About Me

Chicago, IL, United States
I'm your average former Offensive lineman with an extreme case of ADD, and a boat load of random thoughts that typically get some laughs. Home base is Chicago, but I am typically located wherever random impulses take me. After two semi-successful Blog launches, I am finally committed to writing down the random thoughts and happenings from my life for your entertainment. I'll try and stick to nicknames as to not impact too much on corporate America since most of my friends are successful despite themselves.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Sweet Home Chicago

A big thanks to everyone that made the last month amazing. I'm excited to see my bed, but I've definitely made some memories since last seeing it on December 20th (December 27th doesn;t count because I couldn't really see thanks to Uberstein). A few highlights and advice:

Thanks to the Indy crew for an entertaining Christmas week. The annual "Kirsh Family Christmas Bowling Extravaganza" and "Fealy/Payne forget your family Christmas Eve Drinking Extravaganza" were both great successes. Advice for everyone else, if you ever hear the phrase "Bear Bomb" (Jaeger Bomb followed by an Irish Car Bomb) stay away. Or if you're feeling dangerous, take one, not three on top of 15 Captain/Cokes. Also, the Bowling alley bar is closed on Christmas Day. BYO Flask.

As much fun as day drinking before a 6am flight to recover from a massive night before sounds, I don't recommend it. Thanks to Rich for that Skyline at 2am it made the drive back a little less miserable, Thanks to Melano and Joe-ma for supporting my 48 hour bender once I got back to Chicago, and more thanks than I can express to Melano for the airport run at 4:45am. Also from that trip, if you think you lose your debit card, check all of the spaces in your wallet, especially behind your ID before cancelling it when you're going to be in a different state for a month. It'll save you a $30 Fedex overnight fee (Love you mom).

Thanks to Grahmmy, Grizzmer, and J. Darling for truly showing us the Aspen experience. Sorry we couldn't celebrate 2009 the right way, I guess that's the way things go. Advice from Aspen, powder snow isn't made for big kids. We sink faster, are less nimble, and anything that can be coached as "It's all in the hips" should be tried cautiously. Hence, John Daly and Golf not working out. Also, if you see an old man with a sled of "Presents" on New Year's eve, get out of town.

Thanks to Los De #2 for not killing me with your driving. Not sure how we got through those mountain passes or day-to-day adventures, but hey we did it.

Thanks to AeroBed for making an Air Mattress with an inflator built in that adjusts like those mattresses you see advertised on TV that supports people over 250lbs. Now THAT's an engineering feat Discovery needs to waste an hour filming.

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2009 at 10:53 AM

    I prefer the term "Bear Fight"---and when you finish the task, raising your "paws" and yelling "BEAR FIGHT!". This announces the ensuing battle in your GI tract of the Irish and German bears trying to kill each other.

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