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Philly

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, age don't matter.

About Me

33 year old male currently living in the northwest suburbs...hoping to move to Chicago soon.Project Engineer for a consulting firm in Rosemont. Design roads and bridges. Prepare Phase I Preliminary Engineering Reports.Friend of the Program-Chicago Gems Women's Baseball Team (GO GEMS!!!)Here are my stats on the back of my baseball card: HEIGHT: 5'-6.5" WEIGHT: 185 lbs. BORN: 3-1-74 Chicago, IL RESIDES: Streamwood, IL THROWS: Right BATS: Right COLLEGE: BS, Civil Engineering, Iowa State University, 1997 RELIGION: Roman CatholicDIE-HARD CHICAGO CUBS FAN (GO CUBS GO!)Cheer for other Chicago sports teams (Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks, Shamrox), but not the White Sox.Boston Red Sox fan (GO SOCKS!)Cheer for my alma mater, Iowa State (GO CYCLONES!); Also cheer, cheer, for old Notre Dame (GO IRISH!); and Illinois (I-L-L-I-N-I)

My Interests

Playing and watching sports (baseball, basketball, football, hockey, lacrosse, broomball, softball, bean bag toss, competitive eating...)Reading The Onion and The Chicago ReaderSinging along with Pat McCurdy at the Beat Kitchen.Going to concerts.Swing dancing...doing the lindy hop and jitterbug.Drinking beer (does anyone know where I can find Yuengling in Chicago?).Eating at good restaurants.Embelishing stories.

I'd like to meet:

Fun folks who like sports, music, and my goofy sense of humor.Peanut Butter Jelly Time

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Music:

Rock: 311, Liz Phair, The Smoking Popes, Dropkick Murphys, Matthew Sweet, Semisonic, 10,000 Maniacs, The, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Freddy Jones Band, The Police, Van Halen, U2, Jimmy Buffet, Boston, The Beatles, Elvis PresleySwing/Big Band/Jump Blues/Lounge: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan, Louis Prima, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bobby DarinGuilty Pleasures: Earth Wind and Fire, Tom Jones, Neil Diamond, ABBA, Pat McCurdyTHE GREATEST SONG OF THE 90s-SUGAR'S "IF I CAN'T CHANGE YOUR MIND"

Movies:

Rudy, Fever Pitch, Good Will Hunting, Hoosiers, Field of Dreams, The Natural, Slapshot, The Warriors, Blues Brothers, Swingers, Swing Kids, Dodgeball, Old School, Office Space, Animal House, Stripes, Caddyshack, Guys and Dolls, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Sound of Music, Knute Rockne-All American, The Longest Day

Television:

South Park, Family Guy, The Office, My Name is Earl, My Boys, Seinfeld, Cheers, Night Court, SportsCenter, College Gameday, Baseball Tonight, The Flintstones, Tom and Jerry

Books:

The Natural, Shoeless Joe Comes to Iowa, Faithful, The Longest Day, The Onion's Our Dumb Century

Heroes:

Mom and Dad; Ryne Sandberg; Walter Payton; Michael Jordan

My Blog

It can also happen at the Friendly Confines!

As I watched the Red Sox sweep the Rockies to win the World Series, I'm reminded of conversations I had in the past with a couple of friends who are also Cubs fans.  They believe if the Cubs are...
Posted by Philly on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:35:00 PST

Wait Til Next Year

The Chicago Cubs have failed me and Cub Nation once again.  To paraphrase a line from the movie, "Fever Pitch", I love the Cubs, but have they ever loved you back? Hats off to the Arizona Diamond...
Posted by Philly on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:52:00 PST

CUB NATION REJOICE!

I watched the "clinching" game at Yakzies in Wrigleyville.   The Fonz lead things off with a HR, D-Lee hit a big HR, Big Z pitched really well, and Howry a...
Posted by Philly on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:46:00 PST

Thank you Padres!

Magic Number = 2 GO CUBS!  BEAT THE REDS!  GO PADRES!  BEAT THE BREWERS!  
Posted by Philly on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:18:00 PST

Magic Number = 3

The magic number is down to 3.  LET'S GO CUBBIES!!!
Posted by Philly on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:26:00 PST

Thank you Cardinals!

Thank you Cardinals for taking one out of three from the Brewers! Let's take care of our own business and start winning games so we can clinch the NL Central Divison Championship!  GO CUBBIES!!! ...
Posted by Philly on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:24:00 PST

Let’s Go Cubbies!!!

The Cubs lose and the Brewers won on Tuesday night.  Ted Lilly had an off night and the batters weren't patient at the plate with the D-Train starting for the Marlins.  The magic number is s...
Posted by Philly on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:05:00 PST

Big Sports Weekend!

GO CUBS!  BEAT THE CARDINALS! GO RED SOX!  BEAT THE YANKEES! GO CYCLONES!  BEAT IOWA! GO IRISH!  BEAT MICHIGAN
Posted by Philly on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:56:00 PST

Old man still has wheels

Last Wednesday night, I played in the annual Iowa State-Iowa Chicago Alumni flag football game.  For the past 3 years, the school who's alumni wins the flag football game has eventually gone...
Posted by Philly on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:53:00 PST