September 2009
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Medical proof that frozen yogurt melts hearts →
I help run a monthly ice cream social for Imerman Angels at a local cancer center. For September, I wrote up a little something about it for their blog.
Each time we have an Ice Cream Social with Berry Chill at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, we get a bigger and bigger crowd. There’s usually a group of nurses waiting for us when we arrive, so it’s really becoming something that everyone looks...
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“I’m being punished for making my job look easy.”
– Roger Sterling, Mad Men. I felt this way a lot in my former life as a PR agency droid. It’s true what they say. Achieving the impossible only means the boss will add it to your regular duties.
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10 Ways to Out Maneuver TechCrunch's No Embargo... →
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Empire of the Sun. I just finished running seven...
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IKEA Offers Lessons in Exchange Rate Theory
The point of creating an index comparing prices of IKEA’s Billy bookcase from one country to the next would be lost on anyone until they remember discussing The Economist’s Big Mac Index in social studies class. How much do two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, on a sesame seed bun cost in Tehran? Now you know. The IKEA version, presumably for design-heads and...
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“Yes, Ikea is a status symbol which tells your neighbors that your status is...”
– ArchieTheDragon
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Where the Wild Things Are: The Movie
Can someone explain to me how you make a two-hour movie out of a five-minute book?
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“Business is one big act of improvisation. Despite all the planning and...”
– Second City
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Who says there's no such thing as a free night at... →
A lot of great shows in Chicago are on this list. From Red Tape Theatre’s new production to Fake at Steppenwolf, which I saw last night and highly recommend. If you don’t like either of these shows, I’ll give you your money back. So long as you attend the shows on Free Night of Theatre.
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Hot Chicks at Art Openings →
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Watchlizlemon:
If you have seven minutes, this is worth it.
sade:theidiotking:alanfm78:
Psycho Girl Forgets Boyfriend is in Europe.
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Why you should never swim in Lake Michigan
Reason #1. Because staph infections blow goats. Ever have cellulitis? It’s when one part of your face turns hard. I imagine it’s what the next generation of Botox will feel like. By a factor of 10. And then you feel like crap. You get a fever and the shakes. It’s no fun. If you don’t get it checked out, it can get into your eye. And then you go blind. Blind!...
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I'm engraving my iPhone with: "Hey Phil - Thx for...
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“There is no off position on the genius switch.”
– David Letterman
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