/3783439506_7c1b88bf0f.jpg

Where did you take that picture?

I've been there. I'm pretty sure you'll live. Just watch your cornhole.

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LOL, esp. in conjunction w/ Jenny's post.

Kenan - this photo has been tagged as NSFW or something by Flickr. I got a warning that it is outside my safe filter blah blah blah.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2433/3761265018_7582a4dc44.jpg

ABC was fun!! A+ work, guys. And I didn't even finish the book. It was fun just to talk about books.

also i miss sarah

A waxing place on Broadway just north of Addison or Waveland. I first noticed it because you don't see (anus) on a street-facing sign very often, and now "Cha-cha-cha(anus)" makes me laugh every time I pass it.

I'm sorry I missed ABC. I don't remember if I already said so.

yeah, ABC was fun. Thanks guys.

I was unaware of anal waxing, but I should have guessed.

posted stuff about mtg 2 on fb

I CAN'T WAIT

no one will care about this but me but i just discovered that kerri kenney from the state, wet hot american summer, and reno 911 was in 90s alternarock band Cake Like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLvPtu7pvwU

haha, I actually saw cake like play a couple times and I think we always thought they were a novelty band because of Kerri Kenney. I don't think they were any good though?? (I can't listen to above youtube clip at the moment).

i like that song i linked to, though it's very very 90s alternative. i haven't heard any of their other songs.

nice. i don't remember her being in wet hot though?

here is some british brass band covering a digd0wn song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BEmMUMVgHk

Oh hey, just an FYI: don't try to Furminate your own hair.

I think there was a brief period in the mid 90s when "Cake" was the hot word in band names (like "Wolf" in the mid 00s): Cake Like, The Sea and Cake, Orange Cake Mix, and, well, Cake.

Yo La Cake

lol @ jenny

And the band Jale had an album called Dreamcake.

Although there were probably more "Super" bands.

Jenny, did you try to FURminate your anus??

I did not, but I wouldn't recommend that, either.

re: ABC
if you don't know anything about the story of Peyton Place, i discourage googling. there are a lot of spoilers. i guess people assume that everyone has already read it or at least knows what happens.

My bowl of cereal = NSFW?

I don't know what to do about that, except note that it is very strange.

that's a really pretty bowl of cereal btw

really pervy too, apparently

it's because that blueberry stem is penetrating one of the crispix

I assumed it was the large blueberry on the right with prominent areola.

xp Rice Chex.

Yeah I caught that stem right before I ate it. That probably wouldn't have been tasty.

"Doll Parts" started the whole cake trend, don't you think?

Not sure how the whole sweet/sour beautiful/ugly band-name thing got started (Alice in Chains to Silk/worm to...).

The preview of the Chex pic is grey static.

The cleaning people made a little boo-boo and my A/C unit fell 3 floors down. I am so fucking relieved that my landlord wasn't down there gardening! That would have been life-ruining (for me, I mean).

"a little boo-boo"?!

how precariously was it balanced?!

It wasn't. It was properly installed, but I think there was some sort of ... misunderstanding.

I'm hongry.

horngry?

No, actually. Just HONGRY.

sometimes i'm tempted to let Outlook have its way in spell-checking my emails. e.g.: "she is overnighting overfishing the agreements"

I'm hongry.
Just HONGRRY.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjNjJR9jUGo

Man. That song was bordering on getting stuck in my head and then I went to your FB and now it's lodged in good.

It's already stuck in mine for today, obv!

LinkedIn is complicated

it better get me a fucking library job for all the work I just did setting it up

i still have to work on my separate "online portfolio" too

i can barely handle twitter. after our conversation yesterday, i set up an account, but i can't figure out how it's supposed to help me professionally.

I need to comply w/ Jenny's req. re LI.

I showed the guy who cleans windows how to tilt in the windows for easy access to the outside. He did that w/ my bedroom window, not realizing that the window held in the a/c unit, I guess.

The main cleaner is so sweet that I feel terrible for her having to endure this. She called to tell me that they bought a brand new a/c unit and that it was in my living room. It cost way more than the busted one. I'm going to exchange it for a cheaper one and refund her the difference.

That was nice of her.

disappointing lunch was.

boca burger on top of 1 (1) slice of wheat bread b/c that's what i had and i'm trying not to leave the office today.

Have you tried the Boca chicken patty? It's really good. Extraordinarily chicken-like. I had to check the box again to make sure it wasn't chicken.

one of my favorite junk food meals is fake chicken with buffalo sauce. yes.

Me too.

I had Boca mushroom burger and it tasted fine but it was a sad meal. I was too depressed to bite all the way through it.

the chicken one kind of amazed me, because i'm normally anti-fake-meat. fake chicken is especially annoying, because it ends up tasting like chicken that's gone bad somehow.

but the boca spicy chicken burger, i liked. it's chickeny without being weird-textured or icky.

try it with super orange buffalo sauce! it's tasty and you don't have to endure the gross sensation of eating tons of little chicken wings to have the taste.

