The Windy City

As I was in Chicago for a conference, I decided to take in a baseball game at the Friendly Confines. Finding great seats and a pair of Old Styles, a colleague and I sat in for a perfect summer evening contest. I called E-on, and he warned, "Hey, you might want to watch out, there's a bad storm arriving in an hour." Literally 59 minutes later, the grounds crew came out and covered the field. What happens next was legendary. Universally agreed as the worst storm to hit Wrigley since Lucky Charlie Weegham broke ground on the park in February 1914. Enjoy the above video for a taste of the terror.

If You Have a Free Weekend in November...

Contributors Dav and Hankles recently completed the first official field trip for The Norwood House. Let’s break down the trip, by the numbers:

46: Pictures taken by TNH’s photographer

1/3: Fraction of flyers on our flight enroute to Dallas for the Skins-Boys game dressed in jerseys, performing cheers at 7:00am.

80: Number of sent and received texts by Hankles

4: Tollbooths on the Indy Turnpike

75: Minutes spent in the ND Bookstore

1987: Jimmy Clausen's Birth Year

3-0: Final Score of the Notre Dame-Loyola Women’s NCAA Soccer Game

$5: Price for a Pitcher at Corby’s Irish Pub

2-0: Dav’s record over Hankles on the Felt at Corby’s

10: Miller Lites

4: Old Styles

10: Size (in ounces) of the sirloin steak sandwich sold by the Knights of Columbus

43: Temperature at Kickoff

38: Temperature at Final Whistle

5: Hankles' Lower Body Layers

6: Hankles' Upper Body Layers

11: Times hearing the Notre Dame Victory March (approx.)

80,975: Attendance at the Stadium

1: Wabash Knit Caps

115: Robert Hughes Rushing Yards

3: Irish Passing TD’s

3: Duke Fumbles

28-7: Final Score

5: Time Changes by TNH crew (East to Central to East to Central to East)

4: Wrong Turns leading to Poor Directions and Being Lost

3: Real Celebrity Sightings (Mike Scioscia, Mike Golic, Tim Hardaway)

2: Celebrity Dead-Ringers (Curt Schilling; Dusty Baker)

2: Irish football season wins

1: Touchdown Jesus

Countless: Memories shared between great buddies

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