Chicago: customers are advised to allow extra travel time

mattttt had a birthday party there a while back. It was fun, but there were too many little kids around getting the games all greasy.

I'd go back, because I still have one of their cards with some game credits on it.

LOVE skeet ball

Do they have good girlie drinks?? If so, maybe I should have my birthday party there. Oh, xpost.

Yes, they do. Answered my own question.

skeet ball

Ew.

I like the basketball shoot too. Much more enjoyable drunk.

and the race games that vibrate.

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looooooooooooool

skeet skeet

"My name is Otto, and I like to get blotto!"

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Heh, both of you!

That Simpson might have been accurate in 2003. I think in the photo I submitted, my hair blended into some tree branches.

aw. The simpsonizer keeps telling me to come back later. :(

It's because I'm jamming the place up trying to simpsonize my family.

See?

hm. I figured it out. It won't work on Firefox for Mac.

Commission based grantwriting?! For shame on that non-profit!
xpost

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huh.

*shrug*

not Proops-y enough

Heh, your earlier one is much closer, Kenan.

Sisut, I don't know if they'd say "commission", but that's what it sounded like to me.

I like Sarah's photo of Jeff and Courtney at the c-hole tourney -- very athletic-looking!

I was admiring that photo as well.

Yeah, it was just my knee jerk reaction. Development professionals generally look askance at commission based grant work. Some argue that it's a clear cut ethical issue. But, at the very least, the grant writer runs the risk of getting paid absolutely nothing for their labor if the proposal isn't funded. Given that the reasons for not funding could be exclusively tied to the organization's performance and 100% out of the writer's control, it just doesn't seem very fair.

It's a mad house over here!! I think Laura Bush is dropping soon b/c the place is swarming with ginormous helicopters.

Is she going to do a free-fall from a helicopter?

It's doubtful John. Very doubtful.

I did another simpson of me based on a wedding photo:

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Pretty!

I want to do another one where from the day I did the triathlon but it's super busy.

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ha! I love that one!

You know what's weird? When you're driving west down Division, and you cross over into Oak Park, and the street numbers change (starting over at 0 I think), but then you cross over into River Forest, and the numbers change back to correspond to Chicago street numbering (eg Dominican U is at 7900 W. Division). It's like Oak Park thinks they are too good for the Chicago numbering system.

Now I'm going to go get an iced coffee and a cookie and read the Reader at Letizia's. Bye.

MBN

Good letter from Abraham of Baby Teeth in this week's Reader re: Miles R.'s P-fork review.

Good review of Br1ght0n MA from Miles as well.

Hey John, don't you think that first simpsons of me looks a bit like d1 su3ss?

Ha, maybe. Needs lower neckline, though.

and larger tots.

sweet tater tots

ha!

Friday afternoon, time to talk tots.

OH HELL YEAH

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actually, i was just going to say that I think leaf & I are going to see the b0urne ultimatum tonight. matt dam0n has some nice man tots?

first hit on gis for "man tots"

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It's not what I had in mind.

That Gentlemens Quarterly that had the advice about Horatio Sanz and tucking in also had a profile of Matt Damon that made me like the guy. It's funny how that magazine puts actors on the cover who clearly hate to be interviewed and refuse to talk about their personal life, and then the profiles end up being about trying to get these guys to open up, and they don't. But Damon has a great line when he says that if the news is going to cover the price of a John Edwards haircut, they should cover the price of Bush's flight suit, too.

x - haha, drunkthelete.com

I am ALSO going to see Matt Damon's mantots tonight.

I get the impression that matt dam0n is a decent guy.

I'd probably rather go out drinking with him than Affleck. He might be boring, but Affleck would be obnoxious and probably ignore you while getting the phone #'s of all the girls you want to talk to.