Coming to America, Part the Third.

[Quality Start Machine]

So, anyway, in the absence of any actually good ideas for what to do with my annual Week Away From The Trouble And Strife^TM, and having once more read through the "breakfast" thread from beginning to end, I'm thinking about coming to Chicago again.  The Cubs are in town and playing the Tards and Pissburgh from the 27th July until the 2nd August so I thought I'd probably look to fly in on the 27th and back out again on the 4th, something like that.

I know it's a long way off for those of you that don't have kids and thus don't have your schedule planned until the middle of 2014 like me, but are any of you likely to be around then?  To be honest, I'll be quite happy just to bodge about town on my own, but if any of you (even Yetti) are available for beer/Kumas/hand job exchange, so much the better.

I promise not to bare my arse to any bartenders this time.*

*I promise nothing of the sort, actually.

I should be around.  Looking forward to it!  In fact, perhaps given the relative dearth of demand for Cubs tickets this year we should look to make a Desipiot outing of some sort coincide with that weekend?  Take over the LF corner of the Bleachers, perhaps, or sit silently at Brixen Ivy?

For Sunday, 7/29, we can buy a block of 20 terrace reserved seats for $47/pop.

Rooftops might be only a little more if we wait it out.

Amazing.  20 seats, in a block, for a Sunday game against the Tards, for less than $50 a pop.  Looks like even the most optimistic Cubs' fan has accepted that they're going to be all kinds of shitty this year.

We could get upper deck reserved for $29/pop, but those seats suck.

[Slaky]

So, anyway, in the absence of any actually good ideas for what to do with my annual Week Away From The Trouble And Strife^TM, and having once more read through the "breakfast" thread from beginning to end, I'm thinking about coming to Chicago again.  The Cubs are in town and playing the Tards and Pissburgh from the 27th July until the 2nd August so I thought I'd probably look to fly in on the 27th and back out again on the 4th, something like that.

I know it's a long way off for those of you that don't have kids and thus don't have your schedule planned until the middle of 2014 like me, but are any of you likely to be around then?  To be honest, I'll be quite happy just to bodge about town on my own, but if any of you (even Yetti) are available for beer/Kumas/hand job exchange, so much the better.

I promise not to bare my arse to any bartenders this time.*

*I promise nothing of the sort, actually.

I should be around.  Looking forward to it!  In fact, perhaps given the relative dearth of demand for Cubs tickets this year we should look to make a Desipiot outing of some sort coincide with that weekend?  Take over the LF corner of the Bleachers, perhaps, or sit silently at Brixen Ivy?

For Sunday, 7/29, we can buy a block of 20 terrace reserved seats for $47/pop.

Rooftops might be only a little more if we wait it out.

Amazing.  20 seats, in a block, for a Sunday game against the Tards, for less than $50 a pop.  Looks like even the most optimistic Cubs' fan has accepted that they're going to be all kinds of shitty this year.

We could get upper deck reserved for $29/pop, but those seats suck.

But we won't be able to see some of the field which is usually a good thing when you're talking about the Cubs.

[Internet Apex]

So, anyway, in the absence of any actually good ideas for what to do with my annual Week Away From The Trouble And Strife^TM, and having once more read through the "breakfast" thread from beginning to end, I'm thinking about coming to Chicago again.  The Cubs are in town and playing the Tards and Pissburgh from the 27th July until the 2nd August so I thought I'd probably look to fly in on the 27th and back out again on the 4th, something like that.

I know it's a long way off for those of you that don't have kids and thus don't have your schedule planned until the middle of 2014 like me, but are any of you likely to be around then?  To be honest, I'll be quite happy just to bodge about town on my own, but if any of you (even Yetti) are available for beer/Kumas/hand job exchange, so much the better.

I promise not to bare my arse to any bartenders this time.*

*I promise nothing of the sort, actually.

I should be around.  Looking forward to it!  In fact, perhaps given the relative dearth of demand for Cubs tickets this year we should look to make a Desipiot outing of some sort coincide with that weekend?  Take over the LF corner of the Bleachers, perhaps, or sit silently at Brixen Ivy?

For Sunday, 7/29, we can buy a block of 20 terrace reserved seats for $47/pop.

Rooftops might be only a little more if we wait it out.

Amazing.  20 seats, in a block, for a Sunday game against the Tards, for less than $50 a pop.  Looks like even the most optimistic Cubs' fan has accepted that they're going to be all kinds of shitty this year.

