Jack Thompson

Twitter? I hardly know her!

[Jack Thompson @JackThomps02]

@KingJames Come to Minnesota! Wolves got a spot open fit for the King! 👑 🐐

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[MLB @MLB]

SOUTH SIDE, STAND UP 🗣️

[BrilliantlyDumb @RobbyBerger]

Lakers in 5

[That Guy Rocked @ThatGuyRocked]

Ron Baker

That guy rocked.

[Minnesota Wild @mnwild]

TIC-TAC-GOOOOOOAL

[Six Point Sports @SixPointSports]

RT if you love Kyle Monangai

[Pardon My Take @PardonMyTake]

The Vikings may never recover from Cairo Santos hitting the Skol Griddy

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9 years ago today, Dee Gordon delivered one of the most emotional moments in baseball history, a leadoff home run in the Marlins’ first at-bat after the passing of José Fernández.

It was Gordon’s only homer of the season.

[big content guy @bigcontentguy]

i’ll miss him forever

[Jack Thompson @JackThomps02]

@heatdaddy69420 He should get pulled! #mnwild

[Amir Khan @amirk_23]

Victory Royale. 

@Fortnite #EpicPartner

[UMD Men's Hockey @UMDMensHockey]

Shaugabay piles on, 3-0 Dogs!!

[Byron @JDillaEnjoyer]

How it feels to listen to Project Pat

[Jack Thompson @JackThomps02]

@_MLFootball @lexiosborne @bturner23 @ChiefsFocus @chiefs_outsider @BradHensonPro @JAYChi_Bears @IrishBearsShow @HGrahamNFL @KruseSports_ JJ!

[Da Beauty League @DaBeautyLeague]

Still thinking about Noah Cates' OT winner that sent Stillwater to the MN State Tournament in 2016 🤯

High school hockey in Minnesota is just different...

(via @StevePesek)