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i've been to facets many times! multiple times at least, for various reasons.

passion it person (La Lechera), Monday, 19 November 2012 21:40 (eleven years ago) link

A friend of chicago k3vin worked there iirc.

dansplaining (dan m), Monday, 19 November 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link

btw guys I hope you're ready for some trivia soon, b/c my term with the soccer fanatics is coming to an end very soon & I will have a non-futbol social life again!

dansplaining (dan m), Monday, 19 November 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link

uh yeah! the semester is drawing to a close and i am getting ready to come out of hiding as well

passion it person (La Lechera), Monday, 19 November 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link

N/A I want to see The Comedy w/ you next week. SOLID PLANS.

(*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Monday, 19 November 2012 23:46 (eleven years ago) link

Saw that this morning. Further confirmation that Malort has jumped the shark.

dansplaining (dan m), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link

Ms. Gabelick seems a bit baffled by the interest in Malört, which was a hobby for her boss, George Brode, a Chicago lawyer who left the company and its one product to her when he died in 1999.

"All my life I wish George had made a product I could drink," she says.

carl agatha, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link

That article is actually really sweet. Ms. Gabelick is a treasure.

carl agatha, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link

I'm not sure that was ever a shark for Malort to jump. It's all very hilarious to me.

Jeff, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link

http://www.riotfest.org/riot-fest-chicago-2013-early-bird-holiday-sale/

Jeff, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:33 (eleven years ago) link

Hopefully they'll use that early $ to get some better acts.

dansplaining (dan m), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:43 (eleven years ago) link

Tammy Duckworth is on our flight to DC.

congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link

!!!!
that's so cool!! get a pic with the little one!

passion it person (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link

I wonder how many famous people I've been around and not recognized. I would definitely have not recognized Cary Elwes or David Faustino or Barry Williams if other people hadn't pointed them out to me. Hoping I recognize Henry Rollins if I'm ever in his company, though for his sake it'll be better if I don't.

(*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link

Haha what problem do you have with Henry Rollins?

dansplaining (dan m), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link

Did he LIE to you? Because he's a LIAR, yeah.

dansplaining (dan m), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link

NO! I love him! I don't think he could handle it!

(*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link

First I imagined Jesse and Henry circling each other angrily like a puffed up cat (Jesse) and a bull dog (Henry) and now I'm imagining Jesse climbing Henry like a monkey climbing a very solid, thick-necked tree.

carl agatha, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link

Not surprisingly, my first reaction to this is "who hasn't wanted to climb someone (not specifically HR) like a tree?!"

passion it person (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link

Henry Rollins seems like a dick, tbh.

Jake Roo (jaymc), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link

He seems unpleasant.

passion it person (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link

I'm sure he's a peach.

dansplaining (dan m), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 23:48 (eleven years ago) link

Oh? Seiuuksky? <-- That spells "seriously"

My love is not physical - I'm not that not that into muscle studs - but based on his other attributes. I admit I am swayed by his vocal support of us gays, which is esp. nice b/c it's not all about marriage like so much recent support.

(*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Thursday, 22 November 2012 06:38 (eleven years ago) link

"Sleeping i the Devil's Bed" was a staple of my midnight-to-? college radio show.

cruel silver of hope (Eazy), Thursday, 22 November 2012 06:51 (eleven years ago) link

Errrrr, that post was for the Until The End of the World ILM thread.

cruel silver of hope (Eazy), Thursday, 22 November 2012 07:28 (eleven years ago) link

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARL!!

passion it person (La Lechera), Thursday, 22 November 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link

Is it? Happy Birthday!

cruel silver of hope (Eazy), Thursday, 22 November 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link

Happy birthday Carl!! And happy thanksgiving from northern New England. We're watchin the parade, it's pretty awesome.

doctor, doctor, give me the news (askance johnson), Thursday, 22 November 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link

Thanks, friends! Happy thanksgiving to youse, too!

carl agatha, Thursday, 22 November 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link

Happy birthday happy thanksgiving. I'm eating a ton of chocolate.

congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 22 November 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link

Happy days from backwoods Ohio.

dansplaining (dan m), Thursday, 22 November 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link

Aye aye aye the family. What is it abound hereditary or legal ties that makes people so nerve-grating??

(*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Friday, 23 November 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link

Imma brag here for a sec:

For me cranberries are indispensable with turkey, but the rest of the family dislikes decided to forgot them this year, so I fashioned cranberry sauce from what I could find at the little gas station: Ocean Spray cranberry juice cocktail (made a reduction out of it), strawberry jam, and the sour coating from Sour Patch Kids. Unanimous agreement that it tasted like the real thing.

(*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Friday, 23 November 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link

that's gross

+ back in chicago
- our heat isn't working and no one's going to fix it until tomorrow probably

congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 25 November 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link

Do u need space heaters or anything?

(*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Sunday, 25 November 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link

Thanks but we'll be ok til tomorrow. It's nippy in here but not freezing, and we have a space heater in evie's room.

congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 25 November 2012 23:19 (eleven years ago) link

Bake something.

(*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Monday, 26 November 2012 00:45 (eleven years ago) link

also: coyotes at wrigley field http://deadspin.com/5963323/drawn-by-the-scent-of-death-and-decay-coyotes-prowl-wrigley-field

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 26 November 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link

I went to Shake Shack this summer in NYC--they've pretty much perfected a quick-burger experience. Like Five Guys, not worth a road trip or anything, but definitely a good option if it's in a convenient location.

Artie Bucco Drummer Type (Eazy), Monday, 26 November 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link

Hello. There are a lot of Octavia Butler Kindle books on sale on Amazon today.

carl agatha, Monday, 26 November 2012 22:02 (eleven years ago) link

Yeah, pretty bad. Plus thr South Side will have all those red line stations closed at the time the hikes kick in.

Artie Bucco Drummer Type (Eazy), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link

pretty douchey

congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 16:26 (eleven years ago) link

I'd be less irked about the price increase if they weren't canceling the Lincoln bus, the fuckers.

carl agatha, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link

Total douche.

passion it person (La Lechera), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link

"You can drive to work" has a whiff of Romney's "You can borrow money from your parents."

Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link

Yeah. Very "Let them eat cake!"

carl agatha, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link

Ugh.

I mean, he's saying "if you think this is bad, consider the worse alternative," but he's still a shit.

I hate to even bother with the distinction between what he said and how it was spun, but the straight reality is bad enough.

(*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link


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