beautiful shot of Chicago

very nice. Shots like that always make me wish I could go back in time and visit the city when the gas lamps were green.

I always want to make it "soc"

I have heard this, pronounced "sosh" as well but I think that might be the Calfornia too-lazy-to-pronounce-the-whole-word-even thing.

Welcome Shir. What JZ said wrt friends of Nilly.

Wow, Allyson. Your neighbor is a tool.

He's such a tool that I want to come out there and help you transform the backyard into trailer park chic silently and in the dark of the night, every night, until the douchebag has an aneurysm.

so a group of tenants worked together to put up decorations that they bought with their own money and then LONE JACKHOLE decides to take the stuff down and toss it? This si why people form committees and put things to votes, otherwise jackholes who think they should always get their way just try to steamroll everything.

Oh and he should be told that some people hate Martha Stewart and he may just find anything he contribute in the pretentious jackhole pile off behind the building next week.

He's such a tool that I want to come out there and help you transform the backyard into trailer park chic silently and in the dark of the night, every night, until the douchebag has an aneurysm.

If someone wants to start a Paypal account for the "Send the douchebag plastic flamingos and lawn gnomes until he suffocates under them" fund, I'm in for a fiver. More if I get a job anytime soon.

It just seemed purposefully mean.

Well, yeah. Asshole.

you know, there's a company that will come out in the dead of night and put entire FLOCKS of pink flamingos in a yard ....

I'm familiar with "social" but often see it written as "SSN."

What a jackhole! I thought I had it bad with my neighbors taking my shovel off the porch in the middle of winter!

Of couse I always want to make it "soc" like from The Outsiders.

I cannot tell you how long it took me to figure out that that wasn't pronounced "sock"

Allyson, my sister in shitheel neighbors. Our crazy across the street one called the cops on us Saturday 7 times. Starting at 3 in the afternoon. Seriously? Our little house party was a huge annoyance what with the big honking parade and block party one block up?

Also I lent your book to a coworker today. I think she'll find it really interesting, due to the nature of our work and the project she's on.

Lastly, We witnessed the prelude to this [link] . Mr Jane and I were relaxing on the couch watching a movie when we heard a car speeding down our very residential street and then sirens following, then we heard a loud "BANG!" when the Toyota sideswiped the cars in front of our house. Mr. Jane and Landlord's boyfriend followed to see if the speeder was aressted, and make a report of what we saw/heard. The answer is yes, but not before he killed someone.