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June 30, 2005


	heatstroke, cancelled flights, cinnebons So, I'm not in New York as planned. I'm not even home. I'm at the Fritchconnicks', soon to be sleeping on their couch, soon to be dreaming dreams of the airport, where I am going to be spending all day tomorrow. Today, at 4:30 on the nose, me and Harold pulled out of the garage at work, me leaving my car behind and lugging the two bags I'm taking with me to... Posted by xtop at 12:54 AM \| Comments (0)

June 28, 2005


	vacated In 24 hours, I'll be on a plane, on my way to New York. In 48 hours, I'll be on a plane, on my way to London. In between now and July 10th, I'll turn 30, I'll wander from England to Ireland and France, I'll sleep in hostels and likely annoy people with my snoring. I will take a literal fuckload of photos and spend a large wad of cash on eel... Posted by xtop at 09:26 PM \| Comments (0)


	I love Apes! Posted by Jeff Whiteout at 12:21 PM \| Comments (2)

June 27, 2005


	BTK: Guilty BTK suspect Dennis Rader pleaded guilty Monday to 10 counts of first-degree murder, admitting in a chillingly matter-of-fact voice to a series of slayings that terrorized the city beginning in the 1970s. Rader, 60, of Park City, entered the guilty pleas as his trial was to begin. Referring to his victims as "projects," Rader laid out for the court how he would "troll" for victims on his off-time, then stalk them and... Posted by xtop at 12:14 PM \| Comments (0)


	I acquiesce to Jeff's demands "Don't call me a little man. I'm tired, I'm busy, the air conditioner is out and it's about 97 fucking degrees in Chicago today don't call me a little man. Put that in your little blog, little man."... Posted by xtop at 10:35 AM \| Comments (0)

June 24, 2005


	drudge insult-sequitur From Drudge's transcript of Tom Cruise on the Today Show: MATT LAUER: So, postpartum depression to you is-- TOM CRUISE: Matt-- MATT LAUER: --kind of a-- TOM CRUISE: --don't-- MATT LAUER: --little psychological gook-- TOM CRUISE: That-- MATT LAUER: --googley-gook? TOM CRUISE: --no. No. I did not say that.... Posted by xtop at 03:05 PM \| Comments (0)


	the fishing community lashes out In reference to this. I think this qualifies as my first piece of honest to goodness hatemail for something I've written for the Pitch. Hi, I just had to write after forcing myself to read the Summer Guide article about fishing ("Gone Fishin'", May 19). I mused while reading the first two paragraphs, "Hmm, this person obviously doesn't know anything about fishing or fishermen. Let's see what this poor sap has to... Posted by xtop at 01:45 PM \| Comments (2)

June 23, 2005


	"what's crackalackin'?" Testing the image upload thingy in anticipation of Jeff taking over the reins of the 'peach while I'm in Old Europe. That's Charlie Vargas, former co-worker and all around modern-day fop, in a picture from his former job at the Chicago Sun-Times. It helps if you know Charlie for the laughter-inducing effects to really take hold, but I still think the three expressions in a row, the girl just about falling... Posted by xtop at 09:50 PM \| Comments (0)

June 22, 2005


	leon browning opens up From the Manteno State Mental Hospital entry, comes this comment from one leon browning, who just needs to get something off his chest: yes i do have something to say ... OK it has taken e the courage for many years to Type this ... Please do not make fun of me this is all true ... i really Wished i was lying What im about to tell you is the Reason... Posted by xtop at 10:27 AM \| Comments (1)


	movies (and assault with a deadly weapon) under the stars The double feature this weekend at the Boulevard Drive-in was Batman Begins and House of Wax, a feature so wonderful in the imagination that I have to believe that Wes, the doddering old man who runs the shoddy gravel lot, half-assed speakers and giant white screen in Rosedale, Kansas, had read my mind. So I go with Matt and we watch Batman and it is fun. It's perfect drive-in fodder, all the... Posted by xtop at 07:10 AM \| Comments (2)

June 21, 2005


	the love triangle in F Major Scale So, after an extended absence due to my teacher roaming around Eastern Europe in choir formation, I had my first lesson in awhile this past Sunday. It being Sunday, that typical day of Catholic guilt grown to a festering head, I was full of shame because, in the weeks without a weekly lesson, I have not been practicing as much as I should have. I slink in, metaphorical tail between actual legs... Posted by xtop at 10:53 PM \| Comments (1)


	the shape of things to come testing...testing...testing... (this is chris, not jeff)... Posted by Jeff Whiteout at 10:36 PM \| Comments (0)

June 16, 2005


	a technical guide for editing gonzo What Hunter is justly celebrated for, among his other virtues, is his authorial voice, his truest creation, as powerful and unique a voice as exists in American letters. But this instrument, as his editors knew, existed only on paper. Those poor souls who booked him for public speaking gigs found that out soon enough. But Hunters authorial voice was perhaps at its purest and most potent in the memos and marked-up manuscript... Posted by xtop at 10:33 PM \| Comments (0)


	the hawk of floors 6 and 7 This is our pet bird at work. He likes to hang, chill, peep the scene, you know how we do.... Posted by xtop at 09:00 PM \| Comments (0)

June 15, 2005


	the puzzling saga of the batshit insane On 9-11, I, probably more than anyone on the face of the earth wanted to know who attacked America. Unlike everyone else, I didnt jump to any conclusion. Its not the way I work. That being said, in the Fall of 2000, I wanted to track Osama bin Laden. The agents who at the time monitored my computer said, hands off; we know where he is; we have him in our sights;... Posted by xtop at 11:00 PM \| Comments (0)

June 14, 2005


	the black ~ bradbury interview Frank Black asks Ray Bradbury some strange questions. FB: Are you a believer in human gathering? As humans, are we meant to gather? FB: Speaking of directors, I feel emotionally scarred to this day by a guy who almost punched me out in a barroom where my girlfriend worked. This was someone I did not know. You were almost punched out by John Huston, who you admired. Can you laugh about... Posted by xtop at 01:17 PM \| Comments (0)


	how deep throat fooled the FBI The recent dramatic revelation about W. Mark Felt--the former top FBI man who has confessed to being Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's secret source during the Watergate scandal has yielded what seems to be the final chapter in the Deep Throat saga, and thus the conclusion to a three-decade-long whodunit rich in detail, psychology and irony. But Felt's role as the most famous anonymous source in US history was even more... Posted by xtop at 08:32 AM \| Comments (0)

June 03, 2005


	i wander the earth, in search of wifi So I have no more internet at home, which means I'll be even more infrequent in my updates here, to flickr, in responding to email, in IM, in just about every way, shape and facet. Which, y'know, ain't the worst thing in the world. At least network TV's gone to bed for the summer, so I don't have to worry about torrenting any more episodes of Lost or Alias. Anyhow, until I... Posted by xtop at 04:34 PM \| Comments (1)

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