The First Goat of 2012: The End of the World
posted December 23, 2011 1:12 PM RSS | iCal | +googleCal
Wed January 4 at 5:00 PM, GOAT
430 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, USA (Map & Directions)
January 4.
Goat.
It begins.
My New Year's resolution is to be more positive.
posted by hydrophonic at 1:34 PM on December 23, 2011
posted by hydrophonic at 1:34 PM on December 23, 2011
You're doing really well so far! And it's not even the new year!
posted by tzikeh at 1:36 PM on December 23, 2011
posted by tzikeh at 1:36 PM on December 23, 2011
Yes! Yes I am!
posted by hydrophonic at 4:29 PM on December 23, 2011
posted by hydrophonic at 4:29 PM on December 23, 2011
How do we know you'll actually be there this time Tzikeh? Huh? HUH?
posted by Evilspork at 12:12 AM on December 24, 2011
posted by Evilspork at 12:12 AM on December 24, 2011
She wasn't there at the last one because I was; further cementing in my mind she's an elaborate hoax by the rest of you.
posted by Windigo at 6:29 AM on December 24, 2011
posted by Windigo at 6:29 AM on December 24, 2011
Or it might be that I can only exist where Windigo doesn't.
posted by tzikeh at 2:08 PM on December 24, 2011
posted by tzikeh at 2:08 PM on December 24, 2011
Hello? Yes, this is Rob.
posted by SpiffyRob at 7:08 PM on December 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by SpiffyRob at 7:08 PM on December 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
Tzikeh is real and she owes us exactly one karaoke song.
posted by Zaximus at 8:44 PM on December 24, 2011
posted by Zaximus at 8:44 PM on December 24, 2011
Hmm, Windigo, have you ever seen phinnieme? She's never seen tzikeh either, and if you've never met her, we have some serious weirdness going on here.
posted by Evilspork at 2:35 AM on December 25, 2011
posted by Evilspork at 2:35 AM on December 25, 2011
Hey do you guys remember when I mentioned that there was a "Life in Hell" strip I'd been trying really hard to find? It was in this thread:
ANYWAY. I thought you'd all like to see what a Google Image Search for
BEHOLD (Specifically pictures 8 and 9.)
posted by SpiffyRob at 6:45 AM on December 28, 2011 [1 favorite]
Bongo: "Where do babies come from?"Well I'm still searching. I know I could easily buy the book online or in a store. (Or, hell, go to a store and take a picture.) But searching online is really fun.
Binky: "Do you know what fucking is?"
Bongo: "Yes."
Binky: "That's where babies come from."
Bongo: "Oh."
ANYWAY. I thought you'd all like to see what a Google Image Search for
life in hell bongo questions "where do babies come from"currently yields.
BEHOLD (Specifically pictures 8 and 9.)
posted by SpiffyRob at 6:45 AM on December 28, 2011 [1 favorite]
Spiffy - mostly I want to know why the fourth image found is a publicity shot of the cast of The Greatest American Hero.
Not that I have a problem with that....
posted by tzikeh at 7:43 AM on December 28, 2011
Not that I have a problem with that....
posted by tzikeh at 7:43 AM on December 28, 2011
The IRL thread above this one is "Who wants dim sum?" and I find myself thinking "I do!"
posted by crush-onastick at 11:50 AM on December 28, 2011
posted by crush-onastick at 11:50 AM on December 28, 2011
Wait, is dim sum an option? I've still never had a chance to partake...
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 1:34 PM on December 28, 2011
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 1:34 PM on December 28, 2011
Dim sum in Chicago exists, but--in my experience--it's not very memorable. I've been maybe a dozen times over a dozen years and can never remember which places I've been to. Shui Wah is well-liked on the internet as is Phoenix.
posted by crush-onastick at 2:05 PM on December 28, 2011
posted by crush-onastick at 2:05 PM on December 28, 2011
I've been thinking that it might be fun to have a tapas meetup....
EL CHUPACABRA
posted by tzikeh at 3:20 PM on December 28, 2011
EL CHUPACABRA
posted by tzikeh at 3:20 PM on December 28, 2011
Anyone who chooses to eat dim sum within a mile of a place that serves Peking duck should be shot in the face.
