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Takeaway

During college I had to read the book "Generation X". Can't remember who wrote it. Knowing my luck that's gonna be a trivia question this week. In the book the characters talked about what was their "takeaway"; what experiences from life they would remember. Often, it wasn't anything that would be considered enormous. For instance, one of the characters remembered being a kid in the car while their dad got out at the gas station to pump gas. They remembered how free they felt and how the gasoline smelled and how it just seemed like anything was possible. Whichever character this was, that was their takeaway. I had a takeaway a couple weekends ago. As an aside it's important to know that I am Auburn graduate. Auburn in Alabama, proud graduate and supporter of the football team in my own humble way. My friends and I had planned this weekend for what seemed like years. We would talk about it and talk about it and a season would pass and we wouldn&