Dear Friends,

Hey, guess what? I am a Cubs fan and I have been for my entire life. When I was a very young child my family lived in Wrigleyville near the Cubs stadium. My mom would take my brother and I to games, especially on “Ladies’ Day” and we would wander around the field and got to know many of the players. My favorite player at the time was Hank Sauer who won the NL MVP but Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks was there, too. I once won tickets to a Cubs play-off game with my statement that “my Mom used Wrigley Field as a daycare center”. Okay, so that is all a lead-in to say that this might actually be THE YEAR! Go Cubbies! Grace and I are going to take a little tour of the midwest this year for a motorcycle trip with, of course, a stop at Wrigley!

I have my annual golf outing with old friends, Larz Barber, Melinda Moulton and Dave Sellers. Dave and I usually manage to squeak out a victory but who knows this year. Sometimes it is hard to hit the ball since we are laughing so hard.

Emily is going to talk about tvOS this week and I’ll be reviewing watchOS 3. I am using the beta of watchOS but haven’t taken the leap yet with my Apple TV. I’d hate to see that it was not compatible with MLB Team Pass.

This week’s Kibbles & Bytes Exclusive features an Apple Factory Refurbished MacBook that hasn’t even landed yet. We have a few of the gold MacBook with 1.1 GHz processor 8GB Ram and 256GB drive coming in next week. These are refurbished by Apple and carry the same 1-year Apple warranty as new Macs. This week we are bundling this MacBook with AppleCare which extends that warranty from 1 year to 3 years and extends Apple’s toll-free technical support from 90 days to 3 years. This is a great opportunity to snag a MacBook for the lowest price we can find. Gold MacBook with AppleCare for only $1089.99!