Just my personal feelings on the matter.
posted by phunniemee at 3:38 PM on December 28, 2011
Just my personal feelings on the matter.
posted by phunniemee at 3:38 PM on December 28, 2011
Mrs. Spiffy and I had our lives changed (for the better) by the duck at Sun Wah.
posted by SpiffyRob at 7:57 AM on December 29, 2011
posted by SpiffyRob at 7:57 AM on December 29, 2011
Mrs. Spiffy and I had our lives changed (for the better) by the duck at Sun Wah.
If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say that, I would have, like, ten whole dollars. Sun Wah is awesome.
posted by phunniemee at 8:01 AM on December 29, 2011
If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say that, I would have, like, ten whole dollars. Sun Wah is awesome.
posted by phunniemee at 8:01 AM on December 29, 2011
I'd be down for Sun Wah. I love that place, but I liked the old space better. I'm a nostalgic type...
posted by bryanthecook at 10:30 PM on December 29, 2011
posted by bryanthecook at 10:30 PM on December 29, 2011
Spiffy, I know exactly what you mean. My life can be divided into two distinct phases by the experience of Sun Wah: before the enlightenment, and able to die a fulfilled life.
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 8:32 AM on December 30, 2011
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 8:32 AM on December 30, 2011
Before we went, we were making fun of people on food shows who make orgasm faces in response to everything they ate. What fools!
I don't think he made it five seconds into the carving of the duck before mine visage was that of a busted nut.
posted by SpiffyRob at 10:44 AM on December 30, 2011
I don't think he made it five seconds into the carving of the duck before mine visage was that of a busted nut.
posted by SpiffyRob at 10:44 AM on December 30, 2011
I went to dim sum in Chinatown this fall and while we were there it was shut down by health inspectors. So, Sun Wah is the place I should have eaten at?
posted by Bunglegirl at 6:23 PM on December 30, 2011
posted by Bunglegirl at 6:23 PM on December 30, 2011
Unless this horrific cold gets better soon, I'm not likely to make it. Bleh.
posted by hydrophonic at 11:42 AM on January 2, 2012
posted by hydrophonic at 11:42 AM on January 2, 2012
I will be biking to it from Edgewater. Don't wimp out.
posted by bryanthecook at 3:34 PM on January 2, 2012
posted by bryanthecook at 3:34 PM on January 2, 2012
hydrophonic, it's supposed to be a high of 40 and a low of 30 on Wednesday. I think you'll be fine. :)
posted by tzikeh at 4:15 PM on January 2, 2012
posted by tzikeh at 4:15 PM on January 2, 2012
I'm assuming hydro means cold as in illness, not cold as in temperature. Give the man the benefit of the doubt!
posted by misskaz at 7:12 AM on January 3, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by misskaz at 7:12 AM on January 3, 2012 [1 favorite]
Oh. Right. When that was posted I had just walked in the door from riding ten miles in yesterday's shitty weather and it was the first thing that popped into my head.
posted by bryanthecook at 8:06 AM on January 3, 2012
posted by bryanthecook at 8:06 AM on January 3, 2012
Yeah, I meant the virus. As a native Chicagoan and champion winter biker, this weather hardly counts as horrific.
posted by hydrophonic at 9:21 AM on January 3, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by hydrophonic at 9:21 AM on January 3, 2012 [1 favorite]
:(
I will be there, however; I think 3 months in a row may be a record for me. I tried to come up with a similar Guinness Book of World Records example that is as meaningless, but I'm drawing a humor blank.
Hope everyone who is feeling blech feels less blech soon.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 7:15 AM on January 4, 2012
I will be there, however; I think 3 months in a row may be a record for me. I tried to come up with a similar Guinness Book of World Records example that is as meaningless, but I'm drawing a humor blank.
Hope everyone who is feeling blech feels less blech soon.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 7:15 AM on January 4, 2012
Wow, it's that time already. I most likely will be by for a bit.
Thanks for the reminder of WeEndure. It was fun when i tracked my miles a couple of years ago, I should get back on that horse (bike?).
posted by readery at 7:23 AM on January 4, 2012
Thanks for the reminder of WeEndure. It was fun when i tracked my miles a couple of years ago, I should get back on that horse (bike?).
posted by readery at 7:23 AM on January 4, 2012
I'll be there around six, and likely gone by eight.
posted by SpiffyRob at 7:55 AM on January 4, 2012
posted by SpiffyRob at 7:55 AM on January 4, 2012
I will be there always and forever.
