Two of my three kids got my athletic ability. My oldest daughter went to state in cross country and track. My son went to state in cross country, track and basketball.

My youngest daughter got my wife’s lack of athletic ability. She’s a very talented musician and artist. So, she has that going for her, which is nice.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

After making honor roll last year, my daughter made "High Honor Roll" with a special Character star designation this year!!

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Just chillin' like Garret Quillin.

Step children can be a lot of fun.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Is that the equivalent of a participation trophy?

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

I don't know. I hope not. There were kids in her class that didn't get any recognition, and my kid's grades speak for themselves as far as High Honor Roll goes....

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Just chillin' like Garret Quillin.

My friend developed esophageal cancer several years ago. He recently went to Mayo due to complications from it and had an expensive procedure done. He is mid50s and has always worked in a profession that is dying so health care expense is tough with his shitty insurance. Anyway, he found out recently that an anonymous donor wanted to pay for the procedure in full. I guess Mayo has a stream of donors who will just ask to pay for random procedures and things. Pretty cool.

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Congrats old man.

We went downstate four straight years with one of our daughters for track. My wife and I have talked about going to watch the finals when we reach our golden years. It's some of the best of high school sports in this state.

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He got it from acid reflux.. Right? They put a piece of pvc in his throat?

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That is cool.

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Elections have consequences.

My previously mentioned daughter loved HS track. She was a hurdler. I think the best part of it for her as opposed to soccer and basketball is it was just her. No other worries to have or control. Just her and whatever best she can muster against the world.

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Elections have consequences.

Probably that combined with other things. He was a very heavy drinker and smoker, but he quit both after all this happened. They didn't put PVC in there... as I understand it, they took a piece of stomach or intestine or something and used it in place of his esophagus? I don't know if that's 100% right, as I don't press him on the details, but that's the gist of it. He is lucky. Most people die within a year or two from that type of cancer.

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I know one of the kids on the Burlington Central team that runs that. I always see that school's group in the newspaper. He plays CF on our travel baseball team. He can literally cover all three outfield positions from CF. He is that fast and quite white!

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Hawaii (fuck) You

That's really great. What's his profession?

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Guaranteed Rate Field ticket sales

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Did he qualify for the finals?

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He got bottled up in the pack. He went from second to last to fourth in his heat. That was good enough for fourth in the state. He was disappointed but ran a good race. I’m proud of him.

Don’t doxx me, bros.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

Did a shit ton of yard work and now 300 brick pavers are flush with my lawn. I think I may die.

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You should be proud.

That is awesome.

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We played a backyard show in Little Village on Saturday night and for the first time in my life I got a true encore.

I've played in a bunch of bands and played a lot of shows and I've never before gotten what I would call a legitimate encore. Sure, we stopped playing and waited for some tepid applause before doing one more in a rote way just like the bands we would go see as kids did, but I've never been in a band where the place went so insane I thought we better play one more.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

What ya give em'? Punk version of La Bamba.

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We played a Minor Threat cover and the place went absolutely apeshit. I can't sing, I ain't pretty, but I know how to work a crowd.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

#Truth

Also, you're quite breathtaking.

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Thank you Frank.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

My wife made the local paper this morning including a photo. She helped found a charitable group that donates to local non-profits on a quarterly
basis. Pretty cool that they got some recognition for it.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

since everyone else is doing it I might as well join in: my son is now junior class president elect. The reign of terror begins in August

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

My daughter is batting .750 with an .821 obp and our team is 8-1 in what was supposed to be a learning year (11 yr olds playing 12u for first time)


Oh and is going to be on the honor roll again making it 4 out of 4 this year at her new school.

How is she at speaking during rain delays?

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Well she usually blames me and if it's not a typhoon says we could be playing.

Smart kid.

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That is awesome. Enjoy every moment. I know you hear this from everyone but it goes by way too fast. My oldest is a sophomore in college now and it seems like just yesterday she was playing softball at that age.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."