Chicago: Become Familiar with its Distinctive Neighborhoods

Tausig had a couple of clunkers this week, too.

Frumpiness (out of shape) can be a cause of schleppiness (moving at a slow/dawdling pace), but they aren't the same thing.

Agreed, but the theme was pretty damn clever.

Yeah, I was about to object to ILLROMEO until I realized it was part of the theme.

I hated Kala at first, but its really grown on me lately.

I learned last night that "oh snap!" was coined by Biz Markie in "Just a Friend." I didn't know that. I was telling Kr that I associate it with kids on the bus in 7th grade. She thought it was a recent coinage. I was trying to figure out whether this had to do with the four-year age discrepancy or the fact that I went to school with black people.

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I learned last night that "oh snap!" was coined by Biz Markie in "Just a Friend."

support this statement with evidence. i bet he popularized it, but i doubt he made it up

You're probably right. I can't find it now, but whatever I was reading said that the "earliest recorded usage" was in "Just a Friend" -- but of course that doesn't mean that it wasn't already in use in schoolyards or whatnot.

I had a burrito for lunch that tasted like it had olives on it, but there were no olives on it. EXPLAIN ME.

The person that made it was playing with olives shortly before beginning your burrito?

"playing with"

you are not a super-taster

Gross. To the Jo(h)ns.

I am not a super-taster, that is true.

There's something wrong with Jenny's burrito...It's Olive

shoot first, play drums later

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74MvcFBLJdY

oh man, i'm fading. i feel like my heart is racing from all the caffeine i've had to keep me awake, but i still feel like i could fall asleep while at my desk.

i really wish we'd finished our cooking last night! i'm not fancying going home to cook stuffing for 6 people.

Wheeee! My reward for The Bad Thing I Did This Week?

I get a Christmas Bonus!!!!

yay, that's great news jesse!

great, i felt a little guilty being the only one to get a bonus!

I can really use this money. They are requiring me to use it to pay for the damages.

Not really.

Actually, my boss confided to me that I'm getting a bonus this year, too. Although she said she couldn't quite believe it herself and that I should check next week's pay stub to make sure it actually happened.

All right, time for glogg. Next time you hear from me, I'll probably be drunk.

Looks like 2 weeks pay!

I am pretty grateful considering that I've worked here such a short time.

Also I found out that one of the partners is petsitting my predecessor's pets, even taking them with her downstate.

And the cherry on top: We are closed Dec. 24, 25, 26, plus the 30th.

I mean 31st.

Sorry. I'll shut up?

Get yourself some Le Bec, Jesse.

We have half days on the 24th and the 31st (meaning I took a half day of vacation on the 24th, and another on the 26th).

The Dark Side of Being a Public Servant OR Things You Get that I Don't Get:

1. Christmas Eve off.
2. Christmas bonus.
3. New Year's Eve off.
4. Paid particularly well.

But then again, things I get that you don't get include:

1. Defined benefit pension.
2. The opportunity to work in a building that looks like a spaceship or maybe a shiny upside down toilet bowl.
3. The warm feeling of having done a good job for the tax payers.

but jenny, as a state employee you get some pretty bullshit days off.

do you get the county holidays off too? i suppose what i really want to know is DO YOU GET PULASKI DAY OFF??!?!?

do you get off for all those bullshit no-mail holidays, like presidents day?

that's federal so yes.

i guess you'll just have to gather your family together on presidents day, then.

All employees shall have time off, with full salary payment, on the day designated as a holiday
for the following:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Day
Lincoln's Birthday
Washington's Birthday
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans' Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
General Election Day
(on which Members of the House of Representatives are elected)
and any additional days proclaimed as holidays or non-working days by the Governor of the
State of Illinois or by the President of the United States.

It's a rip off, though, because Lincoln's bday and Washington's bday are all one holiday.

bummer, you only get one more day off than federal employees. in boston there are a SHITLOAD of bullshit suffolk county-only holidays mostly related to the war for independence.

BUMMERZ my 'stop making sense' dvd is mysteriously cracked (and also brown on one section). i am watching my wire (the band) dvd instead but it isn't the same

i am supposed to be packing but i am procrastinating

For some reason I read that as Lincoln's bbq and Washington's bbq.

(lol drunk at work)

There should totally be a bbq holiday.

Nick, did you get Stop Making Sense thru Netflixor? I have been trying since I started Netflix and it's been on back order (or whatever they call it) the whole time. This includes the time when I was getting Netflix from Baton Rouge.

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me is a v v good time, I recommend it highly.

This I Am Legend turned out to be very good (wasn't my idea to go). Mostly a one-character movie.

no i bought stop making sense a long time ago because it is awesome. i will probably have to buy it again

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me is a v v good time, I recommend it highly.

Always wanted to go to a taping.

i went with my work about a year ago, it was pretty fun. the guy who does the voice of elmo was the (phone-in) guest, it was pretty creepy how quickly he can switch from his voice to elmo's voice and back