I forgot about WeEndure too, but it made riding to work too much of a chore for me. I have a slightly competitive streak, heh. Plus I now switch between two bikes and moving the bike computer back and forth would be annoying and I don't want to buy a new sensor. But really it's mostly that tracking data makes me an obsessive crazy person. (See also: counting calories.)
posted by misskaz at 10:13 AM on January 4, 2012
I forgot about WeEndure too, but it made riding to work too much of a chore for me. I have a slightly competitive streak, heh. Plus I now switch between two bikes and moving the bike computer back and forth would be annoying and I don't want to buy a new sensor. But really it's mostly that tracking data makes me an obsessive crazy person. (See also: counting calories.)
posted by misskaz at 10:13 AM on January 4, 2012
I also notice adamdschneider doesn't even bother pretending he's gonna be at the meetups anymore...
posted by misskaz at 10:22 AM on January 4, 2012
posted by misskaz at 10:22 AM on January 4, 2012
He ain't coming.
But Winter is coming.
Eventually.
posted by SpiffyRob at 10:32 AM on January 4, 2012
But Winter is coming.
Eventually.
posted by SpiffyRob at 10:32 AM on January 4, 2012
Have you guys ever heard of the dirty definition of The Belmont Transfer? Reddit taught me. It's dirty and makes my commute to the Goat feel dirty.
posted by SpiffyRob at 10:36 AM on January 4, 2012
posted by SpiffyRob at 10:36 AM on January 4, 2012
Now I will want to take a shower anytime I transfer from the brown line to the red line. Gross.
posted by Mrs.Spiffy at 11:11 AM on January 4, 2012
posted by Mrs.Spiffy at 11:11 AM on January 4, 2012
No need if you transfer the other way!
posted by SpiffyRob at 11:15 AM on January 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by SpiffyRob at 11:15 AM on January 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
Gross.
posted by Mrs.Spiffy at 11:45 AM on January 4, 2012
posted by Mrs.Spiffy at 11:45 AM on January 4, 2012
No need if you transfer the other way!
Nice, Rob.
posted by evisceratordeath at 12:00 PM on January 4, 2012
Nice, Rob.
posted by evisceratordeath at 12:00 PM on January 4, 2012
ZSJC is Rob's id unleashed upon the internet.
posted by evisceratordeath at 12:09 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by evisceratordeath at 12:09 PM on January 4, 2012
Who's hungry?!?
posted by SpiffyRob at 12:24 PM on January 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by SpiffyRob at 12:24 PM on January 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
1) The fact that, almost immediately upon mention of a dirty definition, I guessed what the Belmont Transfer was says... something. I'm not sure what.
2) If Mr. and Mrs. Spiffy Discuss Urban Dictionary Defined Sexual Moves becomes a regular IRL Meetup thread feature in 2012, I would not be disappointed.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 1:03 PM on January 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
2) If Mr. and Mrs. Spiffy Discuss Urban Dictionary Defined Sexual Moves becomes a regular IRL Meetup thread feature in 2012, I would not be disappointed.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 1:03 PM on January 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
No need if you transfer the other way!
I don't see what difference that ma- Oh. Ohhhhhhhhh. Hah.
posted by lholladay at 1:08 PM on January 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
I don't see what difference that ma- Oh. Ohhhhhhhhh. Hah.
posted by lholladay at 1:08 PM on January 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
Of course, on the way there, my Belmont Transfer is Purple to Red. I'm pretty sure I don't want to know what that means.
posted by SpiffyRob at 1:34 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by SpiffyRob at 1:34 PM on January 4, 2012
Prince is involved.
posted by evisceratordeath at 1:46 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by evisceratordeath at 1:46 PM on January 4, 2012
I just want your extra time and your ... ... ... kiss
posted by MCMikeNamara at 1:57 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by MCMikeNamara at 1:57 PM on January 4, 2012
Ah, The Belmont Transfer. Good times...
