About to be crushed by data
Weather clearing at the Tapemark. Planning two shotguns today – should be interesting
Not the greatest weather for day one of the Tapemark at Southview CC – hours of rain and lightning
Landed safely at MSP. Hope that lightning we flew over doesn’t make it to the Tapemark tomorrow. First tee at 6:40AM
Getting ready to leave Denver http://twitpic.com/1voopk
Hmm, free wi-fi at DIA comes with ad injected html headers on every page load
Snagged a table at Chef Jimmy’s Bistro & Spirits on concourse A. Hope the storms move through quickly
Mmm…breakfast for lunch on my last day in Colorado http://twitpic.com/1vlh7r
Way to go Blackhawks! Strange finish, but what a game
Sports Station American Grill in historic downtown Loveland has hockey and wi-fi. Cherry Coke and a club sandwich in honor of the Tapemark
Let’s see if I can find a sports bar with wi-fi for the third period
Looks like my code isn’t so ugly – working like a charm at the Tapemark drawing. Good thing, too, as the hotel Internet connection is down
Hockey karma – love it
My job has taken me to Loveland, Colorado, the past two weeks to work on a large education project. I’ve enjoyed working on this one a lot – the scope is large and interesting, the client employees are great and I’m working with a very knowledgeable co-worker for the first time. Loveland and Berthoud are very nice towns with the typical western U.S. look to them (and majestic mountains off in the distance).
Food and lodging have been pretty nice – the Best Western I’m at was recently remodeled and the locally-owned restaurants I’ve been to have been excellent (Bent Fork Grill and 4th Street Chophouse). I’ve been loving the Chick-fil-A across the street from the hotel too (maybe loving that a bit too much).
Last week I took an evening off and drove down to Morrison, Colorado, to catch the Joe Cocker/Tom Petty concert at Red Rocks. That venue was amazing and is by far the best place I’ve ever seen a live show. I took a walk around the Trading Post trail before the show and got a little winded on the 1.4 mile trek. Stunning scenery, though.
As for the concert, both acts were firing on all cylinders. I enjoyed Joe Cocker’s set more than I thought I would, with lots of great songs (You Can Keep Your Hat On, With a Little Help from My Friends, Shelter Me, You Are So Beautiful, etc.). The official Tom Petty site has a nice summary of the show with photos and here is the setlist:
- Kings Highway
- Listen to Her Heart
- Won’t Back Down
- Free Fallin’
- Oh Well
- Mary Jane’s Last Dance
- Driving Down to Georgia
- Breakdown
- Jefferson Jericho Blues
- Taking My Time
- First Flash of Freedom
- Running Man’s Bible
- I Should Have Known It
- Good Enough
- Learning to Fly
- Don’t Come Around Here
- Refugee
- (encore) Running Down a Dream
- You Wreck Me
- American Girl
Heading back to Minnesota tomorrow night. Up next: Tapemark on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, then off to Hurley, Wisconsin, for another week.
My code may be ugly, but does anyone really care as long as the output looks the way people want?
Time to write some ugly code
How can you not like a restaurant called “Widow McCoy’s”?
Tonight’s dinner: locally owned chop house, lemonaza martini, ranked #3 in Loveland on TripAdvisor http://twitpic.com/1v4y78
It’s probably a good thing there aren’t any “real” Chick-fil-A locations in Minnesota
Nearing the brink of insanity. Not there yet, but I can see it from here
Dammit, Bonefish is really just another national chain
Tonight’s Colorado dinner spot http://twitpic.com/1uvstz
It could hit 100F in Denver today, yet my fingers are almost frozen solid. This is one well chilled server room
Landed safely in Denver. Incredible lightning show on the way out here (plus a great win by the Hawks)
Nice – free TV on the flight b/c of the delay. Get to watch the end of the game after all