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

Oh well, then all the better.

Is there some astrological significance to this period of time?

You started the job on the 30th anniversary of Elvis's death, and the m3rg3r happened two days after Madonna's 50th birthday.

Well, they are both stars, but I'm pretty sure that's not how astrology works.

Oh, I did try smashing it with a hammer, believe me. If anyone else wants to try your luck, you're welcome to come over.

btw I'm concerned they're going to prosecute you for damaging their property

I accept your smashy challenge.

congratulations to you jesse

i guess let's skip pub quiz tonight, i'm tired now and kind of just want to get my groceries and then lay on the couch for four hours

Have any of you eaten at Roti? It's good! We should all meet for lunch there.

I have decided I like CVS better than Walgreens. CVS doesn't lock up everything (my coworker says she buys deodorant in the suburbs because it's unlocked and doesn't have security stickers all over it) and they will put your embarrassing purchases in a paper bag whereas Walgreens is like DO YOU WANT A BAG FOR THE VAGISIL OR WILL YOU BE PROUDLY CARRYING IT FROM THE STORE?

The thing is, Walgreens will always dominate here b/c it's based locally. I don't have anything against them, but last night I noticed for the first time how comprehensive CVS offerings had become.

Walgreens has my bank's ATMs, so I appreciate their ubiquity. But god damn unlock the fucking feminine hygiene products so I don't have to ring for the surly 16-year-old kid to come open a cabinet and hand me my lady business.

Then it's like "Stick with me, kid. I need some Immodium, clinical strength Secret, Preparation H, and a box of them Adkins bars."

The thing is, Walgreens will always dominate here b/c it's based locally.

Huh, I feel like I see just as many CVSes these days.

btw I'm concerned they're going to prosecute you for damaging their property

This thing is so durable you can't even tell I tried.

try rolling your car over it very slowly, just until it cracks

alternative: hacksaw

That's pretty amazing that it was that durable.

Jennifer, the Greektown Walgreen's that we discussed has a no-name ATM, not a Chase. Weird, eh?

Use a screwdriver as a chisel. My nisel.

try rolling your car over it very slowly, just until it cracks

That's not a bad idea.

You might break the razors.

Does anyone want to go see one of the following with me tonight?

- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Transformers
- Tree of Life

y/n?

(y)

CVS also has those CVS-card discounts all the time, which can be pretty substantial.

J, J-Lo might be up for Tree of Life.

I don't have J-Lop's phone numero for some razºn (oops - wrong alt code). Can you ask her for me?

She's on FB and I don't have my phone on me!

J-Lo shot me down *hard.*

Really? Tersely?

No, I'm f-f-f-foolin'. She has other plans.

Ah, ah

f-f-f-foolin'

Just like that, deadly ear worm.

^^^ damn you

God the lyrics to that song are stupid.

Don't get me wrong. I'll be all over Pyromania via Spotify as soon as I get home.

You're bringin' on the earrrrrworm (Yeahhhhh yeahhhhh yeahhh)

now my brane is doing a mashup. not v well, rly.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/08/17/so-many-flies-at-burger-king-inspectors-wouldnt-open-mouths/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=wbbmnewsradio

lovely

This reminds me of a friend of a friend that worked for Wendy's back in the late 80s/early nineties - she found a Frosty machine just filled with maggots.

In around the same 'hood.

I had about ten minutes to grab a quick lunch between meetings a few weeks ago so I went to the Subway near my office on Wabash. As I'm sitting there eating my sandwich in the middle of the crowded lunch-hour rush, three cockroaches climbed up the wall right next to my table as if they ran the place.

are you guys trying to make me throw up or

No, just warning you all off of the Subway on Wabash. But I'm guessing most of you have better sense to avoid Subways like the plague anyway.

dense BK flies/maggot frosty/roach sandwiches just almost put me over the edge
also i feel violated because i have two mosquito bites on my fucking forehead
my forehead!

how uncivilized

Badge of a Midwestern summer!

Sorry to gross u out mander, thought of linking to that with a less explicit URL name.

so many blackfly bites last week, big raw ones on my ankles :P

Lolllll someone in the comments of the BK article blames it on Obama's socialist politics.

We've got roaches in the bathroom at work. I was surprised in a bad way once (happened to glance over my shoulder and found myself eye level with a roach). Now I check behind/under the toilets as a matter of course before getting down to business.

Sigh.

Also, eating at Subway makes me feel sad.

I like the sadness; it's like airport sadness.

It's like eating lukewarm substandard coldcuts with someone's breath all over them sadness

then again, on a roadtrip it's usually the best option

It's like giving someone my money and getting a tasteless, watery pile of vaguely food flavored cellulose on a gummy roll in exchange sad.

tasteless watery vaguely food flavored cellulose otm
it is also the best option next to maggot frosties and mouthfuls of flies
that is not a kind of sad that i can really get behind

ie it is distinctly unromantic