Things Cubbie Julie can spend $3500 on without making her bank suspicious

[thehawk]

DPD. I just got a call from Chase telling me that my debit card number may have been compromised and that they're replacing it. No theft has occurred.

How weird!

Looks like someone got ahold of my American Express number and bought lots of air tickets.

Its an epidemic

[MAD]

It's now funny to me how that earlier Julie thread was bumped, and Andy's Kathy & Judy gag sailed over everyone's head.

[Saul Goodman]

The event was unlike anything Kevin had ever seen. That's saying a lot for the man who was named "Pig Virus" by Howard Stern.

"It was like a parade of characters," Kevin said later. "You never knew what they were going to say next."

We think that's a good thing--both online and off.

So that's why we are inviting everyone to join us for a ChicagoNow meet-up. This Thursday, Feb. 18 we will gather for drinks starting at 6 p.m. at the Clark Street Ale House. The bar is located at 742 N. Clark and a short walk from the Chicago Ave. stop on the Red Line.

If you want to meet some of our bloggers or talk to the staff about starting your own blog on ChicagoNow, do drop by.

Sounds wonderful!

[Saul Goodman]

DPD.  If this got approved, your ideas should be shoo-ins!

Edited to add: Holy shit is this chick pathetic.  I just can't understand why she's still single.

[Brownie]

Will ChicagoNow live to celebrate its first anniversary?

Also, Blair Kamin sounds like a prick. That said, I have no idea who Chicago Carless is.

[Dr. Nguyen Van Falk]

Also, Blair Kamin sounds like a prick.

Sure does. Wow.

Still probably the Trib's best critic.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Also, Blair Kamin sounds like a prick.

Sure does. Wow.

Still probably the Trib's best critic.

Dunno.  I've talked to Blair about a local not-for-profit project and he did a great job writing that project up.  He was very polite and gracious on the phone to me considering he didn't know me and I was asking for a favor.

Funny that there's no link to that early blog post when the blogger disagreed with Kamin.  I'd love to see the other side of this story.

[Brownie]

Also, Blair Kamin sounds like a prick.

Sure does. Wow.

Still probably the Trib's best critic.

Dunno.  I've talked to Blair about a local not-for-profit project and he did a great job writing that project up.  He was very polite and gracious on the phone to me considering he didn't know me and I was asking for a favor.

Funny that there's no link to that early blog post when the blogger disagreed with Kamin.  I'd love to see the other side of this story.

This guy said archives disappear after a certain amount of time.

What ChicagoCarless probably doesn't understand is that the writing on ChicagoNow is shitty. Throw in technical problems, half-assed support from the parent company, and a setup that fosters us vs. them (i.e. writers for the paper vs. bloggers), and you have a venture that won't go anywhere.

Then again, with Greenfi running it, what could go wrong?

[MAD]

Also, Blair Kamin sounds like a prick.

Sure does. Wow.

Still probably the Trib's best critic.

Dunno.  I've talked to Blair about a local not-for-profit project and he did a great job writing that project up.  He was very polite and gracious on the phone to me considering he didn't know me and I was asking for a favor.

Funny that there's no link to that early blog post when the blogger disagreed with Kamin.  I'd love to see the other side of this story.

Okay, Dave Kaplan.  He was nice to you, so he must be a cool guy?

[Dr. Nguyen Van Falk]

Also, Blair Kamin sounds like a prick.

Sure does. Wow.

Still probably the Trib's best critic.

Dunno.  I've talked to Blair about a local not-for-profit project and he did a great job writing that project up.  He was very polite and gracious on the phone to me considering he didn't know me and I was asking for a favor.

Funny that there's no link to that early blog post when the blogger disagreed with Kamin.  I'd love to see the other side of this story.

This guy said archives disappear after a certain amount of time.

What ChicagoCarless probably doesn't understand is that the writing on ChicagoNow is shitty. Throw in technical problems, half-assed support from the parent company, and a setup that fosters us vs. them (i.e. writers for the paper vs. bloggers), and you have a venture that won't go anywhere.

Then again, with Greenfi running it, what could go wrong?

I think that's directly related to the shit he's complaining about.

They seem to have thought that, simply by stuffing the channel with hundreds of shitty blogs, they could automatically generate enough money-making traffic to never have to worry about quality or bothering to hire a single dedicated developer.

[Brownie]

I have April 12 in the Chicagonow.com death pool.

And by "death" I also mean "certain blogs repurposed onto other TribCo sites."

[PenFoe]

A monthly payment to Yeti for inside information.
And Twinkies.

[MAD]

How much do senses of humor cost these days?

[PenFoe]

How much do senses of humor cost these days?

That would make her bank suspicious.

[Jon]

How much do senses of humor cost these days?

I don't get it.