I lived in London, and fell in love with the Premier League. Used to walk from my apt to Stamford Bridge to watch Chelsea. Now I look at American sports and think, “oh, this is cute.” We have nothing on Europe, well, at least England. I love baseball, I like hockey, but the Premier League is just one a different level than anything we have. Haven’t missed a Saturday or Sunday Chelsea match in 8 years.
I get the target audience, but I reject the whole, “baseball can at least hold you over until football,” argument. I’m one of the few Americans who honestly does not enjoy football at all, and even if I did, I think the argument for baseball as a far superior sport is there either way. Have off the next two Mondays, this coming to watch my team’s road trip from a bar, and next Monday for Opening Day. I’ve been waiting all Winter. So pumped for this. Got Major League, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams for prime Easter Sunday viewing in the lead up to the Cards-Cubs opener.
The gap in enjoyment between watching hockey live, and watching on TV, is definitely the largest of any pro-sport. It’s a completely different game live. Made it to like 5 Devils games this season, and they’re not even good, yet I still wish I’d gone to more.
Going to stop you on #4 Catie, for two reasons:
1. Young people are never Republicans. That old saying is true, if you aren’t left at 20, you have no heart, if you aren’t right by 40, you have no brain. But kids grow up. We move up the pay scale, and we realize that yeah sure, we support gay marriage, but not as much as we support not losing half our paycheck. Republicans have an issue with young people, but this generation will move to the right, just as every generation before has.
2. Rand Paul. If he is the nominee, vs Hillary, than the GOP will be able to claim the anti-war, anti-cronyism, pro-civil liberties candidate. Furthermore, he actually is taking the time to talk to young people, something no Republican has bother with in a while. The majority of the 18-34 vote won’t swing GOP in 2016, but if Paul is the nominee, look for him to pick of a far greater percentage of young people than Romney or McCain did.
Halloween is the second best holiday when you are a child, and the only holiday that remains consistently awesome through college (albeit, for different reasons).
I work for a company of 8, split between two offices, one in Chicago, one in New York. I’m in the New York office (actually North Jersey), and there’s currently only one other person in my office. Other 6 are in Chicago. I usually hate it. But this bullshit made me very thankful.
A couple guys in my chapter did that and they just treated it like years 5 and 6 of college. They also agreed that the Masters program was easier than undergrad.
I’ve been out for 6 years now, and spent every one of them in my college town. What helps, is that it’s not really a college town. It’s a town with a college in it. I live in North Jersey. When I got out, I couldn’t afford NYC like where many of my classmates fled, and all of my friends were either there, or down in Central Jersey. I got a job a few towns away, so staying put just made sense. I love it here. Definitely a townie now, but it’s kind of nice. Our, “college bar,” closed down 2 years after I graduated, and my apartment is across the street from the, “townie bar,” though in reality, they’re all kind of townie bars. It’s like walking into Cheers. If I have 10 drinks on a Friday night, I maybe pay for 5 or 6 of them. I’d imagine if you went to a college where the college basically is the town, like Penn State, or Texas A&M, yeah, that would be weird. But for me, it works. I will say though, I went a good stretch where I didn’t go back to campus for like 2 years, which is tough because my town is only a mile and half square. First time I went back for some alumni event it was surreal. Also, I’m always asked to be the contact with the undergrads to plan our annual fraternity alumni BBQ, and I always end up shelling out money, that part does suck.
Apparently running a good bar is difficult as hell, considering successful marriages occur more frequently than successful bars. We had one location that changed hands (and names/styles/etc) 3 different times just in my 4 years at school. And it was brand new when I was a freshman.
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I lived in London, and fell in love with the Premier League. Used to walk from my apt to Stamford Bridge to watch Chelsea. Now I look at American sports and think, “oh, this is cute.” We have nothing on Europe, well, at least England. I love baseball, I like hockey, but the Premier League is just one a different level than anything we have. Haven’t missed a Saturday or Sunday Chelsea match in 8 years.
