Wendy and I spent the day setting up our wireless network. (By that, I mean I lounged around watching Changing Rooms and Firefly while Wendy actually did all the tech stuff. What else could it have meant?) Now Wendy can benefit from my cable modem as well, and I can surf from anywhere in the apartment on my iBook. It's all very exciting.

Last night I joined several other Chicago Bloggers at the FlatTop Grill, a Mongolian barbecue place. We used to go to a place called Kublai's in Hong Kong all the time, and I loved it. I didn't know they had the same sort of place in the US. So that was good to find. We geeked out and bonded over... well, geek things. Which is always fun. I was in the minority in that I had no electronics to show off (I always forget to take my cell phone with me, and I don't have a digital camera or iPod or other cool toys), but I did have most everyone beat in LOTR lore, as I have actually read The Silmarillion. Yes, I'm hardcore. It was a fun night, and I had a great time talking to everyone. Thanks.

Of course, now I need to update my site to link to y'all. Sigh. It's happening, I promise.

On the Chicago journalism scene, apparently Fox Chicago is trying a "bold experiment" of locking a bunch of straight people and gay people in a house to see how they get along. That's bad enough, but they're doing it under the "news program" rubric. Since when does ripping off bad reality TV constitute news?

Finally, Jane sent me this picture:

Wendy says that it's probably photoshopped. I wish I believed that....