November 23, 2020: Jed’s World
OK, let’s get back to Theo leaving the Cubs. Yeah, he’s gone, not sure if I’m over that yet. However, the fact that Jed Hoyer has taken the reigns, and has now been extended for 5 years, makes me feel … Continued
November 22, 2020: Best Bye Week Ever
It was a Sunday without stress, an NFL football week without worrying about the Bears winning. It was… refreshing. I saw that the Lions had got shutout, but didn’t tune into any football until late Sunday; I was flipping on … Continued
November 21, 2020: Cheer Me Up
5:57 AM and my son was waking me up; it must be the weekend. I was hoping to sleep in a bit more after a late night with some wine and an impressive rotation of movies with Wolf of Wall … Continued
November 20, 2020: Bye Week Blues
We made it… barely. The Bears limp into the bye week losing 4 in a row, looking like they may not win another game the rest of the year. Talk about the story of two halves of the season thus … Continued
November 19, 2020: Well…
And with the 4th pick of the NBA draft the Bulls select…. who? That was our reaction as my son and I sat there watching. Now I don’t know much about college basketball in general any more, and would really … Continued
November 18, 2020: Say It Ain’t So Theo
Nine years? Wow. When I was reading about Theo Epstein stepping away, I didn’t realize it had been 9 fricking years. I remember the day he got hired. I remember watching that press conference. I remember believing what he was … Continued
November 17, 2020: Morning After
I couldn’t go to sleep last night; that’s a rarity for me. I was so pissed off. I was looking up and down Twitter in a bad frame of mind. Thankfully, I didn’t say anything too stupid outside of my … Continued
November 16, 2020: Kill Them All
You ever get to that moment where you just don’t care any more? Trying to be positive all the time gets old. I’m at a point right now, like in Half Baked… FU, FU, FU, you’re cool, and FU. That’s … Continued
November 15, 2020: NBS
So what did you do on your No Bears Sunday? Back in the day, I loved Sundays like this. We had the NFL package; we’d flip around and watch every single game. Yeah, there was a whole lot less swearing … Continued
November 14, 2020: Seasonal
I always like the “what happened on this day” stuff. Mostly sports of course, and it doesn’t matter if it was 1 or 100 years ago, it’s cool. I guess I like history… Of course, I would have a PHD … Continued