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2011 Tweet Archive

DK @kingsbury • January 1, 2011

Long New Years Eve at the casino tonight – planning to not leave the house for the rest of the weekend. Hope you all had a fun & safe night


DK @kingsbury • January 1, 2011

Finally got up and dressed – realized I’ve missed the first morning of 2011


DK @kingsbury • January 1, 2011

Today’s workout


DK @kingsbury • January 2, 2011

Not a big fan of you so far, 2011. You’ve got 363 days to turn it around


DK @kingsbury • January 2, 2011

Probably shouldn’t admit this, but just achieved total destruction on Christmas Angry Birds. Now off to finish Halloween


DK @kingsbury • January 3, 2011

Why does Santa keep putting losing MN Millionaire raffle tickets in our stockings?


DK @kingsbury • January 3, 2011

It’s scary how good Facebook is becoming at identifying people from days past


DK @kingsbury • January 3, 2011

Warmed up to -24F now – hope my driver’s side door unfreezes soon


DK @kingsbury • January 3, 2011

Heading to Nett Lake with the marketing director for a tour


DK @kingsbury • January 4, 2011

Laundry, Hawaii Five-O and some tech experimentation


DK @kingsbury • January 4, 2011

Still makes me smile – thanks kid two!


DK @kingsbury • January 4, 2011

It may be a bazillion below zero outside, but the starry night sky is amazing


DK @kingsbury • January 4, 2011

Dammit, @cedge318, got duped by an iChat post from you that lead to my AIM password getting hosed


DK @kingsbury • January 4, 2011

Is there no free way to use iChat that doesn’t involve AOL or Jabber?


DK @kingsbury • January 4, 2011

OK, good – AIM account password not compromised


DK @kingsbury • January 5, 2011

A Dish TV account in northern Minnesota is not a good thing if you are a hockey fan


DK @kingsbury • January 5, 2011

Guess what? It’s snowing in northern Minnesota again!


DK @kingsbury • January 5, 2011

Hey Windows Phone 7 and Android handset manufacturers – will try you out if you send some demo units to Fortune Bay


DK @kingsbury • January 5, 2011

Who knew so many people like Words? Scrabble FTW!


DK @kingsbury • January 5, 2011

Decided to blow up my Windows XP office PC and move to Win7 Pro, but can’t wait for downloads any longer – hitting the road


DK @kingsbury • January 6, 2011

Well, hello Duluth – guess I should pay more attention to the exit signs


DK @kingsbury • January 6, 2011

D.M.S.R. has aged remarkably well, no?


DK @kingsbury • January 6, 2011

Haven’t written this in a while – ran 6 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley. Matched my December mileage in one day


DK @kingsbury • January 6, 2011

I just don’t think I can ever listen to Ballmer without thinking monkey


DK @kingsbury • January 6, 2011

Way too many things to do right now – better get on it (and away from the computer)


DK @kingsbury • January 6, 2011

Ski shops (Valley and Joe’s), Raising Cane’s for lunch and maybe Target


DK @kingsbury • January 6, 2011

Someday, you will be mine


DK @kingsbury • January 7, 2011

It’s been a long time, but back at Wise Swim School with kid two


DK @kingsbury • January 7, 2011

Why is the App Store an app and not part of iTunes like everything else?


DK @kingsbury • January 7, 2011

Taking the MINI to the mechanic to fix the service engine light. Still waiting on insurance for the fender repair


DK @kingsbury • January 7, 2011

I never go here, but this hot chocolate tastes good on a cold car repair day in south Minneapolis


DK @kingsbury • January 7, 2011

Beastie Boys update


DK @kingsbury • January 7, 2011

Heh, the number one national player on Qrank right now is named “dam you trebek”


DK @kingsbury • January 7, 2011

Productivity hit: free Showtime On Demand starting today


DK @kingsbury • January 8, 2011

Going to the Walker tonight for some kind of artsy-fartsy puppet show


DK @kingsbury • January 8, 2011

Despite what the Walker box office says, “Show Your Face!” is *not* appropriate for kids


DK @kingsbury • January 8, 2011

Oh come on now, Xfinity/Comcast, On Demand worked all afternoon. Please let me finish off season one of The Big C now


DK @kingsbury • January 8, 2011

Holy crap, hit 4 out of 5 on Gopher 5. One number away from $1.2 million, but the $500 is still nice


DK @kingsbury • January 8, 2011

Thanks Xfinity for fixing On Demand and thanks Showtime for the waterworks 😉


DK @kingsbury • January 8, 2011

Someday has arrived 😉


DK @kingsbury • January 8, 2011

Love being back in Uptown again


DK @kingsbury • January 8, 2011

Moved on to pool and screwdrivers at Williams


DK @kingsbury • January 9, 2011

Tonight’s free on demand – watch all of Weeds season 6


DK @kingsbury • January 9, 2011

Finally seeing Tron Legacy at AMC Roseville with Terry. IMAX 3D, baby


DK @kingsbury • January 9, 2011

The new Andiamo Italian Restaurant in Eagan opens to the public tomorrow


DK @kingsbury • January 10, 2011

Another commute begins


DK @kingsbury • January 10, 2011

Bad sign: server at the casino restaurant brought me a Mt. Dew before I even asked


DK @kingsbury • January 10, 2011

The chicken wild rice soup tasted especially good after the XC skiing


DK @kingsbury • January 10, 2011

Elvis songs coming up during shuffle play bring extra smiles when you work in a casino


DK @kingsbury • January 10, 2011

Past @tapemarkgolf performer Mac King extends show at Harrah’s Las Vegas through 2015 (15 year run!)


DK @kingsbury • January 10, 2011

“…keep them playing, keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose. In the end, we get it all.”


DK @kingsbury • January 11, 2011

Is it bad when you hear slushy noises while snowshoeing on a supposedly frozen lake?


DK @kingsbury • January 11, 2011

Thank you Netflix for streaming all of Casino over this crappy Northwoods Internet connection. Joe Pesci rocks


DK @kingsbury • January 11, 2011

Multi-hour system outage, directors meeting, new employee in my group started today and finally turned in state of the union report to execs


DK @kingsbury • January 12, 2011

The Minnesota Lottery online game play site is one of the worst designs I’ve ever seen


DK @kingsbury • January 12, 2011

Wow, the casino Muzak system is playing “7” by Prince


DK @kingsbury • January 12, 2011

Made it all the way across the bay tonight on the snowshoes. Decent workout with snow this deep


DK @kingsbury • January 12, 2011

Yes! New Cake – Showroom of Compassion, $7.99 at the Amazon MP3 Store


DK @kingsbury • January 12, 2011

Power out on point, casino on generator power, Internet connections down. Phone lines, mobile data and spam still working


DK @kingsbury • January 12, 2011

T1 line was up, DSL down. New second DSL line still not installed and server room temps were soaring. Not a great morning so far


DK @kingsbury • January 12, 2011

Happy 10th birthday to kid two – double digits, baby!


DK @kingsbury • January 12, 2011

Someone was very surprised and happy to see me


DK @kingsbury • January 13, 2011

Amazing how well 10 hours of sleep fixes things when you are old


DK @kingsbury • January 13, 2011

New web site and other changes for the Med-City Marathon in Rochester (5/29/11)


DK @kingsbury • January 13, 2011

Thumbs up on the new fries at Wendy’s


DK @kingsbury • January 13, 2011

Lots of dumb errands for stuff I’ve been putting off finally completed today (or scheduled)


DK @kingsbury • January 14, 2011

Trying the fusilli carbonara at @EatAndiamo in Eagan. The former Bibo and Viva Italia space looks exactly the same as before


DK @kingsbury • January 14, 2011

And here it is


DK @kingsbury • January 14, 2011

Made kid two’s Thursday night swim lessons two weeks in a row


DK @kingsbury • January 14, 2011

Slow, lazy day today. Trying not to get the crud going around


DK @kingsbury • January 14, 2011

Playing chauffeur so my mom can take sick kid two on a birthday shopping trip to Patina before going to the doctor


DK @kingsbury • January 15, 2011

Never saw the original True Grit, but very much enjoyed the Coen Brothers version tonight


DK @kingsbury • January 15, 2011

Kid two’s turn at the inventor’s fair


DK @kingsbury • January 15, 2011

Cleaning house for tonight’s birthday party for kid two – not fun. Houseful of ten-year-old girls for 3 hours – time for drinks?


DK @kingsbury • January 16, 2011

One birthday guest got sick and left early, so down to 8 ten-year-old girls. On first cranberry and vodka


DK @kingsbury • January 16, 2011

So conflicted about this Packers-Falcons game. As a Minnesotan, I have to cheer against the Pack, but that ATL championship loss still hurts


DK @kingsbury • January 16, 2011

Oh, hell nay


DK @kingsbury • January 16, 2011

Watching Sony Open replay – Hawaii sure doesn’t suck


DK @kingsbury • January 16, 2011

One good reason to fly to Detroit


DK @kingsbury • January 17, 2011

I’d like to think the Wild have this game under control so I can leave for Vermilion, but I’m sure they can still blow it in the third


DK @kingsbury • January 17, 2011

Congrats, Anton. Should’ve had more faith, I guess


DK @kingsbury • January 17, 2011

Dang, I liked that place


DK @kingsbury • January 17, 2011

Made it safely to the lake house tonight, but this snowstorm will make tomorrow morning interesting


DK @kingsbury • January 17, 2011

Hmm, I wonder if anyone will show up tomorrow to plow the roads between here and work


DK @kingsbury • January 17, 2011

Let’s see just what these snow tires can do


DK @kingsbury • January 17, 2011

22 mile commute, six inches of new snow (with more falling), three deer and no sign of the striking snow plows. Hurray for snow tires


DK @kingsbury • January 17, 2011

It’s delicious!


DK @kingsbury • January 18, 2011

This wind tonight adds another level of suck. Snowshoeing would be certain death


DK @kingsbury • January 18, 2011

Ahh, finally achieved total Halloween destruction. Back to the original


DK @kingsbury • January 18, 2011

I think the crud may be moving on – missed the full brunt of crappiness that poor kid two had to endure


DK @kingsbury • January 18, 2011

Meetings finally over for the day. Planning schedule for tomorrow – wonder how much longer it will take to get to Lake Superior in the snow?


DK @kingsbury • January 19, 2011

Canadian bacon party pizza in the oven, to be followed by coldest snowshoe hike ever


DK @kingsbury • January 19, 2011

Nice try, winter, but I win tonight. Long, beautiful moonlight snowshoe hike around the lake


DK @kingsbury • January 19, 2011

I’ve never actually read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but 42 does have a nice ring to it


DK @kingsbury • January 19, 2011

Starting year 42 early – off to Two Harbors for a meeting, then skiing at Lutsen


DK @kingsbury • January 19, 2011

The ice highway is the coolest thing ever – cut off 10 miles to Ely


DK @kingsbury • January 19, 2011

MN Hwy 1 is a completely different beast in the winter. Stunningly beautiful, but a challenge to keep the MINI on the slick surface


DK @kingsbury • January 19, 2011

Based on their tracks in the snow, rabbits must be the most confused animals in the world


DK @kingsbury • January 19, 2011

Freshies on Moose Mountain (and the bluebirds have returned)


DK @kingsbury • January 19, 2011

OK, don’t freak out, but know how those Olympic skiers go head first into the safety nets?


DK @kingsbury • January 19, 2011

Ski patrol says nothing broken, doesn’t look like a concussion. Lots of swelling and surface abrasions. Beat with the ugly stick 😉


DK @kingsbury • January 19, 2011

FYI – you can still eat Sven and Ole’s pizza with swollen lips


DK @kingsbury • January 20, 2011

Going from Silver Bay to Ely is like passing through the dark side of the moon


DK @kingsbury • January 20, 2011

The snowmobiles outside my window are really moving across Vermilion. Maybe I should try that next – you can’t get hurt doing that, right?


DK @kingsbury • January 20, 2011

The new shiner under the left eye certainly adds to the look


DK @kingsbury • January 20, 2011

Made it to my first NESC fiber project meeting – always good to make a good first impression 🙂


DK @kingsbury • January 20, 2011

The day after (with new shiner)


DK @kingsbury • January 20, 2011

The State of the Band is tasty


DK @kingsbury • January 21, 2011

Do truckers still use CB radios?


DK @kingsbury • January 21, 2011

I still love you MINI, but we drove waaay too much this week. Odometer nearing 100K


DK @kingsbury • January 21, 2011

Fat head, prepare to meet soft pillow


DK @kingsbury • January 21, 2011

My five minute appointment at Abra turned into an hour, but happy they fixed everything for free


DK @kingsbury • January 21, 2011

Lunch in downtown Minneapolis with the Edge – Runyon’s?


DK @kingsbury • January 23, 2011

Teletype Oregon Trail made me a nerd


DK @kingsbury • January 23, 2011

Head still looks and feels crappy – made Monday morning doctor appointment


DK @kingsbury • January 24, 2011

Doc says no CT scan or meds for now, but he did zap the canker sores. Can exercise to help muscle soreness


DK @kingsbury • January 24, 2011

Can I haz a P7000 to go along with the D7000?


DK @kingsbury • January 24, 2011

35 Years of Grandma’s Marathon. Entry fee goes up $5 on 2/1


DK @kingsbury • January 25, 2011

Watched The Bank Job with the wife, now need to write a quick report for the council and figure out when I can get back to the office


DK @kingsbury • January 25, 2011

Uploaded a few new headers at 7 Minute Miles


DK @kingsbury • January 26, 2011

Giro G9 Titanium ski helmut acquired – thanks Greg and grandpa


DK @kingsbury • January 26, 2011

Just a little late for work this week – leaving now for Vermilion


DK @kingsbury • January 26, 2011

Safely back in God’s Country. I’m thinking any sane God wouldn’t hang out around here in January, though


DK @kingsbury • January 26, 2011

Could really use another few days resting my head, but meetings beckon


DK @kingsbury • January 26, 2011

Snoop at the Cabooze? Wish I could have seen that


DK @kingsbury • January 26, 2011

Wishing I was in San Francisco this week – have fun everybody


DK @kingsbury • January 26, 2011

OMG, Cathode full screen mode may be the best reason ever to own the 17-inch MacBook Pro


DK @kingsbury • January 26, 2011

How is this even possible? 26 people in a MINI


DK @kingsbury • January 27, 2011

Big flakes coming down and me with no snow tires. Oh yeah, MINI repair now up to $3K – thanks Amica


DK @kingsbury • January 27, 2011

Head and neck hurt this morning, so I slept in til 10:30. Lunch at the Montana Cafe, stop at Gilley’s, then to work


DK @kingsbury • January 27, 2011

It’s actually a quite pleasant winter day in the Northland – roads are even wet too


DK @kingsbury • January 27, 2011

The Canadian cheddar cheese soup is awesome RT @DisneyParks: Here are the menus for Le Cellier Steakhouse


DK @kingsbury • January 27, 2011

Contemplating an iMac, a couple large external hard drives and an Apple TV


DK @kingsbury • January 28, 2011

Snowshoeing without poles feels way different – glad I stayed on the snowmobile tracks


DK @kingsbury • January 28, 2011

Time to blow this popsicle stand – “heavy snow” moving in


DK @kingsbury • January 28, 2011

Today is the day to finally stop in Barnum


DK @kingsbury • January 29, 2011

The Xfinity iPad app is pretty cool – watching the original True Grit on AMC HD. Love Jeff, but there’s only one Duke


DK @kingsbury • January 29, 2011

Love how the girl in the original True Grit went on to be the mom in Better Off Dead


DK @kingsbury • January 29, 2011

The web designers at Panic are, in my opinion, the best in the world right now


DK @kingsbury • January 29, 2011

Watching the HD replay from Torrey Pines. Just like Hawaii, the January weather in San Diego appears to not suck


DK @kingsbury • January 29, 2011

My rental loaner car is almost as small as my normal car


DK @kingsbury • January 29, 2011

Hanging out in the (almost) teenagers room. I hope whoever invented autotune has a special circle of hell reserved for them


DK @kingsbury • January 29, 2011

Waiting while kid one gets her special birthday hairdo. Boring, but at least there’s no autotune


DK @kingsbury • January 30, 2011

Oh to live in Jim Rockford-era Los Angeles


DK @kingsbury • January 30, 2011

My kids often drive me crazy, but I love them more than they will ever know


DK @kingsbury • January 30, 2011

Cherry phosphates and cheese fries, FTW!


