In my experience so far, it's not so unusual to have this much snow on the ground in Chicago. I think it has snowed at least this much a few times a winter every year since I have moved here. However, this snowfall has apparently broken a record because of how many days in a row it has snowed. So far, 9 and counting. But the snow is the least ( Read more... )

We just played and beat the #1 ranked team in the country. We played the Kansas City Roller Warriors, who are ranked #1 in the freaking country, and we beat them. 155-39.

Just thought you might want to share in the glory that I am. :) By the way, I played GREAT!!!

So... have I missed anything important?

Here's something I did on my vacation:

People talk about self-righteous cyclists all the time, but what about self-righteous motorists who yell at cyclists to GET IN YOUR BIKE LANE when there is no bike lane, but it is an extra wide clearly marked shared lane? What about said motorists who then hit a cyclist because they weren't looking to their right where they JUST told cyclists they ( Read more... )

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I have the flu ( Read more... )

Our plan? "Let's beat each other up!"


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This year, the Windy City Rollers are entering not one, not two, but three carts in the annual Chiditarod urban shopping cart race and food drive. Two of the carts will be decorated like a pair of skates, and the third cart is being headed up by the Fury, who will be doing their own thing ( Read more... )

Bad Sex Award 2007 shortlisted passages
I was dying of laughter through most of this. Be sure to read the glorious passage from the Absurdistan:

"You wanna pop me?" she said. This must have been some new-fangled youth term. The verb "to pop ( Read more... )