Chicago: customers are advised to allow extra travel time

I'm so hungovergry.

Thanks, Jordan. I am thinking of trying to get some ladies together for an electro pop project where we rework the songs to make them playable live.

Hey. I think I coined a word. It's as good as "horngry," a staple in Jenny and my IMs.

Jesse, you forgive me, right? JEESSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

YOUR FACE IS LOOKING BETTER!!!!!

Thanks!

jesse still has nice tits, i don't care what anyone says

Way to stand up for your beliefs!

http://www.download.com/3000-2343_4-10704042.html

This is pretty sweet (for Windows users). I've always been kind of shocked that you can't drag around your taskbar items by default.

you know what's really sweet for windows users? Macintosh computers.

:)

Fine, pls to tell U.S. health care industry to switch to macs.

Yeah, I'd love to have a Mac at work, but I don't see that happening any time soon. I had one at my old job, because it was a small company, and they figured that since they needed Macs for the art/design department, they might as well just order a bunch for the whole company. Here, I'm just crossing my fingers that I get a flat-screen eventually.

I don't know anything about this Erin McKeown chick, but her version of It's Only a Paper Moon basically could not have a hotter beat.
http://myspace.com/erinmckeown

xpost I rock dual boxes, but most of the time I'm on the Mac. Pretty much I just keep the PC around to run database shit and old copies of Word and Illustrator 8.

Dan and I were talking about the lack of a good, customizable midline Apple desktop. We have mini-Macs, iMacs, and PowerMacs. Noone wants a mini-Mac to actually do anything on. No employer is going to want to buy computers that once obselete must be completely replaced -- monitor and all (iMac). And Power Macs are ridiculous what with their 4 processors and huge price tag.

If Apple could just produce a nice customizable desktop computer (a la Dell), I (and many workplaces) would be stoked. I have a name all picked out: the Mac.

sarah . . . i found this link for homemade bath bombs... maybe good for your handmade presents?
http://scentofwater.wordpress.com/tutorials/how-to-make-an-all-natural-bath-bomb/

neato!

hey john i applied to some job opening at where u work (assuming u still work for the encyc???) what are chances of getting a job? are there other openings? should i have namedropped you? wish i thought to ask this before i applied ...

I've liked some of them Erin McKeown records. She was playing Mother Fools/Uncommon Ground-type places and then made it big in a Morning Becomes Eclectic way.

Deej I keep meaning to tell you that my workplace seems to be hiring fairly frequently and I could pass on your resume. It's news/media related. But I hesitate to tell people about it because a) work starts at 6:30 a.m. in Evanston and b) pay isn't amazing. So it's not for everyone. But on the other hand, the people are cool, they are easygoing about schedules and working from home on occasion, and the work is pretty easy once you learn all the company style stuff. You can email me at naamme at yahoo if you want more info.

Woah! That looks fun! I'm guessing I'd need to practice ahead of time since the bombs would need to be made pretty close to xmastime (so they wouldn't lose their smells).

Also, obviously, I'd need to bathe with them and make sure they were good enough. :-D

hey john i applied to some job opening at where u work (assuming u still work for the encyc???) what are chances of getting a job? are there other openings? should i have namedropped you? wish i thought to ask this before i applied ...

What's the position? If it's in my department, I can tell my boss that I know you. There's a position open here right now.

I want to work at EB. Not the Empty Bottle.

i applied to EB for a copy editing position. If thats not the job opening yr talking about, I would love to see the listing ...

sent my email july 31 and only got a generic 'we have received your email' notice back

Copy editing at the Bottle would be pretty sweet I bet.

emailed, n/a

Deej, yep, that's my department. I'll put in a good word. Apparently, she has been having problems finding people for this position because everyone has been failing the spelling test.

haha

"she" = my boss, obv.

the c3nter for neighborhood t3chnology has not gotten back to me re: the job I applied for :-/

periodic UCP job listing update:

Electronic Publishing Technical Assistant
BiblioVault Operations Assistant
Editorial Assistant, Acquisitions
Manager, International Sales, Marketing, and Foreign Rights
Managing Editor, Int. Journal of Plant Sciences
Marketing Analyst
Editorial Assistant, American Naturalist
Business Analyst
Manuscript Editor I, Medical Journals Group
Marketing Manager

Our crew should slowly take over John's department over the course of the next 18 months.

"Steal My Sunshine" just came on my iPod AGAIN.

you need a bigger iPod

Apparently it's from the "Go" OST.

Jordan,

We did the gig....5 twenty-thirty minute sets between 12:30 and 4:30. It was fantastic, and the guys from the New Holland Brewery (they hired us) were delightful. We made some good money, great tips and drank lots of delicious beer...we couldn't stop marveling at how nice everyone was. We were going to try and see if Mama Digdown wanted to play something for us while we did some improvised burlesque, but whenever I saw you guys you were in the middle of playing.

Apparently it's from the "Go" OST.

That's how it's marked on my iPod, too.

Oh, cool. We totally would've played for you guys, but I didn't even see you!

Glad you had a good time, Great Taste might be my favorite annual gig. The beer and the vibe is great, plus we sold like 85-100 cds.

Note for next year: when you start drinking at 1:00 pm, you will be a disaster by bartime

When you're doing burlesque in 90 degree heat, it is best NOT to be drunk. We tried a couple beers throughout the afternoon, but didn't really start sampling until we were done performing. Saved us from a hell of a hangover, I suspect.

john,

my spellings are pretty good

Did you drive back afterwards?

Nope, one of the New Holland guys gave up his room for us. We went to the Tornado Room for dinner and then a couple of bars...something right on the corner near the tornado, and then the orpheum? i don't know. i was a little tipsy, but they had great pie. You guys came right by the New Holland tent toward the end of the day, but didn't see us.

it's so sad that I kind of want to apply to this job now, just because I can spell. sometimes I think I am better at spelling than anything else.

hey stop trying to steal my job, i'm suffering over here :-(

jk

not about the suffering, tho

My and Katie's homeland got written up in the NYT:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/travel/escapes/10American.html?ex=1344398400&en=855f850d777a5651&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Brace for tourist impact!

don't even bother guys, i won all kinds of spelling bees as a kid

i went to STATE