- Not sure there was a more non-game, live, "goosebump" moment than standing there with a raucous, salivating crowd at Rupp than when John Wall came down from the rafters. I couldn't even count the high-fives, fist bumps, and strong hugs from random strangers in my life.
Get this NIL LaFamilia Club going, Cal.
- Give me Bob Barker asking Johnny Olsen or Rod Roddy for the "next contestant on THE PRICE IS RIGHT!" as the George Washington of 80s pop culture as a "sick" kid on a school day Mount Rushmore.
- The Keeneland Track Kitchen is a serious hidden gem. As always, Keeneland does EVERYTHING right. Took a lass there last week, and ended hooking up with a random, elderly quartet from Arkansas showing them the whole place. It was awesome to hear and see them talk amazingly about our Commonwealth (they were Razorback and Oaklawn fans), while giving them a tour of the grounds I love.
- Waking up at 3am, turning over, grabbing a bottle of water off the night stand, and downing it is an underrated feeling.
- 007 373 596 (Tyson) and up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A-start (Contra) are the GOATS of video games codes.
- Give me a Ball State blood bath at noon on September 2, Stoops.