Monday Hangovers

• First, yes, I am going to keep subtly directing (nee harping at) you to go over to the LBC and chime in.
• The Gurgling Cod comments on and points to a fascinating discussion of an apparent Chicago-specific food norm, which is not duplicating orders with anyone else in your group when eating in a restaurant. Freaky. Chicagolanders, confirm or deny?
• Colbert at the correspondents dinner.
• Caitlin R. Kiernan walks the plank over at VanderWorld. Want Alabaster!
• Cecil responds to this wrong-headed LA Times piece about YA. It's a fact: Generalizations suck. Updated: Justine weighs in.
• Claire Light on map tattoos.
• Who knew that John Crowley had a Kentucky connection? (And a new LJ.)
• Project Runway's coming back July 12, coincidentally (?) my birthday.
• Pretty Pinocchio at BibliOdyssey.

Comments

[Mike]

Ha! I have definitely observed (and fastidiously practice) the duplicate-order taboo.

My friends have always made fun of me for this, but now I know it's just my roots showing. Now can we talk about ketchup on hot dogs, please?

[Robin]

It is, in fact, common for my Chicago friends to ask me what I'm having, tell me "oh, I was thinking of having that," and then change their order.

Then again, Chicagoans are just plain wierd about a lot of things.

[Tim Pratt]

Alabaster rules so much. It's awesome. I'm reviewing it for the June issue of Locus.

[Clint]

Yet another example of my social oblivion. Looking back, I can see situations in which this Chicago food phenomenon had taken place around me, and I missed it completely ... because, like so much that Chicago people do, it makes NO SENSE! No telling how many people I've offended.