took a bus that turned out to be "express" as a surprise and got from Madison->ORD in literally 2 hours. cursing Scott Walker that he took the Chicago<->Madison Amtrak line from us
also realized that O'Hare has a land area larger than most(?) suburbs (11 ¼ mi2) and am currently in the process of going joker mode. it's bigger than each of Evanston, Skokie, Wilmette, Oak Park, Berwyn, and Oak Lawn (individually, not combined), to name a few. wtf