House of the rising Moonglum

I have been using Hulu a bit lately, more for the experience than anything else. However, after watching the first episode of the new Knight Rider and a couple other random things that I really don’t need to see any more of, I saw the first episode of 24. The interface is pretty slick, and the ads really aren’t that bad (5 ads for an entire TV show? Pretty ok IMO.) So I decided I would give it a spin and see if this is something that I really need to integrate into my life. I was going to watch the entire first season of 24 in Hulu. Well, just after I saw the third episode they decided, in their infinite wisdom, that they were no longer going to offer the first season. The last line of this article says it all. OK, people. I know you are control freaks, but please if you are going to offer something in online only format, LEAVE IT UP LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO WACH IT!

I guess I’ll still prefer the iTMS.

So I have written about zoning in the 49th ward quite a lot in the past, but it looks like this might be the first time that it is close enough for me to actually care. Interestingly it appears that this one will go through without ever having seen the light of ZULAC (according to MHH). I saw a few notices up a couple months ago about meetings, but I think that was for the new condos down the street a bit. In any case, this is a change from B3-2 to C1-2. Not a major change, although B3 is supposed to be more of a destination, whereas C1 can be in the middle of a street. The fact is most of western is B3-2 anyway, except for the strip mall with Eng’s and the Blockbuster, and some B3-3.

Clearly there is some business that wants to go in there, but 7429-7435 is such a small stretch of street, it must be a specificbusiness. This is especially odd since there are some pretty good businesses bracketing it to begin with. Mainly, Lynn Dry-Cleaners, Computech, Phat Fades and the still trying to figure out what they are Alwayz Official Fashions. I admit I don’t go to those last two, but it seems like they do reasonable business. I wonder what they are going to put in that requires a stealth rezoning? I’ll be excited to see. I just hope it isn’t another Morse and Western “For Lease” building. Seriously, why would you build a business rental place without lining up at least one business ahead of time?