Heres the top 10 things I love, with some honorable mentions
1. MU victories ( and MU basketball in general )
2. Women/Lady-Types ( the cute fun ones, not the mad bitchy ones - mark those into the things I hate category )
3. March Madness ( lets face it, this is the best time of the year, not Super Bowl Sunday, not Christmas )
4. Milwaukee Brewers
5. Green Bay Packers
6. Keller Williams (a musician for those of you who don't know)
7. Brett Favre ( He has been the QB of the team ever since I can remember, it has been a great Packer life I have had )
8. Travis Diener
9. Gonzaga Bulldogs ( Back in the Casey Calvary/Dan Dickau days I loved them, and Adam Morrison deserved POY last year )
10. Disc Golfing
Honorable Mention:
Jam Bands in General, Warm Sunny Days Aaron Hutchins and Anthony Pieper (reason why I started to like MU basketball over UW basketball), Summerfest, IPODs, Sailing, Easy Exams, Girls in Bikinis(go back to rule #2), Bars, Rum and Cokes, Poker, Foosball, Happy Hour, Intramural Sports (and winning them), Samuel Eto'o, Italian National Soccer Team (Italian, always have liked them, not just because they won it this year, although that was pretty sweet!), Van Persie, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Bill Hall (for he looks like Don Cheadle and was the most underrated player in MLB last year), hookah
more to come
Keller Williams...hell yeah. Boob Job....Top 10 greatest songs of all time.
1. Marquette Basketball
2. Redskins
3. Packers
4. D-Wade Highlights
5. Rare steak
6. Interesting Beer
7. Snow Days (I know they don't really exist now with all the communication options, but I can hope)
8. Tailgating
9. Memphis & Carolina style barbeque
10. 2-putt birdies
Honorable Mention: Diener and Novak getting playing time, The Nationals, Family Guy, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 4th of July, St. Patty's
1.) Jim Hegarty's: Whether it be 25 cent wings with a bucket of PBR or just Saturday night.
2.) Chicago Cubs: Cubs fan longer.
3.) Marquette Basketball: Third because interest could dwindle after graduation.
4.) XBox 360
5.) Classic Beers: PBR, OM, Schlitz, Blatz.
6.) Summerfest/The Rave
7.) HDTV/DVR
8.) Sleep
9.) Hookah
10.) Those bikes with one really big front wheel and a tiny back tire.
Keeping my list only sporting things..
1. Marquette Basketball
2. The Milwaukee Brewers
3. Dwyane Wade
4. Brett Favre
5. The Green Bay Packers
6. Liverpool FC
7. Duke Basketball
8. Coach Michael Krzyzewski
9. Bob Uecker calling a ballgame
10. Bill Hall
In no particular order:
- Martinis (real ones - Gin mixed with olives, not the ones with fruit juice and other assorted crap that gets in the way.
- Paul Westerberg/Replacements
- Elvis
- My wife and kids
- Italians (as many people who know me can attest, I would trade in my Irish for Italian in a second.)
- Chicken Vessuvio
- Sitting on my deck
- Going out to dinner
- Seinfeld
- Osso Buco
- The Godfather
- The Godfather II
- Having the house to myself watching an MU game (or Packer or Brewer game - depends on th season), eating ribs.
- Gibson's
- Room service
- Skiing
- Robin Yount
- Brett Favre
- A clean house
- Guitars
There are others. but that's enough for now.
Quote from: marqptm on January 31, 2007, 05:19:04 PM
3.) Marquette Basketball: Third because interest could dwindle after graduation.
I
highly doubt that...the interest dwindling part...
Quote from: WashDCWarrior on January 31, 2007, 05:05:20 PM
10. 2-putt birdies
Happy about missing a putt for eagle???
