>> KEVIN: HERE IN MINNESOTA WE ARE COMING UP TO THE FIVE MINUTES WE CALL SPRING.

AND IN A COUPLE DAYS WE HAVE APRIL FOOL'S DAY WHERE WE CELEBRATE THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T THINK WE'LL STILL GET ONE MORE BLIZZARD.

AS A KID EVERY YEAR ON THIS DAY THE NEWSPAPER WOULD HAVE AN OUTLANDISH HEADLINE, LIKE “THREE-HEADED BOY CATCHES 800-POUND FISH.” BUT THESE DAYS THAT WOULD BE LIKE “FINALLY SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE."

BUT I'M HERE TO DEFEND THE REAL FOOLS FOR THEY ARE MY PEOPLE.

TRUE FOOLS BRING BALANCE TO AN ALL TOO SERIOUS WORLD, A HERO FOR OUR TIMES.

NOT BOUND BY REGRETS OF THE PAST OR THE ANXIETIES OF THE FUTURE, LIVING IN THE MOMENT, BRINGING, AS IT SAYS IN CORINTHIAN'S, 'FOOLISH THINGS TO SHAME THE WISE.'

THERE ARE HOLY FOOLS, WISE FOOLS THERE ARE FOOLISH FOOLS• IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THE FOOL IS IN THE ROOM IT'S PROBABLY YOU.

GERALD VEZNER, UP IN WHITE EARTH, TALKS OF THE ANNISHINABE, ONE OF THE FIRST NATIONS OF THIS LAND, WHO HAD WHAT WERE CALLED IRONY DOGS.

THEY WERE DOGS THAT IN SERIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS WOULD BARK WHEN THERE WAS NO IRONY IN THE ROOM.

ALL GREAT FOOLISHNESS HOLDS A GRAIN OF TRUTH.

DURING MEDIEVAL TIMES, THERE WAS A FEAST OF FOOLS.

A GREAT PARTY WHERE THE WHOLE TOWN PARTICIPATED AND FOR ONE DAY THE LOWEST OF LOWS TRADED PLACES WITH THE KING.

I'VE BEEN TOLD A LOT GOT DONE THAT DAY.

SHAKESPEARE'S FOOL IN KING LEAR BRINGS WISE COUNSEL TO THE AGING KING.

SHAKESPEARE ALSO WROTE THAT THE LOVER, THE LUNATIC, AND THE POET ARE IN IMAGINATION ALL ONE.

IT'S TRUE.

WHETHER ROMEO AND JULIET OR OLE AND LENA.

LOVE MAKES FOOLS OF US ALL.

LOVE THRIVES IN FOOLISHNESS OFTEN LEADING A PERFECTLY FINE MINNESOTAN TO SUDDENLY BE GIVEN OVER TO OUTBURSTS OF POETRY OR PERFORMING PASSIONATE DISPLAYS ON JUMBOTRONS.

SO WELCOME TO THE SHIP OF FOOLS.

CLIMB ABOARD.

WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU.

TAKE THE IRONY DOG FOR A WALK.

GIVE OVER TO AN ACT OF PASSION.

COME ON OVER TO THE LIGHT SIDE.

AND IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT BEING CALLED A FOOL, DO WHAT I