Oh for a time machine – the new office is so close too. Wish I could find the ticket stub with the exact date of the show I saw…
Great to see some familiar faces and catch up. The elote fries and Routes du cidre “Cider Roads” were both really good 💯
The new app is more than twice as big, both have ugly lowercase names tacked on the end and the NEW in the updated icon is dumb. But at least I can finally command-tab in and out of the program…
Not the start we needed from Sonny – Twins lose game three, 9-1
Yeah, I’m so damn grateful. I grew up really wanting gold fronts, but that’s what you get when Wu-Tang raised you…
— Can’t Hold Us
Lots of raves for this season, but it wasn’t my favorite at first. Liked it more by the end, though…
As an alumni of two of the schools, have to say I’m super impressed by the awesome presentation by the league. Mark your calendars for the women’s tournament from March 6-10, 2024 and the men’s tournament from March 13-17, 2024 (ticket on sale TBA)
Hurray! Today marks bonus birthday number FIVE after the big brain experience on the U.S. Bank Stadium train platform in 2018 (here are links to the previous bonus time posts: year one, year two, year three and year four). The whole episode now seems so distant – very happy to have this history here (and still so, so thankful to everyone involved).
Everything health-wise continues to be good – don’t need to go back for any follow-up for another two years and my eyesight has evolved to the point where I can even play golf again without glasses. I do still tend to wear them while driving at night, but that’s about it. My old TBI eye specialist has moved on, so I started seeing the regular family eye doctor this year. He said my prescription has changed slightly, but gave me the option to hold off on a new order.
Feeling more fit since I started a real training plan for the recently cancelled TC 10 Mile and the activity logs for the past year have all been active. Didn’t bike as much this year, but played more golf and logged more real running miles. Bought some actual hiking shoes this year and spent a lot of time at nearby Afton State Park (and almost signed up for the Afton 25K – hope to do that next year, along with Get in Gear and the Milk Run). Still throw my name in the annual London Marathon drawing, but have never been picked. Disney 2025?
Speaking of Florida, we attended our first ever spring training games in Fort Myers this year and had a great time. My brother and his wife drove over from Orlando for some of the games, which was wonderful. Not a lot of other travel this year, but we continued to cross new restaurants off the list, went to a lot of Twins and Saints games and had a good year of concerts (Smashing Pumpkins, Jerry Harrison, Muse, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Cure, Duran Duran, Pearl Jam and Peter Gabriel, among others).
And speaking of concerts, I’ve recently returned to the sports and entertainment world in a newly created technology role at Target Center. I’m excited to learn a new league and learn how arenas operate compared to stadiums. While there are a lot more events, the technology infrastructure is smaller and it will be a fun challenge to optimize the operation. Also excited about the Life Time Fitness facilities in the basement of the building – what a great thing to have for Minnesota winter workouts.
Go Wolves! 🏀
This restaurant was on my list for a long time, but now it’s just a couple blocks down from the office. Very nice staff, who highly recommended the chicken and French toast (and they were right)
It had some good moments, but this season was a little bit too much hit and miss for me