Quote from: MUfan12 on January 31, 2007, 05:19:29 PM
7. Duke Basketball
8. Coach Michael Krzyzewski
HERATIC!!! BLASPHAMY!!! I move to temporarily ban MUfan12 until a proper psychiatric exam can be done. ;)
1. Marquette Basketball
2. A shotty Vegas Casino at 6am
3. Getting that First Beer before an 11am game at the BC
4. My Wife (Sorry had to)
5. Getting past Soda Popinski in Tysons Punch Out
6. Watching Return of the Jedi while drinking a 40 of Colt 45 while watching Billy D Williams play Lando Calrissian at a bar on Cloud City
7. That feeling you get after a big MU win
8. That 20 year old quite church type co-ed who is cute, but with a makeover you can imagine her just being smoking
9. An Ice Cold Beer on a Scorching Hot Day
10. Putting down 150 lbs of Granuar Fertilizer on an immaculate lawn during the heat of summer
11. Watching Re-Runs of Entourge on a Wednesday Night
12. A perfectly executed Hanni-Goshi throw during Judo Practice
13. The Fox 6 sports report with Jen Ladda
14. That Girl who plays Sloan in Entourage
15. Listening to Frank Zappa in the car while heading on a road trip
16. The smell of the sausage biscuit from McDonalds while you wait for your 6:30 am flight to see a Marquette Game out of town
17. Hearing Marquettes Name get called during Selection Sunday
18. Drinking Beers witht the Skokie Crew
19. Talking to somebody from my home town who is thinking about going to Marquette
20. Being a member of the MU community
Quote from: DoubleMU0609 on January 31, 2007, 05:42:10 PM
Quote from: MUfan12 on January 31, 2007, 05:19:29 PM
7. Duke Basketball
8. Coach Michael Krzyzewski
HERATIC!!! BLASPHAMY!!! I move to temporarily ban MUfan12 until a proper psychiatric exam can be done. ;)
denied.. after all, if it weren't for those two items, we wouldn't have beaten them!
Quote from: spiral97 on January 31, 2007, 05:56:54 PM
Quote from: DoubleMU0609 on January 31, 2007, 05:42:10 PM
Quote from: MUfan12 on January 31, 2007, 05:19:29 PM
7. Duke Basketball
8. Coach Michael Krzyzewski
HERATIC!!! BLASPHAMY!!! I move to temporarily ban MUfan12 until a proper psychiatric exam can be done. ;)
denied.. after all, if it weren't for those two items, we wouldn't have beaten them!
Hmm... Love something so you can whoop up on it? Intersting theory.
Does this mean that the "Things I Hate" thread and the "Things I Love" thread are actually the same thing? I feel a rip forming in the space/time continuum...
1. GF, God, and Family
2. Marquette basketball and degree
3. Packers
4. St Louis Cardinals
5. Being on a hot streak in Vegas absolutely blasted
6. 6 am bars
7. DWADE
8. Brewers, especially opening day
9. Bucks
10. Shitty beer that can be easily slammed, especially Blatz heavy
1. Being a Marquette Alum
2. The fact I look fantastic in blue and gold
3. That I can watch Marquette highlights and read the message boards instead of paying attention in my boring night classes.
4. Ben Wallace
5. Chicago Bears
6. White Sox baby
7. The idea of finding one of those ever elusive gold sweater vests
8. The Wire
9. Jeopardy!
10. That my family lives in three different times zones but they all drop everything when there's a Marquette basketball game on TV because they know I'll call when it's over and make sure they were cheering.
Sports wise this is it
1. Chicago Cubs
2. Marquette Basketball
3. Chicago Bulls
4. Ohio State Football
5. Chicago Bears
I love...
MU HOOPS!