DK @kingsbury • January 31, 2011

Head is killing me – just can’t drive up tonight. Will try again at 4AM


DK @kingsbury • January 31, 2011

This is going to be one long commute today – at least the string of plows is leading the way


DK @kingsbury • January 31, 2011

Traded snow for cold. Fair trade as far as driving goes


DK @kingsbury • January 31, 2011

Happy time for Vegas this weekend: Super Bowl *and* Chinese New Year


DK @kingsbury • January 31, 2011

Wilderness XC: down 1st fairway, around holes 4 & 5, down 9, loop around again, then past 17 and finish by 18th green


DK @kingsbury • January 31, 2011

John and John are very nice, but I’m beginning to skip past most TMBG songs these days


DK @kingsbury • January 31, 2011

Coming to Fortune Bay next weekend for the big game


DK @kingsbury • January 31, 2011

Two observations: 1) IT industry magazines make me question my career choice and 2) Disney *still* doesn’t seem to get online or mobile


DK @kingsbury • January 31, 2011

Hot damn, it’s not completely pitch black out right now – could we really be getting closer to spring?


DK @kingsbury • February 1, 2011

Almost forgot my free birthday ice cream cone at work


DK @kingsbury • February 1, 2011

No new snow last night, but the overnight low was -26F. Forecast calls for sun and +10F, though, so we have that going for us


DK @kingsbury • February 1, 2011

More XC skiing at lunch today – this time with the real camera. Pictures soon on the new work Facebook page


DK @kingsbury • February 1, 2011

Love it – “cowards won’t show


DK @kingsbury • February 1, 2011

OK, I take back part of what I said yesterday – Disney Parks does a nice job with the blog


DK @kingsbury • February 2, 2011

Still seems so wrong there is no Wild hockey on Northland satellite TV – I guess online radio is better than nothing


DK @kingsbury • February 2, 2011

The XC skiing must be working – thighs are burning tonight


DK @kingsbury • February 2, 2011

Was going to sleep early, but now I need to stay up for at least another 70 minutes


DK @kingsbury • February 2, 2011

Dear David Kingsbury: Congratulations! You are officially registered for the 30th annual Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon on October 2, 2011


DK @kingsbury • February 2, 2011

Sunny and brisk


DK @kingsbury • February 2, 2011

The White Stripes are done


DK @kingsbury • February 2, 2011

Too far behind from meetings to get out on the XC trails today, but plan to snowshoe tonight


DK @kingsbury • February 2, 2011

Sorta nice being back in the hotel tonight. Off to do a bit of snowshoeing before dinner along the 13th hole on Everetts Bay


DK @kingsbury • February 3, 2011

Made it two thirds of the way around Everett Bay before rediscovering the concept of windchill. Warming back up with a chef salad


DK @kingsbury • February 3, 2011

Heading south with a rapidly worsening head cold


DK @kingsbury • February 4, 2011

Are the Wild ‘focused and ready?’ The outlook through 61 seconds is pretty good


DK @kingsbury • February 4, 2011

Cold still hanging on, but feel pretty positive today. Carpet cleaner coming at noon, kid two conferences and a nice dinner planned


DK @kingsbury • February 4, 2011

Laying 2-1 odds the carpet cleaner looks at the family room and just says “buy new carpet”


DK @kingsbury • February 4, 2011

Lost the bet – stairs, office and couch look great. Two stains in family room still visible, but greatly diminished


DK @kingsbury • February 4, 2011

Sweet, I have a designated driver for the next two nights in a row


DK @kingsbury • February 5, 2011

Black Swan at Regal Eagan with kid one – welcome to R movies, teenager


DK @kingsbury • February 5, 2011

The family room and office are mostly reassembled (with new layouts). Eliminated a few wires, but still way too many, IMO


DK @kingsbury • February 6, 2011

Off to the new Grumpy’s in Roseville for Amy’s birthday slash going away party


DK @kingsbury • February 6, 2011

Great time at Grumpy’s – skipped the vodka tonight so I can get up and run the Minneapolis lakes in the morning with the M-Steil


DK @kingsbury • February 6, 2011

One loop of Calhoun and three of Harriet = about 12.5 miles with Megan


DK @kingsbury • February 6, 2011

Back at the tropical Wise Swim School for a make-up session. Kid two is now registered for swim team!


DK @kingsbury • February 7, 2011

The MINI rides again – closing in on 100,000 (next week?)


DK @kingsbury • February 7, 2011

Wish drive time could double as sleep – where is that auto-pilot switch?


DK @kingsbury • February 7, 2011

Safely back to my cold office in the cold Northland – think I need to find a trash can to start a fire in


DK @kingsbury • February 7, 2011

“Large, last minute bets on the Steelers may have saved Las Vegas sports books from enduring their first losing Super Bowl since 2008.”


DK @kingsbury • February 8, 2011

Old man winter wins tonight – extra comforter, a little reading, then the Five-O


DK @kingsbury • February 8, 2011

The Hawaii Five-O theme song brings back such good childhood memories: both from the original show and from going over there all those times


DK @kingsbury • February 8, 2011

Oh Tuesday, why must you be so difficult? Midnight can’t come soon enough


DK @kingsbury • February 9, 2011

Idiot: 4.1 miles on the snowshoes, -10F air temp, 10-15mph winds. Beautiful moonlight and stars, though (and no frostbite)


DK @kingsbury • February 9, 2011

Weirdness abounds. The full moon is when?


DK @kingsbury • February 10, 2011

The field for the 35th annual running of Grandma’s Marathon (June 18, 2011) is more than half full – register here


DK @kingsbury • February 10, 2011

Dammit, Ronald, a plain cheeseburger shouldn’t have pickles, onions and ketchup on it


DK @kingsbury • February 10, 2011

Doesn’t seem quite fair that I had a 50 degree temperature swing today, yet it’s only +12F right now


DK @kingsbury • February 11, 2011

Happy belated birthday to me


DK @kingsbury • February 11, 2011

After telling kid one not to sleep so late, got up at 10AM today. Heading to lunch with Mr. Miller, then maybe the MOA


DK @kingsbury • February 11, 2011

It’s complicated


DK @kingsbury • February 12, 2011

Need more players on QRANK (user name is kingsbury) – only 15 questions a day, people


DK @kingsbury • February 12, 2011

Bravo Badgers!


DK @kingsbury • February 13, 2011

Hanging out with kid one at the X for the conclusion of Hockey Day Minnesota – go Wild!


DK @kingsbury • February 13, 2011

Just found out the IRS isn’t sending paper forms this year. Good thing I didn’t keep waiting before getting stuff together


DK @kingsbury • February 13, 2011

Sore back and headache, but it’s 45F and sunny. Need to get outside soon


DK @kingsbury • February 13, 2011

Ran 6 sloppy miles in Eagan and Apple Valley. Lots of ice, mud and puddles to break in the new Mizunos


DK @kingsbury • February 13, 2011

Parked on the couch with kid one for Grammy Awards marathon


DK @kingsbury • February 14, 2011

Gotta love Cee-lo!


DK @kingsbury • February 14, 2011

Haters can hate, but I’m rather enjoying the Grammys – Mumford & Sons, Avett Brothers, Dylan, Cee Lo, Muse all great


DK @kingsbury • February 14, 2011

Survivor starts again on Wednesday? 2011 will be over before you know it


DK @kingsbury • February 14, 2011

Hey look, kid one, Dre isn’t wearing beats on stage 😉


DK @kingsbury • February 14, 2011

Mick’s moving around pretty good for being 67


DK @kingsbury • February 14, 2011

Still above 40F here tonight, but wind advisory – gusts up to 45mph


DK @kingsbury • February 14, 2011

Decided I much prefer Minnesota woodlands to Minnesota farmlands


DK @kingsbury • February 14, 2011

Always a trip returning to St. Anthony Park


DK @kingsbury • February 14, 2011

Totally missed it, but the MINI rolled over 100,000 miles this morning


DK @kingsbury • February 15, 2011

Kinda weird seeing the outside thermometer hovering on the good side of zero this evening


DK @kingsbury • February 15, 2011

There are hundreds of thousands of files on my laptop and the one I need right now is MIA – hope it’s on one of my multiple backups


DK @kingsbury • February 15, 2011

Looking for cheaper WordPress options: Dreamhost, Media Temple, Laughing Squid or MacMiniColo?


DK @kingsbury • February 15, 2011

Casino de Monte-Carlo is beautiful, but tiny – only 165 slots, 13 roulette tables and 9 other table games. Mr. Bond must prefer it that way


DK @kingsbury • February 15, 2011

Crushing Words with Friends defeat today – even with a 72 point word 🙁


DK @kingsbury • February 15, 2011

After ten years, I switched my Netflix account to streaming only today. No more scratched DVDs (but a new reliance on good bandwidth)


DK @kingsbury • February 16, 2011

Off to donate blood for the first time in at least five years


DK @kingsbury • February 16, 2011

Guess I was off just a bit – almost 15 years since my last blood draw. Got my cookies and juice, though


DK @kingsbury • February 16, 2011

Boston just got harder for me


DK @kingsbury • February 17, 2011

I’m not too proud to admit it – excited for the new season of Survivor


DK @kingsbury • February 17, 2011

Hard to believe I will be the parent of a teenager in less than three hours – happy birthday, kid one


DK @kingsbury • February 17, 2011

New Facebook account created and configured for kid one – hope I have the multitude of privacy settings correct


DK @kingsbury • February 17, 2011

Couple of panic attacks this morning as the IT gremlins run around with reckless abandon


DK @kingsbury • February 17, 2011

Linux permissions also biting me in the ass


DK @kingsbury • February 17, 2011

Linux server issues mostly resolved and new intranet prototype successfully transferred over – time to hit the road


DK @kingsbury • February 18, 2011

Still liking the new fries at Wendy’s, but probably didn’t need to stop there


DK @kingsbury • February 18, 2011

Tapemark Pro-Am meeting at Keys in Woodbury


DK @kingsbury • February 18, 2011

At Delta building J to pick up Mr. Miller for lunch


DK @kingsbury • February 18, 2011

Heading in to St. Paul for family birthday dinner for kid one at Luci (my favorite spot in town)


DK @kingsbury • February 19, 2011

Woke up with headache, but too much to do: kid two haircut and birthday party, electronics recycling, exercise, kid one to movie, taxes


DK @kingsbury • February 19, 2011

A little over one hour snowshoeing in Lebanon Hills before the big storm hits – still a lot of snow there now, though


DK @kingsbury • February 20, 2011

Just not in the right mood to work on the taxes tonight – will try again tomorrow during the snowstorm


DK @kingsbury • February 20, 2011

State and federal taxes done. Will have to pay in to both for first time in years – way bigger hit than I expected too, unfortunately


DK @kingsbury • February 21, 2011

Snow tires FTW!


DK @kingsbury • February 21, 2011

Well *this* has been an exciting drive: drifted over freeway entrance, semi-induced white-outs, reckless passing and snow tornados


DK @kingsbury • February 21, 2011

And after all that, only 7 minutes late


DK @kingsbury • February 21, 2011

Baccarat has replaced blackjack as the top table game on the Strip, accounting for 20 percent of total winnings last year ($1.2 billion)


DK @kingsbury • February 21, 2011

And that’s on only 272 tables (out of 5500)


DK @kingsbury • February 21, 2011

Do-si-dos: the crack of the girl scout cookie world – downed half a box in under 10 minutes


DK @kingsbury • February 22, 2011

45 minutes of snowshoeing on icy Lake Vermilion. A bazillion stars, not much snow and occasional weird creaking sounds – spring coming?


DK @kingsbury • February 22, 2011

Not my favorite Tuesday ever, but getting by hour by hour


DK @kingsbury • February 22, 2011

Grilled cheese sammy, to the rescue!


DK @kingsbury • February 23, 2011

Got to Zup’s before they closed, watching Glee now, then snowshoeing and hot tub


DK @kingsbury • February 23, 2011

Made it halfway across bay, snow cover ended, saw exposed ice with cracks, turned around and went back. Don’t want to die *that* way


DK @kingsbury • February 23, 2011

Hot tub seems much safer


DK @kingsbury • February 23, 2011

It’s pretty cool when you can’t find the big dipper right away because there are too many stars in the sky


DK @kingsbury • February 23, 2011

Wanted to hit the XC trail today at lunch, but 1) it’s snowing, 2) my repair vendor arrived onsite and 3) WordPress 3.1 changed everything


DK @kingsbury • February 23, 2011

Still snowing steadily – looks like four or five inches so far


DK @kingsbury • February 24, 2011

More, please


DK @kingsbury • February 24, 2011

Finished massive Tapemark file cleanup, now updating WordPress plugins and prepping for more 3.1 conversions


DK @kingsbury • February 24, 2011

The Walker management continues to disappoint me – 20.21 is just the latest in what is becoming a long line of bonehead decisions


DK @kingsbury • February 24, 2011

And just like that, my “new” laptop is now two revisions old already


DK @kingsbury • February 24, 2011

Really wish I hadn’t smashed my sunglasses at Lutsen


DK @kingsbury • February 25, 2011

If I-35 had autobahn rules, I’d be home by now


DK @kingsbury • February 25, 2011

I don’t know if I would have approved the personalized plate “WINO”


DK @kingsbury • February 25, 2011

Plan for next three hours: treadmill + Wild/Kings game (just incline walking, though)


DK @kingsbury • February 25, 2011

Got emails from both Grandmas and Twin Cities today. The former is at 5800 and the latter is at 4500


DK @kingsbury • February 25, 2011

Feels good to have a sweaty workout in shorts and a T-shirt for a change (hand weights made the treadmill tougher)


DK @kingsbury • February 25, 2011

Age: 66, dick


DK @kingsbury • February 25, 2011

Fully maxed 17-inch MBP is $3K, but I’d still have to upgrade the hard drive. And when will laptops get more than 8GB of RAM?


