I'm so excited for tonight! In keeping with tradition, we made a reservation at Ron of Japan, a Japanese teppan-style steakhouse. The chefs cook right in front of you and are wildly flamboyent. Our reservation is late, so I am hopeful that we will avoid the worst of the Mag Mile rush ( Read more... )

What is green, large, fast, and DANGEROUS?

Fats and I were going to celebrate MLK Day a la The Onion by walking down MLK and visiting Michelle's, giving Park Manor a second chance, and finally, eating deliciously at Army &Lou's. Unfortunately, it's about -2 here. It took a full cup of blackberry sage tea to warm me up and I still feel internally chilled. I am impressed Fats ate a half- ( Read more... )

I have heard some amusingly arrogant comments in my classes, but this one takes the cake ( Read more... )

Saddest thing I've heard in a long time.

Jerry Orbach Died

'Free' books: Graham Greene-The Heart of the Matter, Annie Dillard-For The Time Being, Orhan Pamuk-The New Life, Thomas Pynchon-The Crying of Lot 49, George Martin-A Game of Thrones, and the Eyrbyggja SagaI'm proud that I have only read Annie Dillard before, and all books but Pynchon I picked by carefully examing contents, rather than simply ( Read more... )

Fats is coming today ( Read more... )

I don't know why, but I found this absolutely hilarious

I recently discovered Carnivale, thanks to my savior, HBO On Demand, and it is amazing. It's about an orphaned boy who has mystical powers and travels with a carnival in the 1930's South, primed to meet his nemesis, a priest, also blessed with magical powers. Ultimately, it is about the battle between good and evil and the coming apocalypse. One of ( Read more... )

I hate driving, I honestly do.

On the way to Halley's--turning, with a signal, onto her street--a lady slammed into me from behind ( Read more... )