Chicago: customers are advised to allow extra travel time

we decided it would be a good wedding gift. i had only played it once before & now i am hooked!

right hooked, that is.

get it? it's because i have a mean right hook.

Ali is homeless now. I finally got in touch with my mom and she's in Missouri sans Ali. :-(

I think I missed some of that - did your mom misplace her cat in Chicago somehow?

No, my mom is moving from Memphis to Omaha. One of her kitties went missing last night, and she was supposed to leave yesterday, but promised my sister she'd stay another night in case Ali turned up. She never did. So now my mom is driving the other kitty and herself to her new home.

that's awful! Poor kitty!

She gave the neighbors a bunch of cat food, which they agreed to keep putting out in case she turns up. But even if she turns up, I don't know how my mom would get her to omaha.

:( :( :(

that's so sad!

I know. I'm upset about it, but I'm sure Hev is even more so, since Ali was her kitty in high school and college summer breaks.

hev? I hope that's short for something.

My lifelong cat ran away when my dad moved, summer after my first year in college.

Surely you met my sisters at the wedding, K?

I don't want to start talking about cats running away or getting hurt.

My stories are too horrible (perhaps in general).

Surely you met my sisters at the wedding, K?

yeah, but i don't remember a hev

Hev is my sister Heather. I've always called her that.

Hever

The youngest is Leslie, a.k.a. Webs, Webby, Web, Werb, the Webkins, Twerby... She basically has pet names.

Surely you've heard Sarah call her that like whenever she's mentioned her online or in real life?

Hever is the freedom fry, right?

where i work is trying to come up with a tagline & the one they might go with is just awful.

"answ3ring t0morr0w's leg@l questions t0day"

blech!

it sounds like a city college & not a prestigious law school. no offense to city colleges, but i think i've heard this phrase on tv.

Also law is built on precedent, so answering questions that way is kind of bad practice.

No, Webby is the Frenchie, right?

YES! There is that as well!!

Oh yeah. I just happened to click on a pic with both of them.

Surely you've heard Sarah call her that like whenever she's mentioned her online or in real life?

it is entirely possible that i was not paying the proper amount of attention. :(

people genuinely find ferris bueller sinister?

I actually hate him. My sympathies are entirely with his stodgy friend in that movie.

jaymc: apparently I'm doing a quizbowl thing next week with some people from work, and our team may be called the "McKinley High Norsemen" :>

Max Roach was black? I guess from his name I always assumed he was this old Jewish dude. Or maybe I just associated him with Gene Krupa.

xpost: Heh.

my sympathies are entirely with bitchy Jennifer Grey in that movie.

I miss your nose, bitchy Jennifer Grey!

otm, his sister was totally right about ferris and everything else

Uh, definitely black.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/09/0906001r.jpg

I guess it is a pretty old Jewish dude name, though.

also, omg charlie sheen used to be hot!

http://www.movieactors.com/freezeframes5/ferris691.jpeg

Charlie Sheen, hell, bring on Mia Sara! :D

Jordan, are you sure Max Roach isn't the guy in the bowtie behind the counter? ;-)

FREEDOM NOW... FROM ME!

the guy behind the counter is a young stanley tucci. FACT.

Ha. Actually he's not in that photo, I don't think.

I posted a great youtube video over on his ILM thread that's got clips of his percussion band M'Boom and some crazy shit where he's playing with Fab Five Freddy and some breakdancers in the early 80s.

We can all agree that Shakey Mo Collier is the most miserable bastard on ILX, right?

I thought Max Roach was white too, for some reason.

Excellent, informative, really really interesting interview with Mr. Roach.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12879343

We can all agree that Shakey Mo Collier is the most miserable bastard on ILX, right?

nah. He just wants all celebrities to die for his amusement. Who doesn't?

I find myself agreeing with Shakey quite often.

You guys must be thinking of Shelly Manne (and his Manne-Hole) or something.

yeah, he's not dumb or boring. That's all I ask of anyone, really... not dumb or boring. "Asshole" is totally negotiable.