{"id":387,"date":"2016-06-19T14:53:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T18:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/?p=387"},"modified":"2016-06-19T14:53:41","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T18:53:41","slug":"am-i-addicted-to-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/?p=387","title":{"rendered":"Am I addicted to sports?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a week since the Penguins clinched the Stanley Cup. I certainly enjoyed the excitement of the game, and I have enjoyed the highlights and the interviews ever since. But now I feel as though I am going through withdrawal. There is a void. \u00a0For the past several months, my schedule has revolved around Penguin games. Games I attended. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sid-cup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-388 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sid-cup-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"sid-cup\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sid-cup-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sid-cup-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sid-cup-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sid-cup-676x380.jpg 676w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sid-cup.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Games I watched. Games I taped and watched later. Rarely did three days pass without having a fix. I am now on day seven and I feel like I need to check myself into rehab. With the Pirates in a slump, baseball hasn\u2019t helped much. I even tried watching golf yesterday. Golf! I am more than a little worried I will be forced to watch the basketball finals tonight. I hate basketball. I am from Pittsburgh, so I am programmed from birth to dislike anything from Cleveland. I don\u2019t think I can endure seeing Cleveland celebrate a victory.<\/p>\n<p>Random musings from this weekend:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only two episodes of Game of Thrones remain. The wait is so long, and the series goes so fast.<\/li>\n<li>It is the season for car wash fundraisers. A note to parents: please do not let your children meander through traffic on a four lane highway to collect donations and wave signs. I know the light is red, but it turns green before you know it and trucks speed by at 50 MPH.<\/li>\n<li>I have been mildly productive at writing this weekend. Almost two thousand words. Some of them are even good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=durk13\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a week since the Penguins clinched the Stanley Cup. I certainly enjoyed the excitement of the game, and I have enjoyed the highlights and the interviews ever since. But now I feel as though I am going through withdrawal. 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