http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-teen-dies-after-early-morning-uptown-neighborhood-shooting-20120529,0,6503948.story
Good grief!
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 12:32 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, one more - http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-brown-red-purple-lines-shut-down-due-to-extraalarm-fire-20120529,0,328774.story
Not only did Roy's burn down, a Metra train killed somebody, and a fire near Rockwell muffed up Brown Line trains up thataway.
I'm glad to know I'm not the only weirdo who felt a bond with Roy's, though.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
Luckily, everything was copacetic for me when I left work at 8. Kr was stranded in Evanston for a while, though.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
The stabbing was on the 5000 block of N Clark and the only bar I'm aware of on that block is T's.
Man, Roy's was apparently an institution. I feel like I'm back in Wilkesboro the way people are eulogizing it. My barber said she sent a lot of her customers there and said how cheap and cluttered but nice it was.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
Whoa that's right by my work!
― game of crones (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
Oh shit, the shooting was at Laurie's Pizza. Huh.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
Both are right by your work and right by my old apartment.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
What is going on Chicago? Calm down with the shooting and stabbings, eh?
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
just get the fires and violence over by July 3.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man I'm going to be out of town when you visit. But don't worry Morbs, we'll be all calmed down and the Cubs will be in first place by the time you arrive. Wait, I don't even think that last part is mathematically possible even.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
None of this is my fault.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
The comments on the Trib's report of the fire are as sweet as anyone could hope for. Couple of folks said Chicago is like a "third world city" b/c of shit like the fire, train delays, and broken glass on the lakeshore path.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
This was funny though: Just rioting Cub fans celebrating a two-game winning streak.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
ok you guys, want to waste time making loops? http://www.sembeo.com/media/Matrix.swf
been having a lot of fun with this the past 15 min or so
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
oh god, that is super fun and amazing.
― deploying a sewer otter unit (askance johnson), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
1. Planes collided at O'Hare?
2. Is there a thread about that poor dude who ate that other poor dude's face? I'm interested in the drug angle and figure ILX could do a good job with that. (Also realized I'm really out of the loop, drugwise, when someone told me about "spice" and "bath salts" and I realized I had no idea what those things are.) (like, I had heard of bath salts but thought it was idiots actually ingesting bath additives, which is not the case?)
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
there's some discussion of the face-eating on the o_O 3 thread
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
I've seen that Matrix thing before. It's pretty fun. Everything sounds like Steve Reich.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
I'm interested in the drug angle and figure ILX could do a good job with that.
"plant food"
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
Thanking u both
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-747-cargo-plane-clips-commuter-plane-at-ohare-20120530,0,1105366.story
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
never forget "cheese"
― game of crones (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
kumail has a pretty classic bit about "cheese"
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 31 May 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1cvKcGVy6k
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 31 May 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
RIP Roy's
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-roys-furniture-neighborhood-20120531,0,5339640.story?track=rss
― carl agatha, Friday, 1 June 2012 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
Man, that sucks. I hope they re-open. I had no idea it was such a loved, deeply-rooted part of the community. I think I might have said it here before, but it's like being back in Wilkesboro where we had chains (North Kakalackites might remember Heilig-Meyer?), but people liked shopping from Danny C@dill's shop on Main Street.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Friday, 1 June 2012 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
Cute/annoying thing Eddie the cat did that maybe you pals will find funny like I do:
This morning when I woke up I rolled over onto something hard and sharp under my shoulder. Yesterday I made 2 copies of my 2 house keys and left them on a table with the cardboard backing still stuck on them. Eddie had dragged them all into the bed and laid them at the top of the bed near my head and torso.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Friday, 1 June 2012 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
I had no idea it was such a loved, deeply-rooted part of the community.
And I had literally never heard of it until the conflagration.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Friday, 1 June 2012 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
We got our bed and chest of drawers from there. And a chair.
― Jeff, Friday, 1 June 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
the word "conflagration" reminds me of bad religion
― game of crones (La Lechera), Friday, 1 June 2012 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
I finally got to use Illinois's new public domain legal citation format today! I am unreasonably excited about this! Although I can't find any reference for how to do short cites on subsequent citations, but that's okay.
Also, to celebrate the release of the newly HD remastered blu-ray of Star Trek: The Next Generation, they are showing two HD episodes in theaters in July.
Basically my dorkery is firing on all cylinders today.
― carl agatha, Friday, 1 June 2012 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
sarah and i are going to see stand-up (chelsea peretti) at the lincoln lodge tonight to celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 1 June 2012 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
Happy anniversary!
― carl agatha, Friday, 1 June 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
thanks, it's tomorrow
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 1 June 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
in other news, i was up with evie since 4 a.m. and i am very tired
Well tomorrow is Saturday and I will be busy and not on the internet much so you will get your anniversary benediction today and you will like it.
Tell that kid to sleep in later.
― carl agatha, Friday, 1 June 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
she usually sleeps til like 5:30 or 6 but we're trying to get her to go to bed without having a bottle and it's messing stuff up
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 1 June 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
went to a bday party at barrelhouse flat last nightordered the olive plate, it was FUCKING DELICIOUS and i ate about 1000 olives of many varietiesdrank 2 drinks (a bit much, but it was the last day of the month and the year for me) and failed to eat anything elseslepthave just started to feel partially normalstomach transplant pls
― game of crones (La Lechera), Friday, 1 June 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
happy anniversary jammerfamily!
I have drank hard liquor and eaten nothing but olives (during the martini phase in my late-mid-20s) many a time and it is almost never a good idea. I hope you feel better soon.
― carl agatha, Friday, 1 June 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know why i thought that was a good ideait really seemed very pleasant at the time
― game of crones (La Lechera), Friday, 1 June 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
Because you were drunk!
― carl agatha, Friday, 1 June 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
It doesn't sound as fun when you put it like that.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Friday, 1 June 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/mince-pie-the-real-american-pie/Content?oid=1267308
Maybe it's just because my family are mincemeat pie stalwarts, but this was really super interesting.
― carl agatha, Friday, 1 June 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
Mincemeat pie is the best thing.
Jammermen: happy anniversary.
Nick: I had a dream about you. You and I and many of our friends were visiting Baltimore, where we attended a punk/drag sort of event at a bar. You were putting up fliers everywhere and we needed to change clothes but there were no private places and the attendees ridiculed and shamed us and when I looked at myself, I noticed that our clothes were covered in piss and shit from the floor.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Friday, 1 June 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
If anyone has heard at least 50 of the nominated tracks, you should vote in this: review of nominations and VOTING for (very nebulously defined) ELECTRONIC DANCE TRACKS of the 00s
Deadline was yesterday, but I think it's being extended.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Saturday, 2 June 2012 11:24 (twelve years ago) link
Oh shoot, I hope so! I've been working on a ballot but not following the thread.
― carl agatha, Saturday, 2 June 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
I love to play my bongos in the morning.
― Jeff, Saturday, 2 June 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
It's a beautiful day and I am wearing shorts (jorts).
― carl agatha, Saturday, 2 June 2012 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
also you are not at the troom BONUS
― game of crones (La Lechera), Saturday, 2 June 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link