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Picked up Daniel Gilbert’s “Stumbling on Happiness” at the library. Liked the first three chapters – the PBS special should be good


@kingsbury tweeted October 31, 2009


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“You’re either ready to reap this freaky-assed harvest or you’re not.”


@kingsbury tweeted October 31, 2009


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Ran the Monster Half in 1:39:13 – a new PR by 11 minutes (and near BQ pace)


@kingsbury tweeted October 31, 2009


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36 degrees, west wind between 14 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph – sounds perfect for a half marathon in Minnesota. Doh!


@kingsbury tweeted October 31, 2009


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What an afternoon – got race gear, babysitter (& babies) now fed, bought new clothes for LA from the experts at the MOA and now off to Ike’s


@kingsbury tweeted October 30, 2009


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Heading to lunch with Terry at Zantigo, then to the Minneapolis Convention Center to pick up Monster Dash packets


@kingsbury tweeted October 30, 2009


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More Seattle server housecleaning – removing expired domains, archiving old sports sites, changes to DNS and setting up a wiki server


@kingsbury tweeted October 30, 2009


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It is with a mix of sadness and relief that I deleted all of my sports-related Twitter accounts today


@kingsbury tweeted October 30, 2009


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No big ortho bill for kid one yet (maybe in 3 months). Kid two might be getting sick, though


@kingsbury tweeted October 30, 2009


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Way too early for an ortho appointment – kid one doesn’t seem to care, though


@kingsbury tweeted October 30, 2009


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Conferences at two schools this time, plus some kid shuffling and chauffeuring


@kingsbury tweeted October 29, 2009


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Just signed up for the new CarlsonConnect social networking site – never heard of Affinity Circles, Inc. before today


@kingsbury tweeted October 29, 2009


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Installing a BuddyPress test bed while listening to a Kid Rock marathon – need something to offset the depressing rain


@kingsbury tweeted October 29, 2009


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Just read the old Alley Agate Shop building in Grand Marais was torn down for more parking. Loved going to that place when I was a kid


@kingsbury tweeted October 29, 2009


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Cleaning up databases on the Seattle server


@kingsbury tweeted October 29, 2009


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Ran 5K on the treadmill at BQ pace. 23 more miles at that pace just doesn’t seem realistic to me yet


@kingsbury tweeted October 29, 2009


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Game 4 – Wild versus Predators

Posted October 29, 2009

Last night I took my friend Phil (above) to his second ever hockey game at the Xcel Energy Center to watch the worst team in the west play the second worst team. Now one of them is only the third worst team, and unfortunately it isn’t the Wild.

I don’t really know what to say about how the Wild have started the season. On paper, I like our team and the changes that were made in the off-season. The reality, though, has been total suckle:

  • Complete lack of ability to clear the zone
  • Out-hustled to the puck all the time
  • Way too much standing around and waiting for the play to come to them
  • No chemistry from any of the lines yet
  • Burns at -13, Koivu at -12 and Havlat at -10? How is that even possible?
  • Our leading goal scorer is Andrew Brunette with 7, then it drops down to 3 (Koivu)

The three goals in 1:47 was amazing, but only one shot in the remaining 17:42 of that period? And I agree with Russo – how do you scratch Sykora and play both Scott and Boogaard? On defense, I wanted Skoula gone as much as anyone, but Zidlicky and Hnidy seem to be battling for the new crown of Wild defensive goat. Zids and his turnovers make me cringe and Sheriff Shane can’t seem to hit an outlet pass to save his life – it’s either a turnover or icing almost every time.

As Mr. Fletcher said during an interview in Chicago, “we’re still trying to get on the same page.” I was hoping that would have happened during training camp and the pre-season, but here we are 12 games into the season and the Wild sit in the western conference cellar with none of our “stars” hurt. Maybe that’s it – Johnnson and Butch are the secret sauce we need to turn it around.

If only it were that easy…


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Not sure what to say about the Wild at this point. I’ll try to think up something tomorrow


@kingsbury tweeted October 29, 2009


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3 shots, 3 goals – unbelievable!


@kingsbury tweeted October 29, 2009


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Dropping kid one off for sleepover, picking up Studio Phil for hockey and buying new shoe inserts for injured wife at running store


@kingsbury tweeted October 28, 2009


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$40 to fly one-way from MSP-LAS on Sun Country on Halloween? Sooooo tempting…


@kingsbury tweeted October 28, 2009


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Best “coincidence” I’ve seen in a long time


@kingsbury tweeted October 28, 2009


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Brand new course for the Monster Half on Saturday (Calhoun first, last mile on Harriet). Get the race guide PDF here


@kingsbury tweeted October 28, 2009


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Wild-Preds game tonight with Studio Phil – all they do is win at the X, right?


@kingsbury tweeted October 28, 2009


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Busy tech morning: password changes, DNS and web server clean-up, Netscape and Coda updates, blog post, iPhone tweaks, support ticket to d.f


@kingsbury tweeted October 28, 2009


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