Filed by Bil at 9:56 pm under General
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More on the car situation. If you haven’t heard: Chrysler has both officially filed for bankruptcy protection and officially merged with Fiat. An American conglomerate known for on-the-surface class and breaking down all the time has partnered with a European company known for funny smallness and breaking down all the time.

This has promise. We all know what happens when we cross slightly-upper-crust America with European things we laugh at:

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Filed by Bil at 1:29 pm under The Arts
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Jeff Citation Awards: for artists who don’t actually make money with their art.

I didn’t see nearly enough theatre last year, so it’s not surprising that I only saw one show out of all the shows that appear on this year’s list. This is nothing new, I’m usually pretty bad about having seen shows that get nominated, but at least this time I have the excuse that I was busy with actually working on other shows. (Other…NON-nominated shows…dammit.)

Anyway, check out this years list…
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Filed by Lance at 11:55 pm under General, Love, Pop Culture, Shameless Plugs, The Arts, The Media
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It’s been a crazy two weeks. Here’s what the program looked like:

1. 4/20, Act I: The Game of Contact and a workshopped performance of The Meaning of Anthology
2. 4/25, Act II: Directing for Theatre of Women IV at Dream Theatre
3. 4/26, Act III: Directing a staged reading of a new play called To Grandfather’s House by Nancy Schaefer at Chicago Dramatists
4. Relaxing Denouement (Be be be be be beep, be be be be be beep.)

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Filed by Bil at 10:06 pm under Fightin' Words, Politics
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I hate to talk about the economy – we all know it’s crappy, and I’m sure I don’t have much to say about it that hasn’t already been said five million times – and I wasn’t even worried about my own day job…until I read this news story:

GM to force more than 1,000 dealers to close (April 28, 2009)
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Filed by Bil at 8:04 pm under Shameless Plugs, Social Issues, The Arts
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Before I begin, one more shameless plug before our fervid string of one-night-only events comes to a close:
Staged reading - “Agamemnon” by Jeremy Menekseoglu
Monday, April 27 - 8 PM

Now then.

Less than a week after The Game of Contact happened, which inspired me to get up and go, go, go, I feel like I need a vacation from it again. But it’s only because today I have a headache, which may very well be a symptom of not enough sleep at night. I’ve been getting plenty of sleep, but this weekend most of it has been during daylight hours.
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Thanks to all who came out for The Game of Contact, and thanks to all who submitted scripts! You are much loved. Videos of the first half of the evening are up on YouTube…check out the highlights:

I’ll have more to say about both halves of the evening; they were unique and fun and special, but very different. In the near future I will write an article – in the first half of the article, I will gush about the first half of the evening, and in the second half of the article, I will rave about the second half of the evening. To put it as simply as I can, I’m extremely glad I live in Chicago.

Coming up this weekend is Dream Theatre Company’s Theatre of Women 4. All three active members of Tip Your Waiter Productions (Trevor, Lance, and myself) will be participating in one way or another, though none of us – I repeat, none of us – are women.

This particular 24-hour fest sold out rapidly last time, so if you can make it to the performances on Saturday, April 25, you should probably order your tickets now!

Filed by Bil at 5:11 pm under Go Back to Maxico!
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This is a bad ass car, i soooo wish i could get it. My boyfriend would shit a brick then drop to his knees crying.

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I had a question about the black leather. Will it cook my ass in the summer or what.

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and by the way, $16,000 for an integra? are you fucking kidding me? go out of business, seriously. you dont deserve to sell cars.

I will give you five dollars for your broke ass car.

this fucken car is the shit!!!

Hello, How are you doing in God name?i saw your adds placed for sell and i am not sure if the Car is still available.Am willing to get this item fast for my church. Do email me back if the item is still good and usable condition. do you give to church for free.I will await your prompt response asap. Regards i hope to read from you God Bless

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Your a fucker

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very small penis and balls

This is the worst deal anyone in the entire fucking world could ever fucking make! you have got to be fucking numsculed to even try and sell that piece O-shit mustang for that much money!

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put fucking price in the AD!!!!

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100,000 this shit isnt worh even 15,000

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The Game of Contact
Free event
1802 W. Berenice Ave., Chicago
Monday, April 20
8 PM

Yes! We are entering the final weekend before The Game of Contact…I’m not really sure why I feel like this weekend is going to be so incredibly crazy. This is not tech rehearsal for a full-length play. There is actually no tech involved at all. Unless you count printing programs or hauling mass quantities of alcoholic beverages. But really, this is a bare-bones, one-night event. The first half will (ideally) be performed by other people, so there’s nothing to worry about there. The second half will involve building off what we come up with in a measly three-hour rehearsal on Saturday. When you look at it…there shouldn’t be too much to worry about.

And that’s what worries me…

It’s almost too easy…

Whatever. I’m sure something will come up that will rightfully cause us to panic.

Come on out Monday night and have some fun with us!

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Do you throw in vasoline when you fuck people over? Or is that extra?

Hello, I like your 335. I will garantee you that I will buy this 335, sight unseen as soon as you contact me. I’m a cash buyer, ready to go. I’m looking for a deal, will pay $35,000 cash sight unseen right now, plus an extra $1000 (all in $100 bills) on the side to the salesman that gets me this deal…interested?? I thought so.

I,m interesting on this truck send me how much i need of down payment or if im paid full how much is of last price complete thank you Maria

To Whom This May Concern. I have never met a salesman with more piss pore attitude than Mike Anderson. I mean cmon, how can the owner of **** ******** afford to lose a $11,000 deal after hes already gone bankrupt and had to move his store numerous times? Is this why, cause you cant hire anyone professional? I was gonna do the deal too. And my buddy was gonna try to trade in his 01 Grand Prix for the black one. Thanks for nothing and I hope the ebay thing works good for you. I heard everybody is doing it. Oh, exept the REAL DEALERSHIPS!!!!

You guys are out of your fucking minds!I just picked up an 08 vette for 41 thousand. That’s with no miles and way more power. You assholes are cheats and will never get that price. I didn’t know how many crooks there really were.

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this thing better be modified the shit out of under the hood for this price….

What is this, a contest to see which dealer can piss off the most prospective customers by not posting a price? You people are morons. Anyone can check loan values to see if a price is realistic. Just post the damn thing, or be dismissed out of hand. Brilliant marketing. Brilliant. Hey, here’s one for you, why don’t you advertise a guaranteed trade value for any POS that can be dragged onto your lot, LOL!! Some things never change.

hi, my name is jack i am a dealer in usa,i saw your advert and i am very pleased with it. can you tell the mode of your payment so that i can fix it very fast as possible. jack bauer

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Yo : You must be like 8′ tall to be able to take a picture of the moonroof of this beauty from above, That or you had one of Johnny Hummers farmhands push on your ass while you stood on the L/F tire to keep you from falling backwards.

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