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Chicago is such a great town for crazy stories and political gossip. Its like living in your very own mobster tabloid, only it's real!
Ok, so I feel bad about enjoying it so much, but seriously, there's some crazy stuff going on in this town.He's also incidentally, married to the Playboy heiress.Chicago Tribune of course requires you to register. We could make some bogus account you could all log into if you didn't want to sign your life away to them.
Today I learned how the Chicago mob outfit was key in getting JFK elected, how the Cicero mob tried to run an undercover casino in Wisconsin, and how a Chicago mobster was the first person ever to take the 5th in a court of law. Pretty educational day.
Cash Station
Ask for the nearest cash station anywhere outside the chicagoland area and you get blank stares.
That's because they're called "Tyme Machines" in Wisconsin. Crazy sconnies.
ATM... didn't know that we were the only ones that called them cash stations... seems like you could figure out that 'cash station' was equivalent to 'ATM'. maybe the blank stares were more indicative of the intelligence of the people you were asking then the nature of the anachronism?
On the BBC, they call them "Automated Cash Dispensers". Imagine that phrase being breathily intoned by some upper-crust limey.
I have a nasty feeling that "ATM" was/is associated (maybe only at the outset) with one particular financial institution and the BBC habitually avoids using brand names. For instance, all the "How to do it" childrens shows when I were a lad ensured that neutral descriptions prevailed, such as "Adhesive tape" (pronounced [in a plumby accent] as ad-hesive tape with a non-silent 'h').
I think we should throw George and 'Ellen a retirement party in the neighborhood. Seriously. Where should we do it? We could probably do it on the lawn at NPCC, and get the neighborhood involved, too. Bring over grills and have a big 'ol picnic.What do you guys think?
I've always preferred "cash machine" or "bank machine"- gets to the point.
As per the retirement party idea- you all should definately do something. You spent enough time on those benches making them inhale your second hand smoke- you owe them.
The AIB calls its ATMs BankLinks. Thus was spawned the popular slang term "DrinkLink".
for the retirement party thing. if we could swing the hump, that would be really cool. im sure they would love it. and we can't let them cook anything. maybe we should figure out a way to have some pizzaburger sauce for the burgers that we cook, and that kind of thing...
I'll ask about that, the hump would be really great.
Hey, My birthday is the 19th, and Wags, your is the 17 or 18th, right? It's not tonight, is it???AHHHNYWAY, I was wondering, if people were interested in a little get together at Moody's this Saturday night, in honor of our fabulous births?
What do you guys think?
probably. sounds like a good idea, at any rate. my birthday isn't until August 29th, though. but my extended family has already celebrated it, so why not? your birth is worth celebrating by itself, though, peter. and i wouldn't mind sharing a pitcher of Berghoff with the crew. good times... speaking of times, post a time on here, and perhaps i'll see you friday or saturday and we'll get the word spread.
Hey, not that I mind having the evening ALL TO MYSELF, nor that I wouldn't mind celebbing yours a month early, but someone's birthday is this week -- within 3 days before mine... someone from the local posse... who is it?I'm shooting for Sat. night at Moody's -- I'm hoping to take Ms. Harrington out to dinner on Friday night, since she'll be in town. Awwwwww YEAH!!!!
Have any of you guys been to Blue Man Group? I was thinking about going there with her... is it worth it? I'm kind of feeling more like classical music though, or something. I dunno.
Definately worth it.
We're going to Ravinia tonight for a picnic and the CSO... I hope it doesn't rain!Anyway, Saturday, we are planning on going to Moody's later on -- would anyone be interested in trying to catch a Schaumburg Flyer's game in the early evening (6:20) and then go to Moody's? People who wanted to just meet at Moody's could do that, too.
Who around here should I call? Like Easy-E, Kerry, etc. It would be great to get a bunch of people up there... or is it too much work? It is really fun, and the best seats in the house are like, $9.00.
Who else is around that might want to go?
Here's the scoop:5:00 PM -- meet at casa del pedro (5305 Tre Kronor Avenue) for travelling to Schaumburg for the game. Consider being a driver if you have a car and are willing.
6:20 -- Game Time in Schaumburg. Flyers vs. Sioux Falls Canaries. I'm rooting for the Flyers and DO NOT plan on being kicked out of the ballpark, so no big ideas.
10:00 -- meet at Moody's Pub on Broadway (south of Peterson).
Anyone is welcome. No presents or cake or any of that stuff necessary -- we just want to have a good time!
Bread pudding...*drool*
i do. i really do.