March Madness
Good food with good people equals good times
49er football
FB sundays
Music...almost any kind
Kopps custard
travelling
Movies worth full price
Hebrew National hot dogs
UCLA losses
Nike Air Max and Ecco shoes
Summer girls in their summer dresses
Getting free tickets to a game
A nice comfy pair of jeans
Smartwool socks
cool fall weather
BW3's
Sprecher Root Beer
churros con chocolate
my girl ;)
Quote from: 77ncaachamps on January 31, 2007, 06:39:32 PM
Kopps custard
Good call. (mint chip, grasshopper fudge, and mr. fudgie)
I used a online personality test that told you your favorite ice cream flavor (mint obviously) to convince my would-be girl friend that we were perfect for each other. Year and a half later we still get out to Kopps for mint chip as often as we can.
Quote from: DoubleMU0609 on January 31, 2007, 06:45:09 PM
Quote from: 77ncaachamps on January 31, 2007, 06:39:32 PM
Kopps custard
Good call. (mint chip, grasshopper fudge, and mr. fudgie)
I used a online personality test that told you your favorite ice cream flavor (mint obviously) to convince my would-be girl friend that we were perfect for each other. Year and a half later we still get out to Kopps for mint chip as often as we can.
Very nice...
My girl (who's never been to WI) and I are from CA...for valentine's day two years ago, she got me a Kopps Custard 10-pint pack....WHOOOOOOOWEEEEEEEE! Love that girl!
But it wasn't the same (didn't tell her that though).
Living in CA and being away from Kopps custard is perfectly defined by "absence makes the heart grow fonder."
sports hierarchy:
1. marquette basketball
2. chicago white sox
3. chicago bears
4. chicago bulls
5. michigan wolverine football
6. orlando magic/houston rockets/miami heat
situational (these are in no particular order):
1. that first warm day of spring when you can sit on your porch and just drink a 12-er with your friends
2. finding a happy hour with dollar bottles and 25 cent wings
3. waking up hungover around noon and watching college basketball
4. the feeling you get when the lights go out and marquette introductions begin...goosebumps
5. when the white sox sweep the cubs in wrigley
6. bluffin your way to a big pot
7. setting your alarm clock so you can get up and drink before any sporting event and tailgating in general
8. sports brawls
9. goin to a road game in gold head to toe, messing with the home crowd and walking out with a victory
10. bein the first person to tee-off on the course for the day and breaking the silence with a ping
11. marquette highlights on sportscenter
12. and so many more...
Things I love.......
1. Marquette basketball
2. The Boston Red Sox
3. Pitchers/cathers reporting day
4. Ice cold beer pulled from a cooler on a summer day
5. Opening day (this should be a national holiday)
6. Game 7 in any sport
7. Running in the morning when its dark and quiet.
8. the sound of a single basketball bouncing in an empty gym.
9. A sold-out baseball stadium.
10. Drinking beer on my porch or deck in the summer.
11. Fine red wine.
12. Seinfeld reruns.
13. Blogging.
14. Traveling. anywhere......it does not matter.
15. Skiing...mountains in the winter -- the cold is worth it.
16. New York City. Its a magical place.
17. The beach in the summer time.
18. Tuscany
19. Sold-out Kyle Field on game days.....best experience in college football bar none
20. Real boobies
;D
1. My wife
2. My family
... OK, she's gone. Here are 10 other things I really love, in no particular order
1. Marquette Hoops
2. A-Rod batting in a big spot against the Sox
3. Watching David Ortiz or Manny Ramirez hit (for all you Red Sox Yankee haters, one thing you need to know is that baseball is the top sport in NY, MA and CT. Bigger than football. Not sure if it is anywhere else)
4. When a lesser kid I'm coaching in baseball or basketball does something really good
5. The Simpsons (thru around season 12 or so)
6. Cherry Coke and a good bagel (breakfast of champions)
7. A "one-pot" dinner from my wife
8. A night with no meetings, no coaching, nothing needed to be done (I'm actually working now from home on a boring conf call with Japan)
9. Christmas, and last but not least...
10. The idea that Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz might be more than just "friends"
A friend of mine once told me a quote that I've kept in mind ever since. "Life is all about simple joys and baby steps".
