If only because this may amuse someone other than me…

Worth noting:

1. The NHL really does a good job with putting highlights on its website. It’s good to see there’s at least one sport that’s not afraid of the tubes.
2. I’ve been watching a lot more regular season hockey this year, for some reason, and I think that reason may be that the Wild is finally an interesting team. They can score, and they no longer play a system that can be best described as ‘boring’. They’re not really Cup contenders based on how they’ve fared against Detroit so far, but they’re pretty good.
3. For those of you who’ve heard *me* rip off Seinfeld like in the above clip, it’s worth noting that Matty and I started that years ago with Teppo Nummenin (if I’ve spelled that wrong, so be it). The fact that it’s stupid does not in any way reduce the enjoyment I got at hearing it announced last night.

Thanks to my lovely wife and her family, I’ve become addicted to listening to holiday music starting Thanksgiving Day. Each year I can’t wait for KOOL 108 to ditch their normal oldies play lists for the sounds of Bing Crosby, Burl Ives, Nat King Cole, and Jose Feliciano.

After listening to KOOL 108 for 4 weeks straight now, I have discovered there are a few songs that I absolutely cannot stand… for various reasons:
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so there was a restaurant (and i use the term loosely) named “the blue horse saloon” about five miles south of northfield in a subhamlet (?) called millersburg. prototypical small-town bar– lots of pennants, free popcorn, good burgers, lots of beer. also, it was attached to a convenience-type store called the millersburg store. it was a nice change-of-pace from the handful of drinking establishments in northfield proper, provided you had the ability to drive there (which wasn’t often). i remember getting picked up by my cousins– former olaf students who introduced me to the place– and going there in ’97 to watch the gophers beat UCLA in the final four tournament.

but i digress.

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joe mauer 2008 salary: $6.25 million
mark prior 2008 salary: $1 million

somewhere, carl pohlad is regretting his decision.

the gang at simpleprop hope you all have an excellent christmas / hannukah / kwanzaa / diwali / festival of lights / whathaveyou.

and, i think the world is has been screaming for this for some time now.