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oldpossumus and i saw kerry larson walking around campus today with her 1 year old son. kinda weird, since i hadn't seen her in abou 3 years. it was good to see her, and her offspring. sadly, she's leaving today or tomorrow.
i CAN spell, just sometimes i can't type. and sometimes i can't correct my typos.
Phil tells me that Daley put the kabosh on the Wrigley expansion/remodeling and that it's going to be a "historic landmark" and so soon won't be able to have anything done to it. How about that!
recipe for gulyas (how do you get accent marks....there is one over the a) (goo*yash) (in the pronunciation the a should be long-- as in you say it longer so like aahhh rather than ah) 1.5 oz. lard*2 medium onions*1T paprika*2lb beef (Thick flank and fillet ends)*.5raw grated potato*1Ttomato puree*4.5pints bone and veg. stock*.5t caraway seeds*1lb potatoes*1 green pepper fry finely chopped onions in lard until golden addpaprika and walnut sized cubes of beef, caraway seeds and grated potato. cover and simmer ~10 min, stirring occasionally. add tomato puree, half cupfull of stock; simmer till meat is nearly done. add remainder of stock, bring to boil, add potatoes cut into small cubes. if avaliable add sliced green pepper to gulyas... there is also a dumpling garnish--csipetke (chip*eht*keh??) which recipe I can provide if you want.
so i hear AJ popped the question. congrats
so i hear lukas is in town, what's up with that?
saw his mug behind a camera all night. plus, he shook me all night long.
Daleyman Honored with Tickertape Parade!Psss, what's "tickertape" anyway?
(I know what it is, that was just a joke.)
The 13-count indictment in Milwaukee charged Konopka, the alleged leader of the Realm of Chaos [emphasis mine], with causing dozens of power failures and other service interruptions that affected more than 30,000 customers and caused more than $800,000 in damage.THE REALM OF CHAOS. YES! OH wait... I suppose this is exactly the kind of reaction Dr. Chaos was looking for. Crap!
That in my other life, I am Supreme General Bishop Zod of THE REALM OF CHAOS!!!
is from the Phantom Zone. I think we all know that.
. . your own delusions of grandeur first, smiley boy!
theyre re-opening lower wacker tonite.'bout time.
the bluesmobile is doing the innagural run down it.
my neighbor, becca smith, (known by a good portion of the diner i assume, not a computer user in the slightest, let alone a diner customer) is having a breakfast party on saturday.a "HUGE breakfast party" as she puts it.
she wanted me to post about it here and invite any and all to come.
this saturday the 14th. show up between 11 and noon. or after. its a late breakfast.
she's at 5104 n. kedzie, 3rd floor. plenty of good food and good coffee, i'm sure.
so go!
my ass has to work. no breakfast for me. perhaps i will call and say 'hello'.
breakfast. yummy. i'll be there. might even drag gene along. won't that be exciting?
I'm going to wichita for my grandfather's 90th birthday. I'll have a 4 hour layover in chicago on sunday evening. I think that's enough time to grab me some gullivers.
I'll really be in Lindsborg, KS (flying to Wichita) and I'll also have a layover of about 2.5 hours on friday afternoon. But I doubt that's long enough to get anywhere and back in time to catch my flight. My sister flies out three hours later so I may try to get on that flight from chiago and then would have 5 hours on friday afternoon. Then I wouldn't have to sit around in wichita for three hours watching the wheat grow.
...into a sort of when/where/how long kind of format?
It all makes sense in my head...I swear.
Friday, 2/14/2003 - O'Hare Airport 10am - noon
Sunday, 2/15/2003 - O'Hare Airport 4:45 - 8:45
There is the possibility that Friday I could catch a later flight at like 3:15 (but not likely). I don't even know if there is time on sunday to do anything, but I like to daydream.
it was great to get back there for the holidays and good to see pedro, as always (thnaks for inviting me in)Have you ever noticed...
Chicagoans measure distance in terms of time: "How far is it?" "Oh, about 20 minutes?"
Everywhere else, when asked where they're from, people say the state. In Chicago, it's Chicago (not Illinois)
Did you know...
Chicago earned its Windy City moniker from the politicans spouting hot air, not from the ferocious "lake effect"
I'm not sure, but it seems to me that some kind of afternoon swoop in and nab you might work... gullivers wouldn't be that hard to get to, or is there a giordanos out by the airport somewhere?
there is a giordano's in rosemont on river road and higgins, up from the hyatt where all covenant transactions take place. It is extremely easy to get on 190 into the airport by just getting on and off at the river road exit. Also the blue line river road el stop is right there as well.
man could I go for a deep dish sausage and spinach pizza from Giordano's, talk about heaven on earth!!!
yeah, that place rules. im in for pizza w/ lukas. valentine's day nonetheless. better than feeling miserable, which is what i would otherwise be doing, purposefully.