Therefore, some simple joys in no particular order (except the first)
Mrs. Henry Sugar and Little Henry
MU Basketball
Being ranked
The History of MU montage before the games - it gets a little dusty in the BC
Looking into the corners on big games and seeing the student section filled with gold.
The big heads
Running into random people at the BC and at the bars afterwards
We start three sophomores, a junior, and a freshman!
Tivo'ing a game and watching it over again (only when we win, of course)
The Internet
MU Message Boards
Priceline.com and a $40 room at the Hyatt for the Pitt game
iTunes and "The Circuit" podcasts
desipio.com and goatriders.org
Online Poker
Food
Breyers Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
A cool red center steak
Kefir
Sports
A day game at Wrigley that ends with the "W" flag
Reading FC (How about that, EPL fans?)
Chicago Fire and sitting with Section 8 - man I wish we could get that sort of atmosphere for MU games
Seeing Carlos Zambrano pitch
Taking a vacation day for the start of March Madness - it's like Christmas!
The feeling after a good, tiring run or set of squats
Nike + iTunes
Misc
Places without open container restrictions
Collecting Quotes
Putting up Christmas lights and decorations
Offering a sign of peace at mass
Really in no order, but I'll keep it short...
-Marquette basketball
-the time between November and early April(its like one long holiday)
-playing guitar
-jam bands...Grateful Dead(Ratdog, The Other Ones, The Dead, etc.) , The Allman Brothers, Derek Trucks, String Cheese Incident (and I did see Keller Williams at summerfest...opened for ratdog and string cheese....while i'm not a fan of his cd stuff he is good live. it was cool seeing how he plays all the instruments and puts the songs together)
-music in general, Zeppelin, Clapton, almost any blues/rock/classic rock stuff
-seeing the badgers lose(i can hate them and like them at the same time right? just different reasons)
-Real Chili..and I didn't read all the posts...but was there a Real Chili somewhere? cause to see that off of some people's lists...well thats just pure insanity
-i hate sarcasm...i really can't stand it at all, i don't get it and i don't know how to use it.
-cannoli...which leads into the Godfather I and II(3 wasn't horrible, but what the hell was Sophia Copola doing in that movie...it wasn't acting and having sex with your cousin is not cool unless you're from WV or Kentucky)
-Being a student at Marquette
-proudly calling my school the Marquette Warriors with no hesitation...the way it should be
Quote from: CTWarrior on January 31, 2007, 07:11:57 PM
7. A "one-pot" dinner from my wife
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
Quote from: NaivinRJohnson on January 31, 2007, 07:57:51 PM
Quote from: CTWarrior on January 31, 2007, 07:11:57 PM
7. A "one-pot" dinner from my wife
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
I sure as heck am not a kid. (I actually could run for President and honestly say I never took a puff of anything. Had a beer or 20 from time to time, though) A one-pot is when my wife just throws a whole bunch of stuff she finds in the kitchen in a pot and makes a stew. Never the same twice and always delicious.
Sports
Marquette Basketball
Brewers Baseball
Packers Football
Arizona Wildcat Basketball and Football
Detroit Red Wings
Foods
Real Chili at any time preferably at the Marquette location
Double double with cheese animal style and a Coke from In N Out
Fish taco's from Rubio's in San Diego
Chicken burrito with gringo sauce from Los Bettos in Tucson
Oysters from Acme in the French Quarter with a few Turbo Dogs
Saz's Sampler at Summerfest with 15 Miller Lite's or High Life's
Going to Butch's with a group of friends for steaks
An ICE cold High Life or High Life Light while playing bags in the summer
Places
Traveling to see MU play in the tournament even though you said you wouldn't (San Diego, Minnesota, New Orleans, St. Louis)
Jimmy Buffett Concert EVERY YEAR
The 1st and 18th tee's at Butler National
Tailgating at Miller Park on a warm Sunday afternoon and never making it into the game and just partying with friends listening to Uecker
Walking around DC or Manhattan
San Diego
Vegas
Ireland
New Orleans
Vegas – oh yeah, said that
Misc Items
My Cleveland Irons and Wedges
HDTV
Reef flip flops
311
Rolling Stones
Jimmy Buffett
Girls in the "UofA" shorts
Quote from: CTWarrior on January 31, 2007, 08:01:56 PM
Quote from: NaivinRJohnson on January 31, 2007, 07:57:51 PM
Quote from: CTWarrior on January 31, 2007, 07:11:57 PM
7. A "one-pot" dinner from my wife
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
I sure as heck am not a kid. (I actually could run for President and honestly say I never took a puff of anything. Had a beer or 20 from time to time, though) A one-pot is when my wife just throws a whole bunch of stuff she finds in the kitchen in a pot and makes a stew. Never the same twice and always delicious.
