• i’m a little late to the party, but I think I’ve caught the Family Guy bug. #
• Just added a bunch to Yelp. http://tinyurl.com/2zxr6e #
• Finishing some blog comment responses, lunch (Whole Foods — awesome) and wishing it was a bit sunnier here in sunny Florida. #
• listening to Lupe Fiasco’s the Cool. Neet. #
• Dear ITV: Why doesn’t the player in your webpage support Mac OS? C’mon: we’d love to watch you on a mac, too. #

Apparently I was on vacation for when this went in to effect, but I (provisionally) love that Chicago is taxing bottled water at $0.05 / bottle.  This whole bottled water thing is completely out of control.  Between the plastic bottles and the sourcing from public water supplies, it’s hugely wasteful.

All I can say is that **I hope** proceeds from the tax do something useful.  $10.5 million is a lot of money, but I’m not sure how much it stands out in the $3.2 billion Daley has set for 2008.  For that money to be useful, it should be dedicated to expanding the “suburban style” recycling program sooner rather than later.

Here’s a good meta article from Chicagoist on how this has been shaping up.  Good points to the writer on how a PR machine takes advantage of lazy reporting.

Fellow omnivores: yes, there are vegan restaurants.  However, just like you don’t have to be Chinese to go to a Chinese restaurant or Italian to go to an Italian restaurant, you do not have to **BE** a vegan to go to one.

Why do I bring this up?  Every time I mention Sublime to the omnivorous among us, i get the reply, “Oh, I’m not vegan.”

Just thought I would let you know.