i'll always have a soft spot for the j&m chain.
― chicago kevin, Thursday, 29 November 2007 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
ugh, jenny i'm there with you on the static hate. for the past month, pretty much anytime i touch ANYTHING or ANYONE, there's a huge shock. it's so annoying, and kind of embarrassing to meet someone, shake hands and have them recoil in pain. WTF is up with this? can i do anything about it?
jaymc, i'm printing your crosswords and saving them for jan-march when my bosses are gone for 2 months and i have no work to do at work...it's nice to have something fun to look forward to in that time!
― colette, Thursday, 29 November 2007 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
p.s. killing yourself inside marshall fields seems way more wrong to me than killing yourself in the thompson center. DEATH BY DRESS BARN!
― colette, Thursday, 29 November 2007 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
yay crossword
― Jordan, Thursday, 29 November 2007 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
WTF is up with this? can i do anything about it?
You need to be grounded.
― dan m, Thursday, 29 November 2007 21:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Go to your room.
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 November 2007 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
So it looks like the good Dr. and myself and hopefully a few other peeps will be hitting the Small Bar on Division tomorrow. I know it's probably gonna be really cold, but if anyone feels like coming out, the more the merrier. Last year on my bday I was at a bar trivia and we named ourselves the Stingies for that night, but when we surprisingly won a round the host (purposefully) called our name out as the Stingles (rhymes with Pringles), and continued for the rest of the night. Then all my friends started calling me Stingle for a little bit. I'm hoping tomorrow lives up to that.
― stingy, Thursday, 29 November 2007 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/archives/cushman/full/P04200.jpg
Proud negro lad poses fro his portrait at 1355 So. Morgan
― Jesse, Thursday, 29 November 2007 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
fro
racist
― dan m, Thursday, 29 November 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I should tell you that the typo is NOT mine.
― Jesse, Thursday, 29 November 2007 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, those negroes. Such a proud people. And so musical!
― kenan, Thursday, 29 November 2007 21:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Fro sho.
― Jesse, Thursday, 29 November 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
There was another one of "A pickaniny sitting on steps at ___"
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/archives/cushman/screen/P12901.jpg
Sorry if these are not as much fun for everyone as they are for me, but I think they're awesome.
The location here should be obvious - Block 37 is on the upper left.
― Jesse, Thursday, 29 November 2007 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Or whatever. It's where the TWA sign is.
― Jesse, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Ah, TWA. Such a different time.
― KitCat, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:09 (sixteen years ago) link
ok, if i type the date as 11/27/09 one more time i'm going to bounce my head off my desk.
― chicago kevin, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Will it still be connected to your body?
― KitCat, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:18 (sixteen years ago) link
boing-oing-oing-oing
― La Lechera, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I am a superball, throw me at the wall
― KitCat, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
i love photos like that, keep posting!
― colette, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
jaymc, this is a good-ass puzzle. i'll e-mail you when i'm done.
― Jordan, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:26 (sixteen years ago) link
more fun w/ deej's terrible job:
i am expected to work 9-5 on saturday and 9-9 (12 hrs) on monday!
― deej, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks, J-man.
What is Block 37, anyway? I run across that term every so often, mostly having to do with CTA construction. What does it mean?
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Wait, I just found a website called "Google" that can find me the answer to that question.
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:40 (sixteen years ago) link
tuomc
― deej, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Catch 35 Bin 36 Block 37
― dan m, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:43 (sixteen years ago) link
one of these things is not like the other, etc
I still can't find out why it is called "Block 37."
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Even though I now know that it's that construction zone across from Marshall Field's.
Wikipedia says it is one of the original 58 blocks of the city. So I'm guessing they refer to neighboring ones as 36, 38, and so on? No idea which way they're organized.
― dan m, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:58 (sixteen years ago) link
A-ha
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 November 2007 23:02 (sixteen years ago) link
My building is in Block 3.
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 November 2007 23:03 (sixteen years ago) link
OK that's really cool. I love that site.
― dan m, Thursday, 29 November 2007 23:07 (sixteen years ago) link
There's a book called "here's the deal" that is all about block 37.
― Eazy, Thursday, 29 November 2007 23:11 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=City+of+Chicago+School+District+299:+Walter+Payton+High+School&fb=1&cid=0,0,12641960498683027126&near=Chicago,+IL&cd=1&ie=UTF8&ll=41.90627,-87.633262&spn=0.008208,0.023518&z=16&om=1&layer=c&cbll=41.902076,-87.636161&cbp=1,130.21514470907914,,0
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 November 2007 23:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Counting down...
http://www.planet99.com/pix/10346_1.jpg
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 November 2007 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
(That's on Lincoln.)
http://oldtvguides.com/all_thumbs/medium_32-wfld~.jpg
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 November 2007 23:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Here's 31
― jaymc, Thursday, 29 November 2007 23:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Huh. I didn't know why it was called Block 37.
There is going to be a ton of retail, glass-front TV studio, condos, and hyperdupermega CTA station.
― Jesse, Friday, 30 November 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
29
― Jesse, Friday, 30 November 2007 00:03 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.kscakes.com/LolCats/Uploads/Saved/pink-floyd-has-determined-that-we-will-not-need-the-following-1-education-2-thought-control-3-dark-sarcasm-in-the-context-of-the-classroom.jpg
― Jesse, Friday, 30 November 2007 01:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Sorry it's such a mess, but I's has no Photshop skilz LOL
[quote="Jenny"]Morrissey wants to know why you're on your own tonight given that you are: 1. So funny. 2. So clever. 3. So very entertaining. 4. So very good looking.[/quote]
― Jesse, Friday, 30 November 2007 01:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Nice.
― Jesse, Friday, 30 November 2007 01:04 (sixteen years ago) link
30
― jaymc, Friday, 30 November 2007 04:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Oops, I meant 28.
― jaymc, Friday, 30 November 2007 04:01 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.planet99.com/pix/10277_1.jpg
― jaymc, Friday, 30 November 2007 04:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh btw, that Obama fundraiser we're playing next weekend? Headliners are Jeff Tweedy, Jill ("I Kissed a Girl") Sobule, and an acoustic set from ... Third Eye Blind. (It's now at the Riv, too.)
― jaymc, Friday, 30 November 2007 13:35 (sixteen years ago) link