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January 9, 2023: Back At It

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I was surprised to hear Minnesota kids were already back in school last week. We start again today, which means our holiday break is officially over. Back to the grindstone in `23 skidoo.

18 thoughts on “January 9, 2023: Back At It”

  1. I want my kids back in school pretty much the minute the new year begins. At that point, I'm absolutely done with coming up with ways to keep them busy and just want to get cracking on All Of The Things. Of course, last week what actually happened was: 1/2: New Year's Holiday, 1/3: school with early dismissal due to snow, 1/4: snow day, 1/5: snow day, 1/6: actual full day of school.

    The peperoncion's in-house basketball team (grades 3/4) had both their practices canceled last week but somehow managed to win their game on Saturday, despite having last played together on 12/21.

    1. Ugh, the extra cirriculars.

      We similarly escaped all of them last week, but now there are too many all at once. And it isn't just the kids, but all the community groups are meeting again now, and work things have deadlines again, and all the extra... I really wish we could ease back into these things.

        1. And speaking of extracurriculars, today was the first registration day for the upcoming little league baseball season. The Poissonnière’s signed up for her first machine-pitch season.

  2. Now that the kids are old enough to leave them, we're going to take a quick getaway this weekend. Decided on Alexandria.

    Anyone have restaurant recommendations?

    2. I will be at my joint all day Friday this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday I will be helping out at the new joint at Copper Trail Brewing. Ask for me if you stop in either place.

  3. How long does a “lifetime” ban for human trafficking & tampering last in Rob Manfred’s MLB? Five years.

    Asked by The Athletic if the league could provide insight into why Coppolella’s actions and words over the last five years had caused MLB to reconsider and reinstate him, a spokesperson provided this statement from the league:

    “We can confirm that Mr. Coppolella has been reinstated, given the more than five years he spent on the ineligible list, the contrition he expressed and the other steps he took in response to this matter.”

          1. Given the degree to which gambling has re-infiltrated MLB, I’m disappointed that the recent discovery that MLB was using three different baseballs, including one for special events & games at Yankee Stadium, has not resulted in an active DoJ investigation for fixing.

  4. It was quite a weekend for the D1 college hockey leaders. #1 ranked Denver got swept at home by Alaska-Fairbanks, while St. Cloud State and the U of M split a home-and-home series. The Huskies shut out the Gophers in St. Cloud on Saturday (3-0 with a couple of empty netters), then got beat 2-1 in the closing seconds of overtime at Mariucci on Sunday. So that moves formerly #2 Quinnipiac (wins over Dartmouth and Harvard) into the top spot this week. The Gophers move up to #2 in the nation, St. Cloud slots up to #3 with Denver at #4 in the USCHO.com rankings, USA Today/USA Hockey rankings have Denver and St. Cloud switched and Penn State rounds out the Top 5.

  5. Rhu, Wednesday works best for me. I could be downtown by 6. We could try or Wilson & Washburn at 14th & Harney, or go to the old standby, the Matt. Let me know.

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