Thirty-something speaks
Dare to dream
Mike Maddock
      We all have dreams when we're young. Unfortunately, the only one I can remember now is a recurring nightmare I had where I showed up for elementary school without my homework, but that's not the bad part. Not only did I forget my homework in this dream, I forgot to wear pants.
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It's not a criticism, it's an observation.
How to be a football expert
Mike Cox
      The college football season is winding down. It's been a memorable year, maybe the strangest and most volatile ever. Upset has been redefined. Parity is alive and well in the NCAA, and our numerous TV experts are looking like fools. Never too smart to begin with, the current talking heads are unable to make sense of parity, and are scrambling to justify their cushy jobs.
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Floyd's bus stop to freedom
      Floyd is being transferred from a prison in Seattle to another prison in Great Falls, Montana. The bus stops at a pre- release center in Helena, and three inmates get off. Later, when the prison bus arrives in Great Falls, guards do a head count and find one inmate is missing. It's Floyd. "Maybe he got off at Helena," one of the guards suggests.
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