Until about 10:26 a.m. today, it still didn’t feel right to think about sports and other fun stuff. But you know what? Life goes on. It constantly moves forward despite every tragedy and in the midst of every triumph. Life is a sweet piece of pineapple. See, this is why we don’t write greeting cards: because we always would have the urge to put something messed up like that at the end. It’s also why we can’t write screenplays. Whenever we’re at a bad or even mediocre movie, we think about how much better it would be if one of the main characters would just have something absurd happen about 45 minutes in — like just getting out of the frame and announcing in a voiceover that they’re moving to Utah, then roll credits. And that’s the type of movie we would write; people would hate it. Whatever. It’s time to do a little livin’ again:

*Could Al Saunders teach us the button hook?

*As you probably know, the Twins’ series this weekend is going on as scheduled. Somehow, they’re kind of still in the race.

*In a survey of NBA rookies, the Wolves’ Corey Brewer was voted by his peers as the best defender of the incoming rookie class. This was e-mailed to us by NBA.com, though we can’t find it anywhere on the web site. You’ll just have to trust us.

*Mystery link! Our favorite Hold Steady song is now our favorite Hold Steady video. Pardon us if you’ve seen this already, with your fancy MTV or some such thing. But really, Chips Ahoy is the greatest. They should let Craig Finn broadcast any game he wants.

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