What has two thumbs and is the proud owner of a new Kenmore Progressive Upright Vacuum with Inteli-Clean System, Slate Blue?

It has a light on it? That is red when the carpet is dirty? And turns green when the carpet is clean? So this means that I am going to completely turn into Howard Hughes and just give in to the tissue-boxes-on-my-feet urges and vacuum and vacuum until the little light turns green.

It was nice knowing you all.

Congratulations! I take it that since it is blue it's a boy?

http://www.lazyhousekeeper.com/images/vacuum-cleaner-covers.jpg

lol what

Wait, no, I'm going to dress him in a Victorian mourning dress:

http://www.heartofhelaine.com/images/vacuumcover3.jpg

That would be kind of cool if I could sculpt a horrible zombie face on it, although it's pretty creepy just blank like that.

Dan are you unfamiliar with the cottage craft tradition of vacuum cleaner covers? How about toilet paper covers?

http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.49783126.jpg

I've seen various knitted covers for things but not vacuums, no. TP I'm not so sure about... Definitely things like sewing machines and toasters.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1330/1260016883_b7782ae348.jpg?v=0

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/bugluv/Assorted%20Stuff/DSCN0028.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3100/3158547460_48e28bf494.jpg

http://cailun.info/uploads/books/books_image_74_2.jpg

This would be a good limited-edition CD.

they're not called cozies anymore?

sock monkey crapping on the toilet paper is pretty funny

Arguably racist broom covers:

http://www.homemadecountry.com/Gingerbread/Gingerbread_Pg8/IMAG005A.JPG

Bonus clown vacuum cover:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1428/1237444263_0def80e1f2.jpg?v=0

xp I am most fond of the toilet paper cover that looks like toilet paper.

Wow, the appliance cozy industry has a real thing for Mammy stereotypes:

http://www.raggedydays.com/images/blackdoll_toastercover.jpg

(that is a toaster cozy)

I would not accept toast from someone who felt that toaster cozy was more attractive than a buck nekkid toaster.

yeah it also seems like a fire hazard kinda, like if you made toast and put the cozy back on too soon

Also it's racist.

although burning the mammy cozy would not be a bad thing

xp

Produced by the Midwest Racist Crafters Guild.

xp lol

i've been looking at a lot of clothes on etsy recently and have noticed something -- it's extremely refreshing to look at clothes on models that have not been retouched. they look like normal people wearing clothes (they are normal people wearing clothes). it's nice.

The idea of accepting toast makes me laugh

i reject your racist cozy toast!

I am sorry, but I cannot accept this toast.

Egg cozy:

http://talkcraftytome.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/easter1_egg_cozy.jpg

Banana cozy:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q6/Eyespiral/fruitcozies-1.jpg

Drum cozy:

http://laura.moncur.org/wp-content/photos/rock_band_drum_cozies.jpg

Guinea pig cozy:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QbnfxRcfw5s/SZ-8vemgYnI/AAAAAAAAFBs/JI9OgdPx9hk/s400/pigchristmas011-custom.jpg

banana and apple cozies are SO CUTE but dang, don't they get smelly? esp the banananana one? i would like a pear cozy pls. my pears always get squished.

that sort of stuff is usually made out of acrylic, which is machine washable. that's what i assume, anyway. i have never knit a fruit cozy. tea cozy, yes. fruit, no.

i made these:

knitted nano cozy

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3028/2551723307_d42fb55d79.jpg

crocheted camera cozy, which has a drawstring on top now

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3623/3377171860_93e053a8f9.jpg

My only objection to those is that electronics are some of the only things that do not like to be warm. They are great as a cushion if you drop them though.

You'll never guess what I'm eating.

Hint: It's delicious.

Pussy.

you stupid boy

That stings a little.

But so does my pussy.

I had a Juuulia-made ipod cozy and it kept my ipod from dying when i was walking outside in the cold -- for some reason the battery always died when i took it outside, but not with Juuulia's excellent electronics cozy!

Thanks Juuuulia's Cozies!

Yeah, don't listen to me. I'm kind of an asshole.

Plus I'm batting zero this morning. I had no idea that the Site New Answers page looked so terrible on my stylesheets. No freaking wonder nobody uses them. 80% of ILX has been going around for years thinking that I could not possibly know what I'm doing with any of this crazy internet stuff, because the most used page on the site looks like a turd blossom. It's my own fault, finally, but I swear I didn't even realize the page existed. I will remember this day the way I remember days in, like, 8th grade when I tried out a new, experimental "look" for my hair or clothes, and ended up being laughed at so mercilessly that I left school. Detention and suspension was less embarrassing than finishing out the day.

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Thanks,

I will fix this problem.

Fred

shit, didn't want my full name in there

I don't think I'd trust Fred to handle my money.

he's trying though

he will fix this problem

Fred, I like you but you really need to become better at e-mailing.

