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

I don't understand. How can you not "get" bookmarks? They're bookmarks.

That's why I put "get" in quotes. I get what they're there for, I just don't find them particularly useful or compatible with the way I read the board.

I should have said, How can YOU not "get" bookmarks. You seem like the sort of ILX user who is involved in a wide variety of threads for the long term.

Nah, I mostly like to go where the conversation is.

i've missed you
i never realized how much i need to engage in idle daytime chitchat until i could chitchat no more

bookmarks are good when I want to see if posting in a thread gets any response, or when old threads I like get revived (mostly on ILF)
site new answers works but I don't care enough about most of the threads a la Jeff

key word: "idle"
not talking about work, not talking about problems or serious family shit or anything deep
just idle friendly wholesome american jibjab

I mean, sometimes I'll also revive threads -- such as "Baby names" or "Beer in the new era" or "This is the crossword puzzle thread" -- if I have something I want to share, but those are pretty easily searchable.

Fuck. They're definitely all gone. They really were a collection of value for me :(

I missed ILX too. I don't have any coworkers to chat with and while I can email friends and do FB, this place is like a water cooler where I can chit chat and sometimes jibjab.

Jesse, your bookmarks and your bookmarks alone were a sacrifice stet had to make to get ILX back. Thank you for your sacrifice.

http://www.texasdude.com/9-11-01/eagle_cry_bld.jpg

I really like that the eagle is crying blood.

It's a vampire eagle. Good bless America!

http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k497/animalsbeingdicks/animalsbeingdicks/abd-69.gif

Eat my toenails.

I didn't lose any bookmarks btw

Zing is being weird. My ILX was replaced with a replicant.

Xp - huh. I wonder what happened to mein bookmarken. Very strange.

In the Admin Log update thread, Stet says that a few things are going to be wonky. He didn't specifically say "Je55e's bookmarks" but it seems like the kind of thing that might get caught up in the problems he describes.

Oh wow it's worse than I thought! New bookmarks are disappearing. I don't see a pattern yet.

Oops that was an xp

Hello Chicago. Everybody in my life has been encouraging me to un-cancel my trip to your city. I guess I've seemed stressed and depressed lately.

I pledge two beers if you come.

And all the Malort you care to drink.

a whole half-ounce?

Fantastic! Come see us!

JOIN US
You should totally come
Can you imagine all of the foods you will eat?! Can you IMAGINE?!

Also you can
* go to the Green Mill
* see weirdo shows at other venues
* buy grocery items
* enjoy some sleet and punishingly strong winds

I have several hundred ilx bookmarks.

I love them all like they were my children.

The Shield is an excellent and often very upsetting show.

You watch a lot of shows, I've noticed.

You say a lot of words.

Jenny OTM

I have replaced about 30 of my precious bookmarks.

i love how we went straight to bickering

I'm not bickering! I don't think Jenny is, either. Dang, were you bickering?

Dan, not Dang....

shut up

j/k

why don't you use site new answers? it's the best!

Nick, were you being serious? The only reason I ever use Site New Answers or the links to any of the boards is if I don't feel like pressing F5. I've never really "gotten" the benefit of Site New Answers, and I'm being serious and not trying to zing jaymc or be sarcastic.

Also, congrats on your NPR fame. It's weird seeing the names "gr8080" and "n/a" on the greater internet.

Just a couple days ago I was wondering how I would come to directly hear any Loultallica or the pre-covers. It was like how I stayed ignorant of Spotify for months, waiting until it came to ME.

I was saying Jenny is OTM about the Shield

Dude dude a thing just happened that was really upsetting and I was amazed with the artistry of the show and the incredible acting and also so upset about the upsetting thing. We watched the next one in the hope of resolution and just more upsetting things happened! And no resolution!

But Claudette makes it all worth it.

http://messeriespreferees.unblog.fr/files/2008/11/a7claudette.jpg

there are a lot of things that you could be talking about but yeah

And rest assured that the last two seasons of The Shield will not let you down. Better ending than The Sopranos or The Wire.

I know! This is probably the fifth time I've been in this pickle and we're only on the third season.

Hearing about how awesome the ending is supposed to be is why I wanted to start watching it, actually. A series with a satisfying ending is so appealing. And it's a great show. Just tough emotionally sometimes.

For years I thought the relatively good cop was also the lead guy in Office Space.

Dutch? The detective?

Yeah yeah

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Dx_rvC6H5b0/Tmuz3Q5ZmEI/AAAAAAAAFWU/OcaroAHhxJc/s400/office-space-michael-bolton.jpg

vs

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0KRN69leV-Q/SSdcrVgZF1I/AAAAAAAAEfg/H7nRGViJTi4/s200/shield13-dutch2.jpg

Oh I see that, yeah.

The wind is ferocious tonight. It sounds beautiful though.

just took the littledog on a walk to the beach to check out the waves and they are angry
she got scared and started crying when the water splashed up onto the boardwalk, so i left
it's pretty beastly out there!