Well, he did go to school there.
― jaymc, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
new hampshire has long been the sole red state in new england going back to at least the 60s. vermont still votes to secede from the union every year and has the only senator who isn't a democrat or republican.
xpost- i can't see him being the creepy older dude still hanging around hanover a decade after graduating either.
now would be the perfect time to be here (for leaf peeping purposes): http://photos.igougo.com/photos/journal_photos/aut2.jpg
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:24 (sixteen years ago) link
im 98% positive my sister's house is the one at the bottom of the picture. there's a 2% chance it's the one at 5 o'clock.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Seriously?
HEY, what is happenin' tonight, folks?
― KitCat, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:29 (sixteen years ago) link
i just did a google map search of her address, it's the white one at 3 o'clock. it used to be an inn until about 30 years ago. her and her husband got it for a song when the previous owner (an investment banker in nyc) had to liquidate all his assets after being convicted of embezzlement.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Nice!
― KitCat, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
sarah, in addition to the show at the mutiny (which probably wouldn't be your thing anyway) there's this:
Friday Oct 5th at Hideout
Tribute to The Fall!
* Plastic Crimewave Sound * Tight Phantomz * Fast Product * Sybris * The Thin Man * Grimble Grumble
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
i fucking love new hampshire, fwiw. politics schmolitics: it's still gorgeous.
― river wolf, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
green mountains > white mountains
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:34 (sixteen years ago) link
except mt. washington, that's badass.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh yeah. Nick told me about that HO show.
― KitCat, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I used to date a guy who went to Keene College.
― Jenny, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link
We're playing a show at ITT tonight. Btw, the band is staying together.
― jaymc, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link
reen mountains > white mountains
-- chicago kevin, Friday, October 5, 2007 6:34 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
^^^^^^^^ RONG
― river wolf, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:37 (sixteen years ago) link
white mountains have way more tourists than the green mountains.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
i went to grade school/middle school with a kid who spent a year at the top of mount washington while he was in intern for the noaa. local paper did a 3 part story about him and the conditions on the mountain in january. the pictures were otherworldly.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
they have to try to clear the ice off this stuff each day because there are days where they just can't go outside and the ice will be feet thick.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Observatory_tower_in_rime_with_blue_sky.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Mount_Washington_chained_building.jpg/800px-Mount_Washington_chained_building.jpg
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:47 (sixteen years ago) link
there's noooooowhere to camp in the green mtns
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Mount Washington holds the world record for directly measured surface wind speed, at 231 mph (372 km/h), recorded on the afternoon of April 12, 1934.
...
Mount Washington's record low of -47 °F (-44 °C) was recorded on January 29, 1934. On January 16, 2004, the summit weather observation registered a temperature of -43.6 °F and sustained winds of 87.5 mph, resulting in a wind chill value of -103 °F (-75 °C) at the mountain. [3] During a 71 hour stretch from around 3 p.m. on January 13 to around 2 p.m. on January 16, 2004, the wind chill on the summit never went above -50°F. [3] Snowstorms at the summit are routine in every month of the year, with snowfall averaging 645 cm (21 ft) per year.
badass.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
EXACTLY!!!! you gotta find your own place.
i mean, i like 'em both just fine.
never made it to the adirondacks, but i gather they're like the whites but w/o the crowds.
― river wolf, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
i just prefer not to be around people when i'm trying to get back to nature.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
The tech school, John?
― KitCat, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:02 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm amazed at these photos
http://www.stormchaser.ca/Snow_Blizzards/Mount_Washington_Climb/Mount_Washington_Climb_04.JPG http://www.stormchaser.ca/Snow_Blizzards/Mount_Washington_Climb/Mount_Washington_Climb_08.JPG
how do people ski this? http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~romorris/backpack/Tuckerman4.JPG
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Sorry, I meant IIT. Illinois Institute of Technology.
― jaymc, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Still a tech school, but not one advertised on TV.
― jaymc, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link
TUCKERMAN'S RAVINE :D
― river wolf, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:14 (sixteen years ago) link
fwiw tuckerman's is steep, but not THAT steep.
― river wolf, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.tetonat.com/Gallery/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2173&g2_serialNumber=2
^^^ STEEP
that picture makes me think i have to move away from chicago again
― river wolf, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
45 degrees is steep enough for me.
since there aren't any lifts it's gotta be a bitch hiking up there after each run.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Yesssss, finally the terrible European brass bands are doing terrible covers of Digd0wn songs! We have officially made it. http://www.myspace.com/carlosaxbrassband
― Jordan, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Jenny is doing her job interview right now. With the governor? I think that's what she said.
― Jesse, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh. Not the gov. himself, just one of his people.
i decided to make french toast for lunch and it was the best decision i've made in weeks.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
old people singing sonic youth
― Jordan, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
old people singing ramones
― Jordan, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I read Pitchfork/Fluxblog/WMFU, too.
― jaymc, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
WFMU.
Ouch.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
(Still pretty great, though.)
― jaymc, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost Jon! What is your e-mail?
I have a Sendspace linky-link for you.
Oh yeah, thanks.
jon 8 3 0 (at) yah00.com
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:31 (sixteen years ago) link
QUESTION: If the Cubs 'clinched it' last week, then why do they need to win the next three games to get in the playoffs??
― KitCat, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
the cubs are in the playoffs sarah. they need to win the next three to STAY in the playoffs.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link
best of 5 series and they're down 0-2.
I R DUMB. Thnx.
― KitCat, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Haha, I don't read those, I got it off the Bad Plus blog. :>
― Jordan, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
there is a very snippy contestant on jeopardy right now. alex was trying to ignore her but he just broke out one of his patented "ooooooooh..... i'm so sorry sarah, try to remember your phrasing ok? gooooood."
― chicago kevin, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I miss coming home from school and watching Jeopardy!. It's been on Ch. 7 at 3:30 for at least 15 years.
― jaymc, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:43 (sixteen years ago) link