LOL

oh yay, glad it helped you, amanda. if you want another that isn't made of the shittiest of acrylics i could probably crochet up something so your ipod could have a nicer sweater to protect it from the elements.

my cozies help because i'm a horrible klutz and would break my camera and ipod without preventative measures.

i was up til 3 am making nu-earrings for my etsy shop. i feel Accomplished.

also? my probs with the illinois Department of Bullshit and Obfuscation are finito. YAY.

osterman, the north side state rep, called me this morn to tell me that it's all resolved. they've been checking up on the dept's progress with my case and have been great with letting me know what was going on.

(incidentally, his office's caller id shows up as o'sterman)

so, heather steans, state senator, and osterman, local state rep=A+, would call again when i have a gvt-induced nervous breakdown.

Hooray for getting shit done, but hissss to having to call all those folks to get it done.

i can testify that this is what state legislators spend a lot of time doing
some (ahem) even have their HOME PHONE NUMBERS listed in the yellow pages just in case you have an after hours emergency

innnnteresting. i will keep this in mind, given that i have repeated probs with the ineptitude in this particular gvt agency.

does wii fit actually give you a decent workout? i need an excuse to buy a wii

also i need to get exercise and lose weight but i am oh so lazy

Join the club. Actually, I am waiting for that gym to open up at Montrose/Damen. Then I will really have no excuse.

huh had no idea that was happening. that is probably still far enough away from me that i would be too lazy to go.

a digression: r0b buscem1 posts on facebook too often but he had a good riff on the stand-up comedy trope of "so THAT happened" as a segue between jokes yesterday

NICK join the Y w/ Sarah so she can go to water aerobics with me.

The Wii fit can make your heart rate increase and even make you work up a sweat, but it only in short bursts. It's just not designed for long, sustained bouts of cardio, if that is what you are into. Also, you're basically jumping around on your floor, and maybe your downstairs neighbors won't like that. That's the main reason we don't use ours more than we do.

can you repost it?

i watched a louis ck dvd last night and it was hilarious (and smart)

Oh, I keep forgetting to mention -- Kum@il has a recurring role on Michael and Michael Have Issues. He's a writer on the show-within-a-show.

whoa that's cool. although i've been ODing on the state and stella these days so i might need a break before i watch that

i like a lot of stuff on the state but i think a lot of the mania about it was just because it wasn't on DVD until now ... it's really uneven and there's some very very hack skits on there

Oh hey, there is a pro-health care reform today at Fed. Plaza at 4:30 (ie now) but I am going there at 5 and meeting Lzbl and then we might grab a beer somewhere if any of you are feeling like rallyin' and drinkin'.

Guys as far as exercising goes I have been following this:

http://www.simplefit.org/

as well as running and I have been very pleased with the results.

I asked Leslie how I would find her at the rally and she said:

I will be waving my arms frantically and yelling about healthcare. Also, I will be wearing a sign that says, "Obama, stop raping my wife."

since kenan had been talking about pushups, i sent him this site, which i'd seen ppl talk about:

http://hundredpushups.com/

structure can be good.

Jules, what is your Etsy shop link again?

it's juliaa.etsy.com

because i'm quite original.

d hates exercising too, but he'll do the perfect pushup using the perfect pushup machine thingie that you can get at, like, target or wherever. (i bought it, but he uses it) i would never exercise if it weren't from some sort of structure telling me what to do. if it's up to me, i will stop after like 10 min.

you could also play tennis or racquetball noncompetitively

soon we will all look just like this guy: ripped and orange
http://www.healthstylesexercise.com/catalog/images/Perfect-Pushup.jpg

that img is funny on an all white background

Regarding exercise, I'm certainly not the gym type. I play tennis once a week, but I wish I had time to do more sporting activities. I've always wanted to take a fencing class.

I went to Fleet Feet to pick up my race packet for a race on Thursday and they were having one of their "fun run" events. Basically they do group runs a couple of times a week. And despite being totally intimidated by everyone being taller, skinnier, faster, and more fit than me, I might try it one week. It might shame me into actually running more.

I definitely need some sort of activity in my life. Otherwise I just feel awful.

Those push up helpers look like a serious wrist injury waiting to happen.

Julia, it is not a lack of originality- it is personal branding!

Meet me 4 beer. I did my presentation and I was good boy. I want 1 beer and then time in my clean apartment bed w cat.

I would be up for a beer but not at some place that is 3 blocks from your apartment and 900 from mine.

evanston bicyclists are the most disgusting savages in the world
i'm glad you're wearing a helmet, but get off the gd sidewalk, you cretins. ALL OF YOU.

I was walking along Ashland past Let's Pet Puppies, etc., last night and some clown was riding his bike on the side walk while looking at his cell phone, so taking up a fairly narrow strip of sidewalk while hurtling forward and not looking where he was going. I was about to dive into some bushes when he looked up and swerved to one side.

