Things I love (In response to the Things I hate articles)

[DoubleMU0609]

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!

[spartan3186]

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 crapty 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

[Eye]

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

[CWSKeith]

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  
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

[Mayor McCheese]

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

[SoCalwarrior]

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

[marquette09]

Los Angeles Clippers ( I know)

beat my bulls tonite

[caltruda]

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)

[mu03eng]

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

[SGWarrior]

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?)

[tower912]

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.

[ONeills Barstool]

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?

[MU gimp ONE]

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

[Sweenz]

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)

[AlumKCof93]

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.

[tonyreeder]

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.

[WashDCWarrior]

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

[Mayor McCheese]

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

[IAmMarquette]

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

[ZiggysFryBoy]

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.

[Eye]

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.

[spiral97]

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!

[ozmetal71]

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

[rocky_warrior]

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

[spiral97]

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.