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1. Grachki (grach’-key): Chicagoese for “garage key” as in, “Yo, Theresa, waja do wit da grachki? Howmy supposta cut da grass if I don’t git intada grach?”

2. Sammich: Chicagoese for sandwich. When made with sausage, it’s a sassage sammich; when made with shredded beef, it’s an Italian Beef sammich, a local delicacy consisting of piles of spicy meat in a perilously soggy bun.   [ Read more ]

Here are my song recommendations for this week:

• Neko Case—The Tigers Have Spoken
• Cocteau Twins—Alice
• The Cranberries—Bosnia
• Nelly Furtado—Promiscuous (f. Timbaland)
• Josh Groban—When You Say You Love Me
• Elton John—Bennie and the Jets
• The Like—Mrs. Actually
• Snow Patrol—Chasing Cars
• Regina Spektor—A Canon
• K.T. Tunstall—Suddenly I See

As seen in a dog’s diary:
7 am – Oh boy! A walk! My favorite!

8 am – Oh boy! Food! My favorite!

9 am – Oh boy! The kids! My favorite!

noon – Oh boy! The yard! My favorite!

2 pm – Oh boy! A car ride! My favorite!

3 pm – Oh boy! The kids! My favorite!

4 pm – Oh boy! Playing ball! My favorite!

6 pm – Oh boy! Mom’s home, Treat! My favorite!   [ Read more ]

I went to see the Chicks on Tuesday. The show was so awesome. Of course they played all the hits, especially one of my favorites: Sin Wagon. Other top hitters were The Long Way Around, Long Time Gone, Not Ready to Make Nice, Lubbock or Leave It and Wide Open Spaces.   [ Read more ]

Here are my song recommendations for this week:

• A Perfect Circle—The Fiddle and The Drum (Joni Mitchell Cover)
• Camera Obscura—Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken
• Cat Power—The Greatest
• The Cloud Room—Hey Now Now
• Kings of Leon—Molly’s Chambers
• Lovedrug—Spiders
• PSAPP—Cosy In The Rocket (also the theme music for Grey’s Anatomy
• Six Organs of Admittance—The Desert Is A Circle
• Some Girls—Just Like That
• The Wreckers—My Oh My

an email correspondance:

Company Policy: Effective from January 2006

Dress Code
It is advised that you come to work dressed according to your salary. If we see you wearing Prada shoes and carrying a Gucci bag, we assume you are doing well financially and therefore do not need raise. If you dress poorly, you need to learn to manage your money better, so that you buy nicer clothes, and therefore you do not need a raise. If you dress just right, you are right where you need to be and therefore you do not need a raise.   [ Read more ]

Earlier this week:

I haven’t really blogged this but I have been in search of boots for over a year. And I’m talking a search. High and low in every department store, boutique, shopping center and side-of-the-road stand. Ever since my trip to Toronto last October, I have been trying to find pointy, stiletto boots that were comfortable, not adorned full of crap and fairly cheap—let’s be realistic, this kind of purchase is a temporarily fix; the trend just won’t last so why spend a lot to indulge my fashionista need.   [ Read more ]

Jane got arms today, and one foot. You could say she’s pretty excited but you would never know it by her expression. it was a bit of a struggle and I’m not exactly sure if her arms are even but I have a pattern to start with now so I’ll work on improving the pattern the next time around. (New pics to come soon.)

I have a mild inner ear infection so life’s been interesting. It’s all spinny and dizzy-like. It was definitely pretty difficult to concentrate today, especially at work.   [ Read more ]