Guess what day it is!?!?! – PGP
I get the target audience, but I reject the whole, “baseball can at least hold you over until football,” argument. I’m one of the few Americans who honestly does not enjoy football at all, and even if I did, I think the argument for baseball as a far superior sport is there either way. Have off the next two Mondays, this coming to watch my team’s road trip from a bar, and next Monday for Opening Day. I’ve been waiting all Winter. So pumped for this. Got Major League, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams for prime Easter Sunday viewing in the lead up to the Cards-Cubs opener.
The gap in enjoyment between watching hockey live, and watching on TV, is definitely the largest of any pro-sport. It’s a completely different game live. Made it to like 5 Devils games this season, and they’re not even good, yet I still wish I’d gone to more.
I really wish we had a real picture of YOKW just to determine if she’s actually trophy wife material.
I wish I was still 23.
Going to stop you on #4 Catie, for two reasons:
1. Young people are never Republicans. That old saying is true, if you aren’t left at 20, you have no heart, if you aren’t right by 40, you have no brain. But kids grow up. We move up the pay scale, and we realize that yeah sure, we support gay marriage, but not as much as we support not losing half our paycheck. Republicans have an issue with young people, but this generation will move to the right, just as every generation before has.
2. Rand Paul. If he is the nominee, vs Hillary, than the GOP will be able to claim the anti-war, anti-cronyism, pro-civil liberties candidate. Furthermore, he actually is taking the time to talk to young people, something no Republican has bother with in a while. The majority of the 18-34 vote won’t swing GOP in 2016, but if Paul is the nominee, look for him to pick of a far greater percentage of young people than Romney or McCain did.
Halloween is the second best holiday when you are a child, and the only holiday that remains consistently awesome through college (albeit, for different reasons).
Audibly laughed at my desk at: “Beep beep. Here comes the shit mobile.”
I work for a company of 8, split between two offices, one in Chicago, one in New York. I’m in the New York office (actually North Jersey), and there’s currently only one other person in my office. Other 6 are in Chicago. I usually hate it. But this bullshit made me very thankful.
A couple guys in my chapter did that and they just treated it like years 5 and 6 of college. They also agreed that the Masters program was easier than undergrad.
Forget being hung over on Monday. Go to hard on Sunday, and you’ll find yourself struggling right through lunch on Tuesday.
who says, “dope shit.” Grow up man.
I’ve been out for 6 years now, and spent every one of them in my college town. What helps, is that it’s not really a college town. It’s a town with a college in it. I live in North Jersey. When I got out, I couldn’t afford NYC like where many of my classmates fled, and all of my friends were either there, or down in Central Jersey. I got a job a few towns away, so staying put just made sense. I love it here. Definitely a townie now, but it’s kind of nice. Our, “college bar,” closed down 2 years after I graduated, and my apartment is across the street from the, “townie bar,” though in reality, they’re all kind of townie bars. It’s like walking into Cheers. If I have 10 drinks on a Friday night, I maybe pay for 5 or 6 of them. I’d imagine if you went to a college where the college basically is the town, like Penn State, or Texas A&M, yeah, that would be weird. But for me, it works. I will say though, I went a good stretch where I didn’t go back to campus for like 2 years, which is tough because my town is only a mile and half square. First time I went back for some alumni event it was surreal. Also, I’m always asked to be the contact with the undergrads to plan our annual fraternity alumni BBQ, and I always end up shelling out money, that part does suck.
Apparently running a good bar is difficult as hell, considering successful marriages occur more frequently than successful bars. We had one location that changed hands (and names/styles/etc) 3 different times just in my 4 years at school. And it was brand new when I was a freshman.
I’m generally not big on law suits, but Gabriella better have a whole brand new toy collection on TR’s dime.
Being a bit over the top. – TFM
Was thinking the same thing. I love Dogfish Head, but try drinking 8 Dogfish 90’s at a BBQ in mid-August.
31: You say, “something was done here,” whenever anyone makes a very obvious pun or joke.
This was perfect. Well written Bacon.