Also there was a clearly crazy young dude on the Purp Line this morning who refused to hold on to any part of the train while it was in motion, and so the movement of the train kept slinging his sweaty body into other standing passengers, while he kept up a constant narrative about how he can finally use his cell phone again and how in some neighborhoods, they'll kill somebody for stepping on somebody's shoes like that. He got off at the JRTC. I'm assuming I'll run into him at lunch.

i was walking on the sidewalk, just takin' a walk in a residential neighborhood, and there were two cyclists coming north behind me and two MORE cyclists heading south toward me. not only did they have to pass each other on the sidewalk, but they had to pass me. oh who needs that, they decided to just keep going, push me into the bush and wave at each other. i said "what is WRONG WITH YOU" out loud. good thing they were all wearing helmets! safety first!

hate them.

these were only four of the bajillion cyclists who passed me on the sidewalk during one 30 min walk btw.

cretins!

damn i feel cranky

let the hate flow through you

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/05/birther_faq/

Here, enjoy this article that presents rational responses to nutbar birther arguments.

ok thank you

Hahahah the "defacto ringleader"'s name is "Orly"? Too perfect.

another misdirected email, from one t3rry wh3ll3r:

Jordan

have a great day. Happy birthday!!!!!!!!!

I'm so proud of you and thank the Lord continually for how He has blessed your mom and me with such a great son as you.

I pray that t the Lord will continue to guide and prosper you . Have a great day and when we return well have a special dinner that i look forward to fixing

love you

dad

what do i say?

dear terry,

i have news for you:
i am not your son.

best,
jordan

?

and then maybe he will freak out

Terry,

I like you, but I'm not your son, and you need to get better at emailing.

Jordan, you are just going to have to change your email to something more complicated. areyousureyouareemailingthecorrectjordan✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧

oh those last three stars were supposed to be "ffs".

"Uh, T3rry? I'm Jewish."

Jews are cool with the Lord, right?

All one god.

haha. i replied with amanda's suggestion.

LOL

lolololol

That makes me unreasonably happy.

I feel kinda bad for the boy's dad. But hopefully he'll figure it out quickly.

I am imagining him frantically calling Mrs. Wh33l3r...

sorry, but the kid is not your son.

he seems so guileless, but i really want him to freak out

then someone can make a TAL episode about the ensuring hilarity / heartbreak

Oh! Last night at the healthcare rally, there were the usual completely insane "The gov't is finna KILL YOU" "Obama is a socialist and thus Hitler!" anti-healthcare people across the street, but the one unifying moment when Todd Stroger stepped up to the podium to speak and everybody booed.

It made me proud to be a Chicagoan.

My boss just gave me $20 and asked me to go buy the latest edition of P1@yb0y - the one w/ "H07 H0u53w1v35" for a case. LOL.

Zonkey:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xPRJcY91HB4/Snb6MyLCvsI/AAAAAAAAAfM/QC-JI6oMo0U/s400/Zonkey.jpg

that's gotta be fake

u r so cynical

The Wikipedia article is unconvincing in its rizonkulousness:

A zonkey (also known as zebrass, zebronkey, zeass, zeedonk, zedonk, zebadonk, zenkey, donbra, donbri, donkra, zebrinny, or deebra) is a cross between a zebra and a donkey. The generic name for crosses between zebras and horses or asses is zebroid or zebra mule. "Zonkey" is not the technically correct name for such a cross. The most commonly accepted terms are zebrinny, zebrula, and zedonk. Donkeys are closely related to zebras and both animals belong to the horse family. Zonkeys are very rare.[1]

The most commonly accepted terms are zebrinny, zebrula, and zedonk.

OH OKAY sure, that's TOTALLY not a made up animal with a name like "zebrinny."

"ass-zebras"

Talking Heads
Ass Zebra

i wore tights like that when i was an adolescent too

zedonk a donk

http://www.oddee.com/item_96640.aspx

a zebroid sounds like something that you should see your doctor about, but it's this:

http://63.134.213.17/_media/imgs/articles/a411_zebroid.jpg

beefalo!

That is a weird zebrula.

lol just found out that my friend's band is doing the 'name your own price' thing for selling cds at shows

i feel like i haven't seen anyone in a while. what's up?

as in, what's going on these days that i need to be included in?

book club ... OH WAIT

wait what? we have another meeting planned, right? i posted it on fb.

i was just razzing (RAZZING) jesse for asking about stuff to do three days after missing book club

what should i get my dad for his birthday? i need ideas in the next 10 minutes, and they have to be things i can buy at best buy

dvd box set of some dad movies

http://www.amazon.com/October-Patriot-Games-Present-Danger/dp/B000MGBLTQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1249508724&sr=8-1

my dad generally prefers old movies and doesn't usually rewatch them enough to warrant dvd ownership but i have resorted to dvds for presents before and may again

they have lots of music dvds too. otherwise everything at best buy is not dad-friendly (video games) or $$$ (home theater stuff, ipods, etc.).

maybe he would enjoy a computer software program to assist in doing his taxes or keeping track of his deductible spending.

Ha i was going to get flight of conchords season two for myself since it just came out yesterday but my dad likes FoC too so maybe I'll get him s1 and s2

Get him a spindle of CDRs.