I will be in town Sunday February 16, one month frmo now. I started throwig out ideas this week since I bought my plane tickets on sunday. I know it's rare for me to plan this far in advance so I can understand if there was any confusion.
I'll be in famous Douglas Country, WI that weekend, with dogman40 and alh. Crappo!
s/40//
Pedro, that stinks.
I'll be in town.
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This is the weekend I'll be in town for a few short hours (hopefully enough time for some pizza). Details to follow...
let's make plans, people. huh?
Phil, alh, and I will be up nort.Sorry!
I arrive at O'Hare at 4:45 and I talked some non-diner friends into picking me up and carting me over to the Giordano's on river road. I suppose we'll be there around 5:15-5:30. I don't know the addy offhand but will look it up at some point this weekend. My net access will be limited in lindsborg so I may not get a chance to post again until late saturday. If any of you folks want to come and meet us there that would be great. So far it's me, AJ&Lenore, Aaron&Jeannie and Erik, but other peoples are welcome. If you are going to come please email me, or post here, or call my cell phone [two-four-zero, six-oh-one--two-nine-seven-four] and leave a message. If there are going to be more than ive or six people I want to call ahead with a reservation or an order so I don't miss my plane.
Lukas I'll be there in the empty chair next to you, save a slice for me.
i really think it's cool that there's going to be a huge sidewalk in stead of parking spots on campus, but i really don't like the fact that to get to that point, i have to feel the building shake all the time, it doesn't make me feel very comfortable.
Where are they building a large sidewalk, down Spaulding?
but it's replacing spaulding
A certain Elginite-turned-Indianian-turned-Californian is going to be around Chicago the last weekend of February. We should try to get something cool together to welcome her home (albeit for a very short visit). Let me know if you have any ideas...
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So they are turning spaulding asphalt into a big slab of cement? I thought that the plan was making a big lawn that expanded the length of the campus, a beautifying thing. Hmm. Also new gossip, they are building a new sportscenter as well? can anyone confirm that tidbit?
Well, there still needs to be fire access to hanson, student services, caroline, and nyvall, so there will have to be some kind of driveable surface. But it really should look nice when it's all done.The original athletic facility plan was going to be on the corner of foster and kedzie (that weird hangar looking thing you might have seen plans for). The newly proposed one will actually go across from the apartments and physical plant in that junkyard, from what I understand, and is going to be less elaborate than the other one that was planned. I think that's all relatively public info, but just in case it's not, you didn't hear it from me.
Dr. Chaos Gets 13 Years in Prison.
Seems like he should get 13 years at the Funny Farm rather than 13 years in prison. But, I imagine that anyone accused of plotting to use a chemical anything these days is not likely to find sympathy from any jury...
Did anyone else see that around midnight on March 27th?
no.
i saw the flash. i am sitting in my recliner by an east-facing window, which is where i was when it happened. i was not looking out the window, but i saw the courtyard light up with light obviously coming from the west. it was a bright white light. i thought it was lightning from the rainclouds moving over until pedro mentioned it here and in #tron. now i'm trying to remember i noticed anything peculiar about it. the only thing i can think of is that it was awefully white, and didn't have the bluish hue of nearby lightning or the yellowish hue of distant lightning.
all my fears are put to rest
i totally saw that
only this time from WBBM who does not charge for access
This is the biggest relief of my morning. Christy and I had just gone to bed and I sat up and yelled "Holy something-or-other! did you see that?!!" It made our whole bedroom completely bright but with green and blue shades of light. Christy had her eyes closed and I thought my eyes were just going nuts. Whew.
duck and cover
some of you know a mister ryan yoeckel, recent graduate of NPU and husband to a soon-to-be graduate. he's had an interesting ride since graduating and recently has been working a not-so-fun job with not-too-good pay.but he just called me today to inform me of some very good news. he has recently been hired by Jewel-Osco and will begin their management training program immediatley. as far as chicago grocery stores go, jewel is a really good one to work for, and there will be plenty of room for promotions and growth for a bright young guy like ryan. this is a total answer to prayer and ryan is super excited.
(he wants me to share his good news with you all, and has given me permission to post his name here, btw.)
congrats, ryan!
i thought it was the end. eric and i saw it while pedro and tim were locking up the youth house in kenilworth where we were practicing. i was so freaked out. glad to know that is was a meteor.
i was bowling.
