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

that's a very flattering picture of malachai

I know! I actually had some Rupert Grint-esque thoughts for a second there.

that farmer-with-suspenders and long hair look is agl in general
he has pretty hair too

The Children of the Corn society started in a maze with no end.

EZ, the would be pretty funny. Someone write an example of the copy (I would try but I'm too lazy right now).

http://www.suntimes.com/news/7587416-417/car-crashes-through-house-killing-man-exposing-marijuana-operation.html

This is making me really sad!

Damn, who knew that a Mercury Grand Marquis had that kind of power. It took out a phone pole, two exterior walls, and an interior wall. Jeez.

I know! Also, how much would it suck to come from the hospital where your roommate died from injuries sustained in the king of freak accidents only to be arrested because the old lady exposed your drug dealing endeavors when she drove a car through your house. I mean god!

I've had two beers after not drinking for a couple of weeks and I'm tipsy! In a really sappy way! Like, I want to hug the internet!

Aww. You should. Be careful not to get electrocuted.

You know, I wonder why it was necessary to "look for other victims" in a locked bathroom?

I am batman.

Growing marijuana is tremendously fragrant, which is probably what led them to go into that room. Is that a legitimate reason to search the room, I wonder?

Smelling pot? Yeah, that would give them probably cause to look in the bathroom.

Ha probable

That's right up there with "totaling" and "totally" on my list of common typos.

"Authorities" need to be less nosy.

Fuck da authorities.

we're back from michigan. jody and david are married. we also went to an "arts and apples" festival and sarah complained at the information desk because we saw no evidence of apples.

we also ate lunch in kalamazoo at a very nice restaurant with a dumb name ("food dance") and sarah was also disappointed there because although they said they serve breakfast until 4 p.m., they stop serving "griddle items" (pancakes and french toast) at 11 a.m.

sarah did not spend our entire weekend complaining fyi

Wow, did Sarah do anything other than complain this weekend?

we also ate lunch in kalamazoo at a very nice restaurant with a dumb name ("food dance")

Have had a handful of enjoyable meals there -- it's totally the "nice restaurant" where you take your parents when they visit you at college.

Food Dance reminds me of this video, which I just saw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_TGMO0WHZ8&feature=player_embedded

Why was the place called Arts 'n' Apples if there were no apples?

so people really, really like football, huh?

I used to. A lot.

What happened?

Moved to Chicago making it difficult to watch Panthers games. And without watching, the excitement waned.

Jeff - the NFL.com site has a Game Rewind package for 40 bux - https://gamerewind.nfl.com/nflgr/secure/packages - for out of town football fans who don't mind watching a game the next day - it's a good deal. My girlfriend is a Packer fan, and I got it for her and set up her laptop / itouch with cables to her tv to watch on it. It's pretty cool - you can go right to the good plays and no commercials.

Why was the place called Arts 'n' Apples if there were no apples?

The slightly buxom waitresses, perhaps?

I went ot that Food Dance (when I tagged along with 'nasta to Kzoo a few years ago) and liked it a lot. Liked that whole town a lot.

Didn't want to miss Jody's wedding, but got lots of stuff done here, so it was good to stay.

This week is going to be ... kind of crazy.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4DkH44Sbpwg/S_AgeZhsSEI/AAAAAAAAAIs/X_Xtfc-VO9k/s1600/Old_Men-on-bench.jpg

"Why is it called Hooters if there aren't any owls?"

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Excited for you, J!

Waiting for Godot or A Walk in the Woods?

I'm betting it's I'm Not Rappaport, but I did a GIS for two old men on a park bench.

i like (american) football.

the lady at the info desk said there was some orchard sponsoring the event, and supposedly each food area had a stand selling apple-themed dishes, but i didn't see any. we did watch some middle- and high-schoolers do hip-hop dance routines.

a new development I can see a few (ok, two + an SO) chilxors being interested in: I now produce the L|br@ry Qu@rt3rly

hook me up bro

ummm I have some back issues

maybe you should go to a chiropractor

bazing

wait is that librarian humor? might merit an article

I'm imagining a Reader's Digest feature: "Humor from the Stacks"

(Or "Laughs from the Stacks" if you're feeling assonant.)

it'd be more interesting than the article I'm currently posting, which takes the time to define "Library employee" as "Any library staff member or volunteer."

heavy stuff there

Haha, library literature is the worst. but congrats on the new gig!

not really a new gig, just more responsibility with no more pay! :D america!

Dan M - I don't know ya at all - but congratulations on your new gig. On the library topic - my Sis is a special collections librarian at a California state university - she has found a mold outbreak in special collections and her uncaring manager/facilities coordinator/department head folks told her she needs to take her job less seriously. She's seriously devastated at the insensitivity on such a serious matter for a library - perhaps Libr@ry Qu@rt3rly can do a write-up on stupid university facilities policies and dumb Libr@ry management ... grrr ...

unfortunately I have zero influence over what appears in the publication... well, I could very heavily influence something not making it into print, but then I would be fired

have you guys ever seen the dudes who put on performances for the el commuters from the top of the steppenwolf parking garage during the afternoon rush hour?

i found a dumb news story about it: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/special_report/chicago-cta-train-riders-performers-el-brown-line-steppenwolf-theater-improv-garage-roof-20101103

anyways i think it's delightful. i actually talked to a stranger on the el the last time i saw it, we listed the various performances we had seen

This place in NYC looks neat:

http://www.libraryhotel.com/

Books arranged by Dewey Decimal.

I've seen them stand there and wave but I don't know if I've see a performance. Unless standing and waving is the performance?

I am pro-whateveritis. Anything to make my commute more interesting.

I've never seen that. It sounds cool. Probably can't see it from the Halsted bus.