I feared Mona would collapse.

No, really. I’m not exaggerating.

We’d just driven for hours from Laguna Beach to Indio to help our friends at 118 Degrees as they served goodies to the VIP at Coachella. Our task — take photographs, hopefully of famous people sipping on coconut drinks.

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I’ve been asked a few times if I’m going to watch the Super Bowl this year now that the Vikings are out of it. Yeah, sure, I’ll keep an eye on it like I usually do. But most Super Bowl games are lopsided and boring. I actually went bowling last year during the first half of the big game — and posted one of my highest scores, a 214. I got a little interested near the end when the Cardinals made a game of it.

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I get asked this all the time: You grew up in Chicago, so why are you a Vikings fan?

My Chicago friends have a tad different way of phrasing the question — just insert various expletives wherever appropriate.

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