Chicago: They paved a fetid swamp/and put up a parking lot

That helped.

Young David Gilmour is like Tiger Balm for rattled nerves.

In a parallel world, the State St. gunman would have been momentarily distracted by a shirtless man with a cathair chest and would have been wrestled to the ground before anything happened.

I like this idea.

Amanda, you are PRO chest hair, right? I hope you don't think any less of me b/c I am nearly chesthairless :-/

WmC, There is a chest hair thread, and I think it has pics. And it's summer, so the gay thread is accepting shirtless pics, str8s welcome.

Yes. And Je55e I think you should try to glue some cat hair to your chest as suggested because my opinion of you is sinking with each passing minute that you do not have chest hair.

I need a haircut.

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1983/ga831111.gif

hahahaha

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Yes. And Je55e I think you should try to glue some cat hair to your chest as suggested because my opinion of you is sinking with each passing minute that you do not have chest hair.

Hahahaha - I was taking a sip of iced coffee when I read the first part of this and I did a spit take. Back into the glass, fortunately.

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Oh wow!! Spilling coffee and chest hair!

I just saw Jeff while he was out running and I was reading a historic marker (on that gorgeous old apartment building on Diversey and Pine Grove). He sidled up next to me while I was reading and I thought, Ugh, this creep is either going to harass me or hit on me, but he's probably not a history buff.

Did he harass you or hit you?

Actually, he did harass me a little in that he made me feel weird for reading the plaque.

Sorry, you had it coming.

I ran 9 miles! Felt good.

"I read 9 plaques! Felt great!"

The ENT doc numbed my nose and my mind is confused bc it feels like I have $50 worth of lleyo (lol) stuck in my sinuses.

I don't care for this doctor - he makes statements instead of asking questions, like, "you are here today for vertigo," and I'm like, is this a true or false test? Because if so, false. I was here before for vertigo, but not today Then, "Oh. OK, you are here about your eustachian tube blockage. How has that been." Gah. I'm here bc of hearing distortion, you dildong!

The audiologist is very young and cute, but in an unnerving way. He looks like he just rolled out of bed at his frat house.

that is unnerving

This guy on my bus needs an ENT! He keeps rhythmically sniffling (sniff sniff sniff, loud exhale) and it's making me Irrationally Angry.

The other doctor was much better an he is helping me get insurance to cover a snoring procedure that they wouldn't previously cover bc, while I did stop breathing in my sleep study, it wasn't often enough for them to pay for a procedure or surgery.

I'll have to do another sleep study, but this time at the Crowne Plaza hotel instead of a lab!

I saw a new doctor a week ago -- because my usual one is on vacation -- and I was somewhat disconcerted by her manner. Halfway through the appointment, she took a personal phone call. Didn't leave the room or anything, just sat there going "Artie! Artie! No, we discussed this! I've already paid more than $1000 in fines. No, I understand. Look." etc., while I stared at my shoes for five minutes. She then apologized to me and started to tell me about how her husband has been very ill and there are problems with a tenant in a property they own. I wasn't sure how I was supposed to react to that.

Also, she asked me where I worked so she could input it. I told her and she chuckled to herself. I said, "Yeah, I guess it's an interesting job." She said, "No, how do you even spell that?"

Alert: if she has a hospital affiliation (like if she's part of an Advocate-brand practice) I would complain about the personal call to the parent company about the personal call because that is not okay.

Agreed!

About the personal call about the personal call.

blimey jaymc.
so much changes within 12 short monhs,
while there are people who b*tch long-n-hard re the uk-based NHS, i have yet to experience such crap (plenty of opportunities ! fuck cancer)
hang on in there gorgeous ..

mark e- are you back in chicago?!
that was a weird* but fun fap

*haven't been to that place since, not sure i had ever been there before?

no. i. am. not in chicago.

life is now very different. company i work for are against the wall meaning i will never be able to return under current vibes.

however, that was a wonderful, wonderful evening.

i love chicago.

i genuinely hope to be able to take my wife there sometime .. as its my fave place on earth beyond the perimeters of my uk outback ! )

the weather right now is so perfect

rub. it . in.

i hope to take my wife (myself) to the UK outback!

it is beautiful here, though, that's true

it cannot denied, life in the english outback is pretty damn fine.

la lech : should u ever find yourself in these quarters, then by all means hit the relevant options via ILX.

spare room etc ..

La Lech!

i have mixed feelings about this moniker
no mixed feelings about the english outback: i would like to visit it

I need to try lechera and black tea, hong kong style

it's good in coffee!

We're watching The Shield and Walton Goggins is so gross looking. It's like he's got four too many teeth and they are all the same size. I really hope his character dies.

if they are his real teeth, at least they're real
i have a seriously hard time watching actors with fake teeth, esp when i know their real teeth

http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Premiere+FX+Networks+Sony+Pictures+Television+f8rk2qsP_k6l.jpg

Arrrrrrggghhhhh that is a nightmare face. He's creepier than Don Rickles.

horrible fake teeth!!

Which season are you on, Jenny?

One. We're at episode 9/13. I was kind of on the fence about it until this episode, actually, but now I'm pretty into it. As long as Gogginsteeth doesn't drive me too crazy.

Is this the first season or later? It's a show that really pays off in the final season, doesn't peter out at all.

Oh lord, his wife killed herself in 2004. I'm sorry, Goggins. I no longer begrudge you your smile.

xp first season. I think we'll stick with it!

hey you guys fyi i'm not comin labor day weekend after all, but will keep u posted when i do come viz

huh i have no memory of goggins being in the wire but we just watched the first episode of justified and he's the main bad guy, a pretty creepy neonazi dude

The Shield, not the Wire. Get your critically acclaimed police procedurals straight!

Hoos, I'm sorry to hear that but I look forward to meeting you in the future.

I think he's Emmy-nominated for Justified.

oh weird, i read that whole section of conversation a couple of times but my brain turned "the shield" into "the wire." i would like to watch "the shield" sometime but i doubt sarah would be into it, especially because there are so many seasons. i only got her to try "justified" because timothy olyphant is in it.

Only 13 eps a season, though.

There's a 20-something guy w/ scars from eyebrow and lip piercings on my bus wearing a very oversized but clean and nice looking suit, sweating terribly, tugging at his collar. He just groaned, "ungh, it's hot out."

Oh man we had a real humdinger on the train this morning. Tall black man with a very gruff, very loud voice came on at Fullerton and immediately started harassing women on the train (hey baby, how about some sugar, and my fave: I LIKE FEMALES!!! I LIKE FEMALES!!!). The train was crowded and he was standing in the middle of the cat. Purple Line riders stepped up and told him to cut it out at which point he started yelling I AM ASLEEP! WHITE PEOPLE COME ON THIS TRAIN RAISING HELL WHILE I'M TRYING TO SLEEP! YOU WOKE ME UP! Then he started telling the white men ALL YOU WHITE BOYS WORK FOR ME.

He got off at Merchandise Mart so he probably works at Luxe Home.