Come stand with the 99%, stand up for your rights, and stand around on LaSalle and Jackson. Shouting is optional. The only question is where and when. [more inside]

I have no idea what I'm doing for Halloween, which falls on a Monday this year. Anyone in a similar predicament for that day, or the previous Friday/Saturday (28th/29th)?

I don't have a garage (or a yard), but does anyone else in the Chicago Cabal (TINCC) have the facilities (and the desire) to do something like this? [more inside]

How does next Saturday, August 13 sound? Lunch and bocce ball, Horner Park.

So, ASCO (American Society for Clinical Oncology) is coming up, and I'm curious to know if there are any other oncology-oriented Mefites (at all), and if so, if any are going to the meeting? It's a pretty big meeting -- certainly there's got to be a few, huh? A cancer-themed meetup? Could be interesting. We could, as a group, kibbitz as we roam the exhibit hall seeking out free trinkets and frozen yogurt treats.

Your benevolent dic-taters (me, baxter_ilion, booknerd, Ijon Tichy) have decided that what we need in Chicago is a book club. A good one. [more inside]

So at our last pizza meetup at Ranalli's, it came to my - highly dismayed - attention that several of you people have NEVER SEEN JAWS! That just can't stand. I mean, how can you call yourself a complete soul without having seen Jaws? [more inside]

Let's go see some Muppets at the Museum of Science & Industry. [more inside]

Saturday nights at Piece. Starts at 11. Always full of hilarity. [more inside]