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See You At The Game

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PJ Fleck Learns that Flava Flav is about to give him a mayonnaise bath after the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers won the Duke's Mayo Bowl in January, 2025. It sure seemed to matter to Coach Fleck. A couple of weeks back someone about my age (43) lamented that no Minnesota team had won anything in our lifetimes. I pointed out counter-factuals: 4 WNBA titles, 2 Walter Cups, National Championships across sports and divisions, Sweet Sixteens and Final Fours, 13 Bowl Game wins for Gopher football out of 22, and 9 in a row. Surely we can at least acknowledge that there’s been some winning?
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Awakening Of A Fan

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Coming into this year I tried to force myself to feel optimistic. It worked about 36 hours; I started writing the first draft of this during that blissful 36 hours, expecting to use the reflection to celebrate all the fun things to come.   Then, with apologies to Gregory of Tours, “A great many things happened”.   Existence right now is dichotomy; a feeling of immense distance from a wide swath of the world, counterbalanced by a deep sense of responsibility and community to others. The history books I’ve read as a hobby for 30 years are coming to life around me. All I want is to find peace and bring joy, all I feel is despair and sadness at the pain I see and feel helpless to fix.   When dad died six years ago, a tether that snapped inside of me. I thought time would knit it back together but I’ve come to accept that’s not what happens. I’m simply…unmoored. Drifting away I struggle to find a pier to tie up to; meaning and purpose. I had to know who I was so I ...
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