Thanks, that was fun

WAS fun...

The 2026 Winter Olympics are over.  And it ended exceptionally well.  For the first time in my lifetime, the United States of America won gold, scoring the game winning goal in overtime over Canada.

It was a great thing to see.  Until some lifesize assholes decided to politicize it.

The head of the FBI, who had no BUSINESSS being there, crashes the celebration in the locker room and helps himself to a beer.

Then the president calls to congratulate the team.  and complains about the women's team, WHO ALSO WON GOLD IN OVERTIME, wanting equal time.  Or any time really...

Never at any point was it about the athletes' accomplishments.  It was about the powers that be, what THEY wanted, what THEY thought THEY deserved...

Worse, some of the men accepted the orange one's invitation to the White House on their way back to play in the NHL.  Some as early as TOMORROW...

The women did not accept their invite, but Flavor Flav has them covered.  He'll hold a celebration with them once their season is done in...  May? (I assume that's when the PWHL is done for the year).  Some of them have to go back to school, as they are still playing in the NCAA.  Their season will be done in a few weeks, but they'll still be working for degrees at their various universities, and (I assume) will not be done until May (as well).

It's no skin off my ass.  I don't watch the NHL.  Haven't since they cancelled the 2004-05 season.  They don't need my money either.

I'd love to be in Vegas when Flav honors the women's team this summer.  Considering how he's celebrated the accomplishments of others, I'd love to see it go down.

If I end up dead after this is published, I'm also posting it on Discord and Tumblr.  Good luck trying to remove it from there...

Slow progress is still progress

 I see people on social media sites complaining about the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers  minor bowls against middle of the road teams and say that P.J. Fleck doesn't deserve the credit he gets after leading them to their NINTH consecutive victory.

Would you prefer that they NOT play bowl games and maybe only win two or three games a year?!?!

Yes, they've got a long way to go to get up to the national level with the likes of Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State, but do you really wanna deal with those headaches that come with being the big dogs?

I know Michigan and Ohio State have won the last two NCAA "national championships".  And the hill got MUCH steeper when Oregon and USC joined the Big Ten.

For now, I'm good with no longer being the punching bags, the laughing stocks, or the runts of the litter.  People have to give them a *LITTLE* respect, and those iotas are much greater than zero.

Can Minnesota do better?  Yes, they could.  It's gonna take time.  And I've got plenty of patience.  Gopher football season is no longer the "wait until hockey starts" transition period between the start of the school year and the puck drops at Mariucci and Ridder Arenas.  It means something now.  I'll gladly take that.

It take time to become golden.  But compared to what they were in the days before they started rowing the boat?  I'll gladly be not shit...

Row the boat, Ski-U-Mah, and Go Gophers.

Wish you were here...

Fargo needs more Gopher fans. Just enough so that we (yes, we) can take over one bar in town. Where we would feel welcome. Where we can watch the U of M play on TV. Where stupid UND fans could try to brave the lions' den, only to leave wounded.

Hmmm... That voice that was talking to Kevin Costner... Maybe I should build it...

Gopher Pride!

Since I pretty much want nothing to do with my alma mater, I've decided to back the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.

It's mainly because of this guy. He just cracked me up when I was shopping for golf equipment this spring, and I HAD to have him.

To show my pride for hopping on the Minnesota bandwagon, I bought a couple of U of M t-shirts, and I wear them to work on Fridays.

Gopher Friday. I look forward to it every week. Gotta do something to piss off those idiot Sioux fans.