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I got a text last week with an invitation from my awesome buddy Frankie to go to Saturday night's ASU Sun Devil game against the Oregon Ducks. After checking my schedule, I said "YES!!!" and we made plans to meet for a bite to eat before the game. I had a super busy day (another post for another day) and was only home for a few minutes before I headed out to make a stop on my way to meet Frankie. We found each other right on schedule and went to grab a burger. After that, it was getting close to game time so we headed over to the stadium. The seats were amazing. What we couldn't see clearly on the field, we could watch on the jumbotron in living color. We were close enough that even with my camera, I could get close enough to see the smiles on the cheerleaders faces and even some halfway decent shots of the players on the field when they were on our end of the field. We saw some real and fake... tattoos (what were YOU thinking I was going to say?) and some...

OK, I have known for some time now that the group of virtual folks I hang out with over at kickrunners.com is a lot of fun. I have also known for quite some time that they are a great group of people. I know that among the ones I have actually met in person, 100% are people I am happy to call my friends. These are people that upon finding out my wife was in the hospital have been making sure I knew they were thinking of me, praying for me and in general sending out "good vibes". There are people I know and see on a daily basis that have not shown that much concern and that just goes to show you that if "home is where the heart is" then "friends can be people you've never met."