I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!

No one has even mentioned the fact that they interrupted Letterman last night, in the middle of Bette Midler as his special guest no less, to broadcast drunk baseball fans standing in the freezing rain. It's not like the 2000th U.S. soldier was killed in Iraq or anything. So the White Sox won the World Series. They couldn't just run a ticker at the bottom of the screen to announce it? It's not like they were able to broadcast scenes from the actual field or anything because it was still being carried live on FOX for fuck's sake! Instead, they pre-empted my idol to show reporters who were in bars and arenas and street corners that were so loud that they couldn't even hear what was being asked of them. What was the fucking point in that, I ask you? The people that really cared would have been watching the game in the first place, right?!

Actually, I'm very happy for the White Sox. I think it's a great thing for the city of Chicago and the entire state of Illinois. Just as I was happy for the University of Illinois earlier this year when they won the NCAA basketball championship. It's exciting! I didn't live here back in the glory days of "da Bulls" national championships and "da Bears" Super Bowl win. (Although I do recall watching their video single "Super Bowl Shuffle" repeatedly as a young child.) And I was recently admonished for claiming that I am not a Mid-Westerner since I was neither born nor raised here. I was chastised for that statement and told that you are where you live, in so many words. (I always thought the saying was "you are what you eat", but what the heck. It's probably just some Mid-Western colloquialism.)

So I guess what I'm trying to say is...Way to go, Sox! Hundreds of thousands of baseball fans can now ask Santa for a back-to-back world championship this holiday season, instead of just a single championship in their lifetime. But curse you local CBS affiliate for interrupting my programming without returning to it. That's one of the best things about living in the Mid-West is that Letterman and Conan come on an hour earlier so I at least get some beauty sleep at night. Because believe me, I need it!

P.S. The new show is going to be more fun than you can shake a stick at, so keep your eyes peeled for coming updates! Only 1 month 'til we open...YIKES! Oops! I mean--YIPPEE! See y'all then, if not sooner.