Beating The Heat In Colorado

   Well, they did it. The professional basketball club that is based in Denver known as the Nuggets are now also known as the 2023 NBA Champions. 

   And, as professional basketball in the U.S. is an international game (the top two players on the Nuggets are actually from countries other than the U.S.) this championship can pretty much be chalked up as a true world championship.

   The watch party I attended was a great, happy time (except for the parts when everyone was shouting at the television due to perceived slights by the officiating crew), and the celebration of the win was a terrific, happy ruckus. 

   Very smart scholarly types have noted that professional sports are able to boost the spirits of the local fanbase in ways which go beyond all reason. People take pride in being allied with the professional athletes involved as if the light of their glory somehow reflects on them as well. 

   In my humble opinion that is a good thing - heck, anything that makes people happy that doesn't have negative side-effects such as drugs and alcohol often do is an extremely great thing in my book.

   Get those endorphins pumping Colorado, the Nuggets are world champs!