news & booze

Ok, it’s the last one I swear.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:04:57 -0500

Ok, it’s the last one I swear.

Also, I think I’ve already decided on next year’s...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:01:52 -0500

Also, I think I’ve already decided on next year’s Halloween costume…

Love the “free stuff” shelves at work.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:32:25 -0500

Love the “free stuff” shelves at work.

so,

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:01:54 -0500

I just joined Yelp to defend a coworker from some awful bitch who felt the need to criticize her by name in a review of the bar where we both work. Just having a profile on Yelp honestly makes me feel like a huge piece of shit. Ok, I know it can be useful, but as someone who has been in the food/beverage industry for years—it’s probably the most infuriating site ever.

A bunch of morons who know nothing about a city stumble into a neighborhood pub, a grimy but amazing dive or a pizza place that has been adored by the community for generations. They have no concept of community, not idea what it’s like to wait tables or prepare a meal for someone, no patience and some absurd idea that they are better than everyone else. Obviously, I’m not talking about everyone. I’m talking about those people who come in when a restaurant is slammed and get all huffy if they are asked to wait a few minutes. The people who fail to recognize that dated/tacky decor is what some people love about certain places. Sorry, lady, we don’t have your 64-calorie beer. Why are you even drinking beer if you are that concerned?

In one review, the woman who hated on my BFF said a waiter at another restaurant “should have realized” that the chicken in her salad “wasn’t fresh.” She apparently thinks everything is a server’s fault. Despite the fact that he put in a new order for her and BOUGHT HER DINNER, she still felt the need to slight him in the review. Bitch, make your own chicken at home. We would rather not have your 10% (or less) tip than have to deal with your diva ass.

People pretty much suck.

"Industrial-sized Tidy Cats were buy one, get one free at Target. And I found this cool crew neck sweater for $12.99!" NO LESBO!

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:30:00 -0500

"Industrial-sized Tidy Cats were buy one, get one free at Target. And I found this cool crew neck sweater for $12.99!" NO LESBO!:

amazing per usual.

(I may or may not have just left Target with a giant bag of Tidy Cats. Didn’t pick up a sweater…yet.)

Bandit Tracker Chicago

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:56:27 -0500

Bandit Tracker Chicago:

Um, cool!

suburban police blotter

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:29:24 -0500

Investigation
Occurred 11:15am on 11/5
151 Dundee Road – AF Hair Studio
A wheel chair bound customer became angry at personnel for failing to provide adequate handicap access. The customer then refused to have his hair cut, and the customer was advised to leave the premises. As the customer departed, he struck an employee on the arm with a towel.

"I am heart-broken tonight by Maine, and I’d be lying if I said otherwise. Somehow losing by this..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:54:26 -0500

“

I am heart-broken tonight by Maine, and I’d be lying if I said otherwise.

Somehow losing by this tiny margin is brutalizing. And because this is a vote on my dignity as a human being, it is hard not to take it personally or emotionally. But I also know that the history of civil rights movements has many steps backward as forward, and some of those reversals actually catalyze the convictions that lead to victories. A decade ago, the marriage issue was toxic. Now it divides evenly.

Soon, it will win everywhere.

”

- Andrew Sullivan (via warrennotg) (via notthatkindagay)

"I think we have to seriously consider whether there is some sort of a Bradley Effect in the polling..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:28:06 -0500

“I think we have to seriously consider whether there is some sort of a Bradley Effect in the polling on gay rights issues, although one of the pollsters (PPP, which had a very bad night in NY-23) got it exactly right. As for the model, I think I’ll need to look whether the urban-rural divide is a significant factor in a state in addition to its religiosity: Maine is secular, but rural. At the end of the day, it may have been too much to ask of a state to vote to approve gay marriage in an election where gay marriage itself was the headline issue on the ballot. Although the enthusiasm gap is very probably narrowing, feelings about gay marriage have traditionally been much stronger on the right than the left, and that’s what gets people up off the couch in off-year elections.”

- Nate Silver on Maine via (via brooklynmutt) (via newsweek)

"NOM raised a zillion dollars or so from hateful bigots across the nation whose names they refuse to..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:19:07 -0500

“NOM raised a zillion dollars or so from hateful bigots across the nation whose names they refuse to disclose, which is, of course, a violation of state campaign finance law. But if it works, who gives a shit?”

- Alex Pareene, Whoops, Barack Obama Forgot to Care About the Gays Again

You don’t have to live next to me Just give me my...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:14:57 -0500

You don’t have to live next to me
Just give me my equality

-Nina Simone, Mississippi Goddam

Clearly a different subject matter, but it seems someone is always fighting for basic rights in this allegedly free country.

Writing at Star Lounge since my ‘net is down. They gave me...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:39:42 -0500

Writing at Star Lounge since my ‘net is down. They gave me a gay mug. Don’t judge my hair!

tylercoates: Isn’t it weird when you wake up on a Monday morning thinking you have the early stages...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:20:09 -0500

tylercoates:

Isn’t it weird when you wake up on a Monday morning thinking you have the early stages of H1N1 and then you end the evening with four bourbon and ginger ales and two hamburgers and a buttload of fries and you feel, like, totally refreshed and it’s definitely not those four bourbon and ginger ales making you think you’re less ill than you really are? OMG ME TOO.

Truths.

family portrait (sans theodore)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:17:21 -0500

family portrait (sans theodore)

"You can’t buy canned tuna without feeling like you’re ruining everything."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:13:25 -0500

“You can’t buy canned tuna without feeling like you’re ruining everything.”

- Ali, on food politics

“All I want to do is graduate from high school, go to...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:32:59 -0500

“All I want to do is graduate from high school, go to Europe, marry Christian Slater, and die. Now it may not sound too great to a sconehead like you, but I think it’s swell. And you come along and tell me I’m a member of the hairy mole club so you can throw things at me?”

Watched this last night. It was as amazing as I remembered.

Roger Ebert is amazing, clearly.

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:14:38 -0400

Roger Ebert is amazing, clearly.

"According to Fox, their weekday news programming runs from 9am to 4pm and 6pm to 8pm for a total of..."

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:40:29 -0400

“According to Fox, their weekday news programming runs from 9am to 4pm and 6pm to 8pm for a total of 9 newsy hours a day. Let me, help you, as an audience, out. The 3 hours in the morning you spend with Fox and Friends, not news! Your 4 o’clock to 5 o’clock post tea and crumpets Neil Cavuto break, not news! The 5 o’clock to 6 o’clock emotional whirlwind group therapy session that is Glenn Beck, mmmmmm not even close to news. O’Reilly, Hannity, Van Susteran, not news. This is according to Fox News. Those people, the ones featured in promos about how fair and balanced Fox News is, are not news. These people, otherwise known as the only people you think of when you think of Fox News, are not news. They’re Fox Opinutainment.”

- Jon Stewart (via soupsoup)

annicka: Ireland, the 14 year-old daughter of Alec Baldwin and...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:41:27 -0400

annicka:

Ireland, the 14 year-old daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, got this Lil Wayne birthday cake. AWESOME. via gawker

AMAZING!!!!!

How faux democrats like Joe Lieberman (Conn.) and Sen. Evan Bayh...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:19:24 -0400

How faux democrats like Joe Lieberman (Conn.) and Sen. Evan Bayh (Ind.) are lining their pockets while trying to stop healthcare reform.

Rachel calling them out, because she is the best.