Small Bomb Damages Ald. Solis' Office
cherrymasters galore
According to the Red Eye or Red Streak (one of those newspapers) it appears that a certain Connor Oberst of the band Bright Eyes is dating Winona Ryder. Those of you on the diner may know him best from a little song that he wrote entitled "L@ur@ L@urent". He's 22 and she's 31.
um. yeah.
who's that dude on the left?
that came in the mail the other day and I had a good laugh.
I saw that the other day too, cracked me up, reminded me of a bad home movie we made in grade school in which we were all gang members, we were obsessed with the HBO documentary "Banging in Little Rock" so we made "Banging in North Park" talk about some funny shit! THat's his throw back to being a hard-ass.
Speaking of Bright Eyes, does anyone know where L is staying? I need to get a hold of her...my aunt is in town for a nursing convention and I forgot that I told her, when I was in Iowa last week, that I'd hang out with her this Friday night & show her the city. I'm assuming stuff will be going on Saturday, and then the show is on Sunday, no?
all of the wolley cabs being parked around chicago? did they go out of business or something? there are half a dozen or so outside my building and they all have parking tickets from last friday. Just wondering if anyone knew.
...and I realized that I had taken a picture of that moment. Enjoy.
Dateline, Chicago.El Ranchero tortilla chips, a.k.a., "The Good Chips" have changed their bag from the non-crinkly almost "soft" plastic to the more traditional "crinkly" plastic. More on this stunning development as it is uncovered.
it must be the way that they're fried so hard that they make your teeth crack...but that's my opinion
The "good chips" are the Del Rey tortilla chips, which are available at Jewel in a plastic bag with a green top (which oddly enough says "Del Rey" on it). They are not quite as overly fried as the El Ranchero chips, and have a little more flavor to them, try them and you'll never go back!
We have a new bag of good chips in the not-so-good bag. I was shocked and distressed to discover the difference in bag material. We'll see, I guess, if the chips themselves are affected.
Check out the Del Rey chips, you can yell at me if you don't like them, but I think they are kickass.
ah. i am fond of both the aforementioned 'good chips'. but also, check out the fairly new Tostito Gold chip. made especially thick for dipping-without-cracking-in-the-dip.
and tortilla chips are the only news?
and the cubs are still in first place. i'm afraid to say it out loud though for fear that the house of cards will come tumbling down.
i was at home on saturday (Ana Maria Gallag, Calle Privada #39 Morelia Michoacán, MX 58000, just in case you want to visit) and i noticed that the cubs were on, they were already behind, but I took the opportunity to run out and get some beers (4) and some chips (2 small bags)a total cost of two dollars and fifty cents, thank you very much. and then i proceeded to watch the game, and call the phone number to vote on whether or not sammy could make the people forget about that whole corked bat thang (a free phone call by the way) and had myself a nice little buzz before going out that night (i don't have to drink as much because morelia is about 2000 meters above sea level, lake patzcuaro, 2,200m, is one of the highest lakes in the world). It was nice, like being in pilsen.
porch collapse... remind me not to sit out on Sonia's porch again if she has another party there...
pedro, that reminds me of how weak my back porch felt when we moved the piano in.
Tribune staff reports Published September 25, 2003, 9:02 AM CDTFirefighters responding to a garage fire on Chicago's South Side this morning found a man's badly charred body in a car in the burned-out building, authorities said.
The fire was reported shortly after 5 a.m. in the 5300 block of South Carpenter Street, and the body was discovered in a destroyed four-door sedan after firefighters doused the blaze, officials said. The garage itself also was a total loss after its roof and walls collapsed.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity was not immediately available. Members of the Chicago Fire Department and police Bomb and Arson Squad were investigating.
WGN-Ch. 9 and Tribune wires contributed to this story.
Copyright © 2003, Chicago Tribune
anyone ever hear of this girl? she responded to an ad my bassist put up for a singer/guitarist.apparently she went to Columbia, so i'm wondering if instintcofi may have heard of her...
anyway, just wondering...
they really tore down the rainbo roller rink?? what a bummer. the new condos will probably be cursed though...
remember "poltergeist"?
I am not surprised that they found a dead body while tearing down the building though, it was always a shady place.
across the street from a cemetary...
...to rollerskate at! come on, Rainbo was dope shit back in the day.also, my dad saw Led Zeppelin play there way way back in the day. that counts for something in my book.
still though, that's creepy. some kid come up a little short for a sno-cone? were there witnesses in the Hokey Pokey debacle back in '77 that had to be taken out?
That's cool about Zeppelin!
trib
kid gets a $75 ticket for picking up a quarter off the ground at a tollbooth
Too bad about Dave Matthews dropping bus waste on people siteseeing.
