Chicago: The Eponymous Thread

EZ hasn't registered here yet, but he just posted this on the FB ILX secret group http://www.wbez.org/blog/city-room-blog/2011-11-30/walmart-makes-inroads-chicagos-north-side-lakeview-store-opening-9444.

I'm not going to shop there, but they did a nice job reusing of that space.

"There are three transgender employees working here,"

When asked why the opening release said "Walmart Express Opens in Wrigleyville" and not Boystown or even Lakeview, Restivo stressed it was not any slight to the gay community, but that the broader public would be more easily able to associate the location because of Wrigley Field.

"This store is creating 45-50 new jobs" -- but how many will be lost at other stores around the neighborhood?

All of them.

That area was already lousy with food stores without this addition. The good people of Lakeview are assured their nutrition.

I think it's a stretch to call that Wrigleyville. It's generally considered Wrigleyville ends at Fremont.

It's closer to a phallic pole than it is a foul pole.

Jeff.

I've got a foul pole.

For you.

Right here.

#justsaying

hey i won two tickets to see white mystery at the hideout on friday, is anyone interested in accompanying me?

things i've won recently:
kindle
show tickets

i should play the lottery

in other news, i'm going to have a sandwich for dinner tonight

Nick.

Jesse.

I've got a foul pole .

JESSE?

Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh, ooooh.

I've got a fowl pole

if you know what I mean

(I fuck chickens)

(and eat the eggs)

Cool. If you're on IM later tonight I'll send you some links might be of interest.

nick i would take you up on that offer, but what i really want to see is this
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/russian-circles/Event?oid=4792520

Ok well I don't have free tickets to that, sorry.

i don't suppose you would want to go anyway?
who am i kidding
d won't even go with me but i think its gonna be super heavy and awesome and i am looking forward to it

I can't really spend money on fun stuff right now.

:(

:(

I can't go to the droning show b/c I'm going to be in the burps.

:(

I think I just got a dab of srirachia in the little kitty's eye.

:(

I think I just dabbed Srirachia in his other eye.

:D

Wait, what? I started this thread?? Weird!

My dearest CrunkleJ!

Jeff, this seems relevant to your interests:
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/hanson-to-launch-mmmhop-beer-20113011

Whoa those Hanson brothers are real lookers.

Also, it's an IPA! http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/11/30/hanson-launching-what-might-be-least-socially-acceptable-beer-in-history/

Also LOL at the Hanson/beer intersection of Jeff's interests. Who would have guessed? What's next? Patrick Stewart puts out a running shoe?

They are lookers, but that dipweed on the left has nasty hair!

It's amusing to see beer nerds on twitter get so outraged by this.

are you serious?
people are outraged by mmbop beer?

lol blue line (I think)

http://imgur.com/gallery/mHj7H

i was thinking about if i end up going to this show by myself: lots of people use cell phones to kill time at shows between bands, and i've taken paperbacks to shows before when i've gone by myself, but i think taking a kindle to a rock show would be unbearably dorky.

Haha, yeh, for some reason a Kindle would seem really dorky in a way a phone or book wouldn't. But then, maybe not dorky, but just weird b/c iPad would look out of place too. So might a magazine, maybe.

Dan, where did you find that image? I wonder if that's from Halloween.

I would take any and all of those things to a show. I'd take this to a show if it was easier to carry around. http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/e762/

i don't have much of a hard time going to shows alone. i even sat (stood) through two opening bands to see cave and it never really even reached a noticeable level of discomfort. if i can't sit somewhere, it helps to find a place where i can put my back against a wall though. but that would be true with or without a companion.

usually bring phone and emergency book.

I downloaded that Cave album, btw. Good stuff, esp. the opening track, which is super-derivative but also right in my wheelhouse.

xps someone posted it on facebook, and yeah I was figuring halloween