CHICAGO: If Hepatitis C Were Attacking Your Face Instead of Your Liver You'd Be Doing Something About It

I leave early! Earlier and earlier every day, yet I still manage to be late. Yesterday I was due at work at 4. I left the house at 3:05, and got to work at 4:20! And as most of you know, I live within earshot of the train. CTA trip planner says my commute should take between 19-25 minutes. No.

You didn't grow it for this, did you?

I am aware of that, but the outside temp has a direct impact on the temperature of the temperature indoors. So when it's 40, it doesn't get cold enough inside to turn on the heat. But when it's coooold, it comes on and never turns off. The fact that it never turns off is kind of odd: is there no heat source in the room with the thermostat?

moustache vs. mustache?

I'm guessing, basement.

I found it odd that such an old woman would be so reluctant to turn the heat on. Aren't old women supposed to be cold all the time?

Otto -- I feel for you, I do. I lived without heat last winter for about three months. I had three space heaters going all the time, and hundred dollar electric bills.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/fluxion23/tattoo.jpg

That's a pretty sweet tat you got there, tough guy.

I'm sure Jeff is somewhere out there grumbling about how we're talking about the weather.

I was suspiscious of the mango splitter when I saw it in the store, but this email from Cook's Illus. changed my mind:

Mango Splitter:
The OXO Mango Splitter is one of those rare kitchen gadgets that actually works. Try as we might, we couldn’t round up a mango that it couldn’t handle, and the mango splitter never left extra fruit on the pit by overestimating the pit’s size. It's especially useful if you're making our Curried Fruit Chutney to accompany a curry.
$11.95, www.cooking.com, item#411725

I like the mustache, Jordan. It's cute.

(just so we're clear, I lack mustache commitment and shaved it off soon after taking that picture, so now I look like I'm 12)

My boss is out all week and it's not helping my motivation.

Groovy!

It's the Georgia O'Keefe of kitchen gadgets... I use Amanda's knife n' gnaw method.

Jordan, I was going to tell you to keep the 'stache because it's very handsome but I see you have already ruined everything. NICE ONE.

Whoa - who is that first guy? I thought it was Jesse for a second.

1) I admit it, Rocky is appealing.
http://iblnews.com/getpic.php?idfoto=105913
http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/18/36/27/07/18467337.jpg

2) But Adrian! She was supposed to be a loser? Put her in 2006 and she's the most popular girl in art school. She was ADORABLE.
This photo does not do her costume design justice.
http://www.talia-shire.com/images/gallery_slyend.jpg

That concludes my review of Rocky

I saw Aguirre (really liked it but I kept getting distracted, also I expected Kinski to be more overtly nuts) and Before Sunrise (pretty much what I expected but I was into it) over the weekend.

I just rearranged our netflix queue b/c it's exam time, baby, and I get to exercise dominion over our leisure time:

I, Claudius: Disc 1
The Wicker Man
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Ravenous
Some Like It Hot
The Apartment
The Sentinel
Black Sunday
Eaten Alive
History Channel: War of 1812: Disc 1

Coming back from said weekend to a cold apartment that doesn't want to heat up is also a dud.

People in Tennessee are some of the worst drivers I have ever seen, or maybe they're just all drunk.

I don't know if I've ever seen Rocky or Jaws in non-edited-for-TV versions.

I wore flannel-lined Carhartts today and was very comfortable on the way to work, but now I am experiencing a bit of overheating.

I am starting to agitate for TT early this week. Thoughts?

xpost - I love Jaws.

hm. Maybe you're thinking of The Godfather?

Jay-Z: Fade to Black
Reality Bites
Idlewild
Burden of Dreams
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Bottle Rocket
Oleanna
Barry Lyndon
The Thin Man
Harvey Birdman: Vol. 2: Disc 1
Harvey Birdman: Vol. 2: Disc 2
Freaks & Geeks: Disc 1