He absolutely did.

Wet Paint in St. Paul carries regular pens and pencils.

In high school I filled in as backup public address announcer for our baseball team. The PA system was junk and would sometimes cut in and out. Once, I heard it cut out just as I said a player’s name, and I reacted with “Dammit!” … which of course went out to the whole crowd.

I’d like to think my music teacher Ms. Johnson would approve! 😂

Matt Sweeney played guitar with my next-door neighbor in college. I wish I could say I recognized talent but the truth is I made some unscheduled trips to the library.

Pretty cool seeing him with the Hard Quartet last year though!