yeah we need to find a new disgusting alcohol drink to rep
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
like natty light
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
ever had this?
http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/sakemitsui/cabinet/sprit/spirytus-vodka.jpg
― D'anesh (dan m), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
"rectified"
― doctor, doctor, give me the news (askance johnson), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
shit is no joke
― D'anesh (dan m), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
fairly certain that I would immediately die if I even smelled that stuff
― doctor, doctor, give me the news (askance johnson), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
I've had it a couple of different ways, mostly flavored with either honey or chocolate. It can be alright but it will take your head off if you go too fast. There was a version that called for soaking 750ml of it with a couple pounds of plums and cutting it with water, but the recipe was all in Polish so it wasn't really obvious what else had to happen.
― D'anesh (dan m), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
R and I were buying a six pack at a store just outside the city limits (can't buy spirytus in the city) and there was a little old Polish lady buying like 4 handles of the stuff in front of us in line. Made our High Life seem kind of wimpy.
― D'anesh (dan m), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
What was the shot that k8 served at her wedding? That would make a reasonable Malort substitute.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
iirc that was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becherovka
― D'anesh (dan m), Thursday, 18 October 2012 00:12 (eleven years ago) link
That's it. Boozy, full of strange botanicals, somewhat alarming to drink.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 18 October 2012 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
http://elections.chicagotribune.com/ballot/
sample ballot generator for local elections (nat'l too) -- just enter your address
Carl A., will you be providing us with the judge recommendations list again this year? Spose I could Google it too but I but my trust in you.
Does anyone have any good explanations of the referendum items?
― D'anesh (dan m), Thursday, 18 October 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks for the link. There are an incredible number of people running unopposed on my ballot, which seems strange.
Thinking maybe I should vote for the Green Party candidate for President? I mean, if we lived in a swing state I would vote for Barry, but, as we live in the safest of all safe states for him, maybe it would be good to throw a vote to somebody progressive?
― doctor, doctor, give me the news (askance johnson), Thursday, 18 October 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
i'm voting for roseanne
― bryan "radical" ferry (clouds), Thursday, 18 October 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
This whole thing makes me feel so gross about being here at all.― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:49 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkotm― D'anesh (dan m), Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:49 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:49 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― D'anesh (dan m), Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:49 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lotsa meta beefing today makes me appreciate chilxors quite a bit
<3<3<3<3<3
― D'anesh (dan m), Thursday, 18 October 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
likewise
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Thursday, 18 October 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah man, I'll find some judge info.
I'm doing the election protection hotline again. This year I get paid by my employer and I get pro bono credits. Also presumably a t-shirt.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 18 October 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
Wait what is grossing you out and making you happy for ChILX? Other than it being a day ending in Y of course.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 18 October 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
luna dramadrama in generalsad people doing sad people things
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Thursday, 18 October 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
Flamin' Hot Cheetos: BANNED.
http://chicagoist.com/2012/10/18/illinois_schools_ban_flamin_hot_che.php
― pretty even gender split (Eazy), Thursday, 18 October 2012 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
RIP
― D'anesh (dan m), Thursday, 18 October 2012 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
i've been away from the computer a lot this week due to various work things and it feels like i'm missing out on a bunch of crazy ilx drama. i guess jon/via/chi is gone again?
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 18 October 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
i'm afraid he has been severely upstaged
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Thursday, 18 October 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
i am enjoying the thread about the alex cross movie starring tyler perry though
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 18 October 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
maybe too much
yeah jon got taken down again by shrapnel from the beefsplosion, it was no fault of his own
― dansplaining (dan m), Thursday, 18 October 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
not that it was his fault in the first place either fwiw
― dansplaining (dan m), Thursday, 18 October 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
but what about takis?
― 1staethyr, Thursday, 18 October 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
ILX Purple Hearts.
