44 laps at the Eagan Y, followed by free weights and 500 painful steps on the StairMaster
The price tag on the new Detroit Red Wings arena is now up to $627 million – that’s a lot of octopi
Chick-fil-A, MK swim practice, MNF from the treadmill, core work and some miscellaneous housekeeping
The more I listen to this Arcs album, the more excited I get for next week
Congrats to @ShakopeeDakota on the grand opening of the new JW Marriott at MoA
Quick treadmill speedwork session before Hunger Games with CK, Vikings-Packers and dinner with SK at Salt Cellar
These Coldplay monkeys really need to tour – with or without Chris Martin
Filled up Little Red (it was three cents cheaper with my SA card too)
Easily the best south of the river morning commute so far – where is everybody?
Heck, hon, did you bring the deer home?
— Ed Blumquist
Life beyond the treadmill – brisk walk to the clubhouse for 50 minutes on the seated elliptical (plus weights and sit-ups)
Fun first office happy hour at Brit’s Pub, followed by a stop at IKEA to pick up meatballs for tomorrow’s potluck
First time an app update broke something in a long time (WordPress for iOS) – reinstalled 5.7 and all is good again
Um, wow @ Smalley’s Caribbean Barbeque and Pirate Bar
Personal top five soup (egg drop) @ Kim’s Chow Mein
First time in two and a half weeks I got to use fifth gear for any significant portion of the morning commute
This week I learned that Robert Cray was the uncredited bassist in the house party band from National Lampoon’s Animal House and then remembered I never finished writing my post of his last concert at the Minnesota Zoo. Looking on the calendar, that show was three months ago.
Yikes.
My ever increasing blog procrastination of course means I don’t really remember much about the show. I do recall that Sonny Landreth was the opener (again) and we were shocked to find someone else behind the keyboards. We’ve seen Mr. Cray multiple times (seven?) and always really loved listening to Jim Pugh play his Hammond organ. According to the official website, Jim was in the band from 1989 to 2014, with self-proclaimed “Blues Slut” Dover Weinberg now in that spot. Les Falconer remains on drums, with Richard Cousins still on bass.
It’s amazing to me that Robert Cray is now 62 years old and is releasing another live double album and DVD to celebrate 40 years of music. There’s still hope for this whole aging business, no?