DK @kingsbury • February 25, 2011

Mental health day with the animals, camera and 80-200mm zoom lens


DK @kingsbury • February 25, 2011

Called Comcast, but couldn’t kill TV just yet. Did save $17/month by switching from HBO to Showtime, though


DK @kingsbury • February 26, 2011

Winter party at the school, Dexter, Californication and now Wild-Ducks. Pretty decent end to the day


DK @kingsbury • February 26, 2011

Damn, I love PMB


DK @kingsbury • February 26, 2011

Today’s agenda: kid two acting, haircuts and a 70th birthday party in Eau Claire, Wisconsin


DK @kingsbury • February 27, 2011

I should start off more days watching Bond movies


DK @kingsbury • February 27, 2011

The “new” Fuddruckers is just as good as ever (but they lost the Elvis, Beatles and Stones tables)


DK @kingsbury • February 28, 2011

I wonder if toll house cookies and chex mix for dinner helped or hurt my massive headache?


DK @kingsbury • February 28, 2011

How can you watch Randy Newman and not think of Will Sasso?


DK @kingsbury • February 28, 2011

Hmm, need to wake up in four hours, haven’t packed and don’t want to sleep yet – Angry Birds?


DK @kingsbury • February 28, 2011

Safely in the office, but I’m sure the sleep deficit will hit sometime after lunch


DK @kingsbury • February 28, 2011

Still awake and still at the office, but this day is really starting to drag. Wish someplace around here had Versus for Wild/Hawks


DK @kingsbury • March 1, 2011

Not always easy to find, but I love how there seems to be a WordPress plugin for anything you want if you look hard enough


DK @kingsbury • March 1, 2011

Three miles across Lake Vermilion on the snowshoes – the latest snowfall really helped with conditions


DK @kingsbury • March 1, 2011

Supposed to be +23F today outside, but my office feels close to that now. Forecast low tonight of -19F. Thanks for nothing, March


DK @kingsbury • March 1, 2011

Directors meeting cancelled today, so I thought I’d actually try learning something new today


DK @kingsbury • March 1, 2011

25MPH wind gusts overruled any chance of me getting in some XC skiing today


DK @kingsbury • March 2, 2011

For a little variety, decided to give the iPod a rest and sample Northwoods radio. Wow.


DK @kingsbury • March 2, 2011

The MINI is fighting back for being stuck in that cold wind last night – brakes locked up. Will wait until it gets warmer than -28F


DK @kingsbury • March 2, 2011

This is like living in the frozen version of the Bermuda Triangle: 20 degrees colder than everywhere else, no cell coverage, slow internet


DK @kingsbury • March 2, 2011

Hurray, the MINI brakes finally unfroze


DK @kingsbury • March 3, 2011

Sorta glad I can’t watch the Wild-Isles game tonight. Survivor, Modern Family, then back to learning more about WordPress 3.1


DK @kingsbury • March 3, 2011

Wow, the Duluth ABC affiliate is showing a boys high school regional game instead of Modern Family (Hibbing vs. Virginia)


DK @kingsbury • March 3, 2011

I should probably review my server logs more frequently than once every couple of years


DK @kingsbury • March 3, 2011

I hear there’s a “don’t miss” choir concert later today in Eagan


DK @kingsbury • March 4, 2011

Dinner at Smashburger with my parents, great music concert by kid two and the traditional post-concert visit to DQ


DK @kingsbury • March 4, 2011

Why I love the Current: Islands in the Stream, Detroit Rock City, Rock With You


DK @kingsbury • March 4, 2011

Busy morning: bus stop, body shop, credit union, car wash, snowshoeing and kid two doctor (tonsils). And it’s only 10:45 – score!


DK @kingsbury • March 5, 2011

Ran an unexpected 5 miles with Megan – two loops of Lake Nokomis at an 8:30 pace


DK @kingsbury • March 5, 2011

Introducing my grounded teenager to classic movies – tonight’s screening is Raiders of the Lost Ark


DK @kingsbury • March 5, 2011

Morning “classic” movie with grounded kid one – Better Off Dead


DK @kingsbury • March 6, 2011

Trying a new snowshoe loop at Lebanon Hills before heading to the Wild game


DK @kingsbury • March 6, 2011

Pre-game warmups at the X with the Wild and the Sabres


DK @kingsbury • March 7, 2011

Just enough snow to screw up the commute


DK @kingsbury • March 7, 2011

If the interstate was the “good road,” the rest of this drive is going to suck


DK @kingsbury • March 7, 2011

Arrived safely at work – about the same amount of snow here, but 20 degrees colder


DK @kingsbury • March 7, 2011

Just registered for Minnesota’s Annual Rite of Spring


DK @kingsbury • March 7, 2011

Golf season in northern Minnesota appears to be a bit delayed


DK @kingsbury • March 8, 2011

Uh-oh, new St. Patricks Angry Birds update coming today?


DK @kingsbury • March 8, 2011

Trying to save money via lunch from the grocery store instead of the deli only works when you remember to bring the damn stuff with you


DK @kingsbury • March 8, 2011

Phoenix tickets booked on Sun Country 4/2-4/7. Can’t wait for the warmth (and golf)


DK @kingsbury • March 9, 2011

Can you spare $40? Get your name on scrolling Tapemark ticker and help push the thermometer to 100%


DK @kingsbury • March 9, 2011

Created 2011 database and updated code for the 40th Annual Tapemark Charity Pro-Am. Registration is now open at tapemarkproam.org


DK @kingsbury • March 9, 2011

+20F never felt so good


DK @kingsbury • March 9, 2011

12TB for $1499? Yes, please


DK @kingsbury • March 10, 2011

This is pretty cool – the Duluth ABC affiliate that pre-empted Modern Family last week has the state tournament on tonight. Poor New Ulm


DK @kingsbury • March 10, 2011

Hockey results tonight are not going the way I’d like (MSHSL Class A and NHL)


DK @kingsbury • March 10, 2011

Two Angry Birds updates in one night? Might be a little extra tired in the morning


DK @kingsbury • March 10, 2011

Fritos are pure evil


DK @kingsbury • March 10, 2011

I wonder what I weighed in this awesome college photo


DK @kingsbury • March 10, 2011

Decided to splurge on a steak and chicken wild rice soup for lunch and ran into Bill Medley and his daughter in the Tamarack


DK @kingsbury • March 11, 2011

The audience is slowly streaming in for the Righteous Brother, Bill Medley, at Fortune Bay


DK @kingsbury • March 11, 2011

Bill Medley is a nice guy and great entertainer – talked about opening for the Beatles and Stones, working with Elvis in Vegas, hall of fame


DK @kingsbury • March 11, 2011

Nice to be back in the saddle again


DK @kingsbury • March 11, 2011

Still a little scared going near these


DK @kingsbury • March 12, 2011

That was weird – feel asleep while watching the Edina-Duluth East game and couldn’t remember where I was when I woke up


DK @kingsbury • March 12, 2011

Looks like no playoffs for Wild and no state championship for Eagan


DK @kingsbury • March 12, 2011

46mph gusts, drizzle, snow – morning run not looking like fun


DK @kingsbury • March 12, 2011

Californication much more entertaining than any hockey I watched today (except for that Duluth East game winner)


DK @kingsbury • March 12, 2011

Roads too slippery – ran 10K on the treadmill instead


DK @kingsbury • March 13, 2011

Ran 10 slow, cautious miles on the skating rink known as Johnny Cake Ridge Road


DK @kingsbury • March 13, 2011

The new St. Paul branch of Black Sheep Pizza


DK @kingsbury • March 13, 2011

Decided to start the Monday commute on Sunday. Thanks daylight saving for the extra light


DK @kingsbury • March 14, 2011

Arrived safely at the lake house. Stars galore above frozen Lake Vermilion


DK @kingsbury • March 14, 2011

Sad: Sahara Hotel Casino closing May 16 – last remaining Rat Pack spot on the strip (opened 1952). Louis Prima was the lounge act in 1954


DK @kingsbury • March 14, 2011

Very cool! RT @nccturf: Golf Digest has a change tracker of Augusta National available on their website


DK @kingsbury • March 14, 2011

Finally fixed an annoying sync bug I’ve dealt with for months – time to go home


DK @kingsbury • March 15, 2011

Never tire watching the bald eagles of Lake Vermilion – so majestic


DK @kingsbury • March 15, 2011

“I think it was a good day to be Hobo Jack”


DK @kingsbury • March 15, 2011

Las Vegas Sun: Penny slots game of choice on Strip – $2 billion last year ($47K average per machine statewide)


DK @kingsbury • March 15, 2011

Can this be right? The new CIO for MGM Resorts was CIO/CTO for Best Buy, PepsiCo, Wells Fargo and The Money Store. That’s a lot of moving


DK @kingsbury • March 15, 2011

Bluegrass/banjo version of King Tut is pretty frickin’ awesome


DK @kingsbury • March 15, 2011

Pretty sure this will be my last day snowshoeing on Vermilion for a while


DK @kingsbury • March 16, 2011

The tilt-shift technique is so cool looking


DK @kingsbury • March 17, 2011

Ran 7.4 hilly miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – saw almost as many deer here as I did on Vermilion all week


DK @kingsbury • March 17, 2011

Irish Nordy


DK @kingsbury • March 17, 2011

Lived here 40+ years and this is my first St. Patrick’s Day parade


DK @kingsbury • March 17, 2011

Bagpipes!


DK @kingsbury • March 17, 2011

Headed to the Water Street Inn in Stillwater for lunch and some Irish music


DK @kingsbury • March 17, 2011

My favorite parade goer from today (rockin’ the Four Loko too)


DK @kingsbury • March 18, 2011

The tropical sauna that is Wise Swim School isn’t as much of a shock when it’s 50F+ degrees outside


DK @kingsbury • March 18, 2011

Sweet – forgot there was late night west coast hockey on tonight. Wild not losing to the Sharks yet either


DK @kingsbury • March 18, 2011

In Burnsville to get the snow tires off the MINI – screw you, winter


DK @kingsbury • March 18, 2011

Despite the sunshine, feels much cooler outside today, so running 10K on the treadmill – long, outside run planned for tomorrow


DK @kingsbury • March 18, 2011

Sorry Andrew and Corey, but I will never spend another dollar with Best Buy for the rest of my life


DK @kingsbury • March 19, 2011

Not a good car day: one additional tire on my car bad and the Honda dealer closed before we could pick up the Accord


DK @kingsbury • March 19, 2011

Running shorts seemed like a good idea last night, but 27F and fog this morning might feel a bit chilly


DK @kingsbury • March 19, 2011

Ran 15 miles in Minneapolis with Megan – Nokomis, Minnehaha Parkway, Harriet and Calhoun in 2:18


DK @kingsbury • March 20, 2011

Wish I was at Lutsen Gear Daddies concert, but with kid two at her friend’s ice skating show instead. Hope phone batteries last


DK @kingsbury • March 20, 2011

Hello first day of spring and hello first robin in the tree outside


DK @kingsbury • March 21, 2011

Watching The Great Outdoors with kid two – love the “I’ve Been To Duluth” T-shirt


DK @kingsbury • March 21, 2011

Went back to the wake up at 4AM Monday routine instead of the drive late night Sunday schtick – neither is my favorite


DK @kingsbury • March 21, 2011

Gordy’s Hi-Hat reopens April 6th


DK @kingsbury • March 21, 2011

Still one of my all-time favorite movie soundtracks: The Jungle Book


DK @kingsbury • March 21, 2011

Busy work day today, plus a visit from my dad. Good thing we have video poker to keep him occupied


DK @kingsbury • March 22, 2011

Nice visit with my dad tonight at the Vermilion Club, then Hawaii Five-O at the lake house


DK @kingsbury • March 22, 2011

Weird day: long meetings, dad visit, freezing cold office, blizzard on the doorstep, sore throat, too much Mt. Dew and microwave corn


DK @kingsbury • March 23, 2011

North winds are howling off of Lake Vermilion tonight (but still no snow)


DK @kingsbury • March 23, 2011

Angry Birds Rio – not quite the same without the pigs


DK @kingsbury • March 23, 2011

Despite the lack of pigs, Angry Birds Rio still managed to burn up about two hours of productivity tonight – curse you Finns!


DK @kingsbury • March 23, 2011

Woke up to continued high winds, but also sunshine and not a single flake of new snow – bad weather forecasts, FTW!


DK @kingsbury • March 23, 2011

It’s nice having friends in high places


DK @kingsbury • March 23, 2011

Tech bars: awesome vs. dick


DK @kingsbury • March 23, 2011

Evaluating the latest versions of Joomla, iPad and AppleTV this afternoon


DK @kingsbury • March 24, 2011

-10F this morning at lake house, but still no new snow and the sun is shining in the blue, blue sky


DK @kingsbury • March 24, 2011

Not sure how I got on the Roy’s email list, but these pictures are making me very, very sad that the closest one is in Chicago


DK @kingsbury • March 24, 2011

I don’t like the way WordPress manages photo galleries and so far no plugin I’ve seen fixes it very well. Joomla doesn’t look any better


DK @kingsbury • March 24, 2011

Looks like I’ll just try to spruce up my existing WordPress site and theme – not finding anything I really like better


DK @kingsbury • March 24, 2011

It *looks* like a nice evening on the lake, but still too much ice and cold for spring


DK @kingsbury • March 25, 2011

The entertainment for tonights commute consists of using the seek button on the radio to find the titleholder for worst song selection


DK @kingsbury • March 25, 2011

OK, so it’s not music, but we have a winner: Christian talk radio. Wow.


DK @kingsbury • March 25, 2011

Relieved there are still a few stations that play music older than me. Big Band reminds me of Tom and Jerry cartoons


DK @kingsbury • March 25, 2011

Counted 22 deer on the side of the road outside Cloquet (before stopping for gas)


DK @kingsbury • March 25, 2011

Sadly, Shazam had no match for the old, live, 15-minute blues jam I just heard


DK @kingsbury • March 25, 2011

I’m detecting a lot of shared themes between the blues and country stations


DK @kingsbury • March 25, 2011

Dang, Welch Village is closed for the season and I never got to use my pass


DK @kingsbury • March 25, 2011

Ha! Pierce as the gimp… 🙂


DK @kingsbury • March 25, 2011

Watching Golf Channel from Bay Hill: Orlando and Minneapolis both sunny with blue skies, with only a 53 degree temperature difference


DK @kingsbury • March 25, 2011

Slacker afternoon on the couch before heading to Uptown to see Cedar Rapids and have dinner with the wife


DK @kingsbury • March 25, 2011

Down to only one orange dashboard warning light in the MINI – that may be as good as it gets until it dies


DK @kingsbury • March 26, 2011

The flat iron steak and fries at Barbette may be my all-time favorite meal. And did I mention John C. Reilly was damn funny in Cedar Rapids?


