Everybody still loves the cotton candy
First time on the “local crew” (and first Zamboni sighting)
The chicken wild rice soup today at Brother’s Deli was top three for me – hope it is a semi-regular thing on their menu
All I think of about when I hear the Rockets is Hakeem Olajuwon (and he hasn’t played in 22 years). Wolves win, 111-90
Jalen Suggs (Minnehaha Academy, Gonzaga) is the only one I know and they have the Mouse on their jerseys. 108-106 (L)
Everyone on my Mastodon feed is talking about the 40th anniversary of the Mac today and which machine was their first. My first direct experience with one was the original form factor version (not sure the specific model – probably an SE) that was owned by my college hockey player roommate at the University of North Dakota in 1987.
The first one I actually owned personally was a Performa 405 from 1993 that I’m pretty sure my parents bought at Sears, of all places (also weird to think my first Apple IIc was purchased at Daytons). The fuel department at Northwest Airlines was my first professional job working with Macs, which included a lot of Quadra 700s and PowerBooks. Many, many more from this list in the years since then…
It’s been a fun ride – thanks, Cupertino!
P.S. – still looking for a good promotional photo of that 405…
We lengthened their skyway line quite a bit – that fish sandwich is one of my favorites
Probably not a great thing that I discovered 1) discounts in the clown app and 2) our local clown is still open after I get home from most night games
Pride Night, presented by Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Brand™ 🏳️🌈 Final: 116-93 W
The Minneapolis skyway needs more lunch spots to reopen, but Naf Naf is starting to grow on me
Zion Williamson in this time – my first game view from up high. Final, 117-106, bad guys
Bravo to whoever left these out in the break room – didn’t know they were a thing
It’s the time of year when people start looking back at best of lists and pondering resolutions for the coming year. I thought maybe I’d go at this a little differently today: what are the most important days of my life (so far)? A few of these are no brainers, but narrowing it down to seven was tougher than I thought. So out of the 20,064 days up to this point, here are the top seven I picked:
- 01/19/1969 – a Sunday in Lawton, Oklahoma (high: 46F, low: 35F). Baby DK born in the Fort Sill army hospital.
- 12/14/1991 – a Saturday in Saint Paul, Minnesota (high: 21F, low: 10F). Married Colleen at City Hall.
- 10/08/1995 – a Sunday in Saint Paul, Minnesota (high: 59F, low: 35F). Finished Twin Cities Marathon in 4:42:52 – my first of 27 marathons.
- [Date Redacted] – a Tuesday in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Kid one was born.
- [Date Redacted] – a Friday in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Kid two was born.
- 02/04/2018 – a Sunday in Minneapolis, Minnesota (high: 1F, low: -2F). Career highlight – successfully hosted Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium.
- 10/8/2018 – a Monday in Minneapolis, Minnesota (high: 54F, low: 47F). Survived an aneurysm on the stadium train platform.
Seize the day! Wishing everyone a safe and prosperous 2024…
