So, my mom is constantly trying to fix me up with guys who live in Indiana. "Oh, he's a real gentleman AND he likes music too!" Well, after a couple of years of resistance I believe that she thinks she finally figured me out. She just called me and said she just started working with a girl around my age and she wants me to meet her. "She's blonde and likes to drink and party, but I think you guys would get along great!"

My mom knows nothing about me. Even if I was a lesbo, I'd never go for a blonde slut.

So, my mom is constantly trying to fix me up with guys who live in Indiana. "Oh, he's a real gentleman AND he likes music too!" Well, after a couple of years of resistance I believe that she thinks she finally figured me out. She just called me and said she just started working with a girl around my age and she wants me to meet her. "She's blonde and likes to drink and party, but I think you guys would get along great!"

My mom knows nothing about me. Even if I was a lesbo, I'd never go for a blonde slut.

Everyone knows Red loves bad boys, duh

A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

iw ernt out and the owwnere gave free shots all nite
drunknk!

Re-watching S1 of Mad Men. So goddamn good.

I just finished the first episode where Roger asks Don if they hired any Jews in the firm.

"Not on my watch." says Don. Then they find some dude in the mail room to put Rachel at ease. Haha.



"Love? That lighting bolt to the chest that makes you want to run off and make babies? That was invented by guys like me to sell nylons."


Don Drapper, you are my hero.

Oh, oh! Joan is saying something vampy and delicious now!

so, my street collapsed last night. then flooded. so thats cool.

wow..how did you manage to pull that off?

I finally got it! The keyboard is a red fucking herring! Forgo, you devlish scamp, you have been using voice-activation this entire time while sitting comfortably in your chair! ARRGH

wow..how did you manage to pull that off?

Oh, yes, Jess....oh, yes....today's the day...

Now if only iTunes would put the damn thing up...COME ON!!!!

Re-watching S1 of Mad Men. So goddamn good.

I just finished the first episode where Roger asks Don if they hired any Jews in the firm.

"Not on my watch." says Don. Then they find some dude in the mail room to put Rachel at ease. Haha.



"Love? That lighting bolt to the chest that makes you want to run off and make babies? That was invented by guys like me to sell nylons."


Don Drapper, you are my hero.

Oh, oh! Joan is saying something vampy and delicious now!

so, which is worse/ more frustrating:

1. the limbo you are in after a second interview, waiting to hear if you have the job

or

2. the limbo you are in in the beginning of a relationship when you dont know exactly what to call it.

Hmmm...doesn't this typically happen during puberty though? (most common in females 11-15 and males 14-16)

I told an HR rep today that I wanted $15 to $20 K more than they were offering for a job I recently (yesterday afternoon) applied for.

I have a salary survey to back up my demands, and told her so.

Given the bleak economic outlook, was this a dumb move? Should I have just said "yeah, that ridiculous salary sounds good."

^is this for real?

did the street just give way or something?

www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-water-main_webjan23,1,293457.story
chicagotribune.com
Repairing street damaged by water main break to take one week, officials say

By Kristen Kridel and Dan P. Blake

Tribune staff reporters

1:08 PM CST, January 22, 2008

It will take about one week to repair the street that collapsed because of Tuesday morning's water main break that created a small lake on the North Side, city officials said.

Montrose Avenue will be closed between Wolcott Avenue and Honore Street, said John Spatz, commissioner for the city's Water Management Department.

A 36-inch, 100-year-old water main burst overnight, leaving a 15-foot-deep hole in Montrose that measures about 80 feet in diameter, Spatz said. The resulting flood partially submerged parked cars and rerouted CTA service. Officials said they are looking for the cause.

The area bounded by Ravenswood Avenue on the east, Lincoln Avenue on the west, Berteau Avenue on the south and Sunnyside Avenue will be closed through at least Tuesday for the immediate cleanup. Cars now in the area will be allowed to leave.

The cast-iron main burst about 1:30 a.m. near Montrose Avenue and Wolcott Street, forcing police to close an area of several square blocks. The CTA briefly shut its Brown Line Montrose station and rerouted two buses.

"It was a dramatic scene; that's a lot of water to come out of the pipe all at once," said Tom LaPorte, a spokesman for the city's Department of Water Management. "The deepest was about 4 feet of water."

The water was shut off about 7 a.m., and city crews began what promised to be a long clean-up operation.

At a late-morning news conference, Richard Rodriguez, commissioner for the city's Buildings Department, pointed to a one-story structure at 1825 W. Montrose whose basement walls and floor are starting to collapse.

"The foundation and footing have basically come apart," he said.

Will Goodwin, manager of Beans and Bagels near the Montrose station, received a call at 6:30 a.m. that his coffee shop's basement contained 4 feet of water.

"Everything was floating—boxes of cups, records and boxes of receipts," said Goodwin, 33. "The entire basement is pretty much destroyed." By late morning, city officials had pumped out much of the water.

A short distance away, Jill Vandehei, 30, a Chicago Public Schools teacher, used a coffee cup to slowly bail out her four-door Mazda sedan, which refused to start. The mud line on the outside reached to the top of her tires; the one inside covered the bottom of her seats.

"I think I just ended up at a bad spot," she said, somewhat unnecessarily, of her parking spot at Montrose and Wolcott.

The water undermined the foundation of Montrose Avenue, opening a rupture with an 80-foot diameter and 15-foot depth. Several parking meters and a light pole were ripped from the sidewalk.

Why the main ruptured wasn't immediately known.

"It wouldn't be surprising to see that that the weather played a role," LaPorte said. "It went from very cold over the weekend to warmer temperatures that can cause weakness in the pipe."

The CTA rerouted the No. 78 Montrose bus until further notice. Earlier, the No. 50 Damen bus was briefly re-routed.

The Montrose Brown Line station was closed but reopened about 5:30 a.m. Commuters were able to access the station only from the east side.

While their owners slept, several cars were towed from the area and others were partially submerged.

"We'll be fixing it as fast as we can, but for the moment people are kind of wide-eyed as they walk past," LaPorte said.

If residents have any problems with heat, they can call 311, said Antonio Ruiz, executive director of the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications. Towed cars near the collapse have been taken to Montrose Harbor.

Copyright © 2008, Chicago Tribune

sorry for being the johnny-come-lately, but do you own this "bagel-place" or is it where you frequently shop for snackies? Just curious as to how liability would work for a business owner in something like this.

Great picture btw...

sorry for being the johnny-come-lately, but do you own this "bagel-place" or is it where you frequently shop for snackies?