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I’ll answer this with a similar situation. My wife would wear these big annoying hoop earrings. We were on vacation once and were about to go scuba diving and she left them in. I ask “why would you wear those?” She follows with a “don’t worry about it.” I stopped worrying about it. On an old hard drive I have video of her being stared down by a barracuda that was obsessed with the dangly fishing lures that presented her carotid arteries as bullseyes.

We get back on the boat and she asks “why was he staring me down.” I passively respond with a “I wouldn’t worry about it.”

I explained it later that night, but for the time being it felt good.

Basically give it time. Marriage is a long ride and if the easy explanation isn’t accepted at first it’ll come around later. Use your time wisely and your arguments sparsely. You’ll get another shot (unlike the tomatoes that died in this standoff.)

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Egg rolls really are kind of trash. Not all fears are meant to be conquered. I’m afraid of clowns. I gain absolutely nothing by befriending a clown. Crab ran-goons are better. Or try a spring roll, they are the see through healthier version. Egg rolls will not improve your life. Go full Lonely Island and make them fear you. Don’t be a part of the system.

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No. We have the joy of dying one day.

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I hope to everything it is Trevor Bauer. You will not find a group of guys who loves some @BauerOutage more than us. Hell we’d work him into our logo if we were sure we wouldn’t get sued. Bauer forever and #FreeJoeKelly.

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It’s a bulldog. They were built to absorb everyone’s sadness with no chance of being happy themselves. They have short little legs with big bellies and faces that defy reason. This is a downhill battle. Keep trying to find the amount of activity they can handle or get a dog stroller. Just imagine being built like that. You’d be angry too.

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It gets a lot easier when you remove expectations. If you figure out how to do that please write a book and make millions. Sports are pain. No way around it.

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Either Sierra Nevada Celebration or Highland’s Cold Mountain gets the best beer nod, but the first Miller Lite I had w my pops was the best one I’ve ever had. I’ve also had a day old warm half drank Red Stripe I found in the shower one Sunday morning that gave me life again when Saturday’s headache was planning on putting me in the dirt. That beer was life changing. Chugged a beer when buddies died. Clinked cans when babies were born. Cheers’d shit beer with brothers I haven’t seen in a while. Those were great too. I don’t know @BigOrangePruitt, maybe the next beer is the best beer.

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Man. This is rough. I know your pain. You see a kid come up. You sweat over him as a damn Portland Sea Dog. He becomes family before he becomes a bat. Before the stardom you fall in love with the potential. You remember the first time he hits the lineup. You remember that late June call up in June of 2014. You remember his first hit in his first game against the Yankees in the 4th inning. It felt right. Then in 2018 he won every damn award available.

I know I’m not making this easy Cameron. Guess what? It’ll never be easy seeing him in Dodger Blue. You aren’t just a Sox fan. You are a Mookie fan. Plan accordingly.

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Jack McBrayer. That voice is equal parts Heaven, Hell, and those little huckleberries that used to stick to your shoelaces.

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Nobody puts Tom-Yam in the corner. Also it’s not crazy until it is.

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Antigua, Iceland, Yosemite

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