Shooter: Bob Klas Jr. has been named this year’s Mr. Golf of Minnesota by Southview Country Club’s Diehard committee. Congrats!
Sprinkler system winterized – it’s really over now
Thanks to a last minute call from my lawyer and friend KJ, I got in nine more holes for the 2009 golf season. We played the back nine at Parkview Golf Club in Eagan, which as you can see above, was absolutely covered in leaves. There actually is a ball in the picture, if you can believe that. Good thing scores don’t count after October 15 in Minnesota (although I did birdie the par five thirteenth hole).
Barring another warm-up, that’s probably it for me this season. Time to get the skis ready!
Heading in to St. Paul to pick up hockey tickets and drop off puppy pictures
Breakfast meeting at Perkins, Target run, lunch with kid two and afternoon Boo Blast at Kowalski’s Eagan
I wonder if I’m getting an ulcer
The confirmation cards arrived in the mail today for the 2009 Monster Dash events in Minneapolis. This year the races will actually be on Halloween morning – the half marathon I’m running starts at 8:30AM, followed by the 5K that Colleen and the kids are doing at 10:30AM. The plan is for me to finish in under two hours and join them for the 5K.
The field for the half and the 10 mile race is full, so parking will be interesting. The forecast looks good, though. More later…
Curb Your Enthusiasm and now the end of The Shining before Mad Men starts – must see TV!
Finally watched Truth in 24. I’m not a big race fan, but that was a good story
Ran 7.4 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – weather is actually decent
I will never be a professional poker player
Almost ready for Halloween-themed poker night at our house. Just need ice and cash to lose
So how long will the football Gophers continue to be featured on ESPN?
Wet leaves and mud lend an “exciting” element to the trail – saw the sweet angel of death twice. And some deer
Looks like a beautiful morning for the mountain bike trail
Kid one gone at sleepover, kid two in bed, wife at party, Wild and Gophers lose and a visit with the exiled Timo. I love Friday nights
It’s always interesting watching the broadcast team from the other team (and the commercials are fun too)
Glad the Wild-Blues game is on the free Center Ice preview tonight
It’s been almost two weeks since we picked up the new iPhones at the Mall of America, so I thought I’d write up a short review. AT&T also sent me a survey last week, so it got me thinking about what I like and don’t like about the 3GS (after switching from a first generation model).
As I wrote when I got the original phone, I’m not a big fan of the touch screen keyboard. After several years, I’m still not sure I like it all that much. I’ve gotten better at typing on it, but it still seems awkward to me. Even with the auto-correction, I still find myself correcting errors way, way more than I do on my laptop keyboard. The new cut-and-paste tools don’t work very well for me, either. It nice to have the option, though.
The 3G service from AT&T has been OK in my area – faster than Edge with decent coverage. I still experience the same dead zones as before and have had a few dropped calls. I don’t care about the MMS issue (don’t use it), but the tethering thing bugs the hell out of me. I’d use that if I could (and it should be included at no extra cost).
As for the phone experience, it feels better in my hand (lighter and sleeker), apps run much faster and the new camera options work great. It’s amazing to me that I can shoot video, edit it on the phone and upload it directly to Facebook from just about anywhere. I had some issues moving my settings and files over from the old phone, but nothing major. Having the extra storage space is wonderful – I now need to figure out what songs and movies I want with me all the time. I still have 15GB open on the device, after loading 1799 songs, 11 videos, 591 photos and 20 applications.
Here are my most used third-party apps:
I’ve also been looking for a good TV listings app (currently using i.TV, but I’m not sold on it). I love that you when you buy an app, you can put it on all your devices without having to pay again.
Colleen bought a case for her new iPhone, but I’ve left mine plain so far. I’m really partial to Skinizi products (especially this one), but they are expensive. I also picked up a pair of the Apple in-ear headphones, which are awesome (and well worth the price).
So overall, I’m very happy with our purchase. It’s not perfect, but it does just about everything I want.
Not what I needed: Wild Things was totally depressing. Now my mother-in-law is coming for dinner, which I should follow with a Cure marathon
Taking kids to see Where the Wild Things Are this afternoon as the snow falls
Ran a 10K on the treadmill – the cold and snow showers outside were just too much for me today
The bears versus pumpkin video is pretty sweet
Dance card filling rapidly today
“Friday, 11:32PM, Grand Marais: Deputy requested to speak to a neighbor and tell him to quit revving whatever it is he’s revving.”