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don't get how this isn't entrapment

Yeah, I can't find a quick link to it because the Trib's website sucks, but the article in yesterday's paper said the feds even gave him the vehicle and the explosives.

don't get how this isn't entrapment

― congratulations (n/a), Monday, September 17, 2012 10:16 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

idgi either

I think a local house cleaning service may be running a scam b/c I bought a Swoop for cleaners and it's been impossible to get a response to my scheduling request, and then I read on Yelp that they've screwed over a bunch of other people. http://www.yelp.com/biz/clean-green-chicago-chicago. :( Beware.

thank fuck we clean our own house

i briefly considered buying the "hour in a floatation chamber" coupon but thought twice about it

it's not the sensory deprivation experience i thought it was :(

See things like that are why Yelp can actually be a good thing.

i might be ready to try DDPP again if anyone's interested in joining me
i've shaken off the taylor dayne incident, but this time i'm not afraid to just walk out if i can't handle it

lol what was the Taylor Dayne incident?

it was a particularly difficult to stomach night at DDPP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Dyouvtb98

na na na na na na na

not once, but twice
it was awful and so so so very hot in there and i wanted to die and then i felt shame for being snobby and then i wanted to leave, but i didn't
but i should have

lesson learned:always give your $5 at the beginning so you can sneak out if the music makes you want to die

Rahm totally days away from framing Karen Lewis for plotting to blow something up.

I canceled my Chicago Card 30 day unlimited rides pass after paying for it on July 20, so it should have stopped working on August 20 give or take, yet it is still working almost 1 month later. It just won't stop. I've checked the CTA's website several times and it is definitely not funded. I am riding for free.

So let that be a fuck you to you, Rahm. What are you gonna sue me too?

Cal's and most of the surrounding area was closed today. :(

So last night a friend posted on Facebook at 11:30 that the Chbs game had been rain-delayed and was in its second inning, so I went and watched the game with a few hundred fans in the stands. Got to walk all around the place.

Didn't see this til now (must see video for full effect):

http://deadspin.com/5944189/some-jackass-made-blowjob-pantomimes-behind-home-plate-at-wrigley-for-nearly-an-inning-before-getting-ejected

What time did the game finally end?

For whatever reason that video goes black every time I start it.

Ended at 1:30 a.m. My first Cubs game ever. They lost 3-0, had three hits the entire game, and a compelling walk in the ninth inning.

i think J0rdan S. was at the game too (i follow him on instagram)

i was wondering why they didn't just cancel but i guess the pirates are technically still in the playoffs race

Yeah, I think thats why they forced the game in. This is the first season I haven't been to a Cubs game in ages, but thats probably for the best. I'm still kind of astounded that Houston is still ever worse than the Cubs.

even

cubs have a few bright spots in rizzo, castro (if he learns to play defense), maybe lehair if he gets hot again. seems possible that they could get better over the next few years (guess it would be hard to get worse).

i haven't been to any games this season either. i want to go to a white sox game but the idea of getting evie down there on public transport, keeping her entertained and sitting still for three hours, then getting her home is not appealing to me.

yeah that's a long day for a little one. i think they do have some hope for the future, but sometimes i can't tell if that's my blind optimism as a Cubs fan or something based on reality. Castro could be really something special though.

The time is now to get on the Fire bandwagon. 1 pt out of first in the East, 3rd best record overall in the league.

Of course it is like 20x harder to get out to a game than the Cubs/Sox.

^^ yeah, that's been the biggest stumbling block in trying to convince my wife to go to a Fire game.

There are some groups/bars that run buses w/ tickets and beer included, if that sounds like your thing. It really is a pain in the ass to drive, especially for the casual fan.

The stadium is beautiful, though, too bad it's in the middle of nowhere.

fire games are so fun!
the bathrooms are SUPER clean too and there is never a wait

Yeah, funnily enough I was down there a lot during the construction of Toyota Park because the firm I was with at the time was converting a Venture store right in that area to a business college. Sadly the project wrapped up a couple months before Toyota Park opened and I haven't been down there since.

That video is great. The guy is very funny. JVC, try again.

lol, works now. i like how everyone else follows the pop-up, but he just keeps staring at the camera.

afaik no regulars on this thread are in hyde park besides me, but if you know anyone this is a new crucial detail that was just made known to me: https://twitter.com/uchiNOMgo

Cool.

Also:

http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2012/09/11/longman-eagle-team-opening-the-promontory-in-hyde-park-in-early-2013.php

^^ been wondering what was going to fill the giant building going up at that location

there's a lot of other renovation going on on 53rd lately, it seems

hi guys.

i don't have much of anything to say but hi.

Yo

sup

wahey

i'm supposed to get a work ipad this week but it hasn't shown up yet

anyone want to go to a white sox game with me in the next couple of weeks, before the regular season ends? i'm flexible as to the date. i want to stubhub some cheap tickets but it's easier to do in batches of 2-4 then solo.

Score one against accuracy!

http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/chicago-media-blog/15706586/rain-or-shine-10-year-renewal-keeps-skilling-at-wgn

GAH

lol

NICK: I will go to a Sox game w/ you. Contact me.

LL: I think you will like this heartbreaking song as much as I do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIJFzQz4Png

It's my current track on repeat. I thoroughly enjoyed breaking into short, gusting sobs to it while making gazpacho earlier.