Chicago: Become Familiar with its Distinctive Neighborhoods

jenny, maybe they can be your "boot socks" since then nobody would ever see them?

who are the red hat ladies?

"big country" is one of david byrne's lyrical gems but i don't really get the melody of that song. i like the version of heaven from stop making sense with just david byrne, tina weymouth and one of the back up singers.

Oh, I will wear these socks. They are warm and comfortable. I will just look like a dipshit while I do it. But I am 35 now so I guess it's time to become resigned to holiday-specific clothing.

The Red Hat Society

surely it's this?

http://www.redhat.com/

Those old ladies who go out for hot tea and salads wearing red hats and purple clothes are Linux fanatics.

And succubi.

Ah yes, wasn't it Stephen Sondheim who coined the phrase "Ladies who Linux"? Such an archetype.

Advanced Word users:

Is it possible to consolidate text? I have a document that has a blank page between each page of text, which is super annoying. I would like to remove all line spaces larger than double-spaced. Possible?

Yes! But I can't remember how.

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This dress is hot shit:

http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/S2008RTW/AKLEIN/RUNWAY/00330m.jpg

I'm bored.

Find/replace three spaces with one space, repeat if nec, save a backup first.

Thanks, but I don't think that is going to entertain me for long.

Oh, I guess you were talking to Jesse.

Hahahaha

My bossman asked me to make a dinner reservation for him tonight (yeh, I know) at T@bl3 52. The lady on the phone said they were booked and to reserve 60-90 days in advance. Yowza.

Long lunch/party with some coworkers. I nursed a single beer for two hours, which is kinda disgusting, actually. But hey, I was too busy being funny!

Then I leave early, and meet up with some OTHER coworkers... oh, it will never end. Holidays!

I have decided to leave work early today.

I have decided I am going to hang a sign on the outside of my cube that says, "Go shit in your hat" to dissuade people from asking me stupid questions.

"go shit in your red hat"

When I Am An Old Woman I Will Shit Purple

ew

Because I shall gobble up three whole pounds of concord grapes in one sitting
And drink nothing but grape Kool-Aid
And other things to make the nurses aids crazy.

And drink nothing but grape Kool-Aid

Actually, I heard once that purple dyed foods turns your shit bright green. Which might be festive for the holidays and such.

Anyway, I came here for two more Chicago questions:

1) Good greasy spoon / interesting places for breakfast in the downtown area? I read about some place named Orange but I'm interested in others.

2) Is there a place where one could get, say, a bowl of mussles, french fries, and Belgian beers?

As for #2, why yes there is.

Courtney update:

They lost her luggage on a direct flight. In fact, they lost luggage for everyone on that aircraft.

IT IS JUST LIKE LOST, if people were luggage.

Joygoat that makes since. Brown die looks purple when you first add it to water, so maybe purple die looks green after you eat it and poop it out.

There are a lot of diner places downtown, but I don't know how many of them are all that remarkable. A lot of people like Lou Mitchells, which is on Jackson and Clinton (south west loop).

die?

YES DIE!

Dye, dye my darling.

Courtney update:

She is drunk.

I NEED ANOTHER COURTNEY UPDATE, PLEASE. IT'S BEEN SEVEN MINUTES ALREADY.

I actually got drunk at the Hopleaf a year ago after eating Korean food down the street. For some reason (perhaps being drunk) I missed the fact that they had food.

I am very excited about this.

Courtney update:

She is still in NC. No luggage, but a snoot-ful of hooch.

And a snatch-ful of snoot.

Shit, I meant snout.

At Jin Ju? I love that place. Yum.

I am making 7 layer dip.

exceed expectations, dan, make it 8!

i am in a day's inn in berea, kentucky. hi!

beans
avocado/lime juice
crema + taco seasoning
diced canned jalapenos
diced tomato
diced black olives
cheese
cilantro

8!

OK, I am now impressed by this ING Bank/Cafe at Wabash and Chestnut, with free internet and free NY Times and magazines for the cost of a cup of coffee. These folks do the library better than the library, other than the books part.

Is anyone doing anything that could include a lonely Christmas orphan like me?

I fell asleep on the train last night and it was awful. Then it got worse when I switched trains and some guy was loudly hacking up sputum and spitting it on the floor the whole ride.

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fatality

Anyone besides Jennifer at work today?

yep.

So get on here folks. Let's make this the merriest ILXmas Eve ever.