I was trying to buy something from a popular online retailer, and when I was going to purchase it said it wasn't available in my area and they didn't know when it would be available again. Out of curiosity, I changed the delivery address to my office, which is just a piece down the highway. The result basically changed to "yes, sir, we'll have that for you right away!".

Not how I wanted things to start, but the Wolves aren't the only home team having issues at least.

Whenever I see a person in public filming some performative video of themselves, likely for social media, my first instinct is to knock the phone out of their hands on the way by (I have never actually done this).

On a similar topic, I don't know how anyone can so casually record a video of themselves. I don't even like being in someone's picture.

Kids these days will never be able to perform The Door Test®. I always found that to be an extremely useful judge of character.

I mentioned recently I was on a bidness trip. It was actually a vendor's conference for something interesting they might have coming online relatively soon. Anyway, we were out to dinner, and I forget how it came up, but one of the main contacts we're dealing with expressed his and his family's love for a certain dick baseball player that's been exiled in Japan for the last few years because no MLB team will sign him. I later told my boss the despite the potential millions in revenue we could get, we need to cut off all contact with them immediately. She disagreed.

I'll... be... right... here.

I was tweeting with friends during the last Wolves game, and every time I responded to something they said, the platform sent me a pop up asking if I'd like to upgrade to make sure more people saw my posts. I'm guessing the people I was responding directly to saw my responses.

One more quick exit for the Wild. One of these days they'll... uh, keep doing the same thing they've done for years.

[While it's extremely important to recognize and utilize our strength as workers, I'd like to specifically discuss a highly specialized union in this post.]

Holy shit. Another great game. The Wolves couldn't hit a three to save their lives, and it somehow didn't matter. The defense was stifling, and out of nowhere (compared to the earlier games), Rudy took complete control of this match. Just look at the stats. Him dunking over Luka every now and then was also a fun bonus. I mean, yeesh, the Wolves would have been completely lost without him last night. Also, I've talked a lot of crap about Randle this year, but there's absolutely no way we come close to taking this round without him. He was absolutely huge on both sides of the court every game this series. Wow.

I will always be a constant Nervous Nelly pessimistic Minnesota sports* fan, and therefore I certainly have no grand proclamations regarding this year's playoff chase. BUT... I like this team. I feel they were a bit disjointed throughout the season, but I'd like to think it's coming together at the perfect time.

The next round will unquestionably and significantly up the level of difficulty, but hey, for myself, I'm playing with house money now.

*I'm only referring to men's sports here. I'm not pessimistic about the Lynx, though I am annoyed about certain parts of the course of events in the WNBA Finals last year.

I like using bidness dinners as an excuse to try some weird drink I normally wouldn't. So, yeah, smoked Old Fashioned. Not bad.