Good morning friends.

Isn’t it a glorious day today?

Let me answer that for you: Yes it is Kyle. It is truly a day made in heaven.

And do you know why today is so grand? Because according to the Chicago Tribune, local asshat and national wang-doodler Jay Mariotti has resigned from his columnist position at the Chicago Sun-Times.

According to the Tribune article, Mariotti returned from his trip to China with a new realization that the future of journalism was in the Internet (and not the newspaper business that has so ridiculously over-paid for his services). Of course, the only person this is news to is Jay…who lives in his own little world.

As someone currently in graduate school studying to make journalism my profession, I find myself rejoicing over the fact that the business I want to be a part of so badly is finally shaking off one of its scarlet letters.

Over on my other blog, I rip Mariotti as often as possible for all his evils (I heard he literally writes his columns using the blood of innocent puppies and kittens as ink…insider information) and I take every opportunity to highlight his constant lowlights.

For those of you unaware of Jay Mariotti, he is a Chicago sports columnist with an ass for a brain. He rips on everyone and everything. He’ll write whatever it takes to sell a newspaper or two and doesn’t care about how little sense it makes along the way.

He’s burned bridges with every major sports franchise and their fans in Chicago, including our beloved Cubs. He thinks it’s fun to pick on broken down franchises rather than offer sensible, reasonable solutions to their issues.

But it gets worse.

Can you guess what happens when a Chicago team starts to play well? Like say our Chicago Cubs this season? He completely ignores them.

Nevermind writing about how he was wrong or praising the effort of the players and the support their fan base has given them. He just simply pretends like it’s not happening.

Need an example. Let’s look at the Cubs. When was the last time Mariotti wrote a column about the Cubs for the Chicago Sun-Times? June 30. Almost one month ago. Funny how the Cubs have gone 18-6 since July 30.

Now I ain’t no fancy baseball smart guy with a purdy number counter, but that sure sounds good to me.

Anyway, I just wanted to make sure everyone here knew what was up. I know this is a Cubs blog, but the whole city of Chicago can rejoice today.

Enjoy the first day of the rest of your Chicago sports lives.