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Two of my favorites

Pic posted March 31, 2019

Really needed that burger today


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2019 Spring Floods

Pic posted March 30, 2019

Worst one since we moved to Lowertown


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Breakfast for lunch on Grand

Pic posted March 30, 2019

Grand Catch

From the @kingsbury Instagram account


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Thirteen Years of Publishing

Posted March 30, 2019

It’s that time of year again – the first 7minutemiles.com post appeared on this domain thirteen years ago today.

Current stats:

  • 10,066 Posts
  • 204 Pages
  • 383 Comments (which are now turned off)
  • 54,914 unique visitors in 2018
  • 1,687,856 pages displayed in 2018

Still running WordPress (currently 5.1.1) with my custom theme and 17 plugins on the old Mac mini server colocated in Las Vegas. Favorite plugins: Wordfence Security, VaultPress, Intagrate and Really Simple SSL. Yes, I finally made the move this year to SSL using Let’s Encrypt, Certbot and that SSL plugin. I experimented with some form plugins for data entry on the golf, run and bike pages, but I didn’t like any of them. Planning to just write some custom code when I find the time. I’ve also given up on using a plugin to make the site more mobile-friendly, so at some point I’ll just have to learn the design and coding techniques to deal with that using my existing theme.

The old Tapemark Charity Pro-Am online leaderboards have a historical home now here. We had a new foodie join our team at the stadium, so I created a food page to summarize some of my favorite places in Minnesota. My upcoming races, concerts and sporting events are now displayed in the home page footer (and stored in a new database). The Biography and Résumé pages have some small updates. Video and photos still need a lot of love in the coming months and the mysterious SSL/emoji issue still needs resolution…

As always, thanks for visiting!


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Onward to 3000

Pic posted March 29, 2019

Best iOS game ever?


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Didn’t realize @RandolphCarbone reused the old wood paneling – love it


@kingsbury tweeted March 29, 2019


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Breakfast at HCMC

Pic posted March 29, 2019

Favorite medical center ever


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Love going to @efetusmpls and discovering new albums by groups I like that I didn’t know were out


@kingsbury tweeted March 29, 2019


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Kid comes back soon

Pic posted March 28, 2019

Squeezing in a few more…


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This should be fun

Pic posted March 28, 2019

Happy Baseball Opener everyone!


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And all them politicians, they all lyin’ sacks of shit. They say better days upon us, but I’m sucking left hind tit…

— Puttin’ People on the Moon

Quote posted March 28, 2019


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A ramp with a view

Pic posted March 28, 2019

Yes, doctor, I stayed away from the edge of the roof…


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We are all just a bunch of meat sacks…

— Pork Boy

Quote posted March 27, 2019


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Kid-free spring break continues

Pic posted March 26, 2019

Brunson's Pub

From the @kingsbury Instagram account


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Always great to visit with my friends at Atlanta’s AMB Sports + Entertainment (even if they did break our WiFi record)


@kingsbury tweeted March 26, 2019


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Monday steaks with SK

Pic posted March 25, 2019

Victoria best steak house

From the @kingsbury Instagram account


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Link: Union Depot Floodcam

Linked March 24, 2019


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Shoppin’ Day

Pic posted March 24, 2019

Comfortable clothes – don’t care what size anymore


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Why would you make out of words a cage for your own bird? When it sings so sweet. The screaming, heaving, fuckery of the world?

— No Plan, Hozier

Quote posted March 24, 2019


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Never won that one before

Pic posted March 24, 2019

Surprise Keepin’ It Hot progressive


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Worth the drive

Pic posted March 24, 2019

Two of my all-time favorites (Minnehaha Grill @ Mystic Lake)


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A comfortable player is a happy player, and a happy player is a productive player…

— Rocco Baldelli

Quote posted March 24, 2019


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Link: The Automattic Creed is cool

Linked March 23, 2019


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And just like that, we have entered another Fake Spring


@kingsbury tweeted March 23, 2019


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Time to close Shepherd

Pic posted March 23, 2019

Not super high yet, but we will see…


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