Bare Naked Brain Fodder

I’ve been a huge Chicago Cubs fan since I was about 10 years old. As a little leaguer I would watch all the games on WGN as Harry Caray would yell… “It might be, it could be, it IS.. a HOMERUN. HOLY COW”.

Boy I miss those days. Harry was such a character.

Nowadays WGN sucks! They play maybe 25% of the games max, and sometimes they even insult the Cubbie faithful by playing White Sox games instead. WTF?

Anyhow, right now the San Diego Padres are hosting a series with the Cubbies in town. But this presents quite a dilemma for me. You see, the Pads have won their last 8 straight games. And since I live in San Diego I obviously route for my home town team. However, the Cubs are the true favorite in my heart.

I don’t want to route against either team. It’s tough, and considering the Padres are on a roll I’d like to see them keep it up. Taking into consideration that most experts and even the Padres owners themselves don’t really expect to compete this year (idiots are about to trade their best pitcher Jake Peavey), it’s really nice to see the club making a decent run.  Of course they still trail the Manny-less Dodgers by a bunch of games. But who knows, they may be able to catch up.

It ain’t over til the fat lady sings! Especially in baseball. It saddens me to see the Padres management give up on the team. It was pretty cool to see them bring over Tony Gywnn Jr. the other day though in a trade for outfielder Gerut.

So, I’m at a dilemma of whether or not to go to the game today. The crowds are going to be insane on account of memorial day weekend. My teeth still hurt like hell from the wisdom teeth extraction the other day. And my Cubbies are playing like shit right now.

O well. If this is the extent of my dilemmas I guess life is pretty good.

I’m still undecided whether or not to go to the game today.  I sure wish my lady liked baseball. That would make it a much easier decision, especially since I need a designated driver.

Go Cubbies!

Here’s a pic of myself and the Andy Hussong (affiliate manager for John Reese’s “Income.com”) at Wrigley Field last year during the playoffs. I’ll let you take a wild guess at what the result of the game was.

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Hey ya’ll,

This is gonna be a rambling post. Why? Well because, I’m not even sure what I’m going to really talk about. However, it’s been a while since I posted anything so I figured I ought to say something.

So here goes.

First up, the Chicago Cubs. My lovable losers. So, I headed to Chicago to see the Cubbies in the playoffs and they got their asses kicked like a Vietnamese dude in a Chuck Norris flick. I’m not really into Chuck Norris, but I sure do dig Vietnamese food.

It was a lifelong dream for me to visit Wrigley Field, and despite them losing I still had a great time. During game one, Andy Hussong (John Reese’s affiliate manager) and I snuck down to the VIP seats and managed to hold them down during the whole game. Instead of sitting in the nosebleeds, we had a great view from right alongside 3rd base. Sure wish we would of caught a foul ball.

During the next game, I brought along Ryan Oricco. He’s a subscriber of mine, and Valerie Waters was awesome enough to buy my extra ticket for him. What a gal! Also, she paid for a personal driver for us all night. That was a super bonus. Valerie rules.

I also got to see the White Sox clinch the AL Central and even attended the Bears vs Eagles NFL football game with Tom Beal and Brian Johnson (Rich Schefren’s right hand man). It was a action packed week in Chicago.

Also I was there to attend Eben Pagan’s “Green Room” event. It was chock full of uber-successful marketers and I felt very privileged to be personally invited by Eben. I’ve always been very appreciative of the things Eben teaches and he’s always be extra generous to me. I love how he treats his team and people around him. Exceptionally smart dude in many ways is Eben.

I won’t go into detail about what the Green Room was all about. Basically for me it was a booze-fest and networking event. I managed to accomplish both of those things very well. The business aspect of the Green Room will remain in the Green Room. I did meet some absolutely brilliant people and made connections that will make a ton of loot. I also drank so much beer and Jack and Coke that I decided it’s time for a good ol fashion body cleanse. Here is the cleanse I’m doing along with eliminating all drugs, alcohol, meat, dairy, and processed sugars.

On one special night Joe Polish invited me to a private party at a beautiful skyloft apartment in downtown Chicago. All the successful usual suspects were in attendance. I really dig Joe. He’s always a super cool dude to me, and is always inviting me to groovy gigs. He’s one of my favorite marketers around. I’d post a pic, but somehow I deleted most of my pics from the trip. ARGG.

During another night of partying and getting loose, John Carlton, Stan Dahl, and Brian Johnson and I went out to House Of Blues (Saw some Texas Blues from Pat Green) and Buddy Guy’s joint. It was a great atmosphere at Buddy Guy’s place. Sure glad I hit up that spot.

Hmm, what else? Oh yeah, took a architectual boat cruise along the river and in Lake Michigan. That was pretty groovy. And one of my subscribers Gabe Strom picked me up and took me to some beach spots. I was convinced I could maybe even catch a double over ankle wave or two. And I did find the only surf shop in Chicago too.

Anyhow, I’m sure I could keep posting paragraph after paragraph as I did tons of stuff while in Chicago. It really was a great time and I’m glad I got my ass on a plane to check it out.

Thanks Chicago and thanks Eben and everyone else!

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