Chicago: customers are advised to allow extra travel time

You could always get your credit report the way I got mine, try to buy a house! Just kidding. I was always really nervous about seeing mine, but it turned out to be much better than I feared.

Yay! Equifax loves me at least. Straight "PAYS AS AGREED" for me there! Fuck you, Experian! Go see how much Equifax loves me!

It's TransUnion that's being a bitch.

a mentor doesn't have a "mentee", a mentor has a "protege".

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Main Entry: men·tee
Pronunciation: men-'tE
Function: noun
Etymology: mentor + -ee
: one who is being mentored : PROTEGE

also, an asshole doesn't have a job, he has a "very annoying habit of pointing out mistakes of others while totally glossing over his own mountain of failures".

xpost.

Ha. Well regardless, that's the term they use at my job.

Mentorship refers to a developmental relationship between a more experienced mentor and a less experienced partner referred to as a mentee or protégé -- a person guided and protected by a more prominent person.

See, I'm fucking prominent.

Ha. Well regardless, that's the term they use at my job.

it was the word i used when i wrote an article about a mentoring program one of the guys i worked with was involved with and everytime the article got passed around someone would say "protege, not mentee".

Mentee sounds like some kind of fucked up mint

whatever, sea cow

fuck a manatee. I'm a dugong man.

http://strawdog.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/dugong-feeding-at-the-seabed.jpg

aw hell yeah

sea slugs are pretty cool
http://www.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/dragon-slug.jpg

that thing is gorgeous!!

primitive sea creatures are mad pretty

Or a transparent sea cucumber:
http://chekjawa.nus.edu.sg/ria/photos/r382.jpg

a GIS for "sea slug" is an explosion of color

Conan's "Horny Manatee" sketch is the last time I giggled uncontrollably at that show.

the dumbo octopus:

http://www.geekologie.com/2007/05/22/dumbo-octopus.jpg

that cucumber reminds me of the radish dude in spirited away.

omg! i want a dumbo octopus!!

My National Geographic Wildlife Treasury cards really stuck with me.

The elusive dim sum octopus

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1102/623044587_648f6da72a.jpg

On examination, I realize that they weren't a NG product at all. I just always thought they were.

the dumbo octopus lead me to look for dumbo rats on craigslist & there's someone who has babies that will be ready after labor day...hmmmm.

the dumbo octopus would make a bad pet, since it lives at depths of about 1000-1500 feet. You would need a very special tank.

mostly i want to take it out on a leash so i guess i'd be a horrible owner.

Jordan, we're doing the gig at the Beer Fest. One of the other dancers went to UW-Madison and used to know someone in your band. But she also couldn't remember his name, so I'm guessing they aren't that close.

Haha. Cool, I'll see you guys on Saturday then. I think we play 2 - 4 but I'm going at noon for the, you know, unlimited free microbrews.

did you hear the one about the president of the Young Repulican National Federation?

sorry, they changed the url.

repost if anyone is looking for something to do...

TONIGHT at Delilah's (2771 N. Lincoln Ave.) at like 9 or 10ish...
SYZ 7" release party!!!
DJ Nick Myers (of Vee Dee and Plastic Crimewave)!!!
The world's most lovable bartender...Lil' Jimmy McCann!!!

Come buy the already out of print debut 3 song 7" (sold out in 17 days) from the band, they have the only copies left for sale, besides distros which will have them in the next weeks!!!

They'll also be gettin' rid of t-shirts and pins!!!
Get your picture taken in the middle of the Matt sandwich!!!

don't even try to resist!

check out some songs here, as you sadly won't be seeing them again...
http://www.myspace.com/syzonkers

Colorado is nice. Wish it was cooler though.

I swear I almost fell off a mountain.

City slicker.

yeah really

What area of the state are you guys in, Jeff?

Jeff?

Seriously, is there still a Jenny?

Weird, www.ilxor.com wasn't working for me this morning. But I got in through ilx.wh3rd.net.

THAT IS SO FUCKING BIZARRE!

Hi Nick.

When are you guys getting back?

John, when is that bike trip? Or I am getting trips confused? Am I trippin'?

My weird: I dropped my Netflix in the mailbox at 11:30 yesterday morning and today at 7 AM I had a notice in my email that they had received the DVD! That never happens! Wow!

The one in Wisconsin? It's Labor Day weekend. It's not so much a bike trip as a weekend trip to a place where there are some bike trails, which we plan to use at least one of the days we are there. And the lodging is above a bike shop. But I am hoping we can also visit the New Glarus Brewery, the Mustard Museum, etc.

Guess where Nick and I are going for ROAD TRIP 2007?!!?

CLEVELAND?!?!?!

NOPE!!!

TOLEDO??!!?!?!?!?!?

No.