Mona and I have been having fun watching my beloved Vikings play in this magical season and we chronicled some of the tomfoolery this past Sunday. Each week we go to a closed party at a pizza joint in Irvine. First of all, what’s truly ironic about all this is I’ve gotten to see more Vikings games this season than I ever did as a bachelor. But what’s even more amazing is I’m finally going to realize a dream soon that I’ve had for years — to see my Purple People Eaters live and in person at a real game.

Growing up in Chicago it was impossible to get tickets to see the Bears, especially against a rival like the Vikings so I never got a chance to see them. In recent years I thought about flying out to Minnesota and Mona and I discussed plans along those lines this year, but the air fares were really steep. It’s not easy getting to the Twin Cities. Then, through our Southern California Vikings Club, there was an effort to get a group of us to go see the Vikes play the Cardinals in Arizona. So we went for it. And Dec. 6 I’ll be there. The NFL just made it the Sunday Night Football game so it shows how far my much-ignored Minnesotans have come — they’re centerstage as their Hall-of-Fame QB leads them to a possible…. dare I say it? …. Super Bowl!

Anyway, enjoy this nonsense — and we’ll do plenty of blogging/vlogging from Arizona (including a much-anticipated visit to Jared Allen’s bar there), so stay tuned to the continuing adventures of Mona and Paul.

P.S. I hope I live down the use of that cheesey REO Speedwagon song in the video. It works perfectly as it relates to the general cheesiness of our favorite mullet-donning, Walmart-shopping, NASCAR-watching football player, No. 69, but, geez, not only did the band’s singer go to my crosstown rival, Brother Rice (Go Marist High in the state championship this weekend!) ….. OK, I’ll stop ranting there. I never could say no to Mona. I’m grateful for much this Thanksgiving, but she’s right at the top of the list, for sure. (Speaking of cheesey, can you believe I tried to buy that satin Vikings jacket shown above for her at last Sunday’s game?).

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