I hope that everyone enjoyed the day with working BlackBerry units. Yesterday, if you didn’t notice, the majority of North America was without email and PIN functionality. I actually had to make a few phone calls and use my voice to talk to people.

Business got done with my desktop Outlook program, but thought the morning I would play with the scroll wheel in anticipation that it would suddenly come back to life.

David Callaway of MarketWatch has a great withdrawal article describing his journey into San Francisco without service.

Proceed with caution when you recieve an invitation to an open bar. They almost always result in a lot of cheap booze getting thrown at you with only one thing to do with it - drink it.

When getting a girls phone number, or ”digits” as the kids call it, save the persons name in this format:

{First Name}{Time}.{Rating}

Example 1: Jenny73.10

Example 2: Jenny1.5

Exmaple 3: J3.e!4

In example 1, an encounter with Jenny happened at 7:30PM, which most likely means that you were semi-sober at the time. Since she received a rating of 10 at that point in the night, she is most likely a good candidate to call or text the next day (or two day rule as some people follow).

However, in example 2, you got Jenny’s number at 1 AM and gave her a 5 so she will be deleted the next day.

In example 3 you were completely tanked and couldn’t even work your BlackBerry. You should have gone home but stayed out and now you have no idea what happened. Delete the number since you were most likely an incoherent fool.

With beams of natural light coming in from your bedroom window and the foul hangover dry mouth taste starting to get stronger in your mouth, you rollover and head to the bathroom. Depending on how much alcohol was consumed the night before, this journey could be a simple urination or a time to puke.  As memories of bars, bottles, shots and hotties start to become more focused and defined in your memory, the timeline of the night comes into focus.

Hopefully your stomach is still functioning normally so it’s time to focus on how to tackle that horrible splitting headache.

Here are LP Chad’s top recommendations for taking care of that horrible hangover.

1. Healthy/Greasy Food

On Saturday and Sunday mornings, until the late afternoon, Chicago Bagel Authority (CBA) is packed with LP moms who bring in their children with sport edition strollers to get them a bagel and OJ. Despite the large amount of babyness in CBA, it is an excellent cure for a hangover. Lpchad endorses the Mr. Turkey on wheat no tomato or the Smitty’s Nook.

2. Brunch with Optional Drinks

Call up your Chads that were with you at the bars last night and have brunch at Tilli’s. During the winter months get a seat next to the fire. During warmer weather, get a seat outside on the patio in the sun; this will allow you to recap the night while wearing a backwards baseball cap and talk about how hot Jenny looked last night (be careful with this topic because she may have gone home with one of your bros a few weeks ago).

If you have the stomach for it, order a mimosa or a bloody marry.

Since Trixies also like Tilli’s and congregate here in gaggles during brunch time, this will give you a good chance to see that hottie from last night sober in the daylight. If you recognize a face and remember getting a number from a specific gal, send a simple text message such as “how are you feeling”, “last night was fun” or “go Cubs”. After sending the text message, watch and see if the girl in question picks up her mobile and types a reply. This will help you identify and see if she is worthy of further attention.

3. Convience Store Trip 

Drink the largest bottle of Gatorade from 7-11 as fast as you can, sit back in your couch and pull up some shows on the DVR. There is nothing more relaxing than a few episodes of The Simpsons as you wallow in the headache from last night’s festivities.

I did the unthinkable; I have left Chase and switched to Citibank. Why leave the bank? I wanted more return on my liquid capital. Citibank is offering 4.5% APY on e-Savings accounts.

Sushi Samba, located in River North, is an excellent place for a client meeting. Business meetings that are fueled by massive amounts of Veuve Clicquot are sure to result in success. Take a moment, however, to reflect on how all of the wonderful fresh sushi is made possible. Sushi Samba flies in their fish overnight on ice; it is never frozen. The nitrogen in the fish that you are consuming tonight may have been in your system last year. Here’s a non-scientific diagram that backs up our point.