Stuff I did today

This will be a "stuff I did today" post.

My BiL M. had an extra ticket for today's Michigan State women's basketball game, so I went. I think this was my first time back at Breslin Center since the Covid pandemic started in March 2020, but I could be wrong. Maybe I'm misremembering. In any case, the game was exciting and the Spartans did just enough to win, 68-66, over Iowa. (This is an Iowa program that played in the national championship game last year, but is now without all-world superstar player Caitlin Clark).

This is probably something more for my MSU sports-related blog (which I have largely abandoned because I simply have not felt motivated to write in it for about six years), but this MSU women's team is relentless and hustles on every play. The future looks bright.

After the game, we had beers at Harrison Roadhouse, and that was great fun sitting at the bar and just shooting the shit for a few hours.

I got home in time to see the Detroit Lions/Buffalo Bills game, which did not go well. So lets move on...

L. bought a Christmas tree while I was gone and went crazy on holiday decorating...and that's fine. I feel a little bad I wasn't around to help.

The evening concluded with a viewing of the movie Blitz. More about that later.



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