Hey John and Eric W: is your ZIP six o six 4 o?

I think Eric's is, John's probab;y is not.

Mine is.

They're probably whatever p.o. is at Ashland/Irving Park.

60613. (I'd be surprised if Eric's were different.)

I was just very surprised that Ct's new ZIP was the same as mine - 60640.

Ah - north of Montrose = 60640

ugh flying out of midway tomorrow at like 5:30 a.m. going to have to wake up 3 to get there in time!?!?!

btw we ended up getting my dad an REI gift card because he's been doing lots of hiking lately

Fucking gross. Where are you flying to?

DC

via ATLANTA (lol wtf)

our tickets are all screwy because of the battle with airtran over our "free travel vouchers"

but they were free!

"free"

I would say there is a cost to getting up at 3 am and flying to DC via Atlanta. A grave, grave cost.

Ugh. I would still use that flight, but I would be UNHAPPY about it. Maybe you can miss your flight and get on the next one. Which will be full since it's a weekday flight between major cities.

at least there won't be any traffic
(aside from drug traffic har har har)

After the Fire game last night, I ended up drinking beers at 12 AM in the downtown offices of a financial futures trading company. It was bizarre to the max.

we watched for you on teevee but didn't see you in the stands
what a disappointing way for the game to end.

Gonna go to this place today.

played hooky today. watched twin peaks, finished deadwood, played bocce in the park, took care of some band business, picked up a friend's CSA, and now i'm going to go chill outside until some indie rock bands play.

nice little hooky day, omar

I am alone in the office today.

Escape.

I flew to and from DC on AirTran via Atlanta a couple years ago. Maybe that's their *thing.*

xp. I am escaping via a tub of iced coffee and plans for a little couch time later on.

i saw that no age/dan de4con/d33rhunter show last night. it was okay. the no age drummer soundchecked/fucked around for like an hour and a half, and when the real show started it was pretty much crippled by sound problems. bass kept cutting out, then there would be only bass, etc. the best part was the dude from d33rhunter doing a lost child announcement before the show.

Air Tran is a Delta subsidiary, no? ATL is a Delta hub, so it all makes sense.

I have work to do today and I am totally unmotivated. I almost left the house without ironing* my shirt, that is how unmotivated I am about work today.

I would eat lunch with all these ILXors today if anybody is around and wants to have lunch.

*it's a steamer, actually, but "steaming my shirt" sounds weird.

I will have lunch with you, I think. I am honest-to-god voting for McDonald's. With the expectation of being shot down.

So I have been using the "Site New Answers" link lately now that I know it exists but I forget to check which board a thread is posted on so that, for example, I see a thread about "felt" and get really excited until I click it and realize it was on I Love Music.

I need to go down to L3v3l 0ptical and pick up some contacts, I'll have lunch!

Oh. My. God.

Lunch with Dan?

oh, if only I worked in the loop so I could have lunch w/ you fabulous people.

Though eating lunch with an ipod and a book is generally pleasant enough.

1. Jenny get back here.
2. Courtney might have lunch w/ us. Her friend Robin is in town!

I am not going to lunch at McDonald's, you cretin. Eat that shit on your own time.

Suggestions for lunch places:
Corner Bakery (lol I know but come on)
La Cocina or Perry's Deli, although we would need to go to either of those places at 11:30 or after 1, since they are bananas crowded otherwise
Monk's
Old Timer's (lol I know but come on)

What about the Great State Food Court and Homeless Shelter?

I don't care. I am fine with whatever gets decided for me.

Eating at the Great State FARE Food Court and Homeless Shelter bums me the f out.

Other suggestions:
Marquette Diner of your choice
Maxim's
Petro's

We could eat at Ronnie's Roach House in the JRTC if you are feeling adventurous, but bear in mind that Courtney will probably never speak to us again.

I suggested Hannah's Breztel because I have heard so much but never been there, but I don't know if it's convenient to you-all... Honestly I don't really care, I just want to hang.

Jenny, it's up to you.

<3 hannah's bretzel

Hannah's B. is very convenient to me, but there is nowhere to sit, which gums up the lunch logistics a little bit, because you have to get your food and then go elsewhere to eat it. That's pretty easy with a couple of people but maybe not if Courtney and Robin (and whatserface?) are coming, too.

Give me a time and I will pick a place.

Although going at an off time will make getting a table for six easier. So I guess also tell me how many people are going to be there.

Faaart. I forgot that I have to be here to receive Important Legal Documents. I sorry.

Normally I could get away, but since I'm the only one in the office, I'm the only one who can receive the ILDs.

u fail

Not to be used for planning purposes: If the ILDs arrive before lunch time, then I'm home free.

Okay fine if you want to go to McDonald's so badly that you'll lie about it, fine.

Dan, call me when you're downtown and we can meet at Hannah's and get sandwiches and eat them either outside or in the JRTC.

