so things like, um, dr. ruththrowing out the first pitch of a game -- [laughter] i'll get to that in just a second. thing like an alleged terrorist attack on opening day, guys were really scared about terrorist attack on opening day. a near-strike when the league runs out of money, nearly runs out of money halfway through the season. there was almost a work stoppage. a trip by me and a bud key into the west -- buddy into the west bank, and it wouldn't be a story without a little bit of a love story, so here's where the students get weirded out. there was a little love story. that section i will not read for you guys today. [laughter] so i guess, um, the way i want to set up this first chapter, when i was thinking about what i wanted to, what as passage i wanted to read to you guys, the passage that is under the podium , linda was mentioning that last friday i did a little reading as well. and this was in san francisco in the city, and it was for some of my buddies, and it was kind of like a friday night, so it wa

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