DK @kingsbury • March 26, 2011

Stupid headache has ruined most of my grand plans for today 🙁


DK @kingsbury • March 27, 2011

Not feeling 100%, but still managed 10 (slow) miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – only 31F out, but sunny and very little wind


DK @kingsbury • March 27, 2011

Dropped kid one off at movie theater date before heading north. Rumor has it tonight could be the “first kiss” – so not ready for this phase


DK @kingsbury • March 28, 2011

It may drop to -3F tonight, but next week at this time I’ll be finishing up a round of golf in Arizona


DK @kingsbury • March 28, 2011

Arrived safely at the lake house, after stops at Mickey D’s and Black Bear (fries and poker). So many stars out it’s not even funny


DK @kingsbury • March 28, 2011

To help get you in the mood for The Masters


DK @kingsbury • March 28, 2011

Hearing that Captain Kirk is 80 makes me feel not so old


DK @kingsbury • March 28, 2011

So want to hit the “Buy Now” button for WWDC, but it just doesn’t mesh with my current job all that well


DK @kingsbury • March 28, 2011

Raving: “Unlike any other industry, casinos are built on the shoulders of mathematics.”


DK @kingsbury • March 28, 2011

Time to dust off my command line DNS and compiling skills – this could get ugly


DK @kingsbury • March 28, 2011

Primary DNS changes made and support ticket to Digital Forest submitted to delete secondary DNS records – first ticket in more than a year


DK @kingsbury • March 28, 2011

Cleaned up httpd-vhosts.conf and tried a graceful call to apachectl, but it was broken. Fix here


DK @kingsbury • March 28, 2011

Next up for cleaning: Apache directories, deprecated MySQL databases and users, backup and stat scripts


DK @kingsbury • March 28, 2011

Was worried that my AMP stack would need recompiling to support WordPress 3.2, but I’m still OK


DK @kingsbury • March 28, 2011

Waaaay behind in phpMyAdmin versions – 3.4 beta looks pretty nice


DK @kingsbury • March 28, 2011

First Echo Point 10K run of 2011 – good conditions, sun, serenity and plenty of Northwoods beauty


DK @kingsbury • March 29, 2011

Blaze red Vermilion sunset, bald eagle in the tall pine tree and only car on the road – my kind of commute


DK @kingsbury • March 29, 2011

Becoming addicted to Pawn Stars and American Pickers


DK @kingsbury • March 29, 2011

Near physical exhaustion, but stupid brain won’t shut down – early AM will not be fun


DK @kingsbury • March 29, 2011

It’s 1AM and I’ve now collected all the golden pineapples in Angry Birds Rio levels 1 & 2


DK @kingsbury • March 29, 2011

Argh, 2:30AM. You’d think I had downed a 12-pack of Dew or something


DK @kingsbury • March 29, 2011

Dear Amazon (and all other cloud vendors) – not an option in this part of rural America, sorry


DK @kingsbury • March 29, 2011

Grandma’s entry fee goes up on April 1. Sign up now and save $10


DK @kingsbury • March 29, 2011

I love this place – per diem and mileage check *before* my trip to Phoenix


DK @kingsbury • March 29, 2011

Hong Kong gets all the cool stuff


DK @kingsbury • March 29, 2011

Score: my work golf tournament Sunday is at #85 on Golfweek’s Top 100 modern courses (Saguaro 18 at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club)


DK @kingsbury • March 29, 2011

Screw it, I need some chicken wild rice soup *right now*


DK @kingsbury • March 29, 2011

Instant gratification


DK @kingsbury • March 29, 2011

Forecast tomorrow calls for sun, no wind and 40F – think I’ll take a day off from running today and hit Echo Point again tomorrow


DK @kingsbury • March 29, 2011

What? A “new” Union South at UW-Madison? Blasphemy!


DK @kingsbury • March 30, 2011

Thanks to our hospitality director, discovered I can watch Wild games on FSN in our data center. Next: run cable to my office b4 season ends


DK @kingsbury • March 30, 2011

Finally got some sleep, but also just hit snooze for two straight hours


DK @kingsbury • March 30, 2011

It’s almost 2PM and this is the longest I’ve been in my office all day


DK @kingsbury • March 30, 2011

Peter Gabriel at Red Rocks? That wouldn’t suck


DK @kingsbury • March 30, 2011

This would be fun too


DK @kingsbury • March 30, 2011

Summer/Fall concerts at Fortune Bay confirmed: John Fogerty, Montgomery Gentry, ZZ Top/Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent and ThundHerStruck


DK @kingsbury • March 30, 2011

Just got invited to a party at Alice Cooperstown, “Where Jocks & Rock Meet”


DK @kingsbury • March 31, 2011

Ran 10K on Echo Point


DK @kingsbury • March 31, 2011

I *love* that Julie Nelson has a picture of her with Boba Fett on her website


DK @kingsbury • March 31, 2011

Fast and reliable internet access is something you really take for granted until you go somewhere without it


DK @kingsbury • March 31, 2011

Maybe there is hope for me – first stab at PHP/MySQL custom coding in years worked right away with no errors


DK @kingsbury • March 31, 2011

One slight wrench due to weird WordPress/PHP issue, but my old school code was fine. Now just need to calc pace


DK @kingsbury • March 31, 2011

Sam the bald eagle was on his perch this morning on Hwy 77 – that makes four days in a row


DK @kingsbury • March 31, 2011

Pace code appears to be working on the new 7 Minute Miles run log


DK @kingsbury • March 31, 2011

I’m not a code monkey by any stretch, but damn this is some powerful stuff


DK @kingsbury • March 31, 2011

Guess I better get some onion rings from Porky’s tomorrow


DK @kingsbury • March 31, 2011

Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow will tour together this summer, but no Fortune Bay stop (Summerfest, July 3, is the closest)


DK @kingsbury • March 31, 2011

Starting the long commute from pine trees to cacti


DK @kingsbury • March 31, 2011

“You can sleep with a blonde, you can sleep with a brunette…but you won’t get any sleep at all if you sleep with a redhead.”


DK @kingsbury • April 1, 2011

The Wild scored two goals in the time it took me to park the car and turn on the TV?


DK @kingsbury • April 1, 2011

Feeling a little bittersweet that last night was the last night in the lake house – back to the hotel after Arizona


DK @kingsbury • April 1, 2011

Slept in, then ran a brisk 6 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley (49:15). Cloudy, windy and 39F – shorts weather!


DK @kingsbury • April 1, 2011

So happy to have two kids who can wake up and go to school on their own. At least I think that’s where they went


DK @kingsbury • April 1, 2011

Finally watched the season finale of Californication – that dinner scene *was* pretty awesome


DK @kingsbury • April 1, 2011

Hour wait for a little bit of history


DK @kingsbury • April 2, 2011

Sad morning – looks like our last bird is about to join his family in pet heaven 🙁


DK @kingsbury • April 2, 2011

I still think the devil kicked Johnny’s butt – I mean, he had a band of *demons* join in


DK @kingsbury • April 2, 2011

Sun Country Flt. 703, MSP-PHX, seat 13A


DK @kingsbury • April 3, 2011

Despite the hassles, I still find air travel magical – landed safely in Phoenix


DK @kingsbury • April 3, 2011

$275 a night and you still have to pay for wireless? Screw you, Hyatt


DK @kingsbury • April 3, 2011

Golf tournament shuttle almost 40 minutes late, but we should still make it in time. Weather is perfect!


DK @kingsbury • April 3, 2011

Fiesta likes Arizona golf


DK @kingsbury • April 4, 2011

Every night’s a party at the Lucky 7 Saloon


DK @kingsbury • April 4, 2011

Despite multiple applications of sunscreen today, seem to have turned lobster red


DK @kingsbury • April 4, 2011

I guess Alice doesn’t cook on Sunday nights


DK @kingsbury • April 5, 2011

After two days in Phoenix, I have become quite fond of aloe vera


DK @kingsbury • April 5, 2011

Danny Glover in the house


DK @kingsbury • April 6, 2011

First look at the new Strib: feels de-cluttered with good use of white space. I’ll see if I really like it after using it a while, though


DK @kingsbury • April 6, 2011

Heading back over here again


DK @kingsbury • April 6, 2011

Dang, no free Harley for me


DK @kingsbury • April 6, 2011

Saved the best session for last


DK @kingsbury • April 6, 2011

Conference is over and I have absolutely nothing I *have* to do until my flight back tomorrow at 6PM. Ahh


DK @kingsbury • April 7, 2011

The dreaded auto-refresh is still set on the new Strib site and I don’t like the updated rotating headlines section on the front page


DK @kingsbury • April 7, 2011

Wow, it’s raining in Phoenix


DK @kingsbury • April 7, 2011

Almost choked to death on a chicken wing while laying in my hotel bed watching Survivor. That would’ve been a pathetic obit


DK @kingsbury • April 7, 2011

Hollywood needed to re-make Arthur why, exactly?


DK @kingsbury • April 7, 2011

Sore throat + cough = no running in Arizona this trip


DK @kingsbury • April 7, 2011

Had a private screening of The King’s Speech in downtown Phoenix, now off to the airport


DK @kingsbury • April 7, 2011

Still no full body scanner to opt-out of, but the PHX TSA decided to keep my aloe vera. Stupid


DK @kingsbury • April 8, 2011

Not good to see one of those outside your airplane window (guy passed out after boarding)


DK @kingsbury • April 8, 2011

Landed safely at MSP, but there is nothing like that icepick through the ear feeling of landing with a head cold


DK @kingsbury • April 9, 2011

Hacking cough and sore throat, so why not watch some bad hockey?


DK @kingsbury • April 9, 2011

Stole kid two’s cough medicine, but it’s not helping much so far (even with a double dose)


DK @kingsbury • April 9, 2011

I guess if I have to be sick, Masters weekend is as good a time as any


DK @kingsbury • April 10, 2011

Day four of being sick and I’m ready to be done. Back to work tomorrow one way or another


DK @kingsbury • April 11, 2011

Thanks, Wild, you made me so happy I almost coughed up a lung


DK @kingsbury • April 11, 2011

Woke up before the 4AM alarm – this could be a very long day


DK @kingsbury • April 11, 2011

Made it back to the cold Northland – still a little snow here and there, but the golf course looks great


DK @kingsbury • April 11, 2011

Dear vendor, how many times will you call me before you get the message that I don’t want to talk to you ever again? Caller ID, FTW


DK @kingsbury • April 11, 2011

Hmm, 69-year-old Paul Simon in the mainroom at First Ave for $50? I can’t see that happening again ever – should probably go


DK @kingsbury • April 11, 2011

iChat screen sharing comes in very handy for remote parenting


DK @kingsbury • April 12, 2011

Argh, let’s get those tarps out of here! Fifth at the Wilderness today


DK @kingsbury • April 12, 2011

Megan talked me into registering for the TC 1 Mile – will try to beat 6:34 on May 12 in downtown Minneapolis


DK @kingsbury • April 13, 2011

Only problem with not being at the lake house: now I basically live at work four days a week


DK @kingsbury • April 13, 2011

The cold must be going away, as the insomnia has returned. Hello again, original Angry Birds


DK @kingsbury • April 13, 2011

Just tested all 4 network options at work. So slow – 1.34/0.46, 0.49/1.06, 0.78/0.26, 0.86/0.25 (download/upload megs)


DK @kingsbury • April 13, 2011

Trying out this “inbox zero” thing all the cool people are talking about with my work account. Down to 846


DK @kingsbury • April 13, 2011

Work inbox down to 11 (from 7500+) and I only saved 222 in a new folder – time to celebrate at Bayview


DK @kingsbury • April 14, 2011

Bayview still on winter hours, so Troy and I went to the VC instead. Walleye surf and turf with hash browns really hit the spot


DK @kingsbury • April 14, 2011

Nice to have access to a pool again – able to get in a few easy laps without dying


DK @kingsbury • April 14, 2011

The Cars are touring again? Paulina Porizkova must make Ric feel young or something


DK @kingsbury • April 14, 2011

Yesterday – Tweetbot, today Prompt. Give me some new Angry Bird levels and this will be a kick-ass iOS week


DK @kingsbury • April 14, 2011

Ouch, just paid $3.95 a gallon at the Y Store to fill up


DK @kingsbury • April 14, 2011

Saw a few uncovered greens at the Wilderness as I was leaving – they look incredible!


DK @kingsbury • April 14, 2011

Cherry Crush tastes much better than I remember


DK @kingsbury • April 14, 2011

The lyrics to Billy Joel’s Keeping the Faith creep me the hell out


DK @kingsbury • April 15, 2011

Kid one and I registered for the 2011 Milk Run at the Minnesota State Fair


DK @kingsbury • April 15, 2011

Download and upload speeds at home in the Twin Cities right now: 22.08/3.72


DK @kingsbury • April 15, 2011

For all the crap Comcast gets, I’d kill to have them in northern Minnesota – fast, reliable internet and NHL playoff hockey


DK @kingsbury • April 15, 2011

Glad I woke up and didn’t go back to bed – gas station, Target, Home Depot and mail box repair all complete before 10AM


DK @kingsbury • April 15, 2011

Nice lunch visit with Mr. Skoglund at Carbone’s *and* I got my Paul Simon tickets


DK @kingsbury • April 16, 2011

Kinda weird – everyone took off, so I have the house to myself on a Friday night


DK @kingsbury • April 16, 2011

Thanks to the snow, wind and cough, decided on a treadmill 5K today. Tomorrow will be another day


DK @kingsbury • April 17, 2011

Finished taxes for the second time – actually turned out a little better this round


DK @kingsbury • April 17, 2011

Ran 6 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – snow 100% gone, sunny and cough getting better


DK @kingsbury • April 17, 2011

The ale and cheese soup at Granite City tastes so good on my sore throat


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Hearing Jack Bauer say “National Hockey League” is pretty damn sweet


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Duran Duran playing Bond songs at Coachella? OK, I’ll watch


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Thanks to Kanye (and stupid time zones), running on one and a half hours of sleep today


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Safely back at work, but cannot express how depressing it is to see the golf course covered in snow again – crappy forecast, too


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

4:41 splits are just unreal


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Looks like Heidi and Michelle are running together – 5K in 28:07 (9:04 pace)


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Heidi and Michelle passed the 10K mark in 55:12 (8:54 pace) – they are speeding up with a projected finish of 3:53:10


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Heidi and Michelle: 15K in 1:22:02 (8:49 pace, 3:50:59 projected finish)


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Heidi and Michelle: 20K in 1:49:21 and half in 1:55:13 (8:48 pace, 3:50:33 projected finish)


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Heidi and Michelle: 25K in 2:16:49 (8:50 pace, 3:51:26 projected finish)


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Heidi and Michelle: 30K in 2:45:20 (8:53 pace, 3:52:44 projected finish)


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Uh-oh: Heidi hits 35K at 3:13:37 (8:55 pace), while Michelle passes the mark at 3:22:41 (9:20 pace)


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Heidi crossed the 40K marker at 3:42:03 (8:57 pace, 3:54:29 projected finish)


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Michelle crossed the 40K marker at 3:57:05 (9:34 pace, 4:10:38 projected finish)


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Congrats to Heidi for finishing her first Boston Marathon in 3:54:32 (8:57 pace)!


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

And congrats to Michelle for finishing her first Boston Marathon in 4:12:08 (9:37)!


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

This is just so wrong


DK @kingsbury • April 18, 2011

Just got Twitter spam directed at people living in northwest London – I wish!


