Chicago: Become Familiar with its Distinctive Neighborhoods

BEGONE

j/k

jaymc-- i know liz through the wedding website that she and sarah and i were all on. we met last xmas to have a champagne and cupcake tasting at my hotel.

jesse-- you could go to volo, especially on a monday (half price wine bottles), it's dim and cozy and not stupidly expensive.

A-ha! We went to high school together. Now I'm really bummed I can't make the party -- I haven't seen her in about a year and a half.

I had one of the best lunches of my life yesterday at a place that fits Jesse's description (actually, Napa and Sonoma Counties are full of places that fit Jesse's description). It's called Market and it's fancy at dinnertime but they have a lunch deal of soup/sandwich/treat that was so so so so delicious.

I think expensive restaurants with high-value relatively inexpensive lunches are the best thing, besides a good heart and empathy and stuff like that.

I made an awes sandwich for dinner the other night: Tofurkey, havarti, tomato, arugula, avocado, and hummus on wheat toast. Delicious.

(oh, and J, I did win that Scrabulous game -- I was thinking that I would be about 5 points short.)

So what would've happened if I'd played WET and you played GEL and we ended up tied at 345? Would I have been able to keep playing tiles?

The game ends goes on until either of us runs out of tiles, and whoever has tiles left has the remaining points subtracted from his score.

(cut 'ends')

Hmmm OK. At least I got a bingo, finally.

I think I'll stick to constructing crosswords, though, for linguistic kicks. A couple times in the games I've been playing in the last week (you, Kelsey, and Kenan) I've had the tiles to make hyphenated words like IN-LAWS or fun proper nouns, and of course neither of those are legal, but bullshit like AE is. Kind of dumb.

do you get the big fake turkey tofurkey, or is there like lunchmeat version as well? i've only had it once and would like to try it again.

the tofurkey deli slices are pretty good, better than the smartlife (?) ones. i bet that's what he's talking about

So I just had to make a short run to the store in what my computer tells me is ten degrees -- sorry, once more with proper emphasis, ten degrees -- and I promised I would have a new expletive when I got back. I came up with: "Colder than a dead man with his dick cut off." I do not know if this will catch on. For one thing, it doesn't make much sense. And yet, in an abstract way, it is powerfully evocative, and appropriately foul.

Jesus, it's cold.

colder than a witch's tit

I just caught a ride home from the bar that is 4 blocks from my house.

It's not really that cold though, the ride was just convenient (thx April).

I think Dan just called me a pussy. I think I shall be offended!

Kenan, if I was going to call you a pussy I would have said, "Kenan, you pussy".

I really just wanted to use the witch's tit line.

Surely a dead, dickless man is colder.

Especially if it's ten degrees outside.

Colder than a breast that's been suckled by Satan himself?

I think Satan is hott. And real.

I'm at Courtney's house. I don't want to go outside. The forecast calls for tits.

Sheeeeit. Tits was yesterday. This is way more... sloppy. Stay inside if you can.

morning, chicago! I am waking up with Paul Simon. :)

The problem is all inside your head, she said to me...

Oh man, you know what I'd love to hear right now? The old awful Kool Moe Dee track that heavily samples "50 Ways to Leave etc." and has a rap that is... ahem... inimitable. "I got 50 ways... ta getcha!"

I will settle for Big Daddy Kane. Actually, Kane is quite fine. Not at all awful. (But still kind of hilarious.)

TS:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf000/f045/f045904py8s.jpg

vs.

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf500/f543/f54389fpurw.jpg

Separated at birth:

http://www.bigdaddykane.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/big-daddy-kane.gif

http://www.hbo.com/thewire/img/castcrew/character_season04/stringer.jpg

haha totally

WHEN DOES SEASON 4 COME OUT ON DVD

couple-few days ago

oh hey this is fun:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/fluxion23/20071206_weather.png

like, it's in the mid... ones? How do you round that off? Kinda like there's no snappy shorthand for this decade.

trying agin...

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/fluxion23/20071206_weather.png

yeah came out on tues. they got like four or five of the sets at our video store, but all the disc 1s were checked out by the time we got there

oooooooooooooooooh it's time! right in time for the end of the semester!!!!

i am so excited but they will probably be all checked out :(

about three or four hours after the first episode of season fifve airs, I'm gonna be one torrent downloading mofo.

Sloppy? No. At 6 degrees, there is no slop.

In the Kelvin scale, 6 degrees is the temp at which all slop becomes still.

I am waking up with Paul Simon.

edie brickell pages through the phone book under "divorce lawyers"...

jordan, do you have yours?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2063/2091431774_ae09cba7fc_o.jpg

Dear guy who works in office next door,

Thank you ever so much for marrying a very talented and generous pastry chef.

Sincerely,
me

lol @ chanukah ham

do you get the big fake turkey tofurkey, or is there like lunchmeat version as well? i've only had it once and would like to try it again.

-- colette, Wednesday, December 5, 2007 7:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

the tofurkey deli slices are pretty good, better than the smartlife (?) ones. i bet that's what he's talking about

-- n/a, Wednesday, December 5, 2007 8:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

Yep, the deli slices. Way better than any other veggie deli slices, like Smartlife or Yves.

"boneless spiral ham" sounds like a skateboard trick

i love spiral cut ham. i can't get enough of it.

i will probably eat some ham in honor of chanukah

i got a "cold brew" coffee maker!

How is it different from a large mixing bowl, Jordan?

Just kidding, I googled it. But I am v v v unconvinced.

So that shooting at a certain department store? One of our clients was on the phone w/ someone at the store and heard the shots and the shit hitting the fan.

Uh, I don't know, I haven't opened the box yet. :> There may be no difference, will let you know.

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