Also, I got off work early. Anyone else gonna be there obscenely early?
posted by bryanthecook at 1:58 PM on January 4, 2012
Also, I got off work early. Anyone else gonna be there obscenely early?
posted by bryanthecook at 1:58 PM on January 4, 2012
Yes, yes, I know, I fail yet again. Sorry. Life ain't what I'd hoped it would be right now.
posted by tzikeh at 2:00 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by tzikeh at 2:00 PM on January 4, 2012
There are several of us usually there by 5 or 5:15 or so.
posted by misskaz at 2:01 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by misskaz at 2:01 PM on January 4, 2012
I have a headache. Fortunately, this one is literal, not figurative as has frequently happened on Goat Days. I've heard that the only cure is TinyBeers.
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 2:16 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 2:16 PM on January 4, 2012
Well, it starts at 5, so being there at 500-515 isn't really getting there early...
posted by bryanthecook at 2:26 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by bryanthecook at 2:26 PM on January 4, 2012
Oh. The Official Billy Goat Tiny Beers TINCC Meetup Time used to be 6:30, so 5:00 was early.
posted by misskaz at 2:27 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by misskaz at 2:27 PM on January 4, 2012
Oh ok.
posted by bryanthecook at 2:40 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by bryanthecook at 2:40 PM on January 4, 2012
I always thought 6-ish was the official time, myself. I hadn't even noticed the time was changed to 5. When did that happen?
posted by Windigo at 2:46 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by Windigo at 2:46 PM on January 4, 2012
Must have been sometiime after I entered a recurring reminder in Google's calendar as I've been wondeeing while I have conflicting appointments in my phone.
(That's today's second useless MikeMeetup factoids that seemed much more important prior to me thumb typing them out. Worry not, there's probably still more to be shared face-to-face.)
posted by MCMikeNamara at 3:03 PM on January 4, 2012
(That's today's second useless MikeMeetup factoids that seemed much more important prior to me thumb typing them out. Worry not, there's probably still more to be shared face-to-face.)
posted by MCMikeNamara at 3:03 PM on January 4, 2012
I just took a huge digger running to catch the Purple at Davis. I believe I am bleeding from two places (one confirmed.)
BUT I MADE IT. And when an onlooker asked if I was okay, the doors closed just past my outstretched feet, and I replied "I'm headed for drinks with friends and I don't have to waste 15 more minutes at Davis. I'm better than okay." I thrust my hands into the air victoriously, then claimed my seat to the sounds of polite laughter.
posted by SpiffyRob at 3:18 PM on January 4, 2012
BUT I MADE IT. And when an onlooker asked if I was okay, the doors closed just past my outstretched feet, and I replied "I'm headed for drinks with friends and I don't have to waste 15 more minutes at Davis. I'm better than okay." I thrust my hands into the air victoriously, then claimed my seat to the sounds of polite laughter.
posted by SpiffyRob at 3:18 PM on January 4, 2012
Update: Bleeding from two places, but original perceived second wound is a non-bleeder.
I have finished the Belmont transfer I'm headed underground. Be there shortly.
posted by SpiffyRob at 3:34 PM on January 4, 2012
I have finished the Belmont transfer I'm headed underground. Be there shortly.
posted by SpiffyRob at 3:34 PM on January 4, 2012
Do you need bandaids? I can snag some from the first aid kit before I leave.
posted by youngergirl44 at 3:43 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by youngergirl44 at 3:43 PM on January 4, 2012
For anyone on the fence, I have one wiped for you:
PAYNE.
posted by SpiffyRob at 3:57 PM on January 4, 2012
PAYNE.
posted by SpiffyRob at 3:57 PM on January 4, 2012
Word. One word. (no band-aids needed, thanks though!)
posted by SpiffyRob at 3:58 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by SpiffyRob at 3:58 PM on January 4, 2012
Okie dokie then. I'm on my way to the goat bus - I'll be there in a bit.
posted by youngergirl44 at 4:05 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by youngergirl44 at 4:05 PM on January 4, 2012
I'm at a bar where I know* a bartender and they show UFC. And I was just about to hit 'post comment' on a "MeFi Comment True Confession" that said I would show up to Meetups on time if not here. But now that someone I care about is actually bleeding (other than 'pre-recorded muscularly on Spik'" bleeding), I feel conflicted pressing the button.