Easy on the dishes too!
Sports
Chicago Cubs
Marquette Basketall
Chicago Bears (I am not a fair weather fan, refer to #1 and you will see that I stick with shitty teams through rough times)
Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Bulls
Michigan State Basketball and Football
Golf in general
Foods
DOUBLE SOBLEMAN BURGER (I can not believe no one else has mentioned this)
Angelo's Pizza
Chicago Style Pizza
Chicago Dog
A 32 oz T-Bone
Freshly caught Walleye or Perch, preferably cooked on shore-lunch
An old-style in the bleachers at Wrigley
A Miller Light in the parking lot before a Brewer's game
Places
Bradely Center for an MU Game
On the opening Tee-Box of a golf course (preferably somewhere tropical)
Wrigley Field
Chicago
Milwaukee
Myrtle Beach
Maui
Marquette
Raynor (oh wait that's just where I am all the time not a favorite place)
Misc Items
My Cubs hat that is old because of wear not because i bought it to look that way
HDTV
Local H and RHCP Concerts
The first spring day when all of the attractive MU girls wear skirts because they can
Fishing
Golfing
Playing a pick up wiffle ball game on a beautiful summer day
Ryne Sandberg's Hall of Fame speech
Marquette University's men's basketball team
Sidney Moncrief
The NFL before the salary crap
Any sport/league without instant replay
The professionalism of Steve Largent and Jerry Rice
Teams that don't double down on Marquis Estill
D Wade
DirecTV (how any sports fan has cable is big-time beyond me)
Mike and the Mad Dog
Calling an all-in against a Jackas* while holding a pair of aces
Females that actually acknowledge my existence
70-degree parties
Night Court
Coaching baseball
1. Chicago White Sox (2005 being the greatest sports-related year of my life -- I'm sorry, but nothing can compare to watching your team for 162+ games, living and dying with them on a daily basis, and have them win it all)
2. Chicago Bears
3. Blogs, and the internet in general -- among my favorites are SouthSideSox, DeadSpin, and what the hey, MU Scoop ;D
4. Chicago Blackhawks -- the national anthem at Hawks games is a special moment, EVERYBODY claps and cheers throughout the whole thing. I really wish more 'stadiums' would imitate it, although they don't have to imitate the amount of fans usually in attendence at Hawks games.
5. Funny (or good) sitcoms, most notably The Office, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm
6. Bitching about Fox's awful job with the funniest series I've ever watched, Arrested Development
7. The Strokes, and my other music.
8. Marquette Basketball
9. XBox 360 (FIFA is golden, and a shout to Rainbow 6 and College Hoops)
10. Poker, mainly Hold-em
11. Everything about Chicago -- driving down Lake Shore on any given night, all the great pizza spots, all the great hot-dog/burger/beef places like Al's, Portillo's, Pop's, Mickey's, etc etc.
12. Chicago Bulls
13. (I can't believe none of you Chicago people have said this yet, although maybe I missed it...) 16-inch Softball and pickup basketball.