Lookit me and Dan and maybe Jeff are meeting at Hannnah's at 12:30 if IF YOU CAN FUCKING HANDLE THAT SANDWICH, meet us there at that time. Otherwise, FU.

so excited u guyz

I might show up if I can get some work done before then.

get the one w/ camembert and ham. hamembert.xp

The one with Camembert and ham is no longer available.

Jeff has made a specific request that we eat inside at the JRTC because there are real tables down there, and it looks like rain, so if it is okay with everyone we will go ahead and plan to do that.

bannedwich ;_;

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__XCWUd8FFjQ/SLbGhRszmjI/AAAAAAAAEGg/9FcbKtTxSbQ/s1600/LoveRug.jpg

I'll stick with a bed thx

But it's almost like having another lover there w/ the 2 of u.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

FB fuck0rz strike again, this time with a video titled "Gianna Jessen Saline -- Abortion Survivor"

And it is as beautiful to look at as it is to feel.

um xp

Are you sure it is not Gianna Jessen - Saline Abortion Survivor?

Ready to defriend anybody who posts that one.

Every time I hear the phrase "cash for clunkers," it sounds like a shady scandal, like "licenses for bribes."

Gaadf;aklj.

I am going to have to start making public my being a pro-choice abortion "survivor."

Starting now. I am an abortion survivor and I am pro-choice.

Maybe I should change my status to "had an abortion when she was in high school and COULD NOT BE HAPPIER ABOUT IT."

(that is true, btw, although I would probably not change my FB status because I never told my parents (lolsigh and also FU parental notification laws) and am not ready for that conversation...)

Jenny, if I crawled inside of you and played fetus, would you abort me?

With relish.

With my luck, DE will pass a retroactive parental notification law and send my mom a letter about, "Do you remember when your minor child said she was going to a pan-high school journalism conference? Well..."

I would abort you with relish. It is a new technique that they are using in Bolivia.

LOL. ahhaahahaha

to both

"abortion survivor" makes me think of a fetus ducking a curette

excelsiored "abortion w/ relish", goddamn hilarious

Specifically, the Ally McBeal baby. xp

Abortion kills thread.

Abortion kills a beating thread.

I mean, stops a beating thread.

Abortion ruins my abortion joke.

The cashier in my high-school cafeteria wore an "Abortion Stops a Beating Heart" button on her uniform, which bothered me, but it always seemed just shy of a legally prosecutable case. I mean, it's not a church-state violation, strictly speaking, even though I know she was Catholic. But there's something vaguely inappropriate about it.

well, it seems like it would be against the school's rules, even if it wasn't actually illegal?

Yeh, as part of a dress code or something.

Abortion ruins my abortion joke.

I LOLed.

My high school health teacher showed us The Silent Scream, ffs.

If you went to a public school, John, and the cashier was employed by the school district, the school could have required her to take off the pin*, as free speech rights of public employees in the workplace are actually pretty limited. Knowing what I do about school districts, if enough parents complained, the school would have made her take off the button even though wearing it is not illegal.*

*probably.

Look, pancakes:

http://www.chefstack.com/images/slide_imag_1.png

Hey John, Dan, and Jeff, wasn't lunch really fun, especially because Jesse wasn't there?

On the other hand, if you went to school in a conservative area, she could have gotten away with dabbing holy water on your sandwich.

You might have a separation of church and state claim there.

Separation of church and sandwich?

My Shure earpieces have lost their gumminess and I suspect it's because of Eddie munching on them. He never damages them, but he finds them (even on high shelves or in my mursee and then gently gnaws on the foam. The first couple times I put them in my ears and they were wet, I was confused.

A cousin of mine decided to go riding on his motorcycle one day and before he left the garage, the motorcycle blew up with him on it, causing him some not insignificant injuries, so now he's the rope in a tug of war between his home owners insurance and his auto insurance, both of whom are claiming the other is liable, but he doesn't want to get a lawyer because ew gross lawyers.

sdfjdfjjdfasdfjklsjkldf

How is he expressing that sentiment?

By stating that he is not sue-happy and that he is the kind of person who takes care of things by himself.

Which is all well and good, but sometimes you need to just get a lawyer, and when you are caught in the middle between two insurance companies, that is the time.

How lovely to be so self-reliant that you don't acknowledge needing help. xp

I almost said something then I remembered it was from a commercial from a NC law firm TV ad: The insurance companies have lawyers working for their side....

What has two thumbs and just got ordered to take 12 furlough days before June 30, 2010?

This moi.

(Pending union concession.)

I'm on metra. I hope I survive.

I hope there is a bar in Lisle.

lol Lisle -- that's the Metra station closest to where I grew up

There is a bar close, but it doesn't open till noon. Which is right now.

Lisle. I drove through there once and I said, "Ugh."

http://media.npr.org/assets/news/2009/08/04/biggaytruck_wide.jpg?t=1249412119&s=4

BIG GAY ICE CREAM TRUCK.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111534239&ft=1&f=1001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-j9CDgRSt8

... I feel kind of bad posting this

xp esp after the BIG GAY ICE CREAM TRUCK

Lisle was unremarkable. At least the metra station was unremarkable.

