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My love-hate relationship with the Minnesota Vikings.

Being a fan was the only time, outside of watching the movie The 13th Warrior, that I thought mead might be necessary.

Julie R. Neidlinger
Jan 24, 2026
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On December 1, 2013, I went into the Metrodome1 to see the Minnesota Vikings play against the Chicago Bears, I checked an item off of my bucket list, and thought that if we only lost within 10 points, I’d be pleased. Friends had gone to the Arizona Cardinals game weeks earlier and it had been a dismal slaughter.

This hadn’t been a good year for the Vikin…

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