Ellen is not a terribly common name, but there are a good number of us. There’s already a queer Ellen singer-songwriter in Chicagoland (Ellen Rosner, who is really goddamn good), and now, there’s another Ellen in one of my various circles of friends. She’s dating my friend Sarah, which made for some odd initial conversations ...

I, for one, am very happy the Angels won the World Series. Firstly, because they beat the Yankees. I fucking hate the Yankees. I feel that anyone who beats the Yankees in the playoffs is entitled to win the World Series. Secondly, because I like their shortstop, David Eckstein, who I’ve nicknamed Short Stack, since ...

I just saw the entirety of Nirvana Unplugged for the first time. I’ve listened to the album hundreds, if not thousands of times, but I had never actually seen the whole of the taped special, even though the special is almost ten years old. I’d seen the performance of “All Apologies,” since it had been ...

(SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Posted While Still Kinda Drunk, More Than Likely Incoherent) Penny pitchers of Budweiser and Bud Light were advertised as the Saturday Special at The Pumping Company, a fine establishment on the North Side of Chicago, about a 30 minute El ride from where I live. It’s also just a short walk from ...

A studio boss whose studio at the time released 3 Winona Ryder movies is sitting on the jury for her shoplifting trial. He claims that he could still be an impartial juror, and the dumbshit prosecutors bought it. Yeah, a man who understands the plight of other studio heads who have money riding on movies ...

…is it acceptable to a) use free beer as an excuse to get up early on a weekend and b) drink before noon simply because the alcohol is free.

…and then I swear, I’m going to study for my Italian midterm. Fun With The Rock, from Alex Lin, but stolen from Sarah’s website. Must…stop…procrastinating…

I was so stressed out after my looooong weekend, that I basically didn’t eat much at all from Sunday night until last night. For me, this is a clear sign of stress, because anyone who has met me can tell immediately that I really like food. A lot. Probably more than I should. Thus, not ...

I think my life is turning into some sort of bizarre episode of Friends. Why? Nicknames. I have, over the last few months, taken to doling out nicknames to people that my core group of friends doesn’t know so I can just plug in the nickname instead of explaining who the fuck I’m talking about ...

This guy makes flash animations of kittens playing popular songs of the day. The shit you find out about when avoiding your work like the plague that it is…