Stories

It's been a busy week, with plenty happening to keep my life busy.

Among other things, I have been accosted by facebook spam through the kind gesture of two Augsburg friends who clearly didn't want to study. I have also been participating in another puppy dog mishap, along with the "pressures" of finals that college allows. Within this same time frame, I also had the opportunity to cover the NCAA volleyball Regional tournament in Minneapolis, watching the Minnesota Gophers advance to the Final Four, where they will be headed this week.

All these topics have stories, hence the name of today's blog.

Robert Miller, as I know him

Robert Miller is a name well-known around the Foley community, where I grew up. He grew up as an avid sports fan, but Robert wouldn't have the opportunity to play on a team like the rest of the group, as he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy.

But the great thing about Robert Miller is, he didn't let that stop him. He became a staple on the sidelines of wrestling matches and football games throughout his school career, and his fiery passion for sports and ability to inspire even caught media attention, as it was him on the front cover of the St. Cloud Times in 1998, arms raised in celebration from his electric wheelchair, as our football team won the state championship.

Another Awkward Professor Encounter

What is the appropriate way to tell your professor that you never had any intention of doing an assignment he/she had given and subsequently collected from the rest of the class a week ago?

I get this all the time, (well not ALL the time, I do SOME work)... But it happens quite a bit at Augsburg. Today, it happened again.

I breezed through my Spanish test, mostly because we go slower in Augsburg Spanish than we did in high school Spanish... (what does that tell you?), only to have the professor stop me as I was leaving.

"Mark, I can't seem to find (this five point) assignment from you."

And... I'm trapped. What I'd like to say is the truth...

Top Ten reasons I'm glad to have J.J. Hardy on my team

10: HE doesn't get caught over-rounding 2nd base in the playoffs.

9: HE won't throw home on a sac fly from 385 out in CF with speedy runners on 1st and 3rd.

8: HE looks like he's batted before.

7: HE can't be an excuse for Gardy to not start Span in '08.

6. HE can't be an excuse for Gardy to not start Young.

5: HE speaks English.

4: HE doesn't think he's God's gift to baseball.

3: When HE's hitting .229, it's an OFF year.

2. HE falls down swinging less.

2b: HE wasn't part of the failed Johan trade.

1: HE won't try to rock a 'fro anytime soon.

The Vikings/Favre saga, the Ross and Rachel Edition

When I woke up to find reports of Brett Favre's plans to join the Vikings, it hit me: I've heard this before.

It's not what you think, I'm not talking about his hemming and hawing back-and-forth banter with retirement, which we've all seen... I mean I've SEEN this entire thing play out in front of me before, in its completion, at least three full times this year.

Excited, I went to fellow Friends enthusiast Lucas Peterson to share my theory, and when he agreed without too much explanation, I decided it was time to share it with you.

We have been watching the remake of the Ross and Rachel subplot of the popular television show, "Friends." Allow my next 4000 words or so to explain...