Love Connely but Minott, Clark, and Miller are all athletic project guys in my book. BUT where he picked them it's not much of a risk taking a guy with the body and athleticism and hoping you can mold him into a player.

I appreciate the general politeness exhibited by Minnesotans. When I was younger it meant little to me, but as I get older I have become more grateful for this trait. There is a lot that has been said about Minnesota kindness or niceness, but for many of us it is rooted in a desire to have harmony in our community. It makes life here a bit better overall despite negatives such as the harsh winters and constant road work.

My partner and I are not winter-people despite having lived here most of our lives. We consider moving but small things like the Minnesotan "hustle", as OP puts it, make it more difficult to leave. We really value being a part of a community where the members of it will regularly exhibit cordiality to each other despite being strangers. Life is tough enough without having constant conflict and chaos about.

There are plenty of people from each area that trash the other locations in my experience. I hear people from the city trash the suburbs and vice versa. I have family from rural MN that consider all of the suburbs and Minneapolis/St Paul as "The Cities", and never want to come to any part of it if they can avoid it. They'll ask me how I can live there and remind me (again) that they would never themselves live there. I've lived in mulitple locations all across the metro over the last 20 years and the conversation remains the same.

You are right about the Driftless Region. It's beautiful. My favorite area in the state.

I'd recommend Google search: reddit things to do in twin cities mn. You could add a date filter to get more recent results. You'd find a fair amount of answers to this question. Stuff life this gets asked all the time.

Yeah, I was there on Memorial Day weekend as well. Seemed plenty busy. Especially the places you mentioned. The log flume ride my nephew wanted to go on was over an hour long line, and the sea life thing was pretty packed.

I have a close family member who is a store manager there. They seem to be doing well business wise. While other malls may be dying off, I think MOA is doing alright.

Well, he's at least as worth as much after he proved he can hang on defense, with the likes of Durant and Jokic on the playoff stage, while still providing the ability to stretch the floor from the 4. Kat is probably a better fit with ANT over Young anyways, and don't think that trade improves us. Instead, takes away from our defensive twin tower identity.

Our perimeter defense was unable to stop kyrie and luka from getting to the interior. This, in combination with Dallas' top tier lob ability, forced Rudy to try to do two things at once. Stop the ball while preventing the lob. From that point on, we tried multiple things, but this just led to open shots for their 3 point shooters. Pick your poison.

This year's version of the wolves depended heavily on their defense to fuel their offense. Once they couldn't get stops, they had no ability on offense to keep pace.

Have to also give credit to Dallas shot making. Kyrie and Luka were hitting everything, even with a hand in their face. Pretty tough to beat when you have two guys who can do that.

Yep, I had niece and nephew over and realized that MOA was much better destination than I had thought. Nickelodeon and sea life thing were enough to keep them entertained all day. Then, when they were hungry, there were plenty of good enough places for the picky kids to choose from. Add in toy stores, and I was pretty happy with it.

Like anything, it probably would be less entertaining to them over time, but for a one-stop destination that kept the kids busy, it's pretty good. Outside of the toy stores, we didn't even shop, and kids had a great time. I had never been in the rides until then, and as an adult, I gotta say I had fun. . This comes from a guy who walked and shopped there many, many times with my partner. I think the MoA hate on many Minnesota based subs is a little lame. It's good for what it is.

Death Wish and King of Oklahoma initially popped out to me and are a strong start for the album. They were added to my rotation pretty much right away. Still enjoy them, but after listening through entire album many times, I have to agree about Volunteer.

"Take me away from here no i never belonged to this place.

Wish I could disappear off the edge of the earth someday. "

That and the opening line you mentioned, many of us can relate to this story in some way or another. I like your choice for favorite song off of Weathervanes, OP.

I personally can't get into Cast Iron skillet or Middle of the Morning (only songs on album I skip), but I really like the rest of the entire album. Miles and When We Were Close are my other two favorites but it's very hard to choose just one.

Someone get the geezer an extra strong batch of coffee for tonight's game, we can't have him falling asleep on us by half time. Lol! You're not an OLD MAN. You're in your prime years still, better believe that. Been a Wolves fan since KG's first season myself (and was freshmen in college in '97), so this coming from a guy older than you by a few years or so.

Win tonight and as our boy KG said "Anything is possible!".

Lots of good advice. Having lived here forever, the ice isn't really the the worst thing about winter. You get some good traction boots if you're really that concerned about it but I pretty much do the "penguin walk" as mentioned in the comments if I come across any ice. The worst ice is the slick, almost invisible, layer you can get that you step on and loose your balance unexpectedly imo.

