In D.C., not only was I away from home and my soon-to-be wife, but from cable TV as well. Here’s a list, then:

• Karen
• The lakefront
• Wrigley Field
• ESPN’s “SportsCenter”
• Fox News Channel’s “Special Report With Brit Hume”
• My parents
• My mom’s cooking
• 24/7 access to a computer and to the Internet.
• Privacy
• A comfortable bed
• Karen
• Our little dog, Sport
• The lake breeze
• Pat Hughes and Ron Santo calling the Cubs games on WGN Radio
• Oh, and Karen