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

tbf she ran half and walked half & got her doc's approval

Didn't hear about the doc's approval part, I don't think that was in the original story I read.

I saw her at mile 23. She had a sign on her pregnant belly that said "Doctor Approved". I imagine she did that so people wouldn't think she was totally bat shit crazy.

Doctor was the name of her dog.

did it say "doctor approved" or "doctor-approved"?

I do not recall.

Or "Doctor My Eyes"? Maybe she was just a big Jackson Browne fan.

Maybe Jackson Browne got her pregnant.

Nah then she'd be running on empty.

oh man

A+++

This is very very silly, I must remark.

hahahahahaha

she's probably somebody's only light, runnin marathons right
a-hooooooooooooooooooo

Still. That kind of stunt shit annoys me.

45-minute xpost

yeah i don't really think she is actually runnin' marathons right tbh

Jesse, the thing you want me to show Lesbian is a broken image link.

oh hey also nick/jesse/anyone considering seeing CAVE with me: i bought my ticket so i am committed fyi
just seemed like the right thing to do, gotta get out while there are things i actually want to see, they are not expensive, and it's not 2 degrees outside

Jenny, this:

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrwd2lx4aA1r0o12to1_500.jpg

Jvc, do you know of a building material salvage yard somewhere in Chicago?

Mostly I want big sheets of mirror, but just as a resource and for browsing.

Insert "also" in there somewhere.

Mostly I want big sheets of also mirror but just as a resource and for browsing.

Jenny check your spam folder for my money to you.

The only one I really know of is Salvage One on Hubbard in West Town. I've never been there myself, but I've been told some gems can be found on occasion.

Oh my god I'm going to throw up. Thanks, Jon!

I'm definitely going to visit that place (maybe on a cheap beer + cheap mussels night at nearby Branch 27!), but I really want to find a straight up scrap heap store. Greensboro had all variety of those. My favorite was a place near downtown that was about an acre of parts of houses in various shacks, buildings, and just outdoors - it was like a car junkyard. I got some amazing shit there, dirt cheap, e.g., an enormous bellows that I used as a coffee table. Are enormous bellows a house part? Anyway, the ones I've seen in Chicago are fancier, like Salvage One.

I'm sure there are some of those, I'm just not sure where. I know there used to be a great one down in Champaign, where we would go get stuff for our studio models from time to time, but thats a hell of a hike.

Salvage One is indeed awesome, but it's more along the lines of Architectural Artifacts, if you've ever been there.

Je55e - maybe something like Murco Recycling? But that looks like more of an auction house/order site than a place you can go browse.

I've been to Architectural Artifacts before, didn't know Salvage One was that similar.

I have only walked by Architectural Artifacts.

An auction would be kind of awesome. My dad used to take me along to auctions in MN. (Looking back now, it's weird how many of them there were, all summer long, and even in the middle of winter.)

Murco is sort of the idea, but not an auction.

Oh - I just remembered there is a place on Halsted around all the galleries that sells, IIRC, furniture and fixtures from old hotels and offices.

What I want specifically now is about 60 square feet of mirror, preferably in large sheets, pref. w/ backing. New mirror is fine, but kind of expensive.

I put up what mirror I didn't break the other weekend on the back of my mid-century modern shelving unit to hide the bed, and the illusion of extra space is absolutely remarkable.

jesse are you building some kind of crazy love den?!

Please spread that rumor.

I'm just really into home improvement/nesting stuff.

It's this piece that I'm making mirror backing for. I'm using it as a room divider.

http://i.imgur.com/GxJLj.png

i am impressed
have you seen the rooms at the madonna inn? they inspire me but i am nowhere near motivated enough to make any of that sort of shit happen
i only hope to stay there someday for one or two nights, in different rooms naturally
http://www.madonnainn.com/features.php

This place looks cool, too http://www.urbanremainschicago.com/.

xp - Holy shit. It's like a much cooler Don Q. Inn.

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/11264585103/1/tumblr_lsqaegF55W1qdl0yz

I wrote one of those work-related e-mails that seems overlong, and then I send it, and then 90 minutes pass and I think it wasn't worth going into all the detail that I went into.

I was more conservative with my verb tenses than I was in the above sentence.

There are some of those Habitat for Humanity Restores out in the 'burbs.

Okay, best line break in a headline ever:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/8165211-418/republican-senators-vote-to-kill-obama-jobs-bill-tax-increase.html

And in case they ever change it...

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-y4s3ON_E1so/TpWO3w7ijyI/AAAAAAAAAhw/Q_SU670RZlY/s885/Republicans%2BVote%2Bto%2BKill%2BObama.jpg

In other news, I can look out of the window in next to the computer down into the bedroom of our neighbor, who has his bed pushed against the window, so I can pretty much look down at him sleeping.

Yup, confirmed. He's right there sleeping in not many clothes.

There is also a Blu-Ray box with a big picture of either Joey from Friends or Jason Priestly on it, and something that I fervently hope is a remote control and not a dildo. And something that might be a bottle of cream of tartar.

hi jenny, look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Fairy_Armadillo

stolen from john's former bandmate on facebook

LOOK AT IT

i did, and was unmoved
armadillos are modest creatures

but!

The pink fairy armadillo is approximately 90–115 mm (3.5-4.5 inches) long, excluding the tail, and is pale rose or pink in color. It has the ability to bury itself completely in a matter of seconds if frightened.

it's like a giant slug with feet and a face in a somewhat pinkish coat

sounds like my prom date

That's a weird li'l thing!

Nick's prom date, I mean.

these are the three most interesting creatures on the planet btw

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6160/6202706246_3b1f1e7ba3.jpg

I tried to look at the Wikipedia page at work for "pink fairy armadillo" at work but it's blocked as "adult content."