But I will. Because I've thumb typed so much. And I'm either lazy enough or narcissistic enough to not simply delete what I've thumb typed before realizing it was slightly (or not) embarassing.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 4:15 PM on January 4, 2012
But I will. Because I've thumb typed so much. And I'm either lazy enough or narcissistic enough to not simply delete what I've thumb typed before realizing it was slightly (or not) embarassing.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 4:15 PM on January 4, 2012
P.S. Please forgive my pre-cocktails ass for any embarassing content. I'm two decades older than the previous tweet being appropriate, free cocktails or not
posted by MCMikeNamara at 4:17 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by MCMikeNamara at 4:17 PM on January 4, 2012
I jsut want to say that I'm missing a chance to level up for this.
posted by eamondaly at 4:30 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by eamondaly at 4:30 PM on January 4, 2012
I don't know what that means but whatever happens tonight, I hope to find out.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 4:51 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by MCMikeNamara at 4:51 PM on January 4, 2012
I'm glad I never remember my dreams when I wake up because eamon told a story that's going to give me a hell of a nightmare tonight.
posted by sparkletone at 8:27 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by sparkletone at 8:27 PM on January 4, 2012
Yeah that spider story was pretty much the worst thing.
posted by SpiffyRob at 6:01 AM on January 5, 2012
posted by SpiffyRob at 6:01 AM on January 5, 2012
well, the pillow-punching thing was pretty much the best thing. it was the other part.
posted by crush-onastick at 6:39 AM on January 5, 2012
posted by crush-onastick at 6:39 AM on January 5, 2012
Maybe he should consider ending the story with the punch and not saying anything about what happened after.
posted by sparkletone at 8:58 AM on January 5, 2012
posted by sparkletone at 8:58 AM on January 5, 2012
No way. Even if I hated it, I'm so glad I heard it.
posted by SpiffyRob at 12:55 PM on January 5, 2012
posted by SpiffyRob at 12:55 PM on January 5, 2012
That sort of sums up all night, right? Even if I hated it, I'm so glad it happened.
posted by crush-onastick at 1:27 PM on January 5, 2012
posted by crush-onastick at 1:27 PM on January 5, 2012
It does not, however, sum up the older dude singing torch songs, which was baller.
posted by SpiffyRob at 1:52 PM on January 5, 2012
posted by SpiffyRob at 1:52 PM on January 5, 2012
Did anyone lose a single black Thinsulate glove? I found one in my jacket in a pocket I never use.
Also, so far this morning, I've set up household sharing for our calendars, so we always know what's up in advance without, you know, remembering to tell each other. Technology (and Eamon's suggesting it) is grand.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 7:48 AM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
Also, so far this morning, I've set up household sharing for our calendars, so we always know what's up in advance without, you know, remembering to tell each other. Technology (and Eamon's suggesting it) is grand.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 7:48 AM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
I also recommend using a shared Google Doc for your shopping list. Then you don't end up buying two gallons of milk all the time.
posted by eamondaly at 6:26 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by eamondaly at 6:26 PM on January 8, 2012
Then you don't end up buying two gallons of milk all the time.
You, sir, do not drink enough milk. All the cool kids know to get two gallons of milk each time, every time. And enough Hershey's syrup to drown a horse.
posted by phunniemee at 5:51 PM on January 9, 2012
You, sir, do not drink enough milk. All the cool kids know to get two gallons of milk each time, every time. And enough Hershey's syrup to drown a horse.
posted by phunniemee at 5:51 PM on January 9, 2012
Fun fact: horses can breathe chocolate syrup! During intense anaerobic activity, Kirsnick's Organ, a little glandy thing located south of the equine larynx, releases enzymes that efficiently liberate the oxygen from theobromine. That's why you see always horse trainers offer their panting charges buckets of molten semi-sweet after a hard workout.
posted by Iridic at 7:20 AM on January 10, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Iridic at 7:20 AM on January 10, 2012 [1 favorite]
Seriously, two gallons of milk per person per week, or I start cutting people.
posted by Evilspork at 6:25 PM on January 10, 2012
posted by Evilspork at 6:25 PM on January 10, 2012
Party at evisceratordeath's firdge!
LET'S DO IT
IT IS AN EXTREMELY LARGE FRIDGE
posted by SpiffyRob at 8:31 AM on January 11, 2012 [1 favorite]
LET'S DO IT
IT IS AN EXTREMELY LARGE FRIDGE
posted by SpiffyRob at 8:31 AM on January 11, 2012 [1 favorite]
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posted by hydrophonic at 1:33 PM on December 23, 2011