Chicago: home of the President of the United fucking States

I also heard that Blago used his influence to look at private files at the Trib, and used that information to get someone fired.

i want an iphone just so i can sync up my computer's calendars and address book really easily.

"Blagojevich also allegedly spent significant time weighing the option of appointing himself to the open Senate seat " LOL

Sarah/Nick - I have been researching iPhone v. G1 and it's a draw. The monthly plans are pretty much the same (within a couple of dollars) and the G1 is only slightly cheaper. The nice thing about the G1 is the actualy qwerty keyboard and the GPS. These are the things that are making me lean toward it.

But the iPhone's interface (esp the pinch and unpinch) is slightly nicer and you can use it as a remote for iTunes on your computer.

g1 is still a little new, i'd say. i'd wait for it to mature, personally

Since you have a Mac, I think you should get an iPhone. Google phones are amazing, I am not being a fan girl, but the iPhone to Mac relationship is totally true love.

Yeh, that's another thing. But for being so new, it has been getting some pretty good reviews.

The good news (for me) is that my current conract doesn't expire for 9 more months, so there is a chance that there will be a new generation of G1s.

xp

The GPS is pretty sweet though...

He was considering running for President in 2016?!

I'm too biased against cable to make a recommendation on that. If Jeff was not interested in sports, I think we could very easily ditch cable in favor of TV on the Internet. I mean, shit, our computer monitor is nicer than our TV, picture wise.

G1 iPhones have GPS, don't they?

G1?

"G1 iPhones?" I meant.

From The Trib:

90. Later on November 3, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH spoke with Advisor A.
By this time, media reports indicated that Senate Candidate 1, an advisor to the Presidentelect,
was interested in the Senate seat if it became vacant, and was likely to be supported by
the President-elect. During the call, ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated, "unless I get something
real good for [Senate Candidate 1], shit, I'll just send myself, you know what I'm saying."
ROD BLAGOJEVICH later stated, "I'm going to keep this Senate option for me a real
possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain. You hear what I'm saying.
And if I don't get what I want and I'm not satisfied with it, then I'll just take the Senate seat
myself." Later, ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated that the Senate seat "is a fucking valuable
thing, you just don't give it away for nothing."

Jeff's commentary: "ha ha he's screwed"

Errr G3, I guess. The new one that is not the one Jeff and I have but the one that came after.

He added, leaning close to the mic, "I am attempting something illegal, is that clear? I am committing a felony right now."

xp

You're right. 3G iPhone has GPS. Hmmm. This will give me more to think about over the next 9 months.

When is the big Mac convention where they release new crazy crap?

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1321300,rod-blagojevich-illinois-governor-custody-120908.article

what an idiot! this is all the fun i miss when i move west.

illinois is probably the only state that can't laugh at cali's governor

He added, leaning close to the mic, "I am attempting something illegal, is that clear? I am committing a felony right now."

LOL That was so funny, I actually emailed it to my mother.

Also from the Trib (their caps):

ROD BLAGOJEVICH agreed it was unlikely that the President-elect would name him Secretary of Health and Human Services or give him an ambassadorship because of all of the negative publicity.

ROD BLAGOJEVICH said that the consultants (Advisor B and another consultant are believed to be on the call at that time) are telling him that he has to "suck it up" for two years and do nothing and give this "motherfucker [the President-elect] his senator. Fuck him. For nothing? Fuck him." ROD BLAGOJEVICH states that he will put "[Senate Candidate 4]" in the Senate "before just give fucking [Senate Candidate 1] a fucking Senate seat and I don't get anything." (Senate Candidate 4 is a Deputy Governor of the State of Illinois).

Later in the conversation, ROD BLAGOJEVICH said he knows that the President-elect wants Senate Candidate 1 for the Senate seat but "they're not willing to give me anything except appreciation. Fuck them."

For some reason, him calling Obama a "motherfucker" is the part that is giving me the vapors.

