Well it turns out my new bike wasn't so sweet after all. The chain snapped as I was riding home today. Fortunately I was a couple blocks from a shop. The mechanic took one look at it and told me I had a lemon, and that he'd been seeing a lot of bad bikes coming from Working Bikes lately. So here's a tip for my Chicago peeps: Don't go to Working

Oh Internets, what will you think of next?

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Oh hay.

This past Saturday was really stinkin' nice outside, so
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Eventually people are going to figure out that we're all tenth cousins, and this won't be news anymore.

Unrelated (heh):


www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-oped0326trinitymar26,0,7143430.story Rev. Wright in a different light

By William A. Von Hoene Jr.

March 26, 2008

During the last two weeks, excerpts from sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright ( Read more... )

Hey let's form a Vampire Weekend tribute band quick, before everyone forgets who they were.

I joined Facebook for some reason.

I thought I'd made a post about the improv classes that Id started taking, but it must have gotten eaten. Yeah so anyway I've started taking improv classes at the iO.  I'm three weeks in so far. I'm learning to stop being so self-conscious. I think I read somewhere that doing improv is like continuously stepping off a cliff, and that's pretty ( Read more... )

"Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post about it. Ask for anything: latest movie watched, last book read, political leanings, thoughts on religion, favorite type of underwear,

Here's the thing about biofuels: they're really not that eco-friendly.

1) Economics 101, Supply and Demand: If they're coming from a plant that humans regularly eat, like corn, they are almost literally taking food from our mouths. As demand for corn as food and fuel increases, so does the price. Farmers see the increased profitability of corn and ( Read more... )

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Apparently corn is regularly available in February, as I was able to procure some to make elotes on Sunday night. Now as to what that crazy street vendor was doing out on a chilly February evening well, we'll leave that up for debate.

It boggles my mind that produce can be flown, (flown!) from one continent to another to be sold for reasonable ( Read more... )