Hello, friends. Real quick, before we start, I wanted to say that our friend and colleague Yassi

Salick, host of Vansplaine, she lost her house last week in the devastating fires in and around

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and in grave need at this moment. And I think even Yasi

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So I go see a hockey game, right?

I go see the Columbus Blue Jackets,

who are a real hockey team, a real NHL team.

This is late 2000, early 2001,

and the Columbus Blue Jackets are the newest NHL expansion team. Blue Jackets is a reference

to Ohio Civil War history. Never mind which side Ohio fought on in the Civil War. I forget.

I dig going to hockey games. Man, I've been to like 12 hockey games in my life total, but I dig it. I dig the

chilliness. I dig the sound, the ambient slushiness of a bunch of burly dudes skating around on the ice.

I dig the omnipresent threat of violence. The Columbus Blue Jackets have never won anything ever.

And so we're all just there for the vibes. We got a

canon, a Civil War canon, I guess, that we're supposed to fire when we score a goal or win or

whatever. But we never win anything. So we just fire the cannon indiscriminately. It's quite

loud. Actually, the Blue Jackets didn't get the cannon until late 2007 but just roll with

it i dig hockey games man but this hockey game in particular is extra cool late 2000 early 2001

nationwide arena the inaugural season of the columbusets, we have arrived as a city.

We are introducing this team to the world.

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