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On the Brink

November 19th, 2008 by SBG

So, um, yeah, I was feeling pretty good about the fact that I was able to turn an innocuous comment by the girl who sold me a cup of coffee into a whole post here at the WGOM yesterday morning. It always kind of bugs me when I go somewhere and order something and the sales person says, "Perfect", like I just threw 12 strikes in a row. Deciding to get a cup of coffee isn't perfect, just sell me the goddamned cup of coffee. At least she didn't ask me how the coffee was tasting.

So, anyway, I was feeling good about writing something here, when the cold reality of what I had done descended upon me like a two foot snow storm. I was droning on and on about coffee and milk and the cost of a latte when it came to me... Ah yes. I like my coffee black, like my president. Forget whether it is a racial joke, it was an ancient cultural reference of the type that Top Jimmy would love. I hung my head in shame. True, I put a little Obama spin on it, but good grief, Airplane! is at least 25 years old. Can some snappy Caddyshack references be far behind? (I actually made a Caddyshack reference, too, yesterday. Oh good grief. Here comes the poultry references. Speaking of which, Lucy taught BabySBG to inform the world that a turkey says "Gobble, gobble." Her vocabulary has exploded.)

For some reason, I feel the need to segue to the Timberwolves. I was listening to the Reusse and Souhan show this weekend, patiently waiting for these two minds to talk about Minnesota's NBA club. Both of these guys have made it clear that they were more than happy to watch Kevin Garnett leave town. Top Jimmy proclaimed last year that he'd much rather watch the young Wolves than watch KG's club for another year. So, how's that going, TJ? His take now is that he had decided to be optimistic about the Wolves, but now he's off of that. Of course, he didn't mention that his don't let the door hit your ass on the way out of town posture viz-a-viz KG. Well, there aren't many reasons to actually watch the Wolves this year, but on Friday night, a certain #5 is coming back to town. And guess what? I'm gonna be there, thanks to the generosity of a certain Citizen. I'm not going to cheer hard for the Celtics, but I'll be cheering for old KG.

I don't know. I've been a Minnesota Timberwolves fan since before they played their first game. It's pretty hard to leave a team when you have been a fan since the beginning of the franchise. If they lose fans like me, they're really going to be down to a small core. And guess what: I am on the brink.

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