Results tagged “humpday”

The term "gaucho" for some brings to mind naive, romanticized notions of South American cowboys. For us it means sinking our teeth into a tender, juicy steak, sipping on some malbec and popping on some Steely Dan. Lush Wine & Spirits University Village location (1257 S. Halsted, 312-738-1900) won't have the Dan tomorrow, but they will have everything else as part of a humpday "gaucho party" they're throwing in their fenced-in garden seating. The steaks are going to be wood-grilled, loads of malbec will be available and, if we know the Lushies, they'll also have some tunage ready to drown out the annoying Rat Pack staples their neighbors at Franconello's will undoubtedly be spinning.

Still reeling over Mickey Rourke not bringing home Oscar gold? Well, while you wait on the DVD for The Wrestler, enjoy one of the funnier parodies of the movie we've seen so far.

The excellent viral marketing campaign for the upcoming film adaptation of Watchmen continues to get us stoked for the movie. We shared this excellent propaganda film and now there's this "news report" celebrating the "birthday" of the famed Dr. Manhattan. It's been floating around for a while now but our inner fanboys squeal with glee every time we watch it. Also, it was only a matter of time before we saw some kind of Obama mash-up...

Welcome to the second full work-week of 2008. If yours is going anything like ours, the term "hump day" doesn't even make you crack a smile. Here's (hopefully) some motivation to get you to the weekend:

It's time to stop the madness of the Red Eye. The Trib is getting more expensive while its circulation shrinks, the Reader has fired its best writers, the Sun-Times is laying off a quarter of its workforce...so guess what? It's time to hold a widely circulated, widely read daily newspaper to a higher standard.