Yeah the thing about Medieval Times is that its really fucking far away from the city proper, so even if you do it its not like you'll be nearby other fun things to do afterwards or something. Unless y'know, wandering around a horrible mall is your idea of fun.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
Also in news of things opening and closing: The extraneous Sally Beauty Supply - 2 blocks from the new one by my home - is closing finally. Jeff, you should be pleased.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
yeah we're staying in logan square which is already kinda northbound? idk it's my birthday i'm sure i can whine my way out of it. whatever goes down we'll wing most of it and fun will be had.
― Check out these bent items: (arby's), Thursday, 8 March 2012 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
Here's your election-time reminder to Vote for Judges! These are the jerks that have the most potential to personally ruin the lives of you and your loved ones, so it's important to have competent, reasonable people on the bench. http://voteforjudges.org/
― carl agatha, Thursday, 8 March 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
And you can get your sample ballot here so you can research your water reclamation commissioner vote and then write it down to take into the booth with you - http://chicagoelections.com/voterinfo.php
― carl agatha, Thursday, 8 March 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
thanks for the links, I just spent like 20 minutes noting down which judges to vote for. I hope I don't forget my notes like I did last time. though I have a smartphone now.
― roy g. devoe (askance johnson), Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
If you want more detail on why somebody isn't qualified, this is pretty good - http://voteforjudges.org/judge_evaluations_feb2012.pdf
There are elections in my subcircuit where nobody stands out (or after eliminating a couple that are considered NQ/NR by almost everybody, nobody else stands out) so it's interesting to see what the objections were. Like it's worth noting that Trib endorsed candidate St@nl3y H1ll was held in contempt for professional misconduct in 1994 based on a finding that he "acted at trial with the specific intent to prejudice a fair and impartial proceeding by refusing to abide by the rulings of the court." Since there's another candidate found to be qualified, I'll pick her (plus the Trib endorsed GWB for his second term so I don't trust their endorsements too much).
― carl agatha, Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
god i remember when the trib endorsed GWB for '04. i was so mad.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
Me, too!
― carl agatha, Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
Ravinia schedule is out.
Highlights:
June 9: Earth Wind and FireJune 10: Iron & Wine/Dr. JohnJune 15: Al GreenJune 17: Jimmy CliffJune 23: Philip GlassJune 24: Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon RangersJune 25: Esperanza SpaldingJune 27: Sergio Mendes/Ramsey LewisJune 28: Glen Campbell/Ronnie MilsapJuly 11: The Blues Brothers (Aykroyd/Jim Belushi)July 22: SealAugust 3: Crosby Stills and NashAugust 18: Tony BennettAugust 29: Duran Duran
Probably lots of good classical, too (and less-good adult-contempo stuff like Train).
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://ravinia.org/pdfs/calendar_at_a_glance_2012.pdf
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
the other night i was up at 4 a.m trying to get evie back asleep and i had a flash memory of a bunch of us in john's old apartment, using a karaoke website and bellowing "possum kingdom"
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
Ha. I remember that. Not "Possum Kingdom" specifically but that night.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
Never forget Possum Kingdom.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
Hey, how was Aida?
― "marvellously inoffensive" (Eazy), Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
Amazing. Hui He is an incredible soprano, maybe the best I've seen. I don't think I've ever reacted as strongly and emotionally to a performance as I did to hers. Visually, it was spectacular. I mean, Aida is written to be a spectacle but it's one thing to say that and another thing to be in the room with it. Verdi is my homeboy anyway, and Aida is totally a greatest hit, but dang, seeing it really hammers home that sometimes things are favorites because they are just that good.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
Nice nice nice.
― "marvellously inoffensive" (Eazy), Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
so this is kind of inspiring/uplifting and involves a member of the fire supporter group I've become part of, nice guy and a good story
http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2012/03/section-8-veteran-donates-bone-marrow-help-save-life
― dan m, Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
Whoa. Donating bone marrow is no joke. High five, soccer fan!
It's interesting that you have a waiting period to find out whether the treatment was successful.
― carl agatha, Friday, 9 March 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
They turned Lizzie Borden's house into a B&B. I'm going to stay there some day. http://www.lizzie-borden.com/
― carl agatha, Friday, 9 March 2012 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
Of course you are!
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Friday, 9 March 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
experimental musician keith fullerton whitman is doing a free-with-rsvp show on saturday night FYIhttp://www.lampo.org/current/
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
ooh! neat.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 9 March 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
why does stuff like this bother me so much?
"Being Flynn" is based on author-poet Nick Flynn's searing memoir, with a largely unprintable title. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/sc-mov-0306-being-flynn-20120309-24,0,6827022.story)
there is literally one unprintable word in the book's title ("another bullshit night in suck city"
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 9 March 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
unprintable! unfathomable!