DK @kingsbury • April 19, 2011

Done looking at dynamic charting options using PHP – found a WordPress plugin I might be able to hack instead


DK @kingsbury • April 19, 2011

Took me 15 minutes to figure it out, but finally ran a 10K on the resort treadmill (I think)


DK @kingsbury • April 19, 2011

Meetings, meetings, meetings – the scourge of the business world


DK @kingsbury • April 19, 2011

So the Cosmopolitan is selling out with the highest rates on the Strip, earns great reviews and is the hip spot to be, but has no gamblers?


DK @kingsbury • April 19, 2011

Ahh, new Gorillaz songs and instant gratification


DK @kingsbury • April 20, 2011

My new Fortune Bay friend


DK @kingsbury • April 20, 2011

It wasn’t really *that* cold and cloudy out tonight, but I still elected to get in the 10K on the treadmill instead of Echo Point


DK @kingsbury • April 20, 2011

Totally forgot Angry Birds Seasons updated yesterday – probably better I got some sleep instead


DK @kingsbury • April 20, 2011

Road trip! Advisory council meeting this morning at Hibbing Community College


DK @kingsbury • April 20, 2011

There is hope – saw ten green being mowed this afternoon


DK @kingsbury • April 21, 2011

Feeling a little burned out tonight. Survivor, Angry Birds Seasons and maybe the swimming pool will help


DK @kingsbury • April 21, 2011

Busy and productive day today – one more task to complete, then hitting the road


DK @kingsbury • April 22, 2011

Less than a week to the New York City Marathon lottery drawing


DK @kingsbury • April 22, 2011

Did a quick 5K on the treadmill (7:30 pace), now a little core and arm work before returning to the screens (NHL and laptop)


DK @kingsbury • April 22, 2011

What the hell, Canucks? You aren’t supposed to do this until the *second* round


DK @kingsbury • April 22, 2011

Wait a minute, my HDTV doesn’t have an HDMI port?


DK @kingsbury • April 22, 2011

Rainy day = no outside running, so laundry and my web project get some love this morning instead


DK @kingsbury • April 22, 2011

Gray, rainy day, but still hit library, Target, Senser’s for lunch, gas station and lots of phone calls. Family movie night tonight – Rio?


DK @kingsbury • April 23, 2011

Saw Rio with kid two and the wife (kid one bailed and went skating). Movie not bad – Tracy Morgan as the bulldog my favorite part


DK @kingsbury • April 23, 2011

Preparing for first Minnesota golf round of the year at Willinger’s in Northfield


DK @kingsbury • April 23, 2011

Lots of room for improvement – shot an ugly 98 from the whites at Willinger’s


DK @kingsbury • April 23, 2011

Best music promo ever: Beastie Boys playing the new album today at MSG center court on a boombox started by a guy in a gorilla suit


DK @kingsbury • April 24, 2011

I hope playoff hockey returns to Minnesota one of these years – so fun to watch


DK @kingsbury • April 24, 2011

Ran 14 hilly miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – started off with frost and 32F, but the sun warmed up things nicely


DK @kingsbury • April 25, 2011

Woohoo – game seven! Sorry, Chuck…


DK @kingsbury • April 25, 2011

Pretty awesome sunrise in the Northland this morning


DK @kingsbury • April 25, 2011

Ran 7+ miles on Echo Point – damn near perfect spring day on Lake Vermilion


DK @kingsbury • April 26, 2011

Curing my pizza jones at the VC


DK @kingsbury • April 26, 2011

Been using Outlook 2010 and Windows 7 “Pro” now for a few months and unfortunately the dislike just grows and grows – am I doing it wrong?


DK @kingsbury • April 26, 2011

WordPress 3.1.2 and server upgrades, along with some DNS and Apache config cleanup


DK @kingsbury • April 27, 2011

90 minutes of Glee and 52.5 minutes on the resort treadmill (10K), but no Versus to watch VAN/CHI, dammit


DK @kingsbury • April 27, 2011

Vermilion Club cited for serving underage customers – can’t sell liquor on May 2


DK @kingsbury • April 27, 2011

Come on, spring, I took the snow tires off a month ago


DK @kingsbury • April 27, 2011

Are you in?


DK @kingsbury • April 27, 2011

Strike two – second year in a row I haven’t been selected in the NYC marathon lottery


DK @kingsbury • April 27, 2011

Ordered some new Nikon gear for work from my friends at B&H (18-200mm lens, new Speedlight, battery pack and a 32GB SDHC card)


DK @kingsbury • April 27, 2011

Trying to decide whether to start using Acorn 3 along with Photoshop CS4 or upgrade to CS 5.5 next month


DK @kingsbury • April 27, 2011

Thought about driving down to Duluth tonight for the G. Love show at Clyde Irons Works, but the snow changed my mind


DK @kingsbury • April 27, 2011

Making a tech support house call to the Batinich ranch on Birch Point tonight


DK @kingsbury • April 28, 2011

Thanks to my bonus holiday hours, get to leave work early today and head south now


DK @kingsbury • April 29, 2011

One of my favorites


DK @kingsbury • April 29, 2011

Ran a hilly 7 mile loop in Eagan and Apple Valley – best weather day of the weekend, it appears


DK @kingsbury • April 29, 2011

These are not the droids you are looking for… 🙁


DK @kingsbury • April 30, 2011

Nice visit with Megan at Sea Salt Eatery after picking up Get in Gear packets. Looks like a rainy one tomorrow


DK @kingsbury • April 30, 2011

The out of the box experience with the new Apple TV is pretty great. AirPlay is a huge improvement over previous efforts. Love KROQ!


DK @kingsbury • April 30, 2011

Should be sleeping for the race, but it’s overtime in San Jose


DK @kingsbury • April 30, 2011

Warning – you *will* get wet on this attraction


DK @kingsbury • April 30, 2011

PR for Megan at the Get in Gear half, while I ran an “OK” 48:26 in the 10K – everyone totally drenched


DK @kingsbury • April 30, 2011

Baby shower on Grand, then lunch somewhere


DK @kingsbury • April 30, 2011

Doing this backwards – carbo loading after the race at D’Amico & Sons on Grand


DK @kingsbury • May 1, 2011

It may be “Overcast and Breezy” and 35F, but Mr. Miller and I are still headed to Cannon Falls for some golf this morning


DK @kingsbury • May 1, 2011

Shot 90 from the whites at Cannon Falls with 30 MPH winds, some ice pellets and a temperature of 36F. Not my favorite round ever


DK @kingsbury • May 1, 2011

Still thawing out from this morning – dishes, laundry, web project and Sharks-Wings game in HD


DK @kingsbury • May 1, 2011

Now on to Caps-Lightning game on Versus HD


DK @kingsbury • May 2, 2011

Will The Hangover Part II be as funny when you replace Vegas with Bangkok?


DK @kingsbury • May 2, 2011

I find it pretty interesting how news spreads across social media these days, who says what and how they say it. Gutenberg would be amazed


DK @kingsbury • May 2, 2011

I wonder if it will be harder to get tee times now at the Abbottābad Golf Club


DK @kingsbury • May 2, 2011

Bad logistics this week – today and tomorrow in the Twin Cities, Vermilion on Wednesday


DK @kingsbury • May 2, 2011

Holy crap, I think that was Tony Simmons on KARE with a Bin Laden reaction quote


DK @kingsbury • May 2, 2011

Only five or six more days as productive as today and I’ll have this entire damn house clean


DK @kingsbury • May 3, 2011

Finally get to see kid two at Wise swim team practice tonight


DK @kingsbury • May 3, 2011

Trying some late night speedwork on the treadmill – not really a fan so far


DK @kingsbury • May 3, 2011

Completed three one-mile sprints on the treadmill – 7:00, 6:40 and 6:20. Glad I never started smoking


DK @kingsbury • May 3, 2011

Maxing out a new 27-inch iMac now costs $3649, but you get a 3.4GHz i7, 16GB of RAM, 2TB + 256GB SSD and a 2GB Radeon HD 6970M


DK @kingsbury • May 3, 2011

Tuned up the mountain bike at the gas station, then ran a new 11.5 mile route in Eagan and Mendota Heights


DK @kingsbury • May 3, 2011

NOM NOM NOM


DK @kingsbury • May 3, 2011

“Now downloading Hot Sauce Committee Part Two [Explicit]”


DK @kingsbury • May 3, 2011

Heading to First Avenue tonight with Tim to see Paul Simon


DK @kingsbury • May 4, 2011

Despite the seemingly oversold crowd and the frustratingly low sound levels, the Paul Simon concert at First Avenue was fun – more later


DK @kingsbury • May 4, 2011

Seems pretty amazing you can get gas for the car and McDonald’s for breakfast at 4:30 in the morning


DK @kingsbury • May 4, 2011

Getting bright early – can we get rid of these low 30 temps now?


DK @kingsbury • May 4, 2011

Made it safely to my office, which had a nice little surprise waiting for me


DK @kingsbury • May 4, 2011

Can’t believe how backed up on things I am after only being gone from work for a week


DK @kingsbury • May 4, 2011

Raiding the marketing file server for new media in preparation for the web site makeover project


DK @kingsbury • May 5, 2011

Survivor, I hate you tonight


DK @kingsbury • May 5, 2011

Tech gremlins running wild in northern Minnesota today – time for some wranglin’


DK @kingsbury • May 6, 2011

Still crazy busy, but there is light at the of the tunnel (and a perfect forecast for this afternoon’s inspection round at the Wilderness)


DK @kingsbury • May 7, 2011

Struggled to break 100 from the blues at The Wilderness, but oh what a glorious afternoon with a great group of people


DK @kingsbury • May 7, 2011

Late night return to the suburbs – safe and sound


DK @kingsbury • May 7, 2011

Home Depot, Office Max, credit union, Mickey D’s breakfast with kid one, library, Target, sprinkler system activation and weeding – tired


DK @kingsbury • May 7, 2011

Mother-in-laws, Izzy’s, walk around Lake Como, dinner at Carbone’s and mountain bike trail – busy Saturday!


DK @kingsbury • May 8, 2011

The long mountain bike trail at Lebanon Hills is open and in good condition. My early season riding abilities? Not so much


DK @kingsbury • May 8, 2011

Stone arch bridge, Mill City Museum and Pepito’s for lunch


DK @kingsbury • May 9, 2011

Nice visit and blog training session with Megan tonight. Her new site is almost ready for “official” launch – details coming soon


DK @kingsbury • May 9, 2011

Road construction season has arrived on I-35


DK @kingsbury • May 9, 2011

I love how Lee Oskar’s Before the Rain makes a bad mood good – should start every day with it


DK @kingsbury • May 9, 2011

Safely back in the office – time to get organized for a semi-productive week


DK @kingsbury • May 9, 2011

It’s been a *long* time since I looked at awstats config files – lots of old, long-expired domains still on my server


DK @kingsbury • May 9, 2011

Yippee, I’m in the “Masters Wave” for the TC 1 Mile this Thursday night – 7:24PM on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis


DK @kingsbury • May 9, 2011

Installing Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011


DK @kingsbury • May 9, 2011

Fiesta enjoying the wrap-around balcony of this week’s room


DK @kingsbury • May 10, 2011

Ran a 10.3 mile Fortune Bay-Hwy 77-Echo Point route. 54F, drizzle and a multitude of deer and worms


DK @kingsbury • May 10, 2011

BTW, large, bounding deer are freakin’ amazing – wish I could replicate some of their gracefulness in my running stride


DK @kingsbury • May 10, 2011

Skype security issues and Microsoft purchase – coincidence?


DK @kingsbury • May 10, 2011

My friend Megan’s new blog is officially live now – check it out


DK @kingsbury • May 10, 2011

Just spent four straight hours in the same conference room. Would go to the driving range now, but the new MacBook Air just arrived 🙂


DK @kingsbury • May 11, 2011

Tonight is full of win: 18 holes on The Wilderness (96 from the blues), free golf shirt, chicken dinner special and MacBook Air config


DK @kingsbury • May 11, 2011

Northern Minnesota bandwidth issues are slowly driving me insane – that damn fiber project can’t get built fast enough


DK @kingsbury • May 11, 2011

This maxed out 11-inch MacBook Air is pretty damn sweet


DK @kingsbury • May 11, 2011

It’s been a long time since I’ve stayed up this late reading an actual book


DK @kingsbury • May 11, 2011

Spent most of the day setting up a kick-butt web development environment on the MacBook Air and transferring over files


DK @kingsbury • May 12, 2011

Lots of crappy issues this morning, but only one staff meeting left before I hit the road for the TC 1 Mile tonight in Minneapolis


DK @kingsbury • May 12, 2011

I’ll probably regret this after the race, but Gordy drew me in today


DK @kingsbury • May 12, 2011

I-35 not fun today: rain, traffic and construction


DK @kingsbury • May 12, 2011

Safely back in Eagan, changed and waiting for my ride to the big race. Hope the rain stays away


DK @kingsbury • May 13, 2011

Sorta slow, but still a PR – 6:20 at the TC 1 Mile, followed by drinks at The Local


DK @kingsbury • May 13, 2011

Up early to take kid two in for an emergency dental visit


DK @kingsbury • May 13, 2011

Kid two fine, laundry, lawn care (finally – but still wearing my ski jacket), then either a run or bike ride


DK @kingsbury • May 13, 2011

Lebanon Hills campground now open for business


DK @kingsbury • May 13, 2011

Couldn’t decide between running and biking, so I did both: 10 mile run and Lebanon Hills long trail. Grandma’s Marathon in 35 days…


DK @kingsbury • May 14, 2011

Always feel so relieved arriving home from the Mall of America


DK @kingsbury • May 14, 2011

Looks like the marina has a few vehicles parked there today


DK @kingsbury • May 14, 2011

Tonight’s guests on Prairie Home Companion are Elvin Bishop and Jearlyn Steele – live from the State Theater in Minneapolis


DK @kingsbury • May 15, 2011

Minneapolis hipster moment: meeting blues vocalist Finis Tasby across the street from First Avenue as he took a smoke break


DK @kingsbury • May 15, 2011

Middle of May, Sunday morning round of golf with Mr. Miller at Theo Wirth, 45F


DK @kingsbury • May 15, 2011

Shot 97 from the whites at Worth. The greens were decent, but the rest of the course was a mess – can’t believe they let carts out today


DK @kingsbury • May 16, 2011

iPhone to iPhone transfer taking forever, so today’s commute is delayed. Also need to stop at AT&T store in Virginia for more SIM cards


DK @kingsbury • May 16, 2011

Back in the office and I don’t even know where to begin today


DK @kingsbury • May 16, 2011

End of an era: Sahara closes today in Vegas


DK @kingsbury • May 17, 2011

Ran the 6+ mile Echo Point loop, followed by a 20 minute make-your-own spin class in the resort exercise room


DK @kingsbury • May 17, 2011

Such a beautiful night on the balcony; almost makes up for winter


DK @kingsbury • May 17, 2011

Damn, it’s beautiful out today and The Wilderness is closed for aerification. Guess I should have golfed yesterday instead of running


DK @kingsbury • May 17, 2011

$5 million because Chuck E. Cheese promotes gambling?


DK @kingsbury • May 18, 2011

Ran 7 miles on Echo Point – just realized it was one year ago I broke my toe (happy birthday Kristine!)


DK @kingsbury • May 18, 2011

Can I go here if I promise to run instead of jog?