Oh wait, those are quotes from the full criminal complaint - http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/acrobat/2008-12/43789434.pdf

http://www.cinemaisdope.com/news/films/sonatine/sonatine-kitano.jpg

The Union representing workers occupying Republic Windows requests that all supporters come to workers aid ASAP.
The press has left the plant to cover the Governor's arrest.
The cars parked on the street of the plant have all been towed during the night.
A plant raid may be imminent.
All hands are needed at the factory located at 1350 N. Hickory!
In solidarity,
Tim Bell

Tim Bell
Executive Director
Chicago Workers' Collaborative
Tel: 773-230-0351, Fax: 773-542-5069
77 W. Washington, Suite 1402
Chicago, IL 60602

The numbered paragraphs and capital letters should have given it away, but what the hell do I know? I'm no lawyer.

xp Hey, I know that dude.

Some reasons I sometimes want more than network tv:
* Battlestar
* HBO
* Comedy Central
* TLC

So, I just had 99 friends on Facebook this morning, and now I only have 98. That means that in the past couple of hours someone decide to unfriend me. So sad.

sometimes i see that and i spend an inordinate amount of time wondering who it was and i never figure it out, which means something i guess.

Oh weird, I have never noticed such a thing, but I'm sure it's happened. Well, Sarah, it wasn't me.

Battlestar is definitely a key draw, and the reason why we have the cable package we have now, but it will be over soon. (SOB) Most of the other stuff you can get on iTunes or the network website, can't you? Just not contemporaneously to its air date, but with the DVR we never watch anything at its regular air time.

I probably just sent out one too many Word Twist game requests to someone. ha ha

WOAH. I figured out who unfriended me, just an ex-coworker. Well, screw 'em.

tv and phones are lame

Mostly, I've been wanting bustracker lately.

we can watch lots of tv on our computer but we just have a laptop so the screen is small. plus we just got that big new fancy tv. we can hook up the laptop to the tv if i get the necessary cable but it never looks that great, just looks digitized and weird

Ahhhh that makes sense - I forgot you had a laptop and a fancy TV. Well, I will offer this: DVR is pretty awesome and satellite breaks when the weather is bad. Alternative, we can trade TVs.

SARAH - bus tracker changed my life.

Oh, hte other thing: G1 is on TMobile, which has the Fave 5 thing, so you can get unlimited calls to your F5.

And b/c of this, you can get a smaller minute plan.

lol Blago. God bless Illinois.

I probably just sent out one too many Word Twist game requests to someone. ha ha

If it was me, don't worry -- I always play them, but usually only on the weekend or late at night.

AT&T you get free calls to other AT&T users.

I suck at Word Twist. I miss faux-Scrabble!

i emailed ben and max trying to recruit them to our pub quiz team

Still, Dan, it might not hurt to read up on the Simpsons Christmas episodes.

I'm on this.

Something key to remember about the first Christmas ep? -- Several of the scenes were laid out by Eric Stefani, brother of Gwen Stefani.

Also, on AT&T you get roll-over minutes. It really is a draw. It comes down to details.

I miss faux-Scrabble!

There's real Scrabble, and there's Wordscraper, which is from the makers of faux-Scrabble and is v. similar.

speaking of which, sarah you need to play your turns on our scrabble games

I'm on this.

I keep thinking it probably won't be Simpsons-related, that it's just an amusing anagrammatic coincidence, but then I think of how there's a Simpsons question in General Knowledge every fucking week.

Press conference is on live on the radio and TV right now.

yeah, dude is a big simpsons geek, i think your guess might be right

I know, Nick. I'm on it. I was waiting for a family member to stop by first and to find out if the boss would be in (he won't). I managed to get scolded for something over the phone. I fedexed a package to him he requested and stuck in another fedex he'd just received which was related to the rest of the stuff and required his sig's, but it turns out it was supposed to be reviewed by someone else in the office first. Fun!