Chicago MMXII

aaaaaaaaaand apparently the whole thing is an april fools gag, trust the idiots who run the place to pull that shit a day late

unfortunately i'll have to miss pub quiz this week, my wife threw her back out last night and can barely walk, let alone pick up a nearly 20 pound 6-month old

No. Tell her to put that baby on a travois and she'll be FINE.

That is a completely stupid and not funny April Fool's joke.

Jenny, I will probably miss it too since I don't use SNA, so EVERYONE ELSE: Let Jenny and me know about the horrific movie poll!

Baby on a travois
I know, I know
It's not that serious

jvc, I hope your wife feels better soon! Thrown out backs are so annoying and painful. :(

PS do you post baby photos of the little man on the ILP photo quarantine or anything?

he posts pictures on FACEBOOK

I AM NOT ON FACEBOOK

and I'm glad because I just read an article about how there's some app that uses Facebook data to show people where women are so you can use Facebook if you want to get killed by a serial killer with an iPhone but NOT ME.

my wife is the diligent photo taker and poster, so she puts them up on facebook, i haven't posted many here

fyi i did just add one to the photo quarantine thread

Jenny, that app got shut down right away.

jvc, I'm sorry, I do hope your wife feels better.

Yay!

Originally about the photo but also about the app.

But really a travois is never a bad idea.

no worries je55e, it was all worth it for the Smiths thing

For real tho I hope you make it out to a quiz night or something else. I'll sing Smiths to you.

I'm up for p.q. tomorrow night.

i will definitely soon, up until my wife's doctor appointment today i was planning on going tomorrow.

(xpost)

I will put in a firm "maybe" for pub quiz tomorrow -- I had last week off and so trying to dig myself out of all the work that went undone may mean I have to stay late tomorrow etc.

1) In The Year 2525 10 pts
2) You Transcribe Humus 11 pts
3) Match- Bang Slammer 13 pts
4) Chemical States Round 16 pts
5) Dead Or Canadian 11 pts
6) Pictures 15 pts
7) General Knowledge 24 pts

2 = ???
3 = MLB Managers

2 = Curb Your Enthusiasm

Neither of those rounds bodes well for me, I fear.

I watched all of the 1st three seasons of CYE back to back, but that was 4 years ago. Maybe a review of Wikipedia will help.

2 = Curb Your Enthusiasm

Just figured that out. I've seen every episode, including the most recent season, though I may not remember specific details. I'll study up.

I called in sick today. I'm only a little sick but Sarah is really sick and had to deal with Evie yesterday and I hadn't used any sick time at my current job yet so I just called in. And I'm glad I did because it's beautiful out and I took Evie to the playground. I'll still be at pub quiz tonight though.

http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2012/04/the-25-douchiest-bars-in-chicago#1

Perhaps not surprisingly, I have not been to a single one of those bars. Actually, there's some small chance I've been in the boundary, but I don't thinks o.

I've been to Fado, English, Sluggers, and Debonair Social Club. Of the three, I only have positive memories about Fado.

*four

Horrors, I've been to six: Nick's Uptown (possibly where I first had Malort?), Fado, English (for a work function), Casey Moran's (friend invited me b/c there were free drinks), Smart Bar, and John Barleycorn.

Didn't realize Fado was so bad, but then I've only been there early on Saturday mornings which I imagine is a slightly different crowd than what is being referenced there. Years ago I was dating a girl who's friends would always end up at Tai's at the end of the night because former Cubs pitcher Kyle Farnsworth used to hang out there, so I went there a couple times - even worse than described.

yeah English seems to be a "function" kind of place -- the two times I've gone were for a Fire thing and something organized for R's work

xp I didn't mind Fado, but the fact that it was, again, a Fire-related event, the goalkeepers and coach were bartending, and there were a lot of people I know and like there helped a whole lot.

I've only been to John Barleycorn, which seemed pretty average, but it was probably early in the evening.

Nick's Uptown and maybe Casey Moran's for lunch once long long ago. Was the Cubby Bear on the list? I've been there, too (during the day).

yeah, a lot of these places, especially the irish pubs, are probably fine before they fill up with assholes.

I would switch the rankings of Smart Bar and The Boundary.

I've had good times at the smart bar.

I think NIck's Uptown is the bar where I infamously slurred to Kr, "I'm old enough to be your motherrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!"

I've never been to Nicky's uptown lounge.

Nicks either.

Smart Bar seems pretty out of place on that list.

I first went to Nick's when Jeff and I came to Chicago on a pre-move recon mission. I met a cute Mexican dude on the train and we went to Nick's where we made out and dry humped the night away hangar-like main bar area. The bros were in force but nobody messed with us.

I mean, the guy writing the article sounds no less douche-y than the bars he describes, in his own way.

A lot of those bars are pretty bad, but that's pretty OTM, E.

yeah it's important to remember the list is in Complex which has its own inherent douchefactor

Somehow Jeff ended up with a subscription to Complex at our old apartment and every time I came tumbling out of our mailbox I would just get the rage.

This probably makes me a terrible person but this photo is cracking me up:

http://i.imgur.com/IVHlG.jpg

"Coll3tte Hylk@, religious education coordinator, shows the copper cross that was damaged outside the rectory at St. Mary of Perpetual Help."

You kind of have to see the photo in context of the other 1,000 photos of the damaged copper cross.

http://www.suntimes.com/photos/galleries/index.html?story=11691504

"Okay, we've got 15 pictures of the cross, but let's get somebody out here to point at it."

That's some Pullitzer-level photojournalism right there.

Oh, I'd never heard of Complex.

That lady looks like she's in the process of bending the cross.

needs video of her saying "well isn't that special"

She looks like she twisted the cross herself, just by pointing at it.

does anyone know if Uri Geller has been in Chicago lately????