I Lollapalost-it today. No Age was good. Animal Collective, I've become convinced, is a joke perpetuated upon the music listeners of the world by the internet.

Dan, I appreciated your text message about the portapotties.

http://www.thecuremfc.com/forum/download/file.php?avatar=15_1221583372.gif

wha

Ha, Dan, here's a FB status update from someone I know:

M____ C______:
Animal Collective right now, just this second, is the best show I have ever seen.

I don't think they're without musical merit, I am just surprised how SO MANY PEOPLE can think they're SO incredible. Story of pop music for all times, I guess. Maybe it was just out of place in such a big setting, I don't know. They're way better on record imo.

Calling the bathrooms "portapotties" actually does them some disservice! They were large trailers with wood paneling inside, blasting A/C, and potpourri liberally distributed. The men's had 4 stalls and 6 urinals, and there was barely any line -- which was amazing because I was very tempted to grab a beer and just hang out in there for half an hour or so.

But they weren't hooked up to any plumbing, right?

I'm having this weird thing today where whenever I stand up, I am DIZZY like crazy, and if I sit down, it's like I have the spins, but if I lay down I'm okay. I'm not drunk. An I dying?

They had some kind of self contained grey water system running. The toilets flushed water when you pushed a button. No (visible) big tank of crap underneath. These things were the size of semi-truck trailers, srsly.

I never got into Animals Collectivezzz. They just don't appeal to me. Or any of their spinoffs.

I am just surprised how SO MANY PEOPLE can think they're SO incredible.

Yeah, that sort of surprises me, too.

Too jam bandy.

Chicagoans, beginning Friday you can see the best imaginable documentary about the subprime crisis:

http://www.americancasinothemovie.com/screenings

and Jenny, I am not a LaRouchie.

Haha, good!

(although if you change your mind and come table with the rest of them in front of the building where I work, email me and I will take you to lunch.)

jenny: are you drinking a lot, and eating some salty things? it might be the heat, and dehydration.

or you might have postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (non-deadly but PITA...ask me how i know!), but if it's just today, you're probably dehydrated, seeing that it's humid as fuck outside.

You know, it could have been dehydration. My head and ears were also inexplicably clogged up, so that might have contributed. I took a sudafed and have been drinking mad liquids all day and I feel better (although still off - kind of like motion sickness, but I'm not moving) so maybe after a day out of the harsh, evil, terrible sun I will be good as new.

Arg, POTS sounds like serious PITA.

get rest, stay cool, stay hydrated! the sun is evil indeed.

and thanks to my reminding you, i am thinking that i should have a v8 now. and another 4 liters of water. fucking heat.

oh, also, that licorice that you can get at trader joe's or natural foods stores? the good stuff? it raises blood pressure a bit if you're prone to low-bp dizzies. it's subtle but it's something. but only the non-american or hippie stuff--typical american stuff uses flavoring rather than actual licorice extract.

If I had not put the AC in the window today, I might be dead now. "Feels like: 101". Yeah, that's not a good feeling at all.

But it'll all be ok in just a few hours. They lowered the high tomorrow to 83. That, I can handle.

Where the hell is The Rev? There's no answer on his phone. I hope he's ok.

I can handle a high of 83, too, although I will probably remain antsy and in a state of constant, low-level distress until the highs are reliably in the 70s again.

Mr Rev called. He slept until 4, was the issue. To which I say, good on ya.

We're on for Moody's at 7, though.

Ok don't hurry too much. Rev is coming over here before we go there, and I'm not sure he realizes what a long train ride he's in for.

Mexican.

Pilgrims, Slaves, Indian, Mexican
It looks real fucked up for your next of kin
That's why I don't rhyme for the sake of riddlin

So I order mexican food, go pick it up, come back. Only to realize that there are no tortillas to eat with my fajitas. So I go back to the damn place to demand some tortilas. I get them, walk back. Only to discover that they also forgot rice and beans. FML.

I think you should ask your self... how good an idea was carry-out fajitas to begin with?

I think it is a great idea. As far as take out mexican goes, it is probably the best thing you can get. It's just meat and veg, you assemble it yourself, so nothing gettls soggy and you can control the sauce.

Air and water show.

i ate some delicious fajitas on sat. night. i never order them, but for some reason i was in the mood. good idea!

"demand some tortillas" is right up there with "accept some toast."

God I could go for some fajitas right now.

"Faja" means skirt in Spanish. Fajita means little skirt. Now you know.

That stupid son of a bitch upstairs is singing his heart out today. Fucking idiot.

Go up there and demand some tortillas. Accept no toast.

so after an afternoon gig on sunday, i was stopped at a light when some dink rear-ended the car behind me, which in turn rear-ended me. turns out this dink owns a popular german-themed bar in town.

no visible damage to the cars and my neck feels okay today, but should i report it just in case? anyone know if i should contact my insurance or his, or both?

luckily my girlfriend is a massage therapist and my passenger at the time works for a chiropractor.

