I've been a bears fan since I was brought home from the hospital in a Bears onesie.  When I was 5 years old I received a Chicago Bears ski cap with the little ball on top.  I'm now 26 and the ball has since fallen off, but it still "fits".  

One of my first memories is watching the Super Bowl Shuffle.  Even at such a young age I could taste the excitement in the air.  At the time, I lived in Chicago, so perhaps that is understandable, but this is the first time since then that the feeling has returned, and I now reside in Evansville, IN (souther tip of the state, due south on US-41), so the taste is traveling even farther.

During my college years I was more into keeping my grades up than anything else, so I would catch the occasional game, but was generally too busy courting would-be wives, some of which turned out to be lesbians so you can all understand what a waste of time that truly was, although, I did have a fun filled night once with one, but that's a story for another site/magazine ("Dear Penthouse"...).

In any event, I truly feel ashamed for my lack of enthusiasm prior to the last 3 or 4 years that I've had for the Bears season.  That all changed when we drafted Grossman.  I was so excited.  I could sense he wasn't a fraud like the unmentionables before him.  I've invested so much faith in the guy since then, I will admit I'm feeling a bit jaded lately.  I want to have faith, I really do.  I hope to Halas (god rest his soul) that Pep has really changed his fundamentals issues.  With all the excitement surrounding Hester's move to the offense, the drafting of Olsen and Wolfe, and the re-signing of the great majority of our team, it's almost impossible for me NOT to be as excited about this team as I was in 1986, when I was just a lad about to turn 6 years old.  

All I can say is praise Halas.  And Bear Down!  There is just too much excitement not to post random life experiences.  This forum is truly a Halas-send.  I feel like a kid again.