Chicago MMXII

Put a red bandanna in the right back pocket of your pants.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A2dSeb-CAAEvfea.jpg

Red looks p horrendous on me, it'll have to be a tie. The only other red item I own is a Man United shirt and a GbV Coka-Cola knock-off shirt, neither of which would be AGL at my meetings tomorrow.

fuck man utd, support your local club! ;)

The Fire are definitely my MLS team, that's for sure. I kinda feel like I can't wear any of their merch until I make it down to a match though. (Not that I've been to a Man United match either, but that was a college phase I never outgrew, etc)

Perhaps this has been already noted somewhere and I missed it, but there's an interview with 0. A$hw0rth in this month's library journal, and our very own n/a is mentioned in it! It was a pleasant surprise to stumble upon this interview while flipping through this esteemed journal's pages this afternoon.

Oh I haven't gotten my copy yet

Cool

you know what kind of comments on teachers and teachers' unions are despicable?

the "if you don't think you're paid enough, why did you go into this line of work?" comments.

cos anyone who doesn't go into "consulting" or whatever after obtaining a BA is just a chump.

fuck this country.

My wife just texted to say teachers and supporters have shut down traffic near her office in the loop.

i have to admit i think the CTU's messaging is kind of shitty, and that's (more than?) half the battle.

Yeah, stopping traffic also not so hot a way to earn support.

fuck it, imo, lollapalooza and all sorts of other bullshit gets to fuck up traffic for days, teachers can have theirs on a monday

True, but to be fair, people can plan around Lollapalooza and big events. Like people need to remember its not just "lol I'm sticking it to these awful car drivers", its also stopping parents from picking up their kids and having to pay penalties to daycares, etc etc. Not really AGL to gain sympathy.

Like Critical friggin' Mass.

I met some coworkers for drinks at the Encore Lounge after work and saw the teachers blocking traffic on LaSalle. Prior to that, I heard a whole lot of honking from my office. I did think to myself, "Well, that's not the way to garner support from your average working stiffs..." but then I went and had some wine and they were gone when I came out. Still wearing red, still fully support my teaching homies.

Also learned something else truly dire about state budget money wasting but don't want to post deets here. But seriously, it's awful.

tell us

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I guess my opinion based on thinking that pretty much everyone who drives/commutes downtown does so implicitly accepting some risk that something random could close down traffic for a period of time. Also the teachers announced where their rally would be ahead of time and I'm reasonably certain they had to get a permit, so then it becomes part of the public record what is happening and when.

yeah i don't think this strike is gonna hang on blocking some downtown traffic for an afternoon.

No, of course its not, but, as pointed out earlier, it may not be the best tactic to gain public sympathy. Of course the press coverage and attention probably outweighs that risk, so hey.

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/527223_492590120751714_1425385267_n.jpg

my mom was there, said it was huge (as you can see in the picture. something like 40,000?

WOW

That's nuts. It looks like the running of the bulls.

BTW, per the Trib, the longer day means an extra 30 minutes in high schools and 75 minutes in elementary schools. It's something, but hardly an extra 2 hours a day or whatever someone upthread mentioned. But I guess that was conceded in return for this recall practice, which the city is now saying was a one-off but the teachers now want to make permanent. I think the recall power being asked for is a remarkable benefit that I wish most people had, but it's really a lot to demand.

any interest in pub quiz tonight?

Not me. Longish run tonight and already drinking 2 nights this week.

Not that I ever go anyway, so no net loss here. Perhaps even a gain.

FYI guys there is a USA USA USA world cup qualifier tonight so the Globe might be slightly busy.

oh ok nevermind. though i wouldn't mind being somewhere showing the white sox/tigers game since it won't be on wgn.

I'm going to the gym to work off what I hope is my last dose of impotent rage at my asshole employer.

just saw this graphic posted somewhere in support of the teachers

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/546746_326805377415024_1908744638_n.jpg

haha awwww

ok the 'rahm emanuel likes nickleback' sign pic is so great

also fyi downtowners

ChiTeacherSolidarity ‏@CTSCampaign

Today's rally at CPS HQ (125 S. Clark) begins at 2:30pm (not 3:30 like yesterday). Please RT!! #CTUstrike #FairContractNow

here's the Library Journal article that askance johnson was referring to yesterday, it's pretty dorky: http://advancebasemusic.com/LibraryJournal.jpg

Aw, nice.

Definitely!

Oh yeah, the teachers are gathering outside.

Yeah, as I noticed on my walk after lunch, today it feels like the rally is going to be 40,000 striking teachers and 20,000 amateur photographers.

Nice article! Was never a huge fan of Owen's old band, but I've been meaning to check out some Advance Base.

the album's on spotify. i'm also really happy with how our daytrotter session turned out but it's not online yet, could be a couple of months.

i accidentally went to the turkish festival at lunch today. i got a turkish coffee and saw a turkish fashion show. it was pretty cool.

Hey, I was there during the fashion show, too! I watched some dancing and a little of the fashions then I went to Target and bought coasters.

are you going to do a senior skip of work tomorrow?

Nah. Most of the lawyer types are going to an annual two-day training so I'm going to clean out my cube without bugging anybody, say goodbye to people (well, except the lawyer types, I guess), finish up a teeny bit of work.

Oh, Jesse and I are supposed to have lunch at Ronny's, which is something I swore I would do before I left here.

http://www.trbimg.com/img-504fc07c/turbine/chi-teacher-strike-expected-to-go-into-2nd-day-20120910/400/16x9

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/398989_4644973802732_2103314508_n.jpg

Cool.
I wonder if that's Rahm-approved?

Those how did they unscramble "heroes" from "teachers"? Worst anagram ever.

Enjoy this illuminated flaming bloodbath, teachers.

I saw Eazy on the sidewalk yesterday btw.