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 9 March 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
If you want to be really pedantic about it, the entire title is printable; the Tribune just chooses not to.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Friday, 9 March 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
Daylight savings time starts this Sunday. Glad I don't live in one of those states that doesn't observe it. I wish it was DST all year long.
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Friday, 9 March 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
I can't remember what the text below is called, can someone tell me?
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― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Saturday, 10 March 2012 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
Nevermind, I found it. It's called zalgo.J̥̬̝̠̬͇̖ͭͧ͆ͥ͒̈́͂͒̎ͭ̚̚e͍̯͓̺̦̥̹̳̜ͪͪͭ̾ͨ̿͗ͦͦ̏ͮͥͤ͆͋̚ͅ5͔̲̪̥̤̩̺̦̗̻͍̼̳̺̲͔͇̜̳̈ͪ̀̃̆ͦ͆ͦ̀̒ͤ̃̎̆̂̽ͯ͋5̝̤̜͔̫̖̥͇͔̬̩̗̰͖͈͆̐͊̑̑e͚͈̙̣̜̺͙͚͚̱͎̝͙̠̟͕̗̝ͬ̅̾́̾͋̑̇ͣ̉̉͆̈̀̋ͯ̚
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Saturday, 10 March 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
thx for posting
― dan m, Saturday, 10 March 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
Dear Dan,
NP
Sincerely,
Jesse Je55e J3ss3 Martha
Michigan Ave. is a MADHOUSE. Besides the pedestrian-choked sidewalks, there were a bunch of ambulances and a minivan w/ loudspeakers on the outside that kept making the rounds blaring what was presumably apocalyptic messages in what was presumably Korean, based on the writing on the outside in English and Korean.
It sounded like Blade Runner out there.
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
The people in the coach house behind our next door neighbor's house have a giant confederate flag hanging n the window. :(
― carl agatha, Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
Ugh. You don't see too many of those around here!
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:33 (twelve years ago) link
Courtney and I saw Silent House and it was tense and scary and quite a bit better than expected. And it was interesting but I don't want to say more b/c spoilers. Jenny, I think you will like it.
And it stars Elizabeth Olsen, which is nice. I like looking at her.
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
I want to see it!
― carl agatha, Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
somebody invite me over for movies, i'm bored and alone
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
middle aged single man at home w/ cats on a Saturday night - life is as sweet as it's ever been
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Sunday, 11 March 2012 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
saw hot shit at the green mill and am tipsy now. also where did all the money I don't have go this weeked crap
― Check out these bent items: (arby's), Sunday, 11 March 2012 06:22 (twelve years ago) link
That's the Chicago way.
― dan m, Sunday, 11 March 2012 13:19 (twelve years ago) link
So in the light of day, the confederate flag revealed itself to have a wolf on it. Jeff thought it might be a Chicago Wolves banner but I just completed some surveillance/research and it is, in fact, a flag version of this:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa236/tonyahickey/ConfederateWolf2.gif
― carl agatha, Sunday, 11 March 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
PS for more confederate flag images, enjoy this website: http://crackervilleusa.piczo.com/dixieflags?cr=2&linkvar=000044
http://api.ning.com/files/Z5JjmHdZNXQ7fxVbqSNljnyGiD7TFwBHzW2XezofpH56XuU0YId*ooEdZB0eTVBjiIc-x3KyEECXGCEpNXqXQbSR-2ilZ*8G/rebel_flag_wolf_tapestry_540.jpg
― carl agatha, Sunday, 11 March 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
You can buy one of your own for $4.99!
Sorry! I'm a little obsessed with this hideous item and the fact that it is publicly displayed in the window of one of my neighbors!
― carl agatha, Sunday, 11 March 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
That's the wolf of Northern aggression shredding states' rights.
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Sunday, 11 March 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
We're watching Homicide and over the last two episodes, they have peripheral suspects named Lane Staley and Chris Novaselic.
― carl agatha, Monday, 12 March 2012 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
Which is maybe on purpose? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106028/trivia
― carl agatha, Monday, 12 March 2012 02:27 (twelve years ago) link
The dream of the 90s is alive.
― Jeff, Monday, 12 March 2012 02:30 (twelve years ago) link
crackervilleusa
― dan m, Monday, 12 March 2012 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
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― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, March 9, 2012 1:02 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark
Know what's not neat? Finding out that these RSVPs often disappear so quickly that no one who reads the article/blog post/whatever could possibly have a chance of actually going to the event. I was looking forward to it and I had no chance ;_;
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Monday, 12 March 2012 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
t0dd sw1ss tweeted that he was at the show and it was totally totally packed, i guess it was higher-demand than i would have thought
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 12 March 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link