Thanks. And that part is the one thing that sorta excites me. We were in BWI during the NLCS (she’s already been working there, but won’t move for a while) and on a whim we rented a car and went to Citi Field for Game 2. Which, as a White Sox fan, I thoroughly enjoyed.

I definitely need to find a Chicago bar there. I’m actually used to not seeing my friends that much, many of them left for several years, although all but two have migrated back to Chicago (one just left, the other is stuck in LA-LA land) recently, so the timing kinda stinks. I’ve traveled a lot, so I am used to…

Thanks. I am not too worried about the people if I move (my GF is for sure moving, but we might do distance til I figure out my own job situation, and I own instead of renting, which complicates things further), as I have spent time in the area and know a fair amount of Chicago people who wound up in D.C. due to…

This somewhat mirrors my situation (I’m a bit of both of you, more accurately): moved to a snowy conservative city in the Eastern time zone from New Orleans, mostly striking out in the new friends category (not for lack of trying), but certainly have bars which I feel welcome in that specific contest.

I love this beer. It’s my daily. They also have a mandarin version out that is kinda fantastic.

Transplanted mid westerner living in Jersey for 20 years. The Boston > DC corridor of people are not the most welcoming

I should have prefaced that I’m a complete fucking softie when it comes to Christmas. I miss my family, I miss spending time with people close to me, and being alone in Seattle always feels twice as lonely as elsewhere. It’s the shitty weather.

Not sure if this counts, but I lived in Seattle working retail for two years, and wasn’t making enough to afford a plane ticket home. So for Christmas, I made plans for some friends to come to my place so we could all commiserate. I made dinner, this unnecessarily complex version of eggplant parm that calls for…

Let my grandma try my White Russian, she loved it and had me make her one as well. 7 White Russians later and grandma knocks over the Christmas tree and has to be taken home.

ABC Family is playing is 8 times a day currently.

Tix in hand for a Pietasters show this Saturday. You got me psyched all over again. Bring us another beer!

Oh yeah - classic. She shakes Mrs. Shirley’s hand and then puts it right back on Clark’s junk.

Some of the best parts of the movie come from the little bits like that...pay close attention during the scene where Clark gives his boss a Christmas gift, for example;)

It's fun to see the lengths Internet folks will go to to keep their narratives alive.

Jesus christ, that sounds horrible.

One of my favourite things....

A rec for the ska-ness of this post. Even if I never have any intention or means of trying this beer...

Heh. i’ll look into it. It looks like a non-trivial exercise and a nice little side-project.

Suppose. But only if it was like a swarm of them or something.

In Mexico we ban pastors from public office. It’s unfair that someone who can threaten your immortal soul can also run for office. That’s how they explained it to me in elementary school civics and I still believe it’s the right thing to do. I guess my rural school in Mexico was part of an evil plot to indoctrinate us…