― pretty even gender split (Eazy), Thursday, 18 October 2012 21:40 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YLy4j8EZIk
― dansplaining (dan m), Thursday, 18 October 2012 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
I once woke up and went to bathroom to pee and was frightened to find what I thought was sticky, bright red blood on my fingers. I inspected my parts and didn't find anything bleeding, just tacky bloody fingerprints. It turned out it was just alarming red cheez powder from the Takis I was eating when I passed out.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Thursday, 18 October 2012 22:47 (eleven years ago) link
I'm at Pan3r@ Cares where this local 50-something eccentric lady hangs out a lot. She is always coiffed and well-dressed and I've seen her here showing her Nieman's purchases to friends. Well today she is wearing understated purple-ish and greenish zombie-like makeup, but is otherwise dressed normally and nicely. The makeup looks like they do at Sephora - slightly heavy, but artfully applied - except for hers makes her look somewhat dead.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Thursday, 18 October 2012 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
This reminds me of a story I read elsewhere on ILX, involving McDonald's BBQ sauce...
― pretty even gender split (Eazy), Thursday, 18 October 2012 23:17 (eleven years ago) link
The woman who runs the cleaners on my block is extremely cute. Every time I come in, she has says, "Hi-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" and goes on to squeak and chirp other friendly sounds. I have been in there 3 or 4 times, and the last time was months ago, but she remembered my name and my preference for light starch. Her name is Jenny, she has a daughter and a adorable chihuahua, and when I left she said, "Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee."
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Friday, 19 October 2012 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
Blarg I just read the recent beef thread (one of them) and the worst thing is how some posters (some of whom I like very much! A couple of whom I now like much less!) just circle around and, like, take little bites out of the central participants and fill the water with blood. It's gross and make severe thing so much worse and serves no purpose other than to keep on chumming the waters so the melee never dies down. Exhausting. Also I'm a huge dummy for reading all that.
― carl agatha, Friday, 19 October 2012 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
Seen in an exam: Wriggleville.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 19 October 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, that's kind of cute. There's a pet stuff store on Broadway called "Wrigglyville."
― carl agatha, Friday, 19 October 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
Also: prons and cons
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 19 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
xposts it really is like an overblown piranha feeding frenzy out of a looney tunes cartoon or something, all that's left at the end are bones
― dansplaining (dan m), Friday, 19 October 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
Totally. I was bitten by a piraña in Mexico and do not want to relive virtually.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 19 October 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
Yikes! That would freak me the hell out.
Going to open a new theme seafood restaurant called Prawns and Cons. All the servers wear black and white striped prison uniforms.
― carl agatha, Friday, 19 October 2012 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
my brain conflated piñata and piraña there for a second
― bryan "radical" ferry (clouds), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
Vicious flesh-eating piñata
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
tbf that would also freak me the hell out.
― carl agatha, Friday, 19 October 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
you break it open and it's full of blood, like a mosquito
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
hey look a carmen miranda costume for your doghttp://www.mydoghalloweencostumes.com/images/calypso-queen-dog-costume.jpg
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 19 October 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
Your dog maybe!
That reminds me, my mom sent us a dog baseball cap for Vonn which, unsurprisingly, he refuses to accept being strapped onto his head. We tried all kinds of treats and cajoling and it didn't work. Can't say I blame him.
― dansplaining (dan m), Friday, 19 October 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-abbate-bar-beating-trial-20121022,0,6092676,full.story
It is infuriating that the city won't settle here. It's possible that they'll get a jury of people sympathetic to the police, and juries can be very unpredictable, but that seems like a big gamble to me.
Also: does anybody know about the three "public questions" on the ballot this election? I know I'm still getting AFSME robocalls (with no way to inform them that I'm no longer a public employee or member of their union GRRRR) telling me to vote NO on the second question about teachers' pensions (and the wording of that question makes me v. angry because it is a dishonest oversimplification) but the other two I have no idea about.
― carl agatha, Monday, 22 October 2012 13:26 (eleven years ago) link
Here are some completely unsurprising state shenanigans for you: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-20/news/ct-met-admin-leave-20121020_1_employees-state-investigators-pat-quinn
― carl agatha, Monday, 22 October 2012 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
xp
1. electricity confusing WAHT2. teachers' pensions (obfuscatory wording WHOA)3. corporations/political funding
iirc. sealed my absentee ballot this morn.
― JuliaA, Monday, 22 October 2012 13:31 (eleven years ago) link