DK @kingsbury • May 18, 2011

Trying a new menu item at The Wilderness Grill outside on the patio, to be followed by hitting some balls on the range


DK @kingsbury • May 18, 2011

Trying out a sample account with Beanstalk for Coda/SVN integration while I wait for my new white iPhone 4 to be provisioned


DK @kingsbury • May 18, 2011

Also decided to give the “official” Mac Twitter client another spin (version 2.1) after going back to the original Tweetie – getting better


DK @kingsbury • May 18, 2011

I love my employer


DK @kingsbury • May 19, 2011

Shot a decent 87 from the combined tees tonight at The Wilderness. Pretty sure I was the only one on the entire back nine


DK @kingsbury • May 19, 2011

Switched from a black 3GS to a white 4 today – the retina display is very, very nice. Think I will also really like the upgraded camera


DK @kingsbury • May 19, 2011

Coda and the Subversion repository I created at Beanstalk seem to work great together – why would I also need Versions?


DK @kingsbury • May 19, 2011

Literally hundreds of bugs are meeting their match with the MINI windshield today – so gross


DK @kingsbury • May 20, 2011

Another fun Robert Cray concert tonight at the Pantages – short set, though


DK @kingsbury • May 20, 2011

Screw you, rain, I’m going for a run anyways


DK @kingsbury • May 20, 2011

Ran 19 miles in Minneapolis: Nokomis, Minnehaha Creek, Harriet, Calhoun, Lake of the Isles and back. Ready for a Smashburger


DK @kingsbury • May 20, 2011

One of the many benefits of running


DK @kingsbury • May 20, 2011

For the first time ever, my house now has no cable TV – switched to Internet only today


DK @kingsbury • May 21, 2011

I love that the strongest over-the-air HD signal we get post-cable is PBS


DK @kingsbury • May 22, 2011

Saturday full of plays (Wizard of Oz twice featuring kid two), bike rides and no cable TV


DK @kingsbury • May 22, 2011

Living the rainy country club lifestyle (just for the day)


DK @kingsbury • May 23, 2011

The newly remodeled Tobies


DK @kingsbury • May 23, 2011

Back on the shores of Lake Vermilion on a rainy, gray Monday morning


DK @kingsbury • May 23, 2011

Walleye sandwich at Bay View


DK @kingsbury • May 23, 2011

I guess now we know what it takes to bring down Amazon – 99 cent Gaga


DK @kingsbury • May 23, 2011

Needed something mindless this afternoon, so I’m running updates in all my VMs and doing a little research


DK @kingsbury • May 23, 2011

I generally like Ubuntu and think it has made great strides over the years, but how do you explain half of that crap to normal people?


DK @kingsbury • May 24, 2011

Ran the usual 7 mile Echo Point route, then sat on the end of the dock watching the sunset


DK @kingsbury • May 24, 2011

Just bought tickets for the new Cirque traveling show Ovo – cheapest four pack price I’ve ever seen them offer ($154 total with fees)


DK @kingsbury • May 24, 2011

Lunch break


DK @kingsbury • May 24, 2011

Lazytweet: any recommendations for a small, portable projector that pairs nicely with Mac laptops?


DK @kingsbury • May 25, 2011

Tried to save tonight with mindless video games and TV shows, a quick 10K on the treadmill and a bag of Cheetos. Still sucked 🙁


DK @kingsbury • May 25, 2011

Morris Day and the Time for free at the Minnesota State Fair


DK @kingsbury • May 25, 2011

It’s almost June and the forecasted low here tonight is 27F


DK @kingsbury • May 25, 2011

All sites upgraded to WordPress 3.1.3


DK @kingsbury • May 26, 2011

Walked 18 holes at The Wilderness in about two and a half hours and shot an 88 from the combined tees


DK @kingsbury • May 27, 2011

Slept in until 10:30, had Toy Story Cheez-its and Cherry Coke for breakfast and ran 10 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley


DK @kingsbury • May 28, 2011

11 years worth of junk has gathered in my basement – starting the exploration (excavation?) now


DK @kingsbury • May 28, 2011

Up early for some Saturday golf in Jordan – forecast looks good for once


DK @kingsbury • May 28, 2011

Walked 18 holes at The Ridges at Sand Creek and shot another 88 from the white tees


DK @kingsbury • May 29, 2011

Ran the 7 mile hilly loop in Eagan and Apple Valley – first 100+ mile month in a long, long time


DK @kingsbury • May 29, 2011

Hooked up the VCR and introduced kids to the “real” Beavis and Butthead episodes. Commercials from 1995 are pretty funny too


DK @kingsbury • May 30, 2011

Warm and humid today – where is everybody?


DK @kingsbury • May 30, 2011

Now I know why the lot was empty: near death experience #369 – over the handlebars into mud pile


DK @kingsbury • May 30, 2011

You don’t realize how much you use your thumbs until you slice one open


DK @kingsbury • May 31, 2011

Guilt from all those bars and cans of Coke at the Memorial Day cookout led to a late night 6 miler in Eagan and Apple Valley


DK @kingsbury • May 31, 2011

Wow, it’s actually starting to get light out at 4:30


DK @kingsbury • May 31, 2011

Finally working out the remaining setup kinks in my new Coda/Beanstalk/svn workflow. This could be really good


DK @kingsbury • May 31, 2011

The 42nd Annual World Series of Poker starts today at the Rio in Vegas – total of 58 bracelet events in all (main event starts July 7)


DK @kingsbury • May 31, 2011

One of the windier days in recent memory on Lake Vermilion today


DK @kingsbury • June 1, 2011

Long afternoon of outages and other assorted tech gremlins. Kept staff late, but bought them pizza


DK @kingsbury • June 1, 2011

The fun continues – our online hotel booking server just died


DK @kingsbury • June 1, 2011

The fun continues today at work, but there have been some victories. I’ll be happier when we’re off generator power though


DK @kingsbury • June 1, 2011

Two tweets in a row that started with “the fun continues” – guess I should be more creative with my sarcasm


DK @kingsbury • June 1, 2011

Hit some balls over lunch with the new wedge – the wind was almost blowing them back over my head. Wind chill in June?


DK @kingsbury • June 1, 2011

Post-work stress relief


DK @kingsbury • June 2, 2011

Well that was the most relaxing crappy round of golf ever – walked 18 at The Wilderness and shot *97* from the combined tees


DK @kingsbury • June 2, 2011

Trying the new mozzarella wantons at the Wilderness Grill for lunch


DK @kingsbury • June 2, 2011

Finally time to hit the road – longest Thursday work day in a long time


DK @kingsbury • June 2, 2011

The woods of northern Minnesota smell really good tonight


DK @kingsbury • June 2, 2011

Gordy’s Hi-Hat, White Castle, Mickey D’s or skip dinner?


DK @kingsbury • June 3, 2011

Gordy wins


DK @kingsbury • June 3, 2011

Not looking good for the charity golf tournament at The Wilds today


DK @kingsbury • June 3, 2011

Rain and lightning delay at The Wilds – should pass quickly, though


DK @kingsbury • June 3, 2011

Hey @MinnStateFair, why did you close your ticket office 3 hours early on the day Weezer tickets went on sale? Drove there for nothing


DK @kingsbury • June 4, 2011

Ran 14 hot and hilly miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – Grandma’s in exactly two weeks from right now


DK @kingsbury • June 4, 2011

Thumbs up on the chocolate-covered waffle cones at Sebastian Joe’s


DK @kingsbury • June 4, 2011

Wait a minute – I can actually watch game two of the Stanley Cup? Only downside of no cable


DK @kingsbury • June 5, 2011

Good luck to everyone running the hot and sunny Minneapolis Marathon now (especially Megan and Deb)


DK @kingsbury • June 5, 2011

Saw Deb going strong near Ft. Snelling – hope Megan is OK after being pulled off course for heat stroke. Now visiting baby Abigail on Grand


DK @kingsbury • June 5, 2011

Free lunch at the Lex, washed and vacuumed the car, cleaned out part of the garage and hit the mountain trail hard – Sunday FTW!


DK @kingsbury • June 6, 2011

MINI milestone today


DK @kingsbury • June 6, 2011

Incredibly pleasant weather this evening – and no one tried to sell me meat from a van


DK @kingsbury • June 6, 2011

Tiny early morning thunderstorm on today’s commute


DK @kingsbury • June 6, 2011

And now a beautiful red sunrise at 5:30AM


DK @kingsbury • June 6, 2011

Safely back in the office – beautiful day in the Northland


DK @kingsbury • June 6, 2011

My two weeks of high-stress have started off this morning with a power outage in the server room and casino floor. No storms around either


DK @kingsbury • June 6, 2011

Alright, time to waste an hour or two reading Snell and Moren


DK @kingsbury • June 6, 2011

Do kids even use the email these days? All *I* really want is a Finder that works, dammit


DK @kingsbury • June 6, 2011

Crazy work day – got to demo the new virtual three card poker and let it ride machines, talked about crazy artist riders and read WWDC news


DK @kingsbury • June 6, 2011

Taking a break from the office to go see Mary and Alex out on the point


DK @kingsbury • June 7, 2011

Oh good, lightning storm moving in. Generator power in three, two…


DK @kingsbury • June 7, 2011

It took a few hours, but we lost power again just now. I think I’ll build a cabin in the woods and buy a bunch of candles


DK @kingsbury • June 7, 2011

Don’t mean to rub it in, southern MN, but it’s 75 and beautiful here (makes up for -40F back in January)


DK @kingsbury • June 7, 2011

This must be what it feels like to own your own private golf course – saw no one else on the front nine


DK @kingsbury • June 7, 2011

Of course I’d feel even better with seven or eight zeros in a Swiss bank account


DK @kingsbury • June 8, 2011

My first ever birdie on 18 gave me a 91 from the combined tees on The Wilderness at Fortune Bay


DK @kingsbury • June 8, 2011

A bit brisk for today’s event at Giants Ridge – windy and 59F


DK @kingsbury • June 8, 2011

This is pretty awesome


DK @kingsbury • June 8, 2011

Legend signature hole


DK @kingsbury • June 8, 2011

The color is finally returning to my hands and the golf bag is devoid of balls – that basically sums up the tournament experience today


DK @kingsbury • June 8, 2011

Thought the new McNugget sauces were pretty tasty (buffalo and ranch)


DK @kingsbury • June 9, 2011

Almost made it to Southview before the Tapemark drawing started, but it’s practically running itself (thanks Mike!)


DK @kingsbury • June 9, 2011

In the Tapemark war room preparing the 2011 tee sheet


DK @kingsbury • June 9, 2011

The tee times PDF for the 2011 Tapemark Charity Pro-Am is now posted


DK @kingsbury • June 9, 2011

Ran 12 rolling miles in Eagan and Apple Valley. Perfect weather – overcast and 54F


DK @kingsbury • June 9, 2011

Lunch at the Rusty Taco, car wash and Tapemark prep at Southview. Cirque’s Ovo tonight to celebrate last day of school


DK @kingsbury • June 10, 2011

The 40th annual Tapemark Charity Pro-Am is underway at Southview CC in West St. Paul


DK @kingsbury • June 10, 2011

Hey, kids, welcome to summer vacation and your 5AM volunteer gig at the Tapemark


DK @kingsbury • June 10, 2011

Usual Tapemark Pro-Am tent morning: freezing, a little rain, coding on the fly, hot dogs, printer and power issues


DK @kingsbury • June 10, 2011

A little more stressful than usual this year for the “low-stress” day of the Tapemark


DK @kingsbury • June 11, 2011

Home fairly early for a Tapemark weekend. Time for some emergency rush coding while I watch hockey


DK @kingsbury • June 11, 2011

Welcome to high stress day at the Tapemark – both for players and the scoreboard


DK @kingsbury • June 11, 2011

Code for live big screen scoreboard now live and running. Secret URL


DK @kingsbury • June 11, 2011

Dammit, forgot to play QRANK yesterday – my “play-for-a-year” award is shot to hell


DK @kingsbury • June 11, 2011

Still pretty cold in the tent today, but no rain on the radar – forecast calls for sun sometime today


DK @kingsbury • June 11, 2011

It’s pretty damn nice out now at the Tapemark


DK @kingsbury • June 11, 2011

Our clubhouse leader is proudly representing the great state of Wisconsin and its traditions


DK @kingsbury • June 11, 2011

And the scoreboard madness begins


DK @kingsbury • June 12, 2011

Back from Southview and returning to the laptop to prepare the database for Sunday play – time for some SQL magic so I can actually sleep


DK @kingsbury • June 12, 2011

I believe the Tapemark database is ready for tomorrow morning – time for zzzzzzz


DK @kingsbury • June 12, 2011

Final day of the 2011 Tapemark at Southview – sun is shining and the first group is about to tee off


DK @kingsbury • June 12, 2011

The sun is no longer shining, temps seem to be dropping and the rain is threatening to move in. Shorts were a bad idea


DK @kingsbury • June 12, 2011

Bargie says Hazeltine reopens on Tuesday – think the tee sheet won’t be full the rest of the summer?


DK @kingsbury • June 13, 2011

Tournament done, lawn mowed and kids gone for a week – time for dinner at BWW


DK @kingsbury • June 13, 2011

Post-Tapemark committee meeting at SVCC, then heading north for work and marathon weekend


DK @kingsbury • June 13, 2011

Still not a fan of 4AM Mondays, but the traffic is much better then – safely at work now (which has no phone or Internet service again)


DK @kingsbury • June 13, 2011

Frontier said Xcel accidentally cut 2600 feet of fiber today in Eagan (drill twirled it like spaghetti on a fork) – 144 lines, including us


DK @kingsbury • June 13, 2011

Since all services seem to be back up and running, think *I’ll* go running on Echo Point


DK @kingsbury • June 14, 2011

Ran the 7 mile Echo Point loop and remembered game six is on NBC so I can actually watch it in the hotel


DK @kingsbury • June 14, 2011

My goals for Grandma’s 2011: good – Grandma’s PR (4:21), better – under four, best – marathon PR (3:47)


DK @kingsbury • June 14, 2011

My June stress level just went through the roof – new web site deadline of June 29 (with a presentation to the council)


DK @kingsbury • June 14, 2011

These are some seriously large new slot machines


DK @kingsbury • June 15, 2011

Nice dinner with Mr. Batinich, but no luck at the blackjack tables. Great to see Ann and Mary around the bonfire


DK @kingsbury • June 15, 2011

This morning is flying by – helped the golf course and marketing, started weekend concert prep and new web design. Now on to meetings


DK @kingsbury • June 15, 2011

Hurray – no meetings until 2PM now, so back to web design planning


DK @kingsbury • June 15, 2011

Only 250 spots left in the 2011 Twin Cities Marathon. Glad to see they will fill again


DK @kingsbury • June 15, 2011

Nice – free lunch at work today as part of employee gaming days


DK @kingsbury • June 16, 2011

Almost time to go back to work (and turn on the game)


DK @kingsbury • June 16, 2011

Played a little better: shot 91 from the combined tees at The Wilderness. Really need to get better hitting driver (or buy a new one?)


