my younger brother (often called my "little brother"), whom i've been lovingly referring to as "the boy" since mid-1996 (i've continued this practice despite the fact that he's been able to whoop my ass since at least 1997), is an enterprising individual. he purchased something like 70 cubs tickets this season, sold half to brokers and on ebay and the like, and turned a healthy profit while also catching eight or so games at wrigley himself. he purchased something like 40 single-game seats to this season's notre dame-michigan "battle," used four, and sold the rest at cost or at profit, paying for his ticket and then some.

my enterprising brother, this morning, acquired tickets to game six of a potential world series at yankee stadium. four tickets at 110 bucks apiece. with service fees, a total of about 500 smackers.

he's on something called "fall break," will be off of school beginning friday afternoon (this friday - the 17th), and had been planning to watch the irish take on boston college that day (saturday the 25). instead, he'll be spending that night at yankee stadium, should the yankees be in a series of that length and regardless of whether the cubs are there. you don't get many chances to see a world series game after all.

i've done the research, and moline-to-newark flights are going for as low as 241 bucks. it's a 16-hour drive from the 'port. i've talked to the boy, and i think i might have an inside track on a ticket. (his, and his roommates' are accounted for. the other two are in question. i don't think he likes me that much, owing to the fact that i call him "boy.")

how wild would that be?

in other news, the credibility of my friend nemo has sadly been called into question. in his stirring account "deer vs. honda: who wins?", he tells the story of a trip into toledo, with "streets" and "fulton," both members of the exclusive GOIPAO (glasses on, in pain, and old) club. however, i did the research based on nemo's provided link here, and it appears that the man referred to as "streets" clearly is not wearing glasses. a letdown, i guess.

note: this was only a ploy to encourage more user participation from the -mo sect. this means you nemo. this means you sumo.

thanks for checking in. go cubs.