One for the road

Urbana-Champaign
The Blind Pig

Chicago
The Grill Room
Pepper Canister

London
The Volunteer
The Long Acre

The Oil Drum

The Oil Drum.

Guess who?

Was walking past a theater back entrance on State and Lake on my way home from work and a cop stopped me on the sidewalk to let someone pass. Guess who ? Dolly Parton!

Joke of the day

What is the easiest way to launder money?

Throw a banker into a washing machine.

123$ Oil

Fun times. (Photo courtesy NYTimes)

Funny

I find it amusing that both "The Dark Knight", the new dark and angst ridden Batman movie, and "Wanted", the new Angelina Jolie movie about a band of assassins, are both centered in Chicago. Whatever happened to fun happy jazzy "Blues Brothers" Chicago?