I have a couple friends who are Real. Smart. Lawyers. who live down there and it's a fun place to visit. I had an interview at one of the cal state schools but the cost of living vs. salary had me turn it down.

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Rend Lake is awesome. You should take a day to hit Crab Orchard for lunker bass while you're down there.

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I've been to Rend quite a few times. My first cast ever there, I caught a gar on a plastic worm. I thought it was a mutant pike. I knew Rend was an all time favorite after that. Never heard of crab Orchard, but Ill take a look.

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I also had a UCLA offer but no way due to costs.

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Elections have consequences.

Crash on Darkside's couch

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Well, someone needed to be.

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That sounds awesome!!! I'd like to do the cabins once I get through the remainder of the Deluxe resorts.
Do you guys do fast passes? Soarin? 7 Dwarfs Mine Train?

We are staying at Polynesian and Animal Kingdom on a split stay in 173 days.

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Polynesian is a great stay. Is there a resort in the Animal Kingdom or a campground or what?

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Animal Kingdom Lodge is part of AK and has Savannah views where you can see the giraffes out your fucking balcony. It's stupid expensive, but we're doing it for two nights, then moving to Poly. We like to do split stays on property since they move your shit for you and we get another set of magic bands...got to get all the colors!

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I'm going out to San Diego for the Futures Game, Home Run Derby, and All-Star Game.

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Hoping to get up to the DahhMahhNeal sections of Wisconsin for a week with the fam.

Sweet, their park is pretty good. I usually don't pimp places here, but sweet Jebus this place is great:

http://www.costaazulcoronado.com/

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Of course you are, gotta see all your Cubbies there.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

My wife and I have down a couple of the deluxe resorts in the past. Our wishlist consists of booking a treehouse but they are always booked. We have all the fast passes and sit down meals planned we also did the photopass (it was worth it last time so it was a no brainer).
mon: 1900 fare w/Mary poppins & Alice, MK: space mountain, 7d mine train, & Big thunder;
Tue: AK: mt. everest, safari, & river ride w/ dinner at epcot;
Wed: MK Pirates league so Eli can be pirated, Allie can be peter panned (her favorite) and Emmie can be a mermaid, lunch at be our guest;
Thursday at Hollywood, we are doing a star wars theme day (Emmie has a Princess leia shirt done in the old school disney princess way, Allie ha an r2 dress, eli has his Empire academy shirt) lunch at Sci-fi & dinner at Minnie's silver screen dine at hollywood and vine with fast passes for tower of terror, rocknroller coaster and frozen sing a long
Friday: the girls are getting princessed up at cinderella's castle in the am, then lunch at cinderella's table
Sat: my mom and sisters are meeting us for the day

We have the disney visa card and put every single house hold thing on it and pay if off each month, it allows us to put the trip on it and get 6 months of 0% financing and thus, the reward money on it. For this trip we have like 800 dollars on our giftcard so we will have enough money for the princessing and pirating and all the souviners, etc. Plus we wanted to go one more time while it was still magical for my oldest.

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Going to a few drum corps shows in the area, hoping to avoid getting shot while reffing semi-pro football, run a few 5K's.

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An unjust law is no law at all--St. Augustine of Hippo

Cause tried and true
I see the light in you
Oh, can you dig in my soul?
Could you smell my whole...
life?--Gener and Deaner

JORR's golf outing thingy.

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Leaving on Thursday for a family "guy's vacation" fishing on Lake Wisconsin for a long weekend. Looking forward to it -- didn't get to do it last year due to house moving issues, so happy to get back at it again. Much less about doing well, and more about the kids having fun, although I hear the walleye are biting there.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Dude, that looks like a Magical trip!!! Welcome Home, yeah?

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It will be fun, then we will spend a week at my mom's place in the Tampa area lounging on the beach. The vacation from the vacation.

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Golf, the Joe Orr outing, lakemoorfest, some family things. No travel really as our big trip this year was to The Masters.

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The annual St. Joes, MI trip this August. I think that's it.

Stop by and say HI!, Matt. I'll be the guy out in his field listening to Chicago sports radio...

New Orleans
Manitoba
St. Pierre & Miquelon
Brazil
Venezuela
Maybe French Guiana
New Zealand and Samoa

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With all the hot weather it looks like a big season for scratching my nuts.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Palm Beach over the 4th of July. Atlantic City in August. Getting ready for high school.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I've heard Crab Orchard called the best bass lake in the Midwest.

The last time I fished Rend Lake was with my friend Jeff. Jeff is a fucking Eagle Scout. He can tie any knot ever invented. He could survive in the wild. He takes fishing very seriously. He knows a lot about lure theories, when to use what, etc. I don't know shit. My knots are sloppy. I prefer fishing live bait, mostly minnows. Anyway, we're out on Rend Lake and he starts chiding me, "You fish like my dad." I asked what he meant by that. "You know, you throw a couple casts, then stop and crack a beer, cast a couple more times, then cut up the salami and cheese and grab another beer." I said, "Yeah, motherfucker, that's fishing." Then he got really mad when I kept hauling them in and he wasn't getting any bites. It's better to be lucky than good. I am the Aaron Sele of sport fishing.

Also, make sure you hit one of the awesome strip clubs on Route 51. I recommend JB's and Gallery.

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