DK @kingsbury • June 16, 2011

Ah, the first Comcast bill with no TV has arrived – down to $57.95 (from more than $140)


DK @kingsbury • June 16, 2011

Every time I see a Boston jersey, I think it has a Buffalo Wild Wings logos on the shoulder – congrats to the Stanley Cup champions


DK @kingsbury • June 16, 2011

Chara looks like a freakin’ giant. Also – love the live mic on the players holding the cup (thanks NBC)


DK @kingsbury • June 16, 2011

Moving around 50GB of photo shoot files is taking waaaay too long – time for bed


DK @kingsbury • June 16, 2011

Got talked into the buffet today instead of a sandwich and basically ended up with a meat sampler and a side of gravy


DK @kingsbury • June 16, 2011

Stopping at the Y Store for gas, then meeting the wife in Cloquet at Gordy’s Hi-Hat. Duluth tonight, with Grandma’s Marathon on Saturday


DK @kingsbury • June 16, 2011

A few scattered lupine sightings between Fortune Bay and Eveleth


DK @kingsbury • June 17, 2011

Crap, I think the transmission on the MINI might be shot


DK @kingsbury • June 17, 2011

Twin Cities Marathon fills on the day before Grandma’s. Hoping to watch some US Open before heading back down to the Expo


DK @kingsbury • June 17, 2011

Starting to get the usual butterflies


DK @kingsbury • June 17, 2011

Carbo loading at the DECC


DK @kingsbury • June 18, 2011

Took Rory McIlroy’s lead and went to see The Hangover 2 tonight – think I liked it better than the first


DK @kingsbury • June 18, 2011

Trying out taking the train to the starting line this year – pretty cool so far


DK @kingsbury • June 18, 2011

Hit two out of three goals today (Grandma’s PR, sub-4) with a 3:52


DK @kingsbury • June 19, 2011

Grandma’s recovery – slept for 13 hours and took lots of drugs. Knees and ankles still very sore this morning


DK @kingsbury • June 19, 2011

Duluth, every day with the fog


DK @kingsbury • June 19, 2011

Really wish I could just sit here and watch the Open, but it’s time to drive to work for the concert


DK @kingsbury • June 20, 2011

Waiting for Fogerty at Fortune Bay


DK @kingsbury • June 20, 2011

Feeling decent this morning – legs better, concert was successful and the kids are playing Eloise this week


DK @kingsbury • June 20, 2011

1:02:19 to run 13.1 miles seems like a misprint to me


DK @kingsbury • June 20, 2011

One downside of the Northland: 44 miles in the car to get the kids new library books


DK @kingsbury • June 21, 2011

Tried to wear out the fish in the pool, but they just go and go. Now at the deli for mozzarella sticks and ice cream


DK @kingsbury • June 21, 2011

Wow – “Approximately 12% of the web is powered today by WordPress”


DK @kingsbury • June 21, 2011

Mobile office up and running on Birch Point; Mary and the girls happy


DK @kingsbury • June 21, 2011

Left Birch Point, heading for dinner at The Chocolate Moose in Ely


DK @kingsbury • June 22, 2011

More swim time for the kids, but I’m sitting this one out


DK @kingsbury • June 22, 2011

Mental note: Vermilion Club opens at noon all summer long


DK @kingsbury • June 23, 2011

Watching three kids out on the balcony laughing while doing makeovers (despite the cold and rain). Up next: ice cream from the deli


DK @kingsbury • June 23, 2011

Busy morning, but got almost everything done at work I wanted to. Heading south soon to celebrate Colleen’s birthday


DK @kingsbury • June 23, 2011

Traffic on I-35 was pretty bad around the single lane construction, but back in Eagan now. Heading out to Canterbury for C’s birthday 2nite


DK @kingsbury • June 24, 2011

Looks like a beautiful day – heading down to Mount Frontenac for a golf tournament with the brother-in-law


DK @kingsbury • June 25, 2011

Out on the deck, working with the new WordPress 3.2 RC and listening to kid one’s first bonfire party down below


DK @kingsbury • June 26, 2011

Second day with this crappy headache, but making progress with the new Fortune Bay website


DK @kingsbury • June 27, 2011

Backups and updates galore before heading back to work in the morning. Four AM will be here quicker than I’d like


DK @kingsbury • June 27, 2011

Driving my dad’s VW Jetta this week as I await word on the fate of the MINI


DK @kingsbury • June 27, 2011

Heavy rain between Eveleth and Fortune Bay, but made it safely to the office on time


DK @kingsbury • June 27, 2011

Now leaning towards creating a 2010 or 2011 child theme with the anything slider plugin to get the functionality I need on fortunebay.com


DK @kingsbury • June 27, 2011

Thank you mechanic – MINI should cost under $600 to repair the transmission


DK @kingsbury • June 28, 2011

Bummer, Don and Izzy missed the cut right on the number, but go Jeff, Bargie, Ryan and Dave!


DK @kingsbury • June 28, 2011

This evening doesn’t suck


DK @kingsbury • June 29, 2011

Reversed the nines and walked 18 in running shoes at The Wilderness. Didn’t make any difference score-wise (91 from the combined tees)


DK @kingsbury • June 29, 2011

I’ve got time to bleed today


DK @kingsbury • June 29, 2011

Bit of a scare this afternoon – started bleeding from the blood donation arm during a meeting and almost passed out. Fun times!


DK @kingsbury • June 29, 2011

WordPress 3.1.4 and RC3 upgrades complete – moving on to server maintenance


DK @kingsbury • June 29, 2011

Wish I was golfing or running or biking on this beautiful Northland evening, but sitting on the balcony not passed out will have to do


DK @kingsbury • June 30, 2011

Way to go Jeff!


DK @kingsbury • June 30, 2011

Sweet – looks like the I-35 Cloquet bridge construction is almost finished


DK @kingsbury • June 30, 2011

Temp rose 25F between Cloquet and Hinckley


DK @kingsbury • June 30, 2011

Riding the Lebanon Hills trail today felt like being back in the Singapore jungle


DK @kingsbury • July 1, 2011

Tried to beat the heat with an early six miles in Eagan (“only” 82F with a 73 dewpoint). Wildlife report – three baby raccoons


DK @kingsbury • July 1, 2011

Two requests, please: HBO subscriptions without cable contract and Google Profiles for Google Apps accounts


DK @kingsbury • July 1, 2011

Paul Simon live from London right now


DK @kingsbury • July 1, 2011

So glad I got up at 5AM to run – feels just as hot now as yesterday. Thought about shopping, but think I’ll just do like MN and shutdown


DK @kingsbury • July 1, 2011

Reading “Summer 2011” edition of Minnesota Golfer – had no idea about the work on Interlachen’s 11th hole. Very interesting…


DK @kingsbury • July 1, 2011

This pre-iCloud business with iTunes is making me crazy – kid apps and songs keep appearing *everywhere*


DK @kingsbury • July 1, 2011

Thank you Fixt Rite in Minneapolis – new MINI “transmission gearshift switching unit” installed for $525 and it feels like a new car


DK @kingsbury • July 2, 2011

Busy Saturday: work issues, Mill City market, car wash, groceries, bike trail, lawn care, laundry and kid shuttle. Tonight: Eddie Vedder


DK @kingsbury • July 2, 2011

EV uke time


DK @kingsbury • July 3, 2011

What a show – the program listed “Ed’s Gear” as 21 different instruments and only 5 were ukuleles


DK @kingsbury • July 3, 2011

6AM build-your-own duathlon: 13 miles along Nokomis, Minnehaha Creek and Harriet, followed by the long mountain bike trail at Lebanon Hills


DK @kingsbury • July 3, 2011

Couldn’t stand the shrieking wail of our dying dryer any longer – found a Fourth of July tent sale and got a pretty good deal


DK @kingsbury • July 4, 2011

Looking forward to the Robb Heckman fireworks extravaganza


DK @kingsbury • July 4, 2011

Taking the roundabout way to Luck, Wisconsin to avoid road construction – happy Fourth of July!


DK @kingsbury • July 4, 2011

We’re in Luck


DK @kingsbury • July 4, 2011

Preview of upcoming driver’s license exam?


DK @kingsbury • July 4, 2011

Hey @risiroo, remember that time you flew off the back of that jetski?


DK @kingsbury • July 5, 2011

4AM on the fifth of July came way too fast


DK @kingsbury • July 5, 2011

Safely back in the office for a short (but probably high-stress) week


DK @kingsbury • July 5, 2011

Not that unusual these days, but my brain isn’t really firing on all cylinders today with only three hours of sleep


DK @kingsbury • July 5, 2011

So I guess doing some WordPress 3.2 upgrades isn’t a bad idea for the rest of the work day


DK @kingsbury • July 5, 2011

Personal site upgraded to WordPress 3.2 with no issues that I can see


DK @kingsbury • July 5, 2011

Wish I would’ve installed Firebug about two years ago


DK @kingsbury • July 5, 2011

Time to practice up for tomorrow’s round with Mr. Miller, then maybe a short run on the point, followed by True Blood


DK @kingsbury • July 6, 2011

Ran 7 slowish miles on Echo Point, where they apparently have a lot of leftover fireworks. Ran just fast enough to not need bug spray


DK @kingsbury • July 6, 2011

New season of Curb Your Enthusiasm in 5 days, but I don’t know if I like this New York business


DK @kingsbury • July 6, 2011

Shot 89 from the combo tees at The Wilderness with Brad (followed by late lunch at the VC)


DK @kingsbury • July 6, 2011

Gotta stop reading comments on newspaper websites – the stupid is just out of control


DK @kingsbury • July 7, 2011

Look what was out by the driving range yesterday


DK @kingsbury • July 7, 2011

Fire, Fire, FIRE!


DK @kingsbury • July 7, 2011

This is the latest I’ve been at work on a Thursday in months – hitting the road soon


DK @kingsbury • July 8, 2011

Haven’t watched a shuttle launch for a long time – brings back a lot of memories


DK @kingsbury • July 8, 2011

Shuttle safely in space; all of my Words with Friends games finally loaded – technology FTW!


DK @kingsbury • July 8, 2011

Beautiful afternoon at Southview Country Club with Mr. Bob, Jr.


DK @kingsbury • July 9, 2011

Lots of blow-up holes (including a quad) while shooting a 96 from the whites at Southview CC


DK @kingsbury • July 9, 2011

Wow, so John Daly makes a 13 on a par four and still almost breaks 80? Golf is a crazy, crazy game


DK @kingsbury • July 9, 2011

Bought the wrong damn dryer, but cheering at the Minneapolis Triathlon before I get it fixed


DK @kingsbury • July 9, 2011

Way to go Megan! Rocked the long course at the Minneapolis Tri – pictures at 11


DK @kingsbury • July 9, 2011

Won’t really do much with Google+ until 1) you can use email accounts hosted on Google Apps for Domains and 2) there is a native iPhone app


DK @kingsbury • July 10, 2011

So let me guess, I can’t send email to my state representatives to complain because the mail servers aren’t running, are they?


DK @kingsbury • July 10, 2011

It was too hot for the mountain bike trail, but I figured that was better than sitting on the couch watching the “John Deere Classic”


DK @kingsbury • July 11, 2011

Kid one not wild about 4AM wakeup call, but happy to have her on the commute this morning


DK @kingsbury • July 11, 2011

Almost time to take kid one down to Virginia for some school shopping and dinner at the Sawmill


DK @kingsbury • July 12, 2011

Lots of projects going on at work right now, but very happy to have a visitor staying with me this week


DK @kingsbury • July 12, 2011

Today is my one year anniversary at Fortune Bay – planning to celebrate with a 4:30 tee time at The Wilderness (with kid one on the bag)


DK @kingsbury • July 13, 2011

Having a caddie didn’t help my game – shot a 97 from the combined tees at The Wilderness. Kid still asking for a cart


DK @kingsbury • July 13, 2011

HBO replay goodness: thought Curb Your Enthusiasm and True Blood were both pretty great


DK @kingsbury • July 13, 2011

Not a fan of the Wild’s “Leadership Training” initiatives, but the owner is the owner


DK @kingsbury • July 13, 2011

Uploading video for work, then taking kid one to Tower to visit the cafe for lunch and stop at the post office


DK @kingsbury • July 14, 2011

Woke up sleeping beauty and getting ready to drive to Ely. The sun is shining and loons are calling off in the distance


DK @kingsbury • July 14, 2011

The library in Ely is pretty cool


DK @kingsbury • July 14, 2011

Detour to Duluth for kid one migraine treatment


DK @kingsbury • July 15, 2011

So much the 5AM long run this morning. Oh, and here comes the weight back too 🙁


DK @kingsbury • July 15, 2011

New dryer up and running, but now the lamp in the TV went out


DK @kingsbury • July 15, 2011

Love listening to the British accents on the live Open video feed


DK @kingsbury • July 15, 2011

I told work a year ago that “retro” would be popular again in the slot world


DK @kingsbury • July 15, 2011

It may a root cause of obesity in America, but thanks to the clown, I quickly and easily fed five people lunch for $20 today


DK @kingsbury • July 15, 2011

Temporary break in the rain (and the humidity moved in), so I ran 7+ hot and hilly miles in Eagan and Apple Valley. HP 7.2 up next


DK @kingsbury • July 16, 2011

Thumbs up on the last Harry Potter movie, hit Leeann Chin’s for dinner and just ordered new lamp for TV ($120)


DK @kingsbury • July 16, 2011

Shot 89 from the whites at Ridges at Sand Creek just as the really bad heat set in – left at least six shots on the greens


DK @kingsbury • July 17, 2011

Tired and sore from golf and chores, but too amped up on caffeine to sleep yet. Early morning run in Minneapolis?


DK @kingsbury • July 17, 2011

Looks like an overnight low of 76 with a mid 70s dew point – nine miles around Harriet, Calhoun and Lake of the Isles at 6AM?


DK @kingsbury • July 17, 2011

Slowly ran the 9+ miles around Harriet (my fave), Calhoun and Lake of the Isles – temp at finish was 82F (79 dew point). Lots of idiots out


DK @kingsbury • July 17, 2011

No TV and no cable, but found the ESPN live stream of the Open, so I’m happy


DK @kingsbury • July 17, 2011

Phil is six-under through ten and I’m often ten-over through six


DK @kingsbury • July 17, 2011

Way to go Darren Clarke, 42-year-olds rock!


DK @kingsbury • July 18, 2011

Just realized I have a vendor meeting tomorrow morning in Superior, WI, so I don’t have to get up at 4AM


DK @kingsbury • July 18, 2011

I really like Duluth


DK @kingsbury • July 18, 2011

Great morning meeting in Superior, lunch at Virginia KFC, hit the driving range/practice green and discovered leaking water in my office


DK @kingsbury • July 18, 2011

Whirl-wind afternoon at work since I got here, but leaving for vendor golf in 45 minutes


DK @kingsbury • July 19, 2011

Nice evening – decent temp and dew point, 11 holes on The Wilderness (front nine plus 12 & 13) and a visit to Birch Point


DK @kingsbury • July 19, 2011

Michele Bachmann has a titanium spine? Is she the Terminator?


