March 24: Wi-Fi

Everyone has an escape from life. And, it's a good thing. Just consider what you would be like if you were confined only to life's daily routines - your job, making dinner, doing laundry, maintaining the house, etc - without a reality break for a while. I know I would slowly become insane; a mere shadow of my former self. For me, thankfully, there are fantasy sports. My ticket to escape...and a chance to play Owner/General Manager/Coach all in one shot. Now, I'm no longer as addicted as I used to be. You know, before I went to see Dr. Drew. I jest, but truth is I used to participate in every fantasy sport out there. Now, I'm down to primarily two: fantasy football and fantasy baseball. Tonight was my fantasy baseball draft, as we're just 2 short weeks from MLB Opening Day. The fantasy baseball draft is usually pretty low key; me, a computer and the silence of the house as the rest of the family has already gone to bed. Nothing like the formal gathering of all owners for our ongoing fantasy football league that involves food, beer and good company. That one we do for money, though. Baseball is just a free league on Yahoo!. But, this year, I switched things up a bit. Me and my buddy, Nick, decided to head up to Roosevelt's and do the draft online from there. It seemed the perfect environment, what with sports on TV and beer and food at our fingertips. This was also the first opportunity I've had to use Wi-Fi, which Roosevelt's offers at no charge. I've never had a laptop with which to participate in such lavish complimentary services outside of home or office. Upon arriving at the restaurant, we saddled right up to the bar, by an outlet in order to plug in, and jumped online. Honestly, I was a little nervous as I had no idea what the process is for using Wi-Fi. Turns out, it's as simple as tying your shoes. Basically, select your network, select Public and away you go! Unfortunately, that was the most luck I had the rest of the night as my draft results were far from what I had hoped. At least it's not going to cost me anything.