14. Rolling Rock
Quote from: CWSKeith on January 31, 2007, 10:57:29 PM
6. Bitching about Fox's awful job with the funniest series I've ever watched, Arrested Development
that is the greatest show ever, I own all 3 seasons, and wish there would have been more. What a great show that not many people appreciate
I like your structure Chili, so here's mine...
Sports
Marquette Basketball
San Francisco Giants Baseball
Los Angeles Clippers ( I know)
Michigan Wolverines
The Revolving Doors (My fantasy football team)
Foods
Burrito from Taco Buritto Palace #3 Lincoln Park
Real Chili at MU after the Lanche closed
Double double with cheese, grilled onions from In N' Out
Chili Cheese Dog from Doggie Diner, Chicago
Double Cheese from Bills Hamburger Stand, Evanston, Ill.
Slice of Pepperoni from any New York City pizza joint
Lamb Shwarma Wrap from the Pita Kitchen, Sherman Oaks, CA
Oysters from Acme in the French Quarter with a few Turbo Dogs
BBQ Ribs. Jack Stack, Kansas City
Beer.
Places
Anywhere MU plays and I'm there.
On the sidelines watching my daughter play soccer.
NYC
Gustavus, Alaska
Summer at the Poop Deck on the Strand at Hermosa Beach, CA.
Wrigly Field. Temp above 60.
Any bar with the old man.
Movie theatres with Stadium Seating
The rest is private
Misc Items
60 inches of HDTV
Camping out on the couch for FB Sundays (Like Homer, I call it daddy/daughter day. But since we don't do anything, my daughter gets pissed because she doesn't get the joke.)
iMac.
The blown-up, framed picture of The Lanche hanging above the fireplace.
Sunflower Seeds
Oh, and the rest is private
1. Peter Luger's Steakhouse... if you've been, you know. If not, get thee under the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn and revel in the reason cows are killed.
2. Marquette basketball
3. A new one for me since I'm coaching 1st graders, but watching their reactions when the extra pass leads to a basket has been the coolest thing for me.
4. Anything my 93-year-old grandmother cooks, because she's Italian and came over on the boat.
5. Jets football
6. Veal Cutlets... breaded and fried.... with some homemade garlic bread on the side.
7. Playing pickup basketball outdoors on sweltering summer nights until they kick you out of the park.
7a. Playing pickup on the "challenge courts" of the Helfaer Rec Center and occasionally mixing it up with the players.
8. Watching overtime playoff hockey either in person or on TV. Perhaps the greatest bloodletting in all of sports.
9. A crisp 2nd shot on any par-4 hole that reaches the green.
10. My job.
11. Guiliano's pizza (a moment of silence to remember)
1. Marquette Basketball
2. Green Bay Packers
3. Penn State Football
4. Boston Red Sox
5. March Madness
6. Football season
7. That first spring day in Wisconsin when simulateously all the attractive women in Milwaukee decide its warm enough to wear something skimpy outside
8. The weekends
9. Playing sports
10. Drinking
Things I love.....
1. Marquette Basketball
2. Chicago Cubs
3. Green Bay Packers
4. Beating Notre Dame
5. Beating Wisconsin
6. Beating Pitino
7. Beating Da Bears
8. Cubs Home Opener
9. Any game at Lambeau
10. Beating Notre Dame (Did I already mention that?)
1. My wife, my daughter, my newborn son.
2. Breaking Par.
3. Marquette Hoops
4. The rush that comes from going from a dead sleep into a burning building in 4 minutes.
5. A good microbrew. Not picky. There are so many.
6. Friends from MU that I have stayed in touch with over the years.
7. Detroit Tigers
8. Detroit Pistons, PARTICULARLY the Bad Boys, who won as a team.
9. Being the first one out on the golf course in the morning by myself. All is right in the world.
10. Watching my daughter's basketball team execute what I have taught them perfectly.
11. Catching up to the grounder hit into the hole and getting the guy at first.
12. The feeling you get in a scramble when your team gets on a birdie train.
Quote from: caltruda on February 01, 2007, 12:59:59 AM
11. Guiliano's pizza (a moment of silence to remember)
Two slice special!! Was it all the beer before going to Guili's or was it really that good?
