Brady and some of the Chicago parties online -- check out: WGN Radio.

Let 'er rip! NCD 2008 is off and running'. Start pulling the dogs and tots out of the oven, crack open the ceremonial first PBR, and get started.

We'll keep this thread running all day for updates and other fun. Comment away!

One of my favorite rites of passage is the hyping of workforce productivity (or lack of it) during March Madness. The estimated cost in 2008?

Some choice photos from our brothers and sisters in Washington's Narrow House...

DC Narrow 3: DC Narrow Three

The SF Party is getting ready to blow your mind. But just not yet. But this is a starting point.

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Corndog Wobbler

SF got off to a nice easy start, but it quickly got dirty. You'll see how in the photos.

With most hoops leagues across the NCAA well into the second half of their schedule, our thoughts naturally turn to the Big Dance and the Big Dogs -- National Corndog Day and the NCAA Tourney.

We're getting organized right now, so expect to hear from us a lot over the next days and weeks. For now, if you haven't submitted your party information, take a gander over to the Parties Page and get yourself signed up.

National Corndog Day is, in a lot of ways, all about hero worship. Yes, it is collective action and community building, but at the end of the 10 hours of joy and stuffing, we revere the warriors who have punished their bodies and soul for what is a fleeting gastro-cycle of glory. They are the heroes.

Today though, we have another hero to worship and thank -- Russ Uman. His contribution is in the finest traditions of National Corndog Day-dom.

Thanks Russ.