Chicago MMXIII: Walk Don't Run

Yeh I went to a Jewel the other day that was pretty bare.

My boss just drove back to Chi from southern MI and she said the Interstates are still pretty bad and she saw at least 25 wrecked cars, several overturned, that hadn't been cleared. And there was a tractor trailer w/ the partially burned tractor on one side of the freeway and the trailer in the ditch on the other side of the road.

I have never been happier to be on a train

xp rad, mad max style

i just visited reckless's website and spotted Eazy near the top of their twitter feed

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All true!

n/a, I just voted for you for the R@!l$ election! I didn't know you were running, so it was exciting to see your name on the ballot!

who wants to go see earthless with me? it's rsvp then $5 at the door
dunno if there is free red bull

http://www.redbullsoundselect.com/events/2014/01/red-bull-sound-select-presents-chicago

Sure why not. I don't know anything about any of that but I like shows. How do we make this into a Solid Plan?

you have to RSVP at that site and be ready for a heavy loud evening
i'll give you a ride home if you meet me somewhere for dinner beforehand!

also email me so i don't release any more personal details here

Please post your personal email address and govt name so I can contact you.

Leticia L. Lechuga
lalechuga@hotmail dot com

lol

Holy hell

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

damn it I forget how to make YT embed

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqptbtwXUCs

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

OK. Watch that video.

Good old Ginger Zee

Anyone seen this show: http://www.bravotv.com/100-days-of-summer ?

It's horrible. Sort of entertaining, in a OMG where the fuck did they find all these douchbags? I think they shipped in out of LA actors to play the roles. Plus it makes me really miss summer.

The extent to which I find that website unhelpful as far as telling me what that show is actually about makes me feel about 87 years old.

Anyway, what is that show actually about? A reality show set in Chicago in the summer? The fact that I would totally watch that just for the setting alone is another reason why I'm glad we don't have cable.

The extent to which I find that website unhelpful as far as telling me what that show is actually about makes me feel about 87 years old.

Like, "That commercial doesn't even say what the product is! What is this even about?"

http://happynicetimepeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/abe-simpson-complains.jpg

It's a reality show about dbags who just love summer in Chicago. Just watch the clips. I recommend playpen.

What was with that disorienting tri-panel effect in that weather piece?

Well that was terrible. I like that one guy's assumption that being in real estate development means that he's not into douchey things.

that's video guys trying to get creative when dealing with cellphone footage shot vertically instead of horizontally

xpost

noble pursuit

It's become a common effect, especially in the news.

I haven't decided whether it's good b/c it's "prettier" than black boxes or if feeling like you're missing out of focus action on the sides is too distracting.

got this super sweet email from the gov

Dear Friend,

As I prepare to lay out plans to continue moving Illinois forward in 2014 and beyond, four right wing Republicans are busy talking about their schemes to drag us backwards.

All four Republicans oppose my plan to raise the minimum wage to at least $10 an hour in Illinois. One of them - a billionaire at that - even announced his proposal to slash the minimum wage by $1 an hour, taking $2,000 a year out of the pockets of those earning the least, which is cruel, heartless and wrong.

These guys have all the compassion of C. Montgomery Burns.

In America, if you work hard and play by the rules, you shouldn't have to live in poverty. People should be rewarded for their work, not punished.

Putting more money into the pockets of those who are living paycheck to paycheck is not only the right and decent thing to do, it's good for the economy. Everyday people don't admire the extra money they earn in the bank - they spend it in the local community, creating more jobs.

As long as I'm Governor, I will never stop fighting until we raise the minimum wage in Illinois. Click here to get involved in my campaign.

Full speed ahead in 2014.

Your friend,

Governor Quinn

I'd vote for any governor that makes a Simpson reference. You got vote Pat!

Given his animosity towards AFSCME and his own employees, I find some of that disingenuous (a politician??? Disingenuous???) but it's not like I would everrrrrr vote for a Republican gov so whatever.

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/01/100-days-of-summer-episode-one-recap

guys I've spent the last 3 minutes witnessing a Chicago cop in a marked SUV try to free himself from a snowbank on my street, almost hitting a stop sign, a car, and another cop in the process

it's beautiful

a woman just loaned him a shovel

I'm 2 for 3 on push-outs this year.

I heard a majority of CPD SUVs are 2WD which is totally lol in the winter.

badass

Temp goes above 32 for the first time in 2014 today. On my way to summer. Suck it winter.

this woman rules: http://voices.suntimes.com/news/humboldt-park-woman-sick-of-dibs-shovels-entire-block-nodibs/

I bet she was sore the next day! Bless her.

We've got a new washing machine! It's all fancy and HE and has actual working temperature controls and a real delicate cycle.

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1511157_10152153229645056_1918672601_n.jpg

xp I was at sisut's family's place over the holidays and I swear their washer/dryer combo has some kind of wifi connectivity.

Snow --> deep freeze ---> rain ---> we now live in the middle of a lake of dog urine
so
gross
out there

Ugh and the appliance guy wore his boots to walk through the house.

Okay, can we go back to the -40 degree weather now? It doesn't seem all that bad in light of Slushpocalypse. Seriously considered just going ahead and taking my effing shoes off on the way home this evening.

i for one hope we get some more sub-zero weather, and not only because i just got my down coat

sweet fucking christ I think I went knee-deep in a slushpuddle

I wear 8" water proof boots. Slush is no problem. It's snow dying and I enjoy it.

well I didn't see you out at the bar so nyeah :P

No one told me where to go!

not sure how accurate this is, but its a map depicting the fate of former Dominicks

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zYxrjPM9r5dw.kgZ1rPyFShok

the one in streeterville is turning in to a whole foods

as i suspected, closing or unknown :(

I walked by that one and wondered what was up. rip Dominicks, I guess