My big takeaway, I'm over 2, it's time to ditch the Lexus and blow some cash on a sweet sports car... 

Background out side of REI: I have a masters degree in sports marketing/business and currently work at Fox Sports as an Account Executive selling our TV and digital assets (commercials, in-game logos & reads, activations).Short term goal: networking on BP including any meet-ups in SoCal and retaining as much information on the forum and podcast that I can, to put into action!

I also love watching and playing sports of all kinds.

@Mark Liscia my favorite place for sports downtown is at Holy Grail directly across from the Reds stadium.  

Used car buying is the best sport there is.

Think back to some of the recent sports championship celebrations.Tonight is a night to stay home and maybe clean a gun or two either way.

(They might plead poverty but I drove by the other day and the lead guy is sporting a new Porsche Carrrera) Hardly impoverished...

My dream isn't to own a crazy multi million dollar ocean front sports bar on an overly developed island.

Who learns to surf, or snowboard, or play a sport, or run, or lift weights, or knit, or play video games, or write articles, or TURN ON SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOWER FOR THE FIRST TIME without sucking at it and feeling stupid?

Buying NP notes is a full contact sport with some very expensive lessons if you don't either already know the business or have somebody willing to work with you and show you the ropes.