12 stages of joy

No. 13 is hung over: The 12 stages of being a Seattle Seahawks fan at CenturyLink Field on Sunday.

1. Confidence.

2. Unease.

3. Bewilderment.

4. Anger.

5. Denial.

6. Bargaining.

7. Acceptance … no, wait!

8. Hope.

9. Bewilderment — the good kind this time.

10. Confidence.

11. Crazed joy.

12. Deafness.

If only … Amazon launched a number of new shows on streaming video last week, but only one of them, “The Man in the High Castle,” is said to be worth a look. The series, portions of which were filmed in Snohomish County, concerns an alternate-universe United States that lost Word War II and is under the tyranny of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in 1962.

Speaking of alternate universes, Green Bay Packers fans surely must be imagining one in which their team decided to not settle for field goals and instead finished three first-half drives with touchdowns. The huge lead proved more than enough to stave off a furious Seahawks comeback in the second half and propel the Packers into the Super Bowl.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff

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