You know what we call problems in sales? We call them opportunities…
- RIP, Herb Tarlek
Old School Movie Night
Not open for eat-in until next month, but crossed Bark and the Bite off the list
Nice to listen to a new Sleater-Kinney album (even if it is only 39 minutes long)
My to do list isn’t really shrinking much, but this spring purge of boxes at least feels like progress
Busy day of networking
The big river needs more water 💦
The MV Prairie Dawn
Pizza Monday (on Tuesday)
Fire safety training day
Grand Casino Hinckley will be the first Minnesota casino to host YouTube star @BCSlots later this month
Max Kepler sighting in the STP
There’s a place I like to hide. A doorway that I run through in the night…
- Silent Lucidity
2021 Grad Party #2
Party size mac and cheese 🧀
We have insulation
2021 Grad Party #1
Their gaze as heavy as stone
Tap-in birdies are cool, but the eagle would’ve been nice too
Burgers, baseball and fireworks
The 50th Annual Tapemark
New music from Garbage? Yes, please
A crafty Lunes
“Thank you for completing your questionnaire. Your questionnaire has been successfully processed.”
The Storkamps kick ass
The Boss is back! Great to have live music in Mears and @TOTBOSStruck in Lowertown again
The adventurous eater
Pizza line art
After years of giving my Windows users Dell XPS laptops, now trying the X1 Nano from Lenovo
First new concert tickets purchased in…can’t remember how long
Big Buck sighting in Lowertown
Summer in the city
On the head end of his train, thinking not of unseen dangers, frosty nights or drenchin’ rain…
- The Death Of Jerry Damron
Help Wanted at USBS
Events are coming back and U.S. Bank Stadium needs help getting ready. Looking for an entry-level tech support candidate to join my team this summer:
- Will train – great first job for a tech-savvy graduate
- NFL game day excitement at least ten days a year
- Good chance of working with roadies from world-famous bands
- Get paid to learn really expensive systems and equipment
- Flexible hybrid remote and onsite work environment
- Cool office that makes the news on a regular basis
- Fun team, decent boss
The posting is now up on the stadium website, while here is the direct link to the ADP hiring site (PDF here).
Plain ice water 👍
Downtown East food options still very limited, but today was Boludo time 🍕
Hey there, Snol
Anybody in Minneapolis know what’s up with the Band Box? @DeRushaEats?
Workhorses by the big river
Every season in Minnesota has it’s charms
Here we go again
Sunday breakfast, Trattoria Mucci-style
Jumping from ride to ride!
Dear Arby’s: the “all-new Crinkles” are trash and if potato cakes don’t come back, we’re done
Hot one at Wirth
‘32 and ‘54 PGA Championships
Trying some east side pizza at The Little Oven 🍕
Time to restock the candy drawer
Haven’t tried to use what already exists, but my WWDC wish would be expanded Apple Music APIs (and a better app)
This dude was amazing
It was on the way
All moved in
Chased this guy on my bike
Memorial Day 2021 🇺🇸
Remembering those who perished in service to this country:
- Civil War: 655,000
- World War I: 116,516
- World War II: 405,399
- Korean War: 36,516
- Vietnam War: 58,209
And as vaccines start to take hold, also thinking of these American lives lost:
- Flu Pandemic of 1918: 675,000
- COVID-19 Pandemic: 591,265
Rest in Peace 💜
Science, FTW!
Always a pleasure to join @TjdsbTom at The Dwan
Limited Edition 2021 Get in Gear
Better late than never – here is my very brief race report from the 2021 Get in Gear 10K. It was great to be back to running in-person again, even if it wasn’t completely normal. This was my 21st Get in Gear (and 20th in a row, if you count last year’s virtual race). It’s still my favorite 10K and I hope to continue running it every spring as long as I’m mobile.
The 2021 edition was shortened to 5.5 miles, as the start and finish were located in the parking lot near the entrance to the lock and dam on West River Parkway. The sign-in and T-shirt tables were located under the Ford Parkway bridge, which were only available on race day (none of the usual spots in Minnehaha Park were used this year). The streets were not closed, so the entire route was on the pathways. We even had to use the stairs on the St. Paul side of the Lake Street bridge.
The field was limited to 250 people, with two waves starting at 8:30am and 9:30am. Pods of ten runners were spaced two minutes apart – I started in pod one of wave two and had a nice bike escort for the first few miles. I don’t know why they let me set the pace in my pod for the first mile, but it was a cool feeling to be in the “lead” briefly. Finished with a 58:32 chip time (10:39 Minute Miles), good for 187th out of 240 and 12th in my age group. First time with peanut butter at a race finish – thanks, Old Home!
Up next: State Fair Milk Run 5K.
It’s showtime!
So I just did me some talking to the sun. And I said I didn’t like the way he got things done, he’s sleeping on the job…
- RIP, B.J. Thomas
Mississippi bike update: lilacs done, bugs better, water level very low
Love, exciting and new. Come Aboard. We’re expecting you…
- RIP, Captain Stubing
Birdie bath time
Goalies are the best
What sights to behold
National Hamburger Day at the Nook
Summer at the Fair ‘21 ❤️
