Advice from The Sports Guy Bill Simmons

Every young boy dreams of someday making Bill Simmons' famous (or is it "infamous"?) mail bag. For those of you who don't know The Sports Guy, #1, what is wrong with you? and #2, if you like sports, cruise over and check out his archive on ESPN.com. See you in about four days.

Anyway, last Friday I finally made the cut, as about 34,409,399 of my friends informed me via email, text message, smoke signal, and morse code. His answer was a bit snippy - and brief - but then that's what I expected.

Q: I spent August driving across America. I brought 3,000 giant, self-addressed postcards with me, and tried to meet 3,000 new people in 30 days. I gave everyone I met a card and asked them to write down their best piece of advice and mail it to me. I was hoping to run into you in L.A. but no luck. What would you have written on your card?

-- Matt, Philly

SG: "Starting a Facebook account would have been so much easier."

As Simmons would say:

(Nodding.)

(Gritting teeth.)

(Nodding.)