50 Things I'll Miss About Chicago -->
Thing 25:
Preparing for any and all sports team small talk conversation.
I was not an overly athletic child (to illustrate, my junior high school graduation awards were for Reading and Library, as I recall), but I will say that I dare not live in this town as I have for the last dozen years without having at least some working knowledge of Da Bears or Bulls or Blackhawks or Cubs. (The White Sox also did well during my sojourn here, but living where I did in the northern 'hoods, I really only had to know what the last crazy offensive thing their Venezuelan coach had said to engage in small talk.) Truth be told ... I'm going to miss my regular habit of reading the Sports section first and scanning for Chicago references just in case I ended up in an elevator with a stranger and got put on the spot.
COUNTER: Ummm ... go Marlins? Go Panthers? Go Dolphins? Go Fusion? Go Heat? Go Sol?
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