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Happy Friday!

1. 5.2 magnitude earthquakes in Illinois? It happened this morning!  If you’re a dork and into such things, here’s a link to most of the recorded/significant earthquakes in Illinois history.

2. If you’re looking for fun this this evening, check out the BNW mainstage show at 8, then stick around for Improv Punch Out! This week it’s Adorable vs. Drum Machine.  $10. BNW. 11pm. Woot!

3. After weeks and weeks of seasons 1 and 2 of The Wire, I made sure that I didn’t fill my Netflix queue with season 3.  I needed a break and not to offend any Wire junkies out there but season 2 wasn’t nearly as good as the first.  In short, I need a few weeks to watch something else before I go back to the show America loves.  Actually, I’m not sure America loves it. I think they feel like they should love it since so many people have told them how awesome it is, but deep down, I think everyone knows it’s no Sopranos. Anyway, diatribe aside, I had forgotten what  non Wire stuff was in my queue and was surprised when Love Actually arrived at my door. After nearly two weeks of not being in the mood, I popped it in to the old dvd player last night.  It’s pretty darn great. It’s gooey and shmooey and all of that stuff, but it’s not like the I didn’t know that going in, so it’s hard for me to fault the movie for something it set out to do.  In the end I learned that being alone at Christmas is the worst possible thing that could ever happen to anyone. EVER.  This holds true for everyone. Even non-Christians. Anyway, blah, blah, blah FOTI.

Mike

Happy Tuesday!

1. Big news! Mikefotis.com is open and ready for business! On this hip and dandy lil’ site you will be able to find my blog, show info, audio clips-including DINNER WITH MIKE, which will happen-video, pictures and a whole bunch more. Let’s face it, if I’m going to seriously try to become a web sensation then I need my own website. It just makes sense. For those of you who have grown accustomed to reading my blogs on MySpace, have no fears. The blog will still be here. For a while. Then I will probably do the switch. Maybe. I have no idea. I do know that I hope you visit mikefotis.com often. It will make me happy.

2. Saw Gone Baby Gone last night. I liked it a lot. Although I agreed with other people who would have also preferred that the movie ended a half hour before it did. The idea that good people are forced to live in an evil world and have to cope with it as best they can really hit home with me. It’s not that the ending was bad. Not at all, it was really good. It just felt like a different movie in a weird way. Whatevs. FOTI.

3. The Cubs lost their opener. Sports Illustrated has them picked to win the NL Central. So does ESPN, which are both bad signs, if you ask me. Why? Because. That’s why. Fucking because. On top of that, my mlb.com radio package doesn’t work. It says it’s working, but trust me, it’s not. This season’s gonna suck. The tea poop at the bottom of my tea cup says so…

Mike