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Small-Scale Question Sunday for December 1, 2024

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A good friend of mine started following college (SEC) football in his mid teens so that he could immediately bond with pretty much anyone (he was a bit of a politician a s eventually went into business). He had no real interest in it before.

When he died at age 48, his wife (who had known only the last five or so years of his life) had a Bama football-themed wake for him, where people were wearing crimson and white and houndstooth and signing Roll Tide etc. in the memory book.

It was an odd feeling for me, having known him almost all his life. Maybe he would have liked it? I kept this all to myself.