Andrina Fights Cancer
http://www.conquercancer.ca/site/TR?px=2857370&fr_id=1401&pg=personal
My First iPhone 4S Photo
Untouched raw JPEG file (3264×2448), Northstar Bar, Fortune Bay Resort Casino, Tower, Minnesota
2011 Golf Season in Review
Pretty good year for golf:
- 35 official rounds for handicap
- 18 rounds on The Wilderness at Fortune Bay
- GHIN index dropped from 15.1 to 11.6
- Low round of 81 (9/10/11 at Willingers)
Some Minnesota courses are still open, but I’m probably done until spring…
Interesting Financials at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1485589/000119312511310594/d245768d10q.htm
The Luckiest
I don’t get many things right the first time. In fact, I am told that a lot. Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls brought me here…
That Bamboozler Looks Small
Meat Lovers Bamboozler + 12-inch Pepperoni, Vermilion Club, Tower, Minnesota
Good Advice
Twin Cities in Motion postcard (Organizers of the Twin Cities Marathon and many other fine races)
Every Sperm Is Sacred
Hindu, Taoist, Mormon, spill theirs just anywhere, but God loves those who treat their semen with more care.
Mike Doughty at First Avenue
Fun show tonight at First Avenue, as my friend Terry and I went to see Mike Doughty (formerly of Soul Coughing fame). The very interesting Moon Hooch opened (loved the sound of the huge bass clarinet thing).
Doughty and his Band Fantastic were recording the show for eventual release, but they suffered through several technical and performance issues as the night progressed. Thankfully sound quality wasn’t an issue most of the time at this show (unlike the Paul Simon concert I saw there last). We had a great spot directly behind the soundboard, so that probably helped too.
To the disappointment of some in the crowd, Mr. Doughty said he had buried the old Soul Coughing songs and wouldn’t be playing any of them (but said you can still keep them on your iPod). He actively encouraged people all night to steal his new album Yes and Also Yes online, saying he just wants people to listen to it.
I didn’t get a set list photo, so I’ll have to watch to see if anyone posts one and update this entry later (I counted roughly 19 songs in all). A few of our favorites included Na Na Nothing and Rational Man from the new album, Busting Up A Starbucks, Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well and Tremendous Brunettes from Haughty Melodic and 27 Jennifers from Rockity Roll.
An Epiphany
Grey Goose La Poire, St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur, Duval-Leroy Champagne – Prohibition, W Minneapolis
Lost Without You
It was November, I went out walking. I was just outside of town. I was wondering what I was gonna do with myself today…
Ben Folds
Fine pewter portraits of General Apathy and Major Boredom singing whatever and ever amen…
Contribution to the Edge College Fund
Enterprise iPhone and iPad Administrator’s Guide, Charles Edge
Watch Out First Ave
Mike Doughty Tickets for Terry and I, First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lebanon Hills Mountain Bike Trail
Only a mile and a half from my home, Lebanon Hills Regional Park is nearly 2,000 acres of wooded awesomeness just south of the Twin Cities. While there are lots of different activities available in the park, my favorite part is the network of mountain bike trails that is primarily designed and maintained by the Minnesota Off-Road Cyclists non-profit volunteer organization.
While I’ve had the same mountain bike for a long time (and lived in this house for 11 years), I never really knew about these great trails just down the road until a few years ago. Since I started riding there, though, I’ve probably been around the main loop nearly 100 times. MORC keeps adding new sections and improving the older parts, so the riding experience just gets better and better.
Now Dakota County is getting in on the act too – a new trailhead parking lot and warm-up building is under construction that should open next spring. You can see in the shots after the jump that the new parking lot is already paved and about half of the structure is finished. I’m not sure we really needed to spend all that money, but it will be nice to have when the snow melts.
As for my riding ability, I’m starting to feel a little limited by age and equipment. I can’t afford a new bike right now, but I did take this Rockhopper out for a spin a few months ago. It was like night and day – that thing could just ride right over a curb like it wasn’t there…
Youth, however, is something I can’t buy in a store. As I’ve become more comfortable with trail riding, I tend to go faster and take risks that my body can’t always handle. I’ve now had 4-5 major falls, but nothing broken (so far).
Today’s crash was pretty typical: took a jump near the end of the trail at high speed, tilted sideways in the air, landed off balance and the front tire slid out sideways. I sat there stunned and couldn’t move (just like the ski crash). Eventually got up with a bruised thigh and scraped arm, but was able to ride home.
My kids have gone with me a few times on the shorter loops, but they seem to have lost interest. Anyone else want to go?
Meb Keflezighi
I feel great. To finish with a PR and I had to stop and throw up, I am very happy with…
Lebanon Hills Trailhead Construction
New Mountain Bike Trailhead Building, Lebanon Hills Regional Park, Eagan, Minnesota
Weird Summer
So let’s go out and find some trouble, let’s go out and ride the rails, nothing’s sexier than regret…
Don’t Call It Windows
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/technology/personaltech/windows-phone-is-back-full-of-great-tricks-state-of-the-art.html?_r=1
Attack of the Giant Slot
The Green Machine, Fortune Bay Resort Casino Lobby, Tower, Minnesota
