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joe mauer’s swing of beauty

I love ESPN for so many reasons, and this just happens to be another one.

I was only lightly considering buying some more Twins tickets today, but watching Joe Mauer’s swing in slow motion just convinces me that I should buy them all right now.

This has clearly been the best professional sports summer I’ve ever had in my life – Twins, Lynx, Saints, Vixen. I love living in a city where I have this many options!

a list with lots of links about my weekend

It’s been four days. That means you get an itemized list!

Thursday

• Saints game with Jenni for $1 Beer Night; Sean and Christine were there, too.

Friday

• Amish Craft Night at Cindi’s. I made this and ate non-toxic glue.
• My fish Sanchez died.

Saturday

• Lumberjack Days, where we saw the Wienermobile and watched people audition for a commercial by singing the Wiener Song.
• Minnesota Vixen football game. IT WAS AWESOME. See some pictures.
• Aquatennial Fireworks on the riverfront.
• Kieran’s Irish Pub, where I was greeted by a live band singing Folsom Prison Blues. I instantly liked it.
• Dancing at The Gay 90′s. Always mandatory after a couple of drinks and only a $5 cover charge.

Sunday

• Sleeping in!
• Watching Jenni jump from a plane.
• Clerks II. (Sean and I talked about it at skydiving and I couldn’t wait any longer to see it.)

And now it’s Monday, where I woke up at 6:15. I swore it said 8:15, so I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off, trying to come up with an excuse on why I was last yet again. I jumped out of my shower and realized that my clock only said 6:29. What a way to start my week.