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Waking up on this chilly Chicago morning, I had one question as I got ready for work.  “How much cope am I going to put into today’s post?”  I’m still not quite sure.  We’ll find out together as I type this out.                   The Chicago Bears fall 28-21 in Lambeau after a slow burn start to thrilling 4 th quarter performance.  Obviously it sucks tremendously to lose to the Packers in Green Bay.  There’s no way around that.  Initial thoughts [read: cope] are that given how bad of a start...

Walking into Lambeau yields a certain reverence.  The echoes of Curly Lambeau, Don Hutson, Reggie White, Bar Starr – hell, Donald Driver  seem to encompass the atmosphere.  Then you see the disgusting green and gold.  Have these people ever seen a color wheel?  Probably not given half of them didn’t pass the fifth grade.  Fetal alcohol syndrome will take a toll over the generations.                 Jokes aside, the real frustration begins when you see those marquee lights over the words...

My friend Mr. Griffin asked me recently what my beef was with Aaron Rodgers. This was a fair question. Although I "grew up" a Bears fan, I didn't really watch them. I would sporadically keep tabs on the games through ESPN while I was orchestra rehearsal - you have a lot of time on your hands being a percussionist in an orchestra (try counting 100 measures of rest just to have the conductor re-start before you get to do anything). I have been honest on this blog about how my love for...