DadPex says they're going to be better than I think.

So .500 then?

He wouldn't go that far.

[BC]

I'm surprised that Tonker wants to come back to a country that has me as a citizen.

[Gilgamesh]

I'm surprised that Tonker wants to come back to a country that has me as a citizen.

Meh, if you can put up with the racists, the hilljacks, the nutjobs, and the hippies, America's pretty good.

[Internet Apex]

I'm surprised that Tonker wants to come back to a country that has me as a citizen.

Meh, if you can put up with the racists, the hilljacks, the nutjobs, and the hippies, America's pretty good.

Compared to all of the above, the meatballs are a walk in the park.

[PenPho]

I'm surprised that Tonker wants to come back to a country that has me as a citizen.

Meh, if you can put up with the racists, the hilljacks, the nutjobs, and the hippies, America's pretty good.

If it wasn't for all the Americans, America would be pretty great.

[flannj]

DPD.  Have okayed the trip with STonk, just need to check out flights and hotels now.  Looks like it's gonna hai.

Will there be Malort?

[Eli]

I'm surprised that Tonker wants to come back to a country that has me as a citizen.

Narcissadsack BC rises again.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

DPD.  Have okayed the trip with STonk, just need to check out flights and hotels now.  Looks like it's gonna hai.

To be perfectly honest, Tonk, I think this is becoming unhealthy.

[Chuck to Chuck]

DPD.  Have okayed the trip with STonk, just need to check out flights and hotels now.  Looks like it's gonna hai.

To be perfectly honest, Tonk, I think this is becoming unhealthy.

Yeah.  It's totally unhealthy to take advantage of the available opportunity to travel internationally to a world class city in the prime weather season in said city.

Fuck knows, if I had the income and the Wife would let me go, I'd do that.  Never had the chance to travel outside of the North America other than Hawaii.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

DPD.  Have okayed the trip with STonk, just need to check out flights and hotels now.  Looks like it's gonna hai.

To be perfectly honest, Tonk, I think this is becoming unhealthy.

Yeah.  It's totally unhealthy to take advantage of the available opportunity to travel internationally to a world class city in the prime weather season in said city.

Fuck knows, if I had the income and the Wife would let me go, and the 78 days of vacation I'd do that.  Never had the chance to travel outside of the North America other than Hawaii.

Lousy Socialist layabouts'd.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

DPD.  Have okayed the trip with STonk, just need to check out flights and hotels now.  Looks like it's gonna hai.

To be perfectly honest, Tonk, I think this is becoming unhealthy.

Yeah.  It's totally unhealthy to take advantage of the available opportunity to travel internationally to a world class city in the prime weather season in said city.

Fuck knows, if I had the income and the Wife would let me go, I'd do that.  Never had the chance to travel outside of the North America other than Hawaii.

Yes... Clearly I was saying the very act of going on vacation at all is unhealthy. You're a regular fucking mindreader, Chuck.

[PenPho]

DPD.  Have okayed the trip with STonk, just need to check out flights and hotels now.  Looks like it's gonna hai.

To be perfectly honest, Tonk, I think this is becoming unhealthy.

Yeah.  It's totally unhealthy to take advantage of the available opportunity to travel internationally to a world class city in the prime weather season in said city.

Fuck knows, if I had the income and the Wife would let me go, I'd do that.  Never had the chance to travel outside of the North America other than Hawaii.

Yes... Clearly I was saying the very act of going on vacation at all is unhealthy. You're a regular fucking mindreader, Chuck.

Apex vs. Archer may get more hype and TDubbs vs. Fork may have more history, but for pure contentiousness, I'll take Thrill vs. Chuck in this dark corner.

[Chuck to Chuck]

DPD.  Have okayed the trip with STonk, just need to check out flights and hotels now.  Looks like it's gonna hai.

To be perfectly honest, Tonk, I think this is becoming unhealthy.

Yeah.  It's totally unhealthy to take advantage of the available opportunity to travel internationally to a world class city in the prime weather season in said city.

Fuck knows, if I had the income and the Wife would let me go, I'd do that.  Never had the chance to travel outside of the North America other than Hawaii.

Yes... Clearly I was saying the very act of going on vacation at all is unhealthy. You're a regular fucking mindreader, Chuck.

I've had good teachers.  And by good I mean awful, awful.