The 31 days of August inspired (??) me to come up with 31 random things I believe that I believe:
1. Anyone complaining about this week’s heat must go directly to January.
2. This is the best month of the year for local sports fans who approach life with the glass is half full philosophy. The Twins are contending for the playoffs, while the Vikings, Gophers, Wild and Timberwolves, who will all be playing soon, are undefeated. Ah, to dream!
3. Those who bubble with optimism are always looking for saviors and there are at least three on local radar right now: Brett Favre, MarQueis Gray and Ricky Rubio.
4. Murray’s Restaurant has the best power lunch in town, a superb sirloin steak with awesome au gratins.
5. I’ve lost interest in baseball’s list of the all-time home run leaders. With steroids associated with various players, how can you take the rankings seriously?
6. Don’t accept any bets that 32-year-old Twins second baseman Orlando Hudson, operating on a one-year contract, will return to the club next year.
7. The Twins are winning even though Delmon Young is their only everyday player having a career season.
8. Suggestion to manager Ron Gardenhire: late in games, send Jason Repko to left field to replace the glove-challenged Young.
9. At 35, Joe Nathan has to be fretting about how effectively he will recover from Tommy John surgery.
10. The economy must still be shaky if my phone rings off the hook with solicitation calls from nonprofits.
11. Good thing I didn’t have a brick nearby last Saturday night. After looking at those awful throwback St. Paul Gophers jerseys the Twins were wearing, I would have heaved it at the TV screen.
12. I am trying to control frustration with my golf game, too. I would type “sucks” in cap letters if my anger management techniques weren’t so effective.
13. Do the same people who believe in ancient alien visitations spend their weekends searching for Big Foot?