Really, just don't let the winter (or ice) be a deterrent to getting outside or doing things. As others have mentioned, if you try to ride it out and just stay indoors (which I do too often myself), it's going to be a long winter. Some days are just too cold or miserable and I don't bother. But if the weather eases up a little, make sure you layer up and get outside. Don't let the winters discourage you from living life else you will be miserable here.

About January or February I usually have had my fill of winter. Then there may be a burst of warmish weather, and I get all hopeful for an early spring. But almost each year, the inevitable reality slams me in the face and we're back to the depressing winter for another couple months or so. The duration of winter is the hardest part imo. The ice is something you'll manage. Don't let the winter stop you from living and you will be OK!

I have tons of Isbell lyrics I could list, but having just heard this song for the first time recently, Miles stands out to me. Especially the chorus 2 and 3. Loss of youth, innocence, passage of time, and how family can become distant is all so relatable that these lines really hit for me.

There's miles between us
But boy, you should've seen us, she was scared to let go of my hand
A tiny carnival, she said, "Daddy, is this just like Disneyland?"
"Yes, it's just like Disneyland"

There's miles between us
But boy, you should've seen us in the good old days
It was just like Disneyland
You didn't even see the hand that turned the page
The hand that turned the page

And how much is going on wherever the fk you are when you're in their sub, gatekeeping like you're D-Lo momma.

Not really because, in part, the simple math of it is: 20 min X 6 days is 120 minutes a week. 45min x 4 days equals 180 minute a week. That is an extra hour of exercise a week doing the 4 day routine. Over the course of a year those 50+ hours more of exercise will make a substantial difference for your health.

One can get a lot of work done in 20 minutes but they have to ramp up intensity if your work out is that short. High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is ideal in this short amount of time. On the 45 x 4 days plan, there is a lot of options. You would have enough time to do all sorts of weight training/cardio/yoga/calisthenics splits.

Great story! Thanks for sharing. Hope you guys get to see a win on Friday night.

Yeah, it's almost the same price at the local bar/grill down the street for a burger and fries as it is at McDonald's and the quality is much better. I don't know how fast food can keep surviving at these prices. Outside of the convenience factor, there isn't much other reason to go there anymore.

Will miss Jim Pete's calls but I'll be happy to be done with that crappy app for a few months.

This. I am from Minnesota and love hot, spicy food. It is pretty rare to find items that I would rate as hot in most run of the mill pub places or American-fare restaurants. Some of the items that are labeled "Spicy" barely register any heat.

Yeah, fair enough. I'm not saying that A-Rod and Lore are going to spend either. I would honestly be surprised if either one of those entities brought the entire team back and stayed above the 2nd apron.

I don't believe they would actually trade their most loyal and longest tenured star in KAT, especially after coming off such a great season (unless something horrible happened in the playoffs or KAT asked out). My thinking is that if they decide to get under that 2nd apron they will move on from lesser named players and bring the core back.

All conjecture though. Who really knows. I think Glen is more likely to be able to afford absorbing the costs of bringing the entire gang back as long as they're competitive, but his statement above doesn't seem to inspiring in that regard.

“I think we’ll have the challenge of keeping this team together because we have a lot of really good, high-paid players, and that’s going to be a challenge,” Taylor said.

https://sports.yahoo.com/glen-taylor-says-timberwolves-no-154800718.html

From Jace Frederick article, March 28,2024... I hope you're right that he will spend, but the penalties rack up hard, and he seems to be going against that idea in his statement above.

I heard it first way back in the day when Wu Tang clan said this line

I actually like Haven. My only real problem with it is the spawn points. There is nothing more frustrating than spawning in front of opponents over and over. They should really fix that. I have it happen at least a few times every match. Redacted is fun for a bit but all the grenade spam gets to be too much for me after a round or two.

I would be ok with either the Clippers or the Kings. Between those two, I would prefer us going up against the Clippers slightly. To me, Sabonis is just such a pain in the ass and plays physical (almost dirty) to the point it's almost like going up against a jr draymond. That being said, he's effective and, even if I think we're likely to win in a best of 7, it is going to be a dog fight. I think the Clippers are ready to call it a day if things start slipping away and won't be that difficult if we can get a lead in the series early.

Booker and Durant torch us in the mid-range. You're 100% right about this take. Rudy drops and they pull up and sink those shots like they are lay-ups. The Suns seem like an easy opponent, considering how up and down they've been this year, but I wouldn't feel great about having to play them the 1st round.