Chicago: The Eponymous Thread

the last shit-cold I had, about a month ago, gave me a whole new appreciation for hot toddies with lots of lemon and honey

evanston counts imo

Yeah, Evanston.

That New Yorker article was pretty interesting.

i don't like it hot though
room temp toddy pls

Well a "room temperature toddie" just doesn't sound as inviting, tbh.

to me it does!

i find hot liquor kind of repulsive
mulled wine, etc

I like Glogg, but I was kind of ho-hum on the warm sake I had the other night. (Chilled is better, IMO.)

Had Glogg at Simon's on Friday after some xmas shopping and it was suitably festive.

Today is my last day before we leave for Connecticut and trying to care about work is proving to be very difficult.

breaking: i'm flying into chicago wednesday night, interviewing thursday (and up for a fap anytime after!), megabusing to st. louis on friday morning.

Good luck with the interview! Wish I could FAP, but I will be driving to Ann Arbor Thursday night, weather permitting.

I am getting my hair done, which feels like a vain endeavor that I should gladly cast aside in favor of fellowship and libations but if I reschedule I won't be able to get another apt for at least a month and lord, you should see my roots now.

If y'all go somewhere nearby, I will stop by after.

Which is code for "Jesse, organize this at Delilah's."

whoa, good luck with the interview Z!

i miiiiiiiiight be able to FAP on Thursday depending on how prepared i am to leave on friday (mainly how clean my apartment is).

i would be willing to do delilah's

good luck ZS!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/ct-books-chicago-favorites-2011,0,6237753,full.story

Z, where are you staying? Do you want to meet at Delilah's? It's right by Jenny's house, so you should just crash at her place.

Delilah's http://g.co/maps/t7rdt

Where are you staying?

i'll most likely be staying with a friend around Logan Square for Thursday night, but i still need to ask about that!

Hey, my neighborhood! You guys should hang out there, there are cabs now.

(good luck Z)

that list just seems like "every book published by a chicago-area author (except amanda's husband) in 2011"

i'm flexible on time and location for a thursday night fap. it looks like Delilah's is pretty close to where i'm staying anyway, but if people want to try another place that's cool too.

SO NERVOUS

Delilah's is convenient to Logan Square and if it gets Jenny there, I'd vote for it (it's right across the street from Jenny's beauty parlor).

I'm going to be in MN so idgaf really, have fun!

Good luck, by the way.

There are more cabs in Logan Square than there used to be, possibly. The trendy restaurants have attracted more of them. Dan, your mention of it reminded me of something I know I told Katie, but I don't remember if I mentioned elsewhere.

One Sunday evening this spring, I left Katie's house, and because of the Diversey bus' ABSURD Sunday night schedule (stops running between the lake and Logan Square Blue line at 8 p.m. Sunday nights), I was stuck at Logan Square. I wandered and waited at the CTA stop for 1/2 hour and there were no cabs, so I called one to pick me up at Diversey and Kedzie. When I got in the cab, he said "What are you doing here??" I told him I was visiting a friend, to which he responded that "You are a very good friend if you come here," and then went on talking about cab drivers not liking that area.

As much shit as I've talked about Logan Square, I was really surprised at that guy's opinions. At the Square itself, there are a lot of bars and restaurants that would bring people to the area, and it wasn't like he was picking me up in front of a smoldering crack house.

Not to mention the fact that I'm brown. It's not like he was picking up an Hitler's wet dream.

Though what do I know about Hitler's wet dreams. Maybe he creamed his lederpajamas over young brown studs like me.

yeah I think you told that story, that cab driver is a tard

USPS LOLz

As I was leaving for lunch at ~ 1:15, the line for the PO in my building was out the door and around the corner by the entrance to the GNC (so like half a block long). There was ONE cashier, and before her stood a man yelling (I could hear him as I walked past the open door) and waving his arms frantically.

On the way back from lunch, the line was out the door of the PO but no longer curled around by the GNC. There were two cashiers.

I've been forced to go to the Post Office twice in the past few days, and, yeah, it's been crazy. But I prepared myself (girded my loins, if you will) as best as I could and it was okay.

I was just on hold w/ our credit card company and this song was playing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IFQZyxxyyM

I just sneezed something terrifying onto my sleeve. HI!

work is nuts today, what's up with that

otm, I'm hoping all week won't be this bad, but I'm betting it will. Things get so hectic just before the holidays.

it's so unpredictable when things are going to suddenly get crazy at this job. no rhyme or reason.

living the bachelor life for the next few days.

my work is ridic too, but I'm taking like 6 days off so it's not that surprising

still I could do w/o this headache and the prospect of staying until 6

there's nothing like explaining something to four adults and then 5 minutes later eavesdropping as they try to puzzle out how to do the thing you just explained to them

lol

I'm struggling with a deadline for a project on Tuesday the 3rd. This deadline was chosen long ago by our clients so we're kind of stuck with it, but its turning into a nightmare because, for whatever reason, our firm is giving us Friday the 30th off but not Monday the 2nd. So we're here that day, but all our consultants on the project are off.

if i can just straight-up be a dick for a second, there are too many olds trying to figure out databases in the library today

My work is extremely slow, as it always is around the holidays. Which is great, after the ridiculous 2 months we've had around here. And Liggy mentioned in passing that she was going to give herself and me bonuses. Hoping the Jerkstore firm is feeling generous after last week's trial victory and the hundreds of billable hours we put into it last month.

if I'm gonna be here past 5PM I am eating several holiday theme packaged york peppermint patties

That is fair.

when sarah's out of town i watch lots of movies. last night i was really wiped out so i watched "scream." it was funny how many times they talk about the "cellular phone" in that movie. then last night and this morning i watched the david hyde pierce-starring horror/thriller/black comedy "a perfect host," which was pretty ridiculous but had some funny stuff in the middle and a complete unnecessary twist in the last 20 minutes.

jesse, z_s, et al - any idea for a time to meet at delilah's on thursday?

So we are having lunch brought in today to celebrate the wedding of a coworker, which is super cool and so glad for free lunch. But we get an email five minutes before it starts saying, "please provide your own beverages". Except, we don't have a fridge to keep drinks in or vending machines anywhere in our building, so we'll all be stuck with water. How hard is it to plan to have beverages too when you get food catered?

What kind of beverages were you expecting? (I just drink coffee and water at work, but maybe that's just me.)

I typically drink water too, but like if we have an outside lunch presentation they usually bring a narrow selection of like sodas and juices. I'm weird, but I don't like drinking water with meals since I drink so much of it throughout the day.

I think it's reasonable to offer soda with a catered work lunch if you work at a for-profit, private sector place.

Linguists and language enthusiasts: I would like to talk about leaving the object off prepositional phrases beginning with "with." Examples: Do you want to come with? Just bring it with.

Specific questions: Where do people say this? My childhood BFF's PA Dutch grandmom said it all the time. Why have I started saying this now that I live in Chicago?

I feel like I've heard that all over the place, really. I mean, I don't think I could pin it to a certain demographic without paying closer to attention to who says it.

I can say for 100% certain that the quickest way to annoy my wife is to end a sentence like that, particularly with "at".