in no particular order
1. Anything Marquette
2. Hole-in-the-wall bars
3. summer days on the lake with friends
4. Chicago White Sox
5. Deep Dish Pizza
6. Sobleman's (this should be on more lists)
7. Chicago Bears
8. Being out of cell phone reception
9. Road trips with buddies - most notable, following the team on the road to final four
10. No Pants Sundays - the days when you have nothing to do except lay on the couch in your boxers and watch sports.
Also Note Worthy
Chicago Bulls, Penn State Football, Joe Pa, MU basketball victories, Hammocks, Captain and Cokes, my boat, grilling all my food, Lake of the Ozarks and Party Cove on Memorial Day Weekend, Tail Gating, The feeling i get when i see Robert Jackson and D wade highlights on the history of Marquette, Marquette Gyros, Seeing Freeway at games (where has he been lately), Vegas, Days off, March Madness, My buddies from college, and many more
1. Tailgating at Brewer and Packer Games
2. Kopps, Real Chili and Sobelman's
3. learning languages and forgetting them (Chinese, Spanish and if you consider Latin a language)
4. sudoku, criptoquips
5. Marquette basketball and traveling to see them play (Cincy, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, New Orleans and Chicago so far)
6. YouTube
7. Fantasy Football
8. Hoosiers, It's a Wonderful Life, Groundhog Day
9. APPLE computer
10. Megabus rides from Chicago to Milwaukee for $1!
11. The Office on Thursday Nights (tonight)
Sports
1) MU (Big gap b/w #1 and #2)
2) White Sox
3) ND football
4) Bulls
5) Bears
TV
1) The Office
2) Lost
3) Deadwood
4) That Frank CAliendo guy who does the impressions on Fox pregame.
Marquette Basketball, Red Sox Baseball (can't believe the number of Sox fans here), Selection Sunday, Bill Raftery, 4 greatest words in sports "Pitchers and Catchers report", the Kentucky Derby, Bill Simmons NBA Draft column, Wilco, Richard Thompson, "Visions of Johanna" by Bob Dylan, Brando in "On the Waterfront," Natalie Portman, Scarlet Johannsen, my mom's Thanksgiving dinner, Hazel Mae's tight sweaters on NESN, (probably shouldn't have put that immediately after my mom's food), and above everything my wife and kids.
To add a few more
Brewery Tours (esp. Lakefront, Old Dominion)
Thunder Storms
Watching Sean Taylor hit people
New Orleans
Tubing on the Apple River
The way nobody talks when a pitcher has a no-hitter going into the 7th or later
Many people have said it, but the greatest thing in life is teaching a young kid something in sports, and he does it, and it works. Their face is priceless, and brings you satisfaction, maybe thats why I am in the Education field
I'm too lazy/indecisive to compile my own list, but there are so many good suggestions here that I'll just say all of the above, minus those listed in my (I Hate ND) post.
But since I didn't see these listed,
-keeping score at a ballgame
-breaking 90
in no order
a good Gyros
Chicago style pizza
MU bball
Da Bears
golfing, drinking, gambling and smoking cigars
Vegas
A 2nd to Lake of the Ozarks and Party Cove!
Wrigley on a beautiful summer day
My baby boy
The Miller High Life commercials---Chili, if you guys scrap these too, I'm gonna have to switch to Coors Light. >:( Is that guy really a route guy? Seems like many that I have met.
the History Channel
Ocean's Eleven
The Blues Bros
Animal House
Caddyshack
Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe
sitting on the deck with the wife in the summer drinking a Spotted Cow and enjoying a good cigar.
