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

That's great, congrats!

Surreal having him and a former interrogator be the two people to see a run of the show so far.

he was in my hood?!

That's super cool, Eric!

Wow, that is cool.

Dan, I love the IMing cat so much.

Jenny, read the fucking IMing cat.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu72opUiPE1qz9xg8.png

(That's the only illustration.)

http://louisvsrick.com/archive

when belush1 was giving you notes, did he preface every suggestion with "well, according to jim..."?

i kind of want to go to mcdonald's and get french fries

get yourself some fries then

when belush1 was giving you notes, did he preface every suggestion with "well, according to jim..."?

I actually spent far too long yesterday trying to come up with a similar joke.

Unlike his lovable-slob TV persona, he brought some really delicious takeout sandwiches from Bin 36.

la ti da

Yeah, fancy and tasty! We weren't in your hood, Amander--we were in no man's land near Damen and Grand.

itt Eazy hobnobs with celebrities and their tasty, decadent sandwiches

Celebrities: They're Just Like US!*

*with nicer sandwiches

does that mean that he showed up in sweatpants with no makeup on?

it is november 9, 2011
what?!?!

saw him a few years ago in this context

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiLdeCJVrNM

don't think he's been back lately, must be enamored with theater again now!

i was just targeted by facebook for an ad for this bed, and now i want one

http://floatingbed.com/images/uploads/IndoorTentFBed-400.jpg

That's weird.

I like your display name.

relevant to amanda's post: http://gizmodo.com/5857499/would-you-sleep-in-a-floating-tent-hanging-off-a-tree

looks like it defends against malaria mosquitoes

i guess i would do that if someone offered it to me for free
otherwise would rather have floating malaria bed in my home

Snow tonight. So not ready for this.

i'm trying to embrace the changing of the seasons

More like slush tonight. And not much of it, so I'm ok with that. No worse than rain, just requires an extra layer. And tomorrow will be clear and cold.

You know what sucks, though? When I check the high temp for the day and it's 58 so I wear a jacket that is appropriate for a high of 58 without looking to see whether the temperature is supposed to drop steeply so that by the time I leave work, it's in the 30s and I get to commute home in a light raincoat.

Snow tonight. So not ready for this.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, November 9, 2011 4:18 PM (5 hours ago)

FB friend agrees:

Nicole ******
Wow, it is really snowing! So not ready for this!!

She's in the Quad Cities.

My mean commute time has increased over the last month. Rain slows traffic, and any crappy weather packs buses to overflowing.

I'm really looking forward to real snow, though since I'll have a view from my apartment this winter.

Commutes are super awful right now because of that Lake Shore Drive construction, supposed to be over on the 18th though.

Speaking of which, have any of you been following this project? Supposedly they are creating some "movable barriers" at the median that can be pushed aside by big trucks to create escape routes during situations like last winter's blizzard. The thing I don't get is, how are they going to get trucks to these locations when both directions are clogged with blizzard traffic? It doesn't make sense to me. Its not like LSD has shoulders running often enough for vehicles to drive down.

I was wrong -- tomorrow will be clear and cold, but so will tonight. I just got back from the lakefront with my 20-pound stainless steel 40-year-old tripod that nothing but an earthquake can shake, trying to get some stars. The light pollution is horrible anywhere within 40 miles of here, but I went as far out onto the lake and shot as far out onto the horizon with as long an exposure as I could. I believe I actually took a seven minute exposure at one point; that must be a personal record.

If any of the photos turn out to be photos, I'll lett you know. If they don't, I'll chalk it up to the general physical fitness gained from lugging such ludicrous gear around.

but I went as far out onto the lake

Can I get a little more detail here, please? I mean are you wearing hipwaders or in a canoe or...

Levitation, duh.

kenan = jesus

or eddie money

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyqARK6FoDk

Someone update this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_claimed_to_be_Jesus

jenny you should know that the girl who makes music under the name of grouper grew up in a cult that practiced this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Way
speaking of cults, and your personal interests

Your owwwwn
personal
kenan

No idea what that means. Shall I be offended? I'm tempted to.

Oh, I didn't read the last ten posts. Nevermind.

I did not actually venture into the life-threateningly frigid waters of Lake Michigan, no. Just a pier. The pictures were all shit. I'm doing something wrong, but googling advice on taking photographs of stars always ends in "get a telescope, go to a mountain in Hawaii." Unhelpful.

Commutes are super awful right now because of that Lake Shore Drive construction, supposed to be over on the 18th though.

Speaking of which, have any of you been following this project? Supposedly they are creating some "movable barriers" at the median that can be pushed aside by big trucks to create escape routes during situations like last winter's blizzard. The thing I don't get is, how are they going to get trucks to these locations when both directions are clogged with blizzard traffic? It doesn't make sense to me. Its not like LSD has shoulders running often enough for vehicles to drive down.

Sarah Jendra with Navteq traffic has been reporting 1 hour from Hollywood to Balbo all week.

Jon, in Snowmageddon, only the northbound lanes were blocked.

Regardless, my first reaction was, the city will find a way to muff up a rescue.

I enjoy the stories behind the photos as much as the photos, K. Both are aces.

this is interesting:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sarah-jindra/5/941/145

I think I love her.

for you logan square-area people: advance base is playing at saki on sunday at 4 pm.

sorry

what happened?

reading about saki just makes me realize that I'm old, uncool, and out of the loop on music

Oops, what I meant to say was

Sarah Jendra with Navteq traffic has been reporting "Mmmnnnmmmone hour from Hollywood to Balbo all week." She always starts making noises before her mouth opens. Her voice box is ahead of her jaw.

i ended the discussion with my self-promotion.