Chicago: More Bars in More Places

The same company since 2002?

Aw, video no longer availble.

PS "This video is no longer available."

I have used AT&T/SBC/Ameritech for the entire time I've been in Chicago and have never had a single problem with them.

I mean, I don't doubt that others have had bad experiences, but I'm not going to let that stand in the way of my continuing patronage.

also: near-monopoly

Haha, yeah.

Hey! They're finally showing the Simpsons movie at the Logan! Sarah, do you want to go tonight maybe?

from a customer standpoint, they're different, whatever the business details might be. and they both royally suck, but i've had worse experience with comcast. they don't have a working phone system--when i call their cust service, which i do frequently (ongoing nightmare, ugh), i have to make 3 or 4 phone calls to get through to the dept i want, because their automated system is fucked.

i never had probs with ATT until i switched to comcast and they screwed up the transfer of the telephone line, which took two months to correct and which i'm still dealing with financially. i wish my building had RCN so i could deal with neither company ever again.

i will shut up now.

I don't doubt that others have had bad experiences, but I'm not going to let that stand in the way of my continuing patronage.

perfectly understandable. Go with what works for you, because they all suck.

I want to do SOMETHING tonight. I've been watching too much TV.

The Good Emily passed the bar! (Still no mail for me or Lezzles.)

they're showing a verhoeven double-header at the clipper tonight: robocop and starship troopers

I OWN Robocop

so THERE

you do not own a bar

besides starship troopers is better

i own beer

Damn it, I try to keep it low-key for a week in anticipation of a fun-filled wedding weekend and these movie temptations come to haunt me.

Who is using Office (Word) '07? Where have they hidden print preview?

oh never mind

Office '07? Fancy!

there's a show at the note tonight nick. looks like i won't be going as apparently the dogs i'm watching were barking last night while i was out and i got an angry email from my land lady.

i need a fucking job so i can move out of this hovel. that's what i want more than anything else.

Yeah, we all upgraded a couple months ago. It was a pain at first (no more drop-down menus) but I'm cool with it now. Excel is still kinda tough but I was never very good at it (not like you, jaymc, lolz).

Yeah, I know the Jay Reatard show is tonight, but I'm pretty tired and probably won't be wanting to do anything that late. I'm thinking more like early evening. Simpsons movie is at 6:50.

Haha, remember when Sarah had to tell me how to do something in Excel, though? I've never had to use it for anything work-related, so the only time I ever use it is to update my movie-watching log and crunch baby-name stats.

heh. There is no Office '07 for Mac. Looks like there's going to be an '08, though.

Oh man, I'm boring myself.

Nick, I listened to your mix and the big winner for me (ie I checked out their myspace and would buy a record) is Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities. They actually remind me of the Lounge Lizards a lot. What can you tell me about them.

Also, Nick, I think that I will finally get to work on that track tonight.

You think that's boring, Kenan?

I have used POWER POINT '07 and I will be happy to tell you all about it.

You can make the words fly right onto the page!

REALLY?!

I have Powerpoint '07 but I've never opened it. Same for Access '07, Publisher '07, InfoPath '07, etc.

I know it's so f'n cool!

fuck microsoft office

rw, what time are the movies at the Clipper? I have to teach tonight, but I always want to drink after I teach.

greg cartwrigtht- live the life, live at the goner store.

Cam was playing some Compulsive Gamblers in the car last weekend, it sounded good.

Btw the next thread should be Chicago: This Isn't Viral Marketing, This Is My Wife!

Damn.

Dan already made a great new title!

ha

xpost

Chicago: Dan Already Has a Great New Title

Wait no, I mean:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/shakespeares_sister/reusables/doucheticket.png

Are you calling me a douchebottle?

hahahaha fat cunt inc.

xp to Jordan: No! I just thought people might appreciate that.

So I read that Reader cover story, and I think that it's the rare profile of a musician that isn't built around selling a CD or other product. The guy really does light up a room when he plays and sings, or at least he did the times I saw him play with Hogan, in a real who-is-that-guy way. The article, unfortunately, didn't capture that and built a narrative around his life outside of what makes him special as a musician. (Comparatively, that's why that Miles R. piece about the FFs worked well -- the narrative was built around the music, not vice versa.)

xpost - see, I tell ya, "douche" is breaking out in August/September 2007.

That's okay, I just wanted to say douchebottle. Trying to spread the term.

I am listening to this. Interesting, though predictably, most of the covers are no match for the originals.

original artist of all along the watchtower was jimi hendrix? way to do your fact checking.

Good point, although maybe the cover hews closer to the Hendrix version than to the Dylan version? I haven't listened to it yet. Also maybe they needed a 1968 song more than a 1967 song.