Chi-Town, Olympics, and Six Man, Oh My!

It's about to be an event-filled two weeks as I head on vacation from my real job.  Having just touched-down in Chicago, we'll be exploring the Midwest this upcoming week.  Then on Friday, it's the opening ceremonies and the 2012 London Games will be underway.  Finally, July 31 is Six Man in Manhattan Beach.  No, I don't have the date wrong, and yes, you're looking at the correct calendar.  The legendary tournament and beach party is now on a weekday to deter the large crowds.  I'll be there to see the effect this has on the fun-tivities.  Keep the feed rolling!

Random Thought of the Day

Last night at a city council meeting, Compton officials raised the prospect that the city may need to consider bankruptcy in the near future,  which could make it the fourth California city to do so since the financial collapse.  At the same time, political campaigns raise hundreds of millions of dollars from deep pockets and celebrities just to blow on mud-slinging advertising.

I wonder what it would be like if celebrities and deep pockets channeled their influence through municipalities to promote electoral campaigns; would any of these cities have gone broke? I'd like to think Dre and The Game would have made the CPT a hip-hop tourist resort town, by now...