Chicago MMXIII: Walk Don't Run

I might be down.

Great! I'm looking to get there around 1 or 2 ish? It's my favorite time because its never crowded.

I just touched dry ice! Are my fingers going to fall off??!??! Jeff says no, but he has to live with me so of course he would say that.

No. You didn't hold onto it, did you? Do they hurt?

If your hand isn't shriveled and/or purple and/or falling off, u fine!

For a couple of seconds until my brain registered that the thing I was pulling out of the Peapod bag felt like burning. Then I looked at it and saw the, I have to say, not particularly obvious "dry ice" labeling on the plastic bag, which I also have to say, looks just like a regular produce bag with red lettering on it. I thought it was a grocery item.

My fingertips still hurt a little, but they aren't turning white or anything.

xp - none of that is happening, so okay.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A_tkCCVCMAA-szR.jpg

Cool. That's us.

Put the dry ice in a bottle with some tap water, cap it up, and throw it. It's fun.

http://www.edgevillebuzz.com/news/goodbye-to-great-lake

smdh

Oh hey, grammarians, I need a quick refresher on helping verbs and the past perfect tense.

Plaintiff files a complaint against Defendant.
Defendant files a motion to dismiss part of the complaint.
Defendant must respond to the complaint, including the parts that it is trying to have dismissed.

Should the responses read: "Defendant filed a Motion to Dismiss" because it is a finite action that occurred in the past and is no longer occurring, or should the responses read "Defendant has filed a Motion to Dismiss" because filing of the motion to dismiss occurred prior to the Defendant responding to the complaint?

References:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/auxiliary.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfect.html

i don't see any past perfect in there...

has filed is present perfect

had filed is past perfect

chipublib redid their ebook site, i don't understand it

it was about that time for a new chilxor thread. i am exhausted and sore, but absolutely thrilled to be in the new house.

Congratulations!

Didn't know you moved! Congrats on that. I wish I could move.

congrats. i would like to have a house.

I think he's talking about the new thread guise.

i know you are wrong because i follow him on twitter/facebook

Love that Great Lake, a place notorious for making no concessions to the demands of its diners, declined to sign a new lease because its landlord would make no concessions to the demands of its tenant.

dangit xp

I like the new thread too, but yeah, we did move to a new house. I'm excited just to be able to set up my stereo system again and have all my music out of storage.

Great to hear. Still in E-town?

Yeah, just moved further east. Not too far from Howard and Ridge.

Ooooh that's an area I'm interested in. I walk/run through there ALL THE TIME.

So are you going with "filed" or "has filed"?

It's a cool area, there are a lot of older houses in that area that have pretty distinct architecture. Our house is from the early '20s, it has a lot of charm.

Filed

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130104/pilsen/tamale-perfume-pilsen-perfumer-says-yes

“In the ER, I was the person the surgeon would hand a piece of liver to,” she said.

Hello. I would like to program five radio stations into my radio here at work (I have six slots but I'm putting WFMT in one of them). I guess I'll probably put WBEZ in another, so four slots.

What are your favorite popular music (of all genres) radio stations?

i always scan from station to station when i'm in the car, but these are my approximate guesses

96.3 for top 40 hits usually
95.5 for Spanish language music, or there's another one at the top of the dial but I forget the number
97.something classic rock
92.3 (?) rap - i think? one is more r&b/rap and the other is usually just hip hop rap etc, the other is at the top of the dial
101.1 for 90s cheese after big format change but it gets REPETITIVE (still, they played Pony)

103.something is usually good too but i forget the number

also one of the stations seems to be mostly straight mexican music and the other is more pan-hispanic chart hits

My current radio presets are...

1: 91.5 (WBEZ) = NPR
2: 101.1 (I-101) = mostly '90s Top 40 (everything from Pearl Jam to TLC), with some CHR (contemporary hits radio) mixed in during the week
3: 93.1 (WXRT) = maybe the most consistently good radio station in Chicago; definite ROCK focus, but everything from classic to new indie, usually nothing terrible (tho sometimes a bit too NPR/Rolling Stone; like, you'll hear Led Zep but not Steve Miller Band); smart DJs, most of whom have been with the station forever, etc. etc. etc.
4: 88.7 (WLUW) = Loyola college station
5: 89.3 (WNUR) = Northwestern college station
(I don't listen to the above two that often; I mostly drive on the weekends, and their programming isn't that great during that time. But with college stations, you never know what you might randomly come across.)
6 : 96.3 (B96) = Rhythmic Top 40
7: 103.5 (KISS FM) = CHR
(Above two basically the same format, but B96 leans a little more hip-hop, KISS leans a little more straight-up pop)
8: 107.5 (WGCI) = urban contemporary (R&B/hip-hop)
9: 97.1 (The Drive) = classic rock
10: 100.3 (Rewind) = 70s-90s hits, generally of the pop/dance variety (Madonna, Human League, etc.)

In the past, we've had 101.9 (The Mix) ("Adult Top 40" = another shade whiter than B96 and KISS-FM) and 106.7 (formerly La Kalle) (Spanish-language) on the dial, too.

(Presets in my car, that is.)

And of the above, I listen most often to 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7.

as usual, you did a much better job than i did!!
i basically just go up and down the dial until i find something i want to hear so i don't really have any loyalties.

I think I might have brought this up before but WXRT always sort of mystifies me, like they'll play some decent stuff followed by a track by a band I have legit never ever heard of before, and it's completely bland crap, and then they say "they played a sold-out XRT show at (the vic/aragon/some other similar venue) last weekend" and I go "Who the fuck goes to these shows?" and change back to NPR. Usually this happens around pledge drive time.

Ha. Yes. WXPN is the WXRT of Philadelphia and they used to play it at an old job of mine and there were dizzying highs and gut wrenching lows, sometimes in the same hour.

Thank you, jaymc and LL. This is very helpful. Also LOL at "Rhythmic Top 40"

As opposed to all that top 40 music that is just a big heap of soggy pudding.

From downtown, if you're downtown, you might be able to get Triton College 88.9, which is the same kind of mix as WNUR and can be great.

I am downtown and I am very fond of college radio.

I just learned from L3sl13 that my undergrad alumni group meets at Timothy O'Toole's to watch our alma mater's football games. LOL.

3: 93.1 (WXRT) = maybe the most consistently good radio station in Chicago; definite ROCK focus, but everything from classic to new indie, usually nothing terrible (tho sometimes a bit too NPR/Rolling Stone; like, you'll hear Led Zep but not Steve Miller Band); smart DJs, most of whom have been with the station forever, etc. etc. etc.

I was back in Chicago over the holidays and I not that surprised to find out that XRT's core playlist hasn't changed in 25 years. John Hiatt! The Eurogliders! The BoDeans! Poi Dog Pondering!

*was not that surprised

OMG what is the deal with poi dog pondering?! for real, i don't get it.

First two records are really good, when they were legit Austin weird.