itMIKEbeyou 2.0

Article 040. Autumn really brings out the mushy in you. The sudden brisk air and the falling leaves takes out your exasperation and tones it down to an insipid level of emotions. So when I chose my "Duets" playlist on my Apple Music to start my day and continuously had it going 'til the end of what was another hectic Tuesday, it got my juices going and led me to writing this next article. Now before I go through this, I wanna remind everyone that MY list will for sure miss out on a song or two or even rank your favorite lower than you think it should. That's all fair and perky and I’m sure yours would never be identical as mine (long shot that it would). But tell me, one way or another, what you think I should've included (or excluded). It's all good. Also and ironically, this is the one time I'm not going to put a video link of each song because that would be a bit overkill. So please YouTube it at your own curiosity. So here we go, my not-so-Top-Ten list...

Article 039. My kids and I have planned about this since the NFL schedule came out I think around April— watching our Green Bay Packers go to LA to play the Rams. But a few months passed and the excitement fizzled down. Offspring 2 pulled out actually just a month into it but Offspring 1 is for sure down to watch. The ticket prices were crazy and I’m already crunching my budget as it is, let alone spend another extravagant whim I need to satisfy. We could easily go cheap and find us some nosebleeds and try to enjoy the game— nauseating (going to certified Packers bar 33 Taps is a way better idea). But we’re in Hollywood and the Pack doesn’t visit SoCal that often so going big should be the goal. Offspring 1 was setting the ceiling of how high on the price scale we should go. His budget wasn’t impressive and $300 max wasn’t getting us anything in the First and Second Level sections. We were still iffy on the Third Level seats and going Fourth was never an option (c’mon now, might as wel...