I would not report it. But if you do, be sure to use the term "dink."

Dink was the term for penis in my grade school.

Also, I used to smoke weed w/ this guy whose legal name was Dink. Dink W|lc0x. His mother named him that.

luckily my girlfriend is a massage therapist
lucky lucky you

DINK = dual income, no kids?

I would not report it b/c insurance companies are notorious dinkheads.

yeah i would prefer not to report it and avoid the hassle, i'm just a little afraid that my car or my back will fall apart in a week or two and then they'll be like "why didn't you report it at the time of the accident?"

DO NOT report it to YOUR insurance company. I made the mistake of doing just that, in a very similar circumstance. Still showed up on my records as an "incident" and when it came time to renew, BOOM my rates went up $150 per six months. Even though nothing ever came of it and no payout was ever made. One of the reasons I switched to a new company. Hopefully your insurance is more reasonable, but just raising the possibility.

don't they require a police report?

Exactly. Similar thing happened to me, but I don't recall the details. xp

One time I reported minor vandalism to my car and the fuckers dropped my coverage. I had never had another claim with them and I'd been their customer for years. Nationwide was not on my side.

But then I cursed at my local representative and she called me back later in the week to say they found a new underwriter or something.

Conversely, I totally negligently ran into a parking garage pylon and did not report it and then a year or more later my bumper fell off and I told the body shop that it was because I negligently ran into a parking garage pylon a year prior, and my insurance not only paid for the bumper repair, minus deductible, but did not raise my rates, either. This was in NC, too, which does not strike me as the kind of state with particularly consumer friend insurance laws.

Jordan, you should maybe anonymously call your insurance company and ask if there is a statute of limitations for reporting a claim. You might have six months or something before you have to report it.

Nope. They said a self-reported incident is still enough to raise a red flag with them to mark your records.

(xxpost)

My insurance was through Horace Mann, somehow, and was the same policy that I'd had since I was first individually insured (as in not on my parents' insurance).

Did you know that if I were to purchase auto insurance right now I would be considered a "new driver" for the purposes of insurance rates? They would charge me the rates that a 16 year old would get because I have been without car insurance for more than 2 (I think) years.

yeah, i looked at the police report stuff and it said don't fill it out unless there's been $1,000 worth of damage or a personal injury. i think i'll just forget it.

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1076/monkeyownsdog.gif

Oh hey, Burger King has an "angry chicken" sandwich now.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2055/2262671403_faf0360acc.jpg?v=0

That's the angry chicken logo. Obv.

really?

hey - this is fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSc5-RkndnQ

xp No, not really. But I would like it if people believe that for a minute or two.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6S4t2lS-5I

This is the awesomest.

I don't seem to be very productive at work today .

oh shit. wrong link. disregard.

I meant THIS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTSUCSPseLU&feature=player_embedded

fuck me. I can't seem to get it right. i give up.

haha - no i DID get it right. I need to just stop now.

yes

Jesse, you need Diamanda Galas ringtones on your phone.

That is true. I need to sneak DG onto my bosses' phones.

I could pretty easily make some DG ring tones. Actually anybody with a Mac and Garage Band can do it.

My phone has an app that you can use to make ringtones. I accidentally set "The Wailing Wall" by the Cure song as my ringtone. It starts off with a sample of people praying at the Wailing Wall.

But I can make it so that when your phone rings, it says "CUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNT CUNTCUNT." You could set that as the ring tone for when I call.

Dan, were you aware of the follow up to your Excelscior??
Jenny, if I crawled inside of you and played fetus, would you abort me?

― At first I thought it was a stupid idea, then it made me cry (Jesse), Friday, August 7, 2009 11:40 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

With relish.

― she is writing about love (Jenny), Friday, August 7, 2009 11:41 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I would abort you with relish. It is a new technique that they are using in Bolivia.

― she is writing about love (Jenny), Friday, August 7, 2009 11:41 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― me, my drums, and you (dan m), Friday, August 7, 2009 11:44 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Excelsiored with full awareness and understanding of its uphemistic qualities?

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, August 7, 2009 12:36 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Why should I care about the follow up to my excelsior?

SB

What I mean is, why should I let something stupid l0u1s jagg3r said in a thread I didn't read ruin my lolz?

xp me?

No, I would not SB my Chicago homies. I was just joking.

Now pour one on the block...

B/c, you jackass, it was a funny follow up. Control your grump.

If you think it's so funny why don't u excelsior it?

I am going to assume that's a joke...? It's pretty funny. Maybe I'll excelsior it.

Suggest Not Funny.

i would probably get a lot of those

i just got my bike back from the shop and i am excited to ride it. high of "only" 80 tomorrow!

I'm frustrated with my home theater. For some reason my sub woofer doesn't work. I hate dealing with A/V stuff. I just want something that works.

I can come take a look at it when I lend your good bride my scanner.