As I was driving to work today, one of the disc jockies announced that my weather today was brought to me by "McDonalds, The Illinois Department of Public Health, and the National Kidney Foundation", and that I could stop my my local neighborhood McDonalds for a blood pressure check up, sponsored by the Illinois Department of Public Health ( Read more... )

... during this newest phase of the renovation process.

Oh, and in a completely unrelated note:
It's 10:30 PM on a balmy October evenining in Northern Illinios and I have my air conditioner on- and I'm still hot. What's up with that? It was 85 out today, and it hasn't really cooled down at all, even though the sun's been down for hours. It ( Read more... )

It wasn't so long ago that I was an angst ridden teenager who had a collection of nearly full Hot Topic frequent buyer cards, hung out in a theatre, and indulged in whimsical past-times like the fetishization of Jhonen Vasquez comics ( Read more... )

One of the things I love about working in an office is the food that everyone brings in. I've been able to try a lot of interesting dishes and baked goods that I would have a hard time getting on my own. For Ramadan, one of my coworkers brought in a couple of honey cakes. For Mardi Gras last February, my supervisor at the time brought in six ( Read more... )