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Cloud Cult night

Pic posted April 7, 2018

Orchestra Hall

From the @kingsbury Instagram account


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Party in the Pit

Pic posted April 7, 2018

Monster Jam 2018


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Look what came in the mail

Pic posted April 6, 2018

U.S. Bank Stadium

From the @kingsbury Instagram account


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Always have admired the masters.org website and now the AppleTV app continues the tradition


@kingsbury tweeted April 6, 2018


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Came out of semi-retirement for the @WeRunMPLS birthday party at Bauhaus Brew Labs


@kingsbury tweeted April 5, 2018


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Opening day under the heaters

Pic posted April 5, 2018

Target Field

From the @kingsbury Instagram account


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Twelve Years of Publishing

Posted April 5, 2018

From what I can tell, I didn’t do an anniversary post last year (lots of moving and Final Four posts, but no birthday cake pics that I can find). The first 7minutemiles.com post appeared on this domain twelve years ago last Friday.

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Still running WordPress (currently 4.9.5) with my custom theme and roughly a dozen plugins on the old Mac mini server colocated in Las Vegas. Probably too much of my content gets auto-generated these days from social media (Twitter and Instagram), but that’s OK. I feel lucky that I get to publish most of what I want without interference from trolls or stalkers, which unfortunately isn’t the case for some people I love to read (RIP Daily Angst).

After the technical difficulties last year, things have seemed to stabilize. The highest priorities for enhancements right now are moving to https via Let’s Encrypt, making the theme more mobile-friendly and finally adding a video post type to the mix. I’d also like to experiment with some form plugins for easier data entry of golf scores and adding to the run log. If I ever get my iMac photo library organized, I’d like to add more to the photo gallery section as well…

As always, thanks for visiting!


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Brought 9-year-old Lapzilla back to life with some single user mode, fsck, mount and rm wizardry


@kingsbury tweeted April 4, 2018


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Hmm: Live Nation, House of Blues, Fillmore Theater, Target Field Station


@kingsbury tweeted April 4, 2018


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Back to the locals

Pic posted April 4, 2018

Band Box Diner

From the @kingsbury Instagram account


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Is this the start of something wonderful and new? Or one more dream that I cannot make true?

— City of Stars

Quote posted April 3, 2018


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Manhattan Beach FTW

Pic posted April 3, 2018

Still my favorite in South Bay


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Check and check

Pic posted April 3, 2018

Covered them both on this vacation


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The beachcomber

Pic posted April 3, 2018

SK ❤️ seashells


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🎶 City of stars… ❤️

Pic posted April 3, 2018

La La Land Day, part II


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Not a speck of snow to be found (see you soon, Minnesota)


@kingsbury tweeted April 3, 2018


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My favorite beach

Pic posted April 3, 2018

Uncle Bill's Pancake House

From the @kingsbury Instagram account


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Worth the drive down to Huntington

Pic posted April 2, 2018

Lemonade Pacific City

From the @kingsbury Instagram account


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Knott’s memory #2

Pic posted April 2, 2018

Crazy long waits here these days


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Knott’s memory #1

Pic posted April 2, 2018

It was much more impressive when I was little


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Boysenberry everything

Pic posted April 2, 2018

This place has changed a lot


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Never would’ve guessed Knott’s Berry Farm on Monday would be way worse than Sunday at Disneyland


@kingsbury tweeted April 2, 2018


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Eat Mor Chikin

Pic posted April 2, 2018

Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant

From the @kingsbury Instagram account


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Doges love Dole Whip

Pic posted April 2, 2018

Isn’t that right, Luna?


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Magical

Pic posted April 2, 2018

Fireworks over Big Thunder


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