Chicagoist: Beyond Your Wildest Dreams ... Or Bloomington-Normal

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:45:30 -0600

I just want to give a shout, while I can still post anonymously, to the "your mom" comment. Good to see a little unexpected humour every once in a while. Brava!

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:22:53 -0600

#13, and Amtrak is WAY better than Megabus. For like $12 each way (as of today, when a friend of mine made the Normal to Chicago trip), you can't complain. I'd MUCH rather take Amtrak for $24 round trip, than Megabus for $15. Now, if you could get one of the mythical $1.50 fares, go for it. When they launched this service last year between Chicago and Detroit, you could get the cheap fares. As word spread, they became harder and harder to get without booking months in advance, kind of ruining the purpose.

the new guest number 2

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:43:58 -0600

Ah, Normal, where I spent the early-'90s indulging in questionable behavior inside the cozy bubble of early-'20's navel-gazing. As opposed to your early-'30s solipsism. Oh, come on, you left the door wide open on that one.

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:36:20 -0600

The thing of it is, though, there's already Amtrak service to Bloomington. Not as cheap, but it's there. I have no way of getting to Peoria at all without driving, unless I trudge my way out to the airport and use the Peoria-based charter bus company. Which is pricey.

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:16:58 -0600

B-Town, represent! What what?!

Tankboy

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:02:29 -0600

Ah, Normal, where I spent the early-'90s indulging in questionable behavior inside the cozy bubble of early-'20's navel-gazing. I sure wish they had this cheap bus running daily back then ... maybe I wouldn't have fallen so far out of touch with reality at that time!

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:50:49 -0600

If you think a well-placed your-mom joke is juvenile (and not awesome, which it was), you might be better served reading a "legitimate" newspaper or something. You and your stank-ass momma. Snap.

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:27:28 -0600

There's nothing like someone from Michigan moving to Chicago, becoming oh-so-sophisticated, and then using a condescending tone toward any place smaller than Chicago.

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:17:02 -0600

I disagree with guest 7; I often rip on Chicagoist, but this is actually a relatively informative little snippet, and it isn't too long. Viva Chicagoist! Viva!

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:05:27 -0600

This is the crappiest Chicagoist entry since Hanna's review of Marie's.

Jerry

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:55:45 -0600

Could have really used this when I lived and went to school down there.

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:54:39 -0600

I agree with #4 -- "like your mom?" Grow up.

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:42:35 -0600

I just figured it out: Ms. Dorr is twelve. It all makes so much sense now.

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:22:52 -0600

"Megabus already offers quick, cheap service (like your mom) between 13 cities in the Midwest." My moms serves way more that 13 cities . . . what what!? Holla!

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:06:11 -0600

1: With our mayor-for-life and soon-to-escalate taxes and corrupt cops and crumbling mass transit and idiotic bid for the Olympics and our Chicago-bred Gov., I find myself ashamed these days to say I am from Chicago on my frequent travels downstate or to other parts of the country. I mean, our corruption and crappy cops still make the news in European papers, at least the last few times I was over there. Pathetic. Megabus isn't so bad, though--as long as the bus does not break down.

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:39:18 -0600

Like, OMG, Downstate is sooooooo icky. I can't wait to go back there for Thanksgiving and show everyone my new Driver's License with my Chicago addy!!