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I'm getting old, it would help if the Big Ten had TEN teams and the Big 12 had TWELVE teams and the Pac, well, I don't much care, they can have 50 if they want.

Do they still play  tackle football out there?

I also think if something is the SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE it should have only teams in the SOUTHEAST.  And an ATLANTIC COAST conference should have teams somewhere within say 500 miles of the dang coast.

So, I am pretty much mad at everybody.

Yeah, but what if they went to quasi-random regional bowl games that mostly were exhibitions?

I think "we" are getting old, cranky, pining for the past, and probably wishing baseball was played with tiny gloves.

Hey, God bless Jeremiah (Jerry) Denny.    Jerry was the last position player to play his entire major league career without a glove.  (1881-1894).  Ironically, he still holds a MLB record, for fielding the most chances (16) in a single game, albeit it was an extra inning game.   Denny played mostly 3B, and was known to be ambidextrous, which likely kept him from using a (tiny) glove.   I know he kicked around the minors until the early 1900s.

Chicago issued "City ID Cards" starting last year. Who knows what those will be used for.

Just got flights for the wife and I to get out there in Sept... She's never been to Chicago. I think she's most interested in seeing "the bean" lol... (And the food).

Let me know when you're in town.

Will do. Maybe we can grab a beer. 

Here are some ideas that we're trying to work around... Let me know if I'm missing anything.

• Cubs game @ Wrigley (already planning for Fri)
• Purdue game / night in WLaf.
• Take her out to the 'burbs where I grew up (Sun since we'll rent a car Sat to get to Purdue).
• Real Chicago pizza (and likely a Chicago Dog and an Italian beef in there somewhere)
• Greektown
• Drinks on top of the 'cock (96th floor of the Hancock building)
• Grant Park and/or Navy Pier
• Museums - Definitely Science & Industry, possibly the art museum or natural history museum. Figure an aquarium or planetarium is the same everywhere, right?

I realize that's a bunch of tourist stuff, but hey, might as well be tourists ;-) 

Something I'm reminded of when I play tour guide around here: there is a reason tourists love these spots. Take Alcatraz: near every local Bay Area resident rolls their eyes at it, but it's really cool, and when you add in the views on the ferry ride back and forth, why wouldn't people love it?

You'll still have a hard time convincing me that Pier 39 is worth my time, but Fisherman's Wharf? Even that "tourist trap" is popular for a reason.

I lived up there in 2001 and half of 2002, and have been back many times, but had never done Alcatraz before ~2016 IIRC. I thought it was incredibly cool. Yeah, it's the "tourist" thing, but it's also cool in its own right. 

Interesting read: the Dark Forest theory of the internet...

Part 1: https://onezero.medium.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-7dc3e68a7cb1
Part 2: https://onezero.medium.com/beyond-the-dark-forest-a905e2dd8ae0

I love the Alcatraz tour.  The earlier the better too.