13. (I can't believe none of you Chicago people have said this yet, although maybe I missed it...) 16-inch Softball
I've had little to no interest in slowpitch softball in my area of residence since that game died around here about 10 years ago. If and when it comes back, I may just have to get back into decent enough shape to play it.
Quote from: Eye on February 02, 2007, 12:17:00 AM
13. (I can't believe none of you Chicago people have said this yet, although maybe I missed it...) 16-inch Softball
I've had little to no interest in slowpitch softball in my area of residence since that game died around here about 10 years ago. If and when it comes back, I may just have to get back into decent enough shape to play it.
when I moved away from chi-town 3 years ago, dodgeball was all the rave. I couldn't believe it when I saw listings for adult leagues forming... then I had some friends tell me they were in one and I was still shaking my head... course, had any of those leagues been in the nw suburbs I probably woulda signed up too! :)
1) Marquette Basketball
1a) Notre Dame football
2) Chicago White Sox
3)Chicago Bears
4) Anyone playing USC, Duke, Michigan, Wisconsin, or Illinois
5) Women with a sense of humor, brains and nice smiles
6) Anything related to Chicago(except the Cubs, who are evil incarnate)
7) San Diego
8) Mexican food
9) Ireland
10) London
11) Watching the sunset over the Pacific
12) Walking through Prague early in the morning in November
I love that - after reading the love & hate threads - it's clear that there's only one thing that could possible bring us all together...
Marquette Basketball
Quote from: rocky_warrior on February 02, 2007, 09:25:48 AM
I love that - after reading the love & hate threads - it's clear that there's only one thing that could possible bring us all together...
Marquette Basketball
The thing I most noticed is that there is not a single poster who is 100% compatible with me even when only sports are considered. Good thing this isn't a dating site otherwise I'd want my money back... oh wait.. it's free. :D
Washing my car by hand, paying special attention to the wheels & tires
Waxing & buffing that same car, by hand
The fact that BRETT FAVRE is back for his 17th NFL season! With a Marquette W tomorrow, this will be a great weekend!
Quote from: IAmMarquette on February 02, 2007, 06:54:11 PM
Washing my car by hand, paying special attention to the wheels & tires
Waxing & buffing that same car, by hand
wow.. if you enjoy it THAT much you can do mine too! I won't even charge you for the privilege!! ;D
My top-25 list (not in order except for the first 3):
1.) Family (including my dogs) & Friends
2.) Marquette Warriors and School
3.) Green Bay Packers
4.) Beer
5.) WI state fair cream puffs
6.) Gulo's double dough pizza with pepperoni, pineapple, and black olives
7.) Rammy's Sub Contractors Heck's BBQ Beef Sub
8.) Sal Y Carvao restaurant
9.) Gyros, Souvlaki, and Saganaki
10.) Snow
11.) Christmas lights
12.) Learning
13.) The first 3 seconds of my new biffy (http://biffy.com) (until the water gets cold) - thanks rocky!
14.) going on cruises
15.) camping in January in Door County
16.) movies
17.) Bailey's Irish Cream
18.) Cheese (anyone from WI who doesn't isn't really from WI)
19.) Disney World (especially epcot)
20.) robotics
21.) home improvement
22.) desserts (cherry cake, new york cherry ice cream, spritz cookies, cookie dough, brownie batter, and cherry cobbler in a dutch oven)
23.) campfires and fireplace fires
24.) autumn in the northern midwest
25.) the feeling after you code something useful and it does exactly what you wanted
Quote from: spiral97 on February 02, 2007, 06:58:42 PM
Quote from: IAmMarquette on February 02, 2007, 06:54:11 PM
Washing my car by hand, paying special attention to the wheels & tires
Waxing & buffing that same car, by hand
wow.. if you enjoy it THAT much you can do mine too! I won't even charge you for the privilege!! ;D
Sorry Spiral, note that I said "MY" car. ;D
had to try ;D