Dave Matthews probably has no idea what his bus driver does with the waste... it sounds like it's pretty common for bus drivers to do that (as despicable as it is). DMB probably shouldn't be so demonized about it.
i actually was kind of hoping that it WASN'T DMB, but rather some band a little more... i dunno.... punk rock?... who had INTENTIONALLY timed the drop so as to hit a tour bus. unless my grandmother was on the boat i'd think that was hilarious.after reading The Dirt by Motley Crue, that's the kind of thing that i find hilarious.
that should have read... "so as to hit a tour BOAT" not bus.
...but the not-owning-up to the dump in the first place and the subsequent dodginess (dodgy-ness, dodge-ie-ness?) is their fault.
SEPT 10, 11, 12TH.who's going and when?
and will there be an accompanying RV set at the wood?
It's unknown whether there will be a Germanfest RV set... although I may wander over to the festivities.
the browns, heather, noah, and ella, will be coming into chitown on the 11th. although, i believe that night is already booked solid for them with family stuff, since N's parents have yet to actually see the child.
if you do end up doing an RV set... see if you can pull some strings and have me DJ inbetween?
we haven't really even discussed our calendar yet.
will have to enjoy it in my mind. last time it rolled around and i lived down the street i enjoyed walking over in the afternoon for a brat and a beer rather than the late night beer guzzling. they also do a springfest in the same plaza. i'm getting hungry...
...which I always thought was named the Chrysler Building. You might have heard something interesting about it... well, urban legends die hard.
is this what you do all day long? I've never heard anything like that before. I heard that people had bee killed by ice falling off the slanted part but, i must say, i'll never be able to walk past that building, or even see it again without a straight face.
I've heard that many times, from many different people over the years... I thought it was common Chicago-lore. I always thought it seemed a little far-fetched. And no, it's not what I do all day.
The next time I take my parents on the boat tour and see if my mother the prude jumps overboard and heads for shore.
I was just kidding.
gone for good? what the general feeling in chi-town with regards to his future with the cubbies?
Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way to New York, Sammy. Good riddance.
And I'm not even a really passionate Cubs fan (really a more White Sox fan, truth be known) but even I'm tired of Sammy by now. Dusty protected him all year long and this is how Sammy treats the ONE guy protecting him from the heat of a slugging percentage less than the average amount of change in my sofa? Yeah, it's time for him to go.For that matter, they should find some way to package him with Eddy Curry and Eddie Robinson... maybe some sort of combo Mets/Knicks deal?
Thirding Lt & GNat's sentiment. I've always thought of him as a creep.
I just want to say that Ohare is a mess. Billions of dollars and more runways aren't going to help. It's so crowded and the planes are delayed so often that I think they need twice the capacity if everything is to remedied there. I say open the Peotone airport. And utilize Midway more. I prefer flying out of midway but a lot of times I find better deals out of Ohare through Travelocity. So I'm late a lot.
try flying into or out of LAX. it's awful.i had a layover in o'hare after flying out of and into LAX several times and was struck by what a breeze it was to get around, to get through security, how short the lines were, how much more efficient everything was. and bedlam didn't seem to be ensuing in the pickup lanes outside.
oh, and LAX almost landed a plane on top of a plane preparing to take off. only because it was daytime and the pilot of the landing plane could see the one taking off did they avoid complete humiliation and total disaster.
i think what you meant to say was "lax almost landed a plane on top of a plane again"
CHICAGO -- A bus driver for the Dave Matthews Band pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor charges for unloading human waste onto a tour boat on the Chicago River last summer and was given 18 months of probation.Stefan A. Wohl, 42, of Selma, Texas, entered his plea before Judge William O'Malley in North Misdemeanor Court (Br. 29), who sentenced Wohl to 18 months on probation, 150 hours of community service and a $10,000 fine.
Passengers aboard a tour boat on the Chicago River passing under the Kinzie Street Bridge on Aug. 8, 2004, were sprayed with 80 to 100 gallons of human waste dumped from the tour bus holding tank, according to lawsuits and charges filed in the incident.
i can't even imagine how nasty that would be. we all know how much Dave likes peeing on people... i hesitate to say it wasn't on purpose (his purpose) that this happened.
If you're going along Ravenswood in the Lincoln Square area, you might see a sign on one of the old warehouses for Bobby More's Performing Elephants -- Heeeeeeeere's Bobby!
Great stuff happening in Chicago right now wrt The Outfit:Calabrese Sr. displayed more of his Outfit-style moralism as he spoke with his son about one of the factors that helped lead to the Spilotros' killings - Anthony's rumored affair with a married woman.
"That's a friend, and that's a commandment," Calabrese told his son. "He, right then ... nail went in the coffin, right then, that was one nail."