Mailbag Blog - All Of Life's Questions Answered
Gonna do this once a week. This is your opportunity to get into the head of WSD. Its purpose is to ask me questions on all things NOT baseball. Love, work, exercise, etc. I’m one of the dumbest people I know, so any advice I do give, you should do the opposite. You’ll find much success should you do so.
Let’s do it!
Hey Dave, big fan of the show/you.
I’ve always been curious, what’s it like managing time between writing for a blog and being on a podcast and having a normal desk job?
Is it all work and then go home and all barstool? Or do you try and steal some time throughout the day to do what you need to do?
Put in a good word for Manny with your good friend Rick and keep it up. Love Barstool Chicago.
-Tommy D
Well Tommy, I’m glad you asked. It kinda sucked. We’d meet up Monday nights to record the podcast and wouldn’t finish it until 10pm or so. Waking up at 530am, slinging freight/dealing with asshole truck drivers all day and then recording a podcast was pretty exhausting. Most Mondays were 14-15 hour work days. Kinda stunk. That said, Barstool was blocked at my old job. I would write my blogs in Microsoft word and email them to Chief to post for me if it was a blog that had to go out immediately. If not, I’d go home and write them after work.
The one part of working for Barstool now that we’re all full time in Chicago is that people act like it’s not “real” work. Oh buddy…. you are CONSTANTLY on the clock for Barstool. Like if Machado had hypothetically signed with the Sox in the middle of the Bears game yesterday I’d have had to leave the game and bolt home to write about it. It’s absolutely, positively real work.
Good afternoon WSD,
What’s it going to take to get an internship at barstool Chicago? Cube life sucks and we both know it. I’m only 25 and ready to quit this desk job at JP Morgan right now for the right opportunity. Die hard south side Chicago kid, biggest advocate of Phil’s pizza and gene and Jude’s. I’ll send a resume, an audition video, or shit, I’ll do whatever is needed at this point.
Please, for just an opportunity at barstool Chicago as an intern you can save this 25 year old from sitting at a desk crunching numbers rest of my life. All jokes aside, all gas no breaks and look foward to your guys progression here in Chicago
– Ryan S
Thanks for the email Ryan. We’re not currently hiring. We got PUMMELED with emails when we announced our launch with people asking to work for us. Ask again in a year or so and bring something tangible to the table. IE our camera guy Sweaty Brian emailed us with an awesome resume for video production. We won’t hire people who want to work for us just because you love Barstool. We appreciate that, but can’t just hire people because they like our work.
Can you explain to me why we say we ride ‘in’ a car but ride ‘on’ a train, plane and boat.
– Bobby K
Nope. I can’t. But now I’m gonna think about this every time I look at a car or boat, so thanks you dick
Who would win in an RnR, Carl or WSD?
– Jack H
Carl has me by about 30 pounds and 4-5 inches. Not only that but he’s an absolute fucking lunatic and has a screw loose. Great
guy to have on your side. That said I’d whoop his ass.
And also, I’m apparently now the RnR challenger guy. Not the kinda guy I wanna be. Last August we were out in NYC to announce Red Line Radio’s launch with Barstool and someone not me challenged Carrabis to an RnR who was holding my phone. Then Carl did it again when we were watching a Bears game in his parents garage in Oak Lawn a few weeks after that. Obviously I’d do it if asked but I don’t have any ill-will for Carrabis and wouldn’t just challenge him to a fight without reason.
Then in comes Hubbs with this snide lil tweet:
And that triggered me to NO end. Look, I get that the Sox have sucked for like 10 years now or whatever. I get that they’ve been so bad that their attendance has plummeted and they’re the 2nd team in Chicago. But, Hubbs, let me tell you this: Machado or anyone else who elects to sign with the Sox won’t be living in fucking englewood. They’ll be living in million dollar condos on the Mag Mile and shit like that. They’ll live the exact same lifestyles as any other athlete in this town. That, and $300MM in your bank account will entice people to do a lot of shit. Like join a 62 win team.
So yes, I did challenge hubbs to an RnR. Then apparently Smitty after the Bears game. But no I’m not gonna be challenging my coworkers to fights every other day.
Hey Dave,
I am looking to take my girlfriend to a nice restaurant and hotel in Chicago for our anniversary. What are some suggestions
Thank you,
-Jason
The Hangge Uppe. Class on class
What better way to get over the Bears L than throw on a little feel-good music and what better band than Sublime. Knowing that you’re a Sublime guy like myself (long live Bradley), what would be your Mt. Rushmore of Sublime songs to help you get over that devastating loss.
Mine: Badfish, STP, Santeria, Same in the End.
Let’s see what ya got
-Nick O
Funny thing about me is that if you judged me by my musical tastes you’d think I was the biggest pothead ever. Not at all, I never smoke it. But Sumblime is my favorite band of all time, followed by shit like DMB, Slightly Stoopid, and other jam bands.
Gonna go with Santeria, STP, Mary, New Realization
What’s the best way to sneak out of work a little early if your boss sits next to you? Especially in the winter when you have a jacket and other crap to carry
– Andrew M
I would leave my computer on with all of my emails, systems, programs, etc. still running. Leave some shit on my desk so it looks like it’s being used. Then I’d walk out without saying a word to anyone. Funny story, one time I ducked out like 15 mins early and got in an Uber to go home. Got an email from my boss on some issue I had to fix and he goes “don’t tell me you left early”. I stopped the Uber on Chicago Ave and legit sprinted back to my desk. Carlos (old boss), I know you’re reading this – sorry for pulling that fast one brother.
Hey WSD,
whats your favorite day drinking bar in the city (don’t say Declan’s)
Also whats your favorite place to eat in the city? (I’m still not over the bears so all I can think about is drowning my sorrows in food and booze)
-Peter L
Hey Peter, thanks for swinging by. I love Old Town personally. Any spot on Wells between North and Division is an awesome spot, so yes, Declan’s. In the summer I love the rooftop at Hotel Lincoln. Expensive, but awesome views and pretty laid back
Whats bathroom situation like at the chicago office. With 135 sq ft, it must get pretty rank in their between all the beef farts and i would assume the bathroom being in close proximity.
-Corey P
We share an office space with a couple other companies. One bathroom. We joke about this on the podcast here and there but my three coworkers, mainly Chief and Carl, have the smallest bladders of all time. They piss more than a cocker spaniel. I live around the corner from the office so if I had to defecate I’d just walk home. Not the other guys though. They stink that thing up regularly.
If you had to lose one of your senses. (Hearing, Sight, taste, touch, smell) Which one would it be
-Evan T
I don’t have a sense of smell. I’m like Dewey Cox. My ears kinda suck too now that I think about it. So I’ll go with that
And that wraps up this week’s mailbag. Looking forward to doing this again soon!