Who would have thought Kyle Orton would play better than the Bears' defense? I'm playing him over Peyton Manning in Fantasy for the 3rd week in a row. What has the world come to? I kinda like it....

I just found out a photo i took is on the cover of a book.
Too bad they credited it to someone else.....

I ran the Chicago Marathon last weekend...doesn't have the mystique of the Boston Marathon, but the fans are amazing--they literally line the entire course (which yes, is 26.2 miles...when I mention the Chicago Marathon, an incredible number of people say, "Oh, wow, how long is that one?" They are all 26.2 miles, thus the name "marathon"...You learn something new every day.)

These are some of the best signs spotted during the race:

(click the links to see photos of some of the signs)

"Toenails are overrated"/"Toenails are for losers" (let me just say I am now finding that that sign is not very accurate, as I am greatly missing one of the toenails from my left foot)

"Poop if you gotta"

"Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water and make it drink but he's never run a marathon."

"You aren't almost there" (at mile 8)

"You're all better running mates than Sarah Palin"

"If you don't finish, I'm voting for McCain"

"Your feet hurt cause you're kicking so much ass"

Also, I spotted a friend of mine about 100 meters before the finish line and his mom got a great photo...

I just watched what was possibly the Cubs’ most pathetic playoff showing of my lifetime. They won 97 games this season, and let Dodgers sweep them out of the playoffs in the first round. They were a legitimately good team this year. They didn’t make the playoffs because the NL Central was weak and they didn’t sneak by at the end of the season with the wild card. With nine games left to play, the Cubs became back-to-back division champions for the first time in 100 years.
And then they were outscored 20-6 and committed six errors in three games. Pathetic.

What makes all of that even worse is that I watched it during Family Guy commercial breaks.

As a Chicago fan living in Boston, my sports are not only second to Boston sports, but usually second to anything else moving on the television screen. Boston fans don’t generally acknowledge the existence of other sports teams (which is a discussion for a whole other positing), but the city’s success has made Boston sports fans’ heads exponentially bigger, resulting in me having to beg them to flip to the Cubs game during commercial breaks, Although with the way the Cubs played, maybe that was for the best.

I’ve been in Boston for almost seven years and have had to witness many (generally disappointing) Chicago sports moments alone, or even worse, with the before-mentioned Boston fans.

I watched the Cubs blow their best shot at the World Series from the bottom bunk of my sophomore year dorm room. I sat in shocked silence for a few minutes, but no one else in the building noticed (or cared) that aces Kerry Wood and Mark Prior lost back-to-back games for the first time ever, helping to eliminate the Cubs from the 2004 World Series picture. (Contrary to popular belief, this was not Steve Bartman’s fault, but again, that’s a whole posting.)

I watched the Bears play (pathetically) Super Bowl XXXI from a corner of crowded bar, surrounded by hundreds of anti-Colts enthusiasts, and only three Bears fans. Once of which was wearing a pink Bears jersey, so she really doesn’t count. (If you are reading this and you own any type of pink sports apparel, please stop.)

The list goes on an on, and what has become clear to me is that following your hometown sports team from a different city (particularly from Boston) is not ideal. This blog will serve as an outlet for Chicago sports fans living in Boston and dealing day-to-day with Boston fans.

Or, it might just be me venting. We’ll see.