N/A I want to see The Comedy w/ you next week. SOLID PLANS.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Monday, 19 November 2012 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
Malort:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303296604577454872180605752.html
― cruel silver of hope (Eazy), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
Saw that this morning. Further confirmation that Malort has jumped the shark.
― dansplaining (dan m), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
Ms. Gabelick seems a bit baffled by the interest in Malört, which was a hobby for her boss, George Brode, a Chicago lawyer who left the company and its one product to her when he died in 1999.
"All my life I wish George had made a product I could drink," she says.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
That article is actually really sweet. Ms. Gabelick is a treasure.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not sure that was ever a shark for Malort to jump. It's all very hilarious to me.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.riotfest.org/riot-fest-chicago-2013-early-bird-holiday-sale/
― Jeff, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:33 (eleven years ago) link
Hopefully they'll use that early $ to get some better acts.
― dansplaining (dan m), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
Tammy Duckworth is on our flight to DC.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
!!!! that's so cool!! get a pic with the little one!
― passion it person (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder how many famous people I've been around and not recognized. I would definitely have not recognized Cary Elwes or David Faustino or Barry Williams if other people hadn't pointed them out to me. Hoping I recognize Henry Rollins if I'm ever in his company, though for his sake it'll be better if I don't.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
Haha what problem do you have with Henry Rollins?
― dansplaining (dan m), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
Did he LIE to you? Because he's a LIAR, yeah.
― dansplaining (dan m), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
NO! I love him! I don't think he could handle it!
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
First I imagined Jesse and Henry circling each other angrily like a puffed up cat (Jesse) and a bull dog (Henry) and now I'm imagining Jesse climbing Henry like a monkey climbing a very solid, thick-necked tree.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
Not surprisingly, my first reaction to this is "who hasn't wanted to climb someone (not specifically HR) like a tree?!"
― passion it person (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
Henry Rollins seems like a dick, tbh.
― Jake Roo (jaymc), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
He seems unpleasant.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
I'm sure he's a peach.
― dansplaining (dan m), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 23:48 (eleven years ago) link
Oh? Seiuuksky? <-- That spells "seriously"
My love is not physical - I'm not that not that into muscle studs - but based on his other attributes. I admit I am swayed by his vocal support of us gays, which is esp. nice b/c it's not all about marriage like so much recent support.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Thursday, 22 November 2012 06:38 (eleven years ago) link
"Sleeping i the Devil's Bed" was a staple of my midnight-to-? college radio show.
― cruel silver of hope (Eazy), Thursday, 22 November 2012 06:51 (eleven years ago) link
Errrrr, that post was for the Until The End of the World ILM thread.
― cruel silver of hope (Eazy), Thursday, 22 November 2012 07:28 (eleven years ago) link
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARL!!
― passion it person (La Lechera), Thursday, 22 November 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
Is it? Happy Birthday!
― cruel silver of hope (Eazy), Thursday, 22 November 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
Happy birthday Carl!! And happy thanksgiving from northern New England. We're watchin the parade, it's pretty awesome.
― doctor, doctor, give me the news (askance johnson), Thursday, 22 November 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks, friends! Happy thanksgiving to youse, too!
― carl agatha, Thursday, 22 November 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
Happy birthday happy thanksgiving. I'm eating a ton of chocolate.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 22 November 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
Happy days from backwoods Ohio.
― dansplaining (dan m), Thursday, 22 November 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
Aye aye aye the family. What is it abound hereditary or legal ties that makes people so nerve-grating??
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Friday, 23 November 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
Imma brag here for a sec:
For me cranberries are indispensable with turkey, but the rest of the family dislikes decided to forgot them this year, so I fashioned cranberry sauce from what I could find at the little gas station: Ocean Spray cranberry juice cocktail (made a reduction out of it), strawberry jam, and the sour coating from Sour Patch Kids. Unanimous agreement that it tasted like the real thing.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Friday, 23 November 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
that's gross
+ back in chicago- our heat isn't working and no one's going to fix it until tomorrow probably
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 25 November 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
Do u need space heaters or anything?
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Sunday, 25 November 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks but we'll be ok til tomorrow. It's nippy in here but not freezing, and we have a space heater in evie's room.
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 25 November 2012 23:19 (eleven years ago) link
Bake something.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Monday, 26 November 2012 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
for you carnivores: http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2012/11/26/burger-sensation-shake-shack-rumored-for-chicago.php
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 26 November 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
also: coyotes at wrigley field http://deadspin.com/5963323/drawn-by-the-scent-of-death-and-decay-coyotes-prowl-wrigley-field
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 26 November 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
I went to Shake Shack this summer in NYC--they've pretty much perfected a quick-burger experience. Like Five Guys, not worth a road trip or anything, but definitely a good option if it's in a convenient location.
― Artie Bucco Drummer Type (Eazy), Monday, 26 November 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
Hello. There are a lot of Octavia Butler Kindle books on sale on Amazon today.
― carl agatha, Monday, 26 November 2012 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-emanuel-on-cta-increases-not-fare-hikes-chicagoans-can-choose-to-drive-20121126,0,793097.story
Is our mayor the biggest asshole ever?
― doctor, doctor, give me the news (askance johnson), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, pretty bad. Plus thr South Side will have all those red line stations closed at the time the hikes kick in.
― Artie Bucco Drummer Type (Eazy), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
pretty douchey
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
I'd be less irked about the price increase if they weren't canceling the Lincoln bus, the fuckers.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
Total douche.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
"You can drive to work" has a whiff of Romney's "You can borrow money from your parents."
― Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah. Very "Let them eat cake!"
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
Ugh.
I mean, he's saying "if you think this is bad, consider the worse alternative," but he's still a shit.
I hate to even bother with the distinction between what he said and how it was spun, but the straight reality is bad enough.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
Chicago's 16 most iconic dive bars:http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2012/11/27/chicago-dive-bars.php
(I've been to 12.)
― Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
Good old Rossi's.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
10/16 for me, though I'm betting there are some really great bars that didn't make the list. Which is probably for the best, actually.
― dansplaining (dan m), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
hey y'allbill orcutt playing at MCA 6pm tonight, free
― passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link