DK @kingsbury • July 19, 2011

Don’t mean to rub it in, but it’s only 73F in Tower right now


DK @kingsbury • July 20, 2011

The sun came out and the temp “soared” to 75F, so I ran the 7 mile Echo Point loop before HBO rerun night


DK @kingsbury • July 20, 2011

So many good lines in this week’s Curb, you could pretty much just quote the whole script


DK @kingsbury • July 20, 2011

Apparently it’s upgrade day: VLC, BBEdit and Lion


DK @kingsbury • July 20, 2011

I wonder which will happen first – I finish reading the Ars Technica Lion review or Lion actually finishes downloading on my slow connection


DK @kingsbury • July 20, 2011

The heat index in Tower today may be 98F, but I just hit four perfect shots on number one for birdie


DK @kingsbury • July 21, 2011

Best round of the year – shot 84 from combined tees at The Wilderness, followed by an awesome broasted chicken dinner from the deli


DK @kingsbury • July 21, 2011

Natural scrolling in Lion is totally freaking me out – I know it’s on, but my fingers keep forgetting


DK @kingsbury • July 21, 2011

My new Lion system.log is full of Spotlight related items (mdworker.pool?) and it looks like NetNewsWire isn’t totally happy either


DK @kingsbury • July 21, 2011

A few weird interface glitches with Safari and iChat, but overall the Lion upgrade has been mostly painless so far


DK @kingsbury • July 21, 2011

May have spoke too soon – appears my localhost web development environment is hosed


DK @kingsbury • July 21, 2011

Localhost issue turned out to be the same old mysql socket deal


DK @kingsbury • July 21, 2011

Just for kicks, I did also update my localhost to the latest version of MySQL


DK @kingsbury • July 22, 2011

Nice visit with Mr. and Mrs. @SummerOfJumbo, then the long mountain bike trail at Lebanon Hills


DK @kingsbury • July 22, 2011

Woke up with a headache, so no morning run. Kid one eye doctor, then Annie’s Parlor for lunch before the Kellgren party tonight


DK @kingsbury • July 22, 2011

The triumphant return of Cornholio


DK @kingsbury • July 22, 2011

Some of my favorite theming of any Disney attraction


DK @kingsbury • July 22, 2011

The creature has landed at the U


DK @kingsbury • July 23, 2011

The new TV lamp has arrived and was easily installed in about two minutes. The world is right again for my deprived kids


DK @kingsbury • July 23, 2011

Ran ten hot miles in Eagan and Apple Valley. Thought waiting until the sun went down would make it better, but not so much


DK @kingsbury • July 23, 2011

Beef jerky time – at Greg’s Meats


DK @kingsbury • July 23, 2011

Dark skies in the Cities and blinding sun in SE Minnesota – wish I had new sunglasses


DK @kingsbury • July 23, 2011

After 2+ years of riding the Lebanon Hills trail, finally started taking some of the jumps today. This is probably not a good development


DK @kingsbury • July 24, 2011

Shot an 85 from the whites at Braemar in Edina (Hays and Clunie nines). Still can’t believe I had a 39 on the “new” nine


DK @kingsbury • July 25, 2011

Heading to a telecom meeting at the Duluth Grill


DK @kingsbury • July 25, 2011

Beautiful day in the Northland today: 75F, blue skies and puffy white clouds. Hope to get a run in later


DK @kingsbury • July 25, 2011

Jorja back, but Ted Danson? Not sure about that one


DK @kingsbury • July 25, 2011

Lazytweet: yes or no on these?


DK @kingsbury • July 26, 2011

Ran 7 peaceful, hilly miles on Echo Point. Perfect northern Minnesota summer weather


DK @kingsbury • July 26, 2011

So do the Twins suck that bad or are the Rangers just that good?


DK @kingsbury • July 26, 2011

Lunchtime practice


DK @kingsbury • July 26, 2011

Yikes, reinstalling MySQL using the DMG installer wipes out all local databases. Glad I had backups


DK @kingsbury • July 26, 2011

This is pretty cool and pretty scary at the same time


DK @kingsbury • July 27, 2011

I really want to watch the next two hours of HBO (Curb, Entourage and True Blood), but soooo tired


DK @kingsbury • July 27, 2011

Stumbling my way through learning Firebug to decipher WordPress CSS theme layout issues – need to get outside soon


DK @kingsbury • July 27, 2011

I’m guessing Dots and beef jerky fall on the “unhealthy” side of the lunch scale


DK @kingsbury • July 28, 2011

The ugly golf game has returned, just in time for vendor golf at The Wilderness. Shot 96 from the combined tees with @ChadAGermann


DK @kingsbury • July 28, 2011

Happy to have visitors at Fortune Bay, but a crowded hotel room = hard to sleep. Lots planned for today and tomorrow


DK @kingsbury • July 28, 2011

Fortune Bay, Pier 77, VC, Birch Point


DK @kingsbury • July 29, 2011

Slept on the floor, turned in payroll and expense sheets and swapped ID badges. Time for Depot Days and the Blueberry Festival!


DK @kingsbury • July 29, 2011

Didn’t see any bear crossing signs, but had a small black one scurry across 169


DK @kingsbury • July 30, 2011

Thanks for the beer, Mr. Barthel!


DK @kingsbury • July 30, 2011

With these hot and humid weekends, being a golfer who walks is getting tougher and tougher. Shot 92 from the blues at Wild Marsh in Buffalo


DK @kingsbury • July 30, 2011

Dang, was ready to watch Breaking Bad disc 2, but it was cracked. Switched to streaming pilot of Sons of Anarchy


DK @kingsbury • July 31, 2011

Watched 7 episodes of Sons of Anarchy, so I guess I’m hooked. Sleeping to the sounds of the storm, then up early to run


DK @kingsbury • July 31, 2011

Ankle is shot, but ran (and walked) 19 miles around the lakes of Minneapolis. @MeganSteil missed one hell of a gimpathon


DK @kingsbury • July 31, 2011

Even though I’m now thoroughly worn out, glad I mowed the lawn before taking a post-run shower. Now what to do?


DK @kingsbury • July 31, 2011

Haven’t taken vitamins since Flintstones chewables, but a friend convinced me to visit GNC and try these


DK @kingsbury • July 31, 2011

Dinner with the old lady at the Twisted Fork Grille in St. Paul


DK @kingsbury • August 1, 2011

Finished season one of Sons of Anarchy – would start season two, but the alarm’s set for 4AM


DK @kingsbury • August 1, 2011

What the hell has happened to me? Up early for golf, running and now work. Could really use a summer sleep-in day


DK @kingsbury • August 1, 2011

Actually a little brisk in the Northland this morning, with rain on the horizon


DK @kingsbury • August 1, 2011

No storms up here, but had a power event that blew out two of my main UPS units in the server room. All systems down for 2+ hours


DK @kingsbury • August 1, 2011

August better shape up right now – not off to the greatest start


DK @kingsbury • August 2, 2011

28 minutes to generator switchover – fingers crossed


DK @kingsbury • August 2, 2011

The generators are off and everything is still running. Time for bed


DK @kingsbury • August 2, 2011

Day one of the great vitamin experiment has begun


DK @kingsbury • August 2, 2011

Web site prototype approved – development to continue with a target launch of Sept. 1


DK @kingsbury • August 2, 2011

Can’t wait until I’m running 10.7.1 (or higher)


DK @kingsbury • August 2, 2011

The new UPS units are in the rack (bottom)


DK @kingsbury • August 3, 2011

I’m guessing it’s a bad sign when you switch sides of the pillow and the room starts spinning


DK @kingsbury • August 3, 2011

License tabs now current, lunch at Grandma’s Saloon, then maybe a stop at the Y Store and Lube Express


DK @kingsbury • August 3, 2011

Long (but productive) days at work this week are wearing me down. Off now for a run and hopefully a relaxing night. Golfing FRI/SAT/MON


DK @kingsbury • August 3, 2011

My staff: “Purchase more Funk”


DK @kingsbury • August 4, 2011

Ran another 7 miles on Echo Point, where it was a veritable mob scene – think I saw seven or eight actual people tonight


DK @kingsbury • August 4, 2011

Dammit, didn’t win Gopher 5 *again* – up to $640K now for Friday


DK @kingsbury • August 4, 2011

Having the Google guy talking about how great his Mercedes is just pisses me off


DK @kingsbury • August 4, 2011

My work day has already changed like six times today – don’t know why I bother with a calendar


DK @kingsbury • August 4, 2011

Work week started with power failure blowing out UPS units and ends with our hotel wi-fi down for an undetermined amount of time. Sigh


DK @kingsbury • August 5, 2011

Shot a decent 88 from the whites at The Wilderness with Mr. Tom Cody. Heading south now


DK @kingsbury • August 5, 2011

Starving, but glad I waited until Gordy’s Hi-Hat


DK @kingsbury • August 5, 2011

The single that joined our golf group today was one of the trainers for the USA “miracle on ice” hockey team


DK @kingsbury • August 5, 2011

Empty house all weekend – what to do, what to do (have fun in cheeseland, family)


DK @kingsbury • August 6, 2011

Cool new mountain bike trail section now open at Lebanon Hills. Crash on the old section made me a little cautious on the new stuff, though


DK @kingsbury • August 6, 2011

Can’t sleep, think I did something to my right arm in the bike crash, alarm set for 6AM and I’m confused about social media again


DK @kingsbury • August 6, 2011

Heading to Anoka for what could be my most painful round of golf ever at Rum River Hills


DK @kingsbury • August 6, 2011

Shot an 84 from the blues at Rum River Hills. Pretty happy, since arm feels broken


DK @kingsbury • August 6, 2011

Sneaking in some Zantigo before my haircut


DK @kingsbury • August 6, 2011

No call from Uptown yet, so I started season two of Sons of Anarchy


DK @kingsbury • August 7, 2011

Things I’m missing right now: family, health and friends. More Sons of Anarchy until better days


DK @kingsbury • August 7, 2011

Sunny D and Ketel One


DK @kingsbury • August 7, 2011

Only two more episodes left in season two – 3:30AM? Why not…


DK @kingsbury • August 7, 2011

Feeling a little exercise guilt – watched 13 hours of Netflix yesterday and now CBS has 4 hours of golf. I should at least go for a walk


DK @kingsbury • August 7, 2011

I’d really like to incorporate jQuery Masonry into the layout of the 7minutemiles.com home page, but just not in the coding mood today


DK @kingsbury • August 7, 2011

No walk, but got the lawn mowed. Pretty awesome summer day in Minnesota – 76 and partly cloudy with a light breeze


DK @kingsbury • August 8, 2011

Ran 4 miles with Megan and Chili Dog in Eagan. Best evening weather in weeks


DK @kingsbury • August 8, 2011

Back on the road with a fun week on tap. Up first: 36 holes of golf today in the Northland with two old friends


DK @kingsbury • August 8, 2011

Rethinking my decision to wear shorts today. 56F and foggy south of Cloquet


DK @kingsbury • August 9, 2011

Finally back in my office at Fortune Bay after a long day off spent playing bad golf


DK @kingsbury • August 9, 2011

Think I will spend my lunch break listening to Watch the Throne


DK @kingsbury • August 9, 2011

Taking a break from everything


DK @kingsbury • August 12, 2011

Ran 5 miles with Megan and Chili Dog in Eagan (although the dog gave up after a mile)


DK @kingsbury • August 12, 2011

Moving on to the sad task of disassembling the bird cage 🙁


DK @kingsbury • August 12, 2011

Ran 16 slow and hilly miles in Eagan and Apple Valley. I’m really getting too old for this crap


DK @kingsbury • August 12, 2011

Fun lunch at the Roseville Big Bowl with Colleen, Cathy and Mr. Bremer


DK @kingsbury • August 12, 2011

Red Wing road trip with kid two and the wife. Planning on a Treasure Island stop for research (and bowling)


DK @kingsbury • August 12, 2011

Friday road trip


DK @kingsbury • August 13, 2011

Kid one already throws better parties than I ever did – bonfire still going strong


DK @kingsbury • August 13, 2011

Heading north to work the ZZ Top concert. Duluth tonight and Grand Marais tomorrow


DK @kingsbury • August 13, 2011

Preparing for the visitors from Texas


DK @kingsbury • August 13, 2011

Nice drums


DK @kingsbury • August 13, 2011

ZZ Top crowd shot #1


DK @kingsbury • August 13, 2011

ZZ Top crowd shot #2


DK @kingsbury • August 14, 2011

Billy and Dusty can still draw a crowd


DK @kingsbury • August 14, 2011

ZZ Top is kicking some serious ass at Fortune Bay tonight


DK @kingsbury • August 14, 2011

Northland cuts


DK @kingsbury • August 14, 2011

My favorite shot of the night


DK @kingsbury • August 14, 2011

Midnight drive to Duluth under a full moon


DK @kingsbury • August 14, 2011

Safely in Duluth now, despite the efforts of the fog, deer and drunk drivers


DK @kingsbury • August 14, 2011

Beautiful summer weather in Duluth this morning – heading for Grand Marais as soon as kid two wakes up


DK @kingsbury • August 14, 2011

Canal Park


DK @kingsbury • August 14, 2011

Dave’s Day: free lunch at Famous Dave’s in Duluth


DK @kingsbury • August 14, 2011

Expressway or scenic route? Scenic route, all the way


DK @kingsbury • August 14, 2011

Hmm, last time I was at Lutsen, I smashed my face in. Hope I have better luck today on the alpine slide


DK @kingsbury • August 14, 2011

Back in Grand Marais


DK @kingsbury • August 14, 2011

Good old cabin number 9 on Croftville Road


DK @kingsbury • August 14, 2011

Dinner at the Angry Trout with my parents


DK @kingsbury • August 15, 2011

Time to buy the donuts


DK @kingsbury • August 15, 2011

MN1 didn’t disappoint this morning: scenic vistas, wildlife and about 60 miles of hairpin turns in the MINI


DK @kingsbury • August 15, 2011

Memo from the reality department: things can *always* get worse


DK @kingsbury • August 16, 2011

Shot 86 from the whites at The Wilderness, then celebrated with a meat lovers pizza at the VC


DK @kingsbury • August 16, 2011

Watching a storm roll in as I write a summary of what I completed at work the past 12 months. Northland lightning is pretty damn cool


DK @kingsbury • August 16, 2011

Today’s golf tournament just got pulled off The Wilderness – it will be pouring here in a few minutes


DK @kingsbury • August 16, 2011

Skipping HBO night for a marketing road trip


DK @kingsbury • August 17, 2011

Heading to the 651 early for a couple of work events


DK @kingsbury • August 18, 2011

Finished the lawn with plenty of daylight left, but the bike trail was closed for erosion control. Heading out for a run instead


DK @kingsbury • August 18, 2011

Ran the 7.5 mile hilly loop in Eagan and Apple Valley at a decent 8:03 pace. Way too many cars in the suburbs, but I guess I’m spoiled


DK @kingsbury • August 18, 2011

No 2012 Masters tickets for me either


DK @kingsbury • August 18, 2011

Another fun work day: vendor golf tournament at Rush Creek, then a marketing rendezvous at Mystic Lake tonight


DK @kingsbury • August 18, 2011

Perfect day for golf in Maple Grove


DK @kingsbury • August 19, 2011

Won $50 for coming in last in today’s scramble – not sure how I feel about that


DK @kingsbury • August 19, 2011

Won enough money at Mystic to pay for gas out here


DK @kingsbury • August 19, 2011

One of my last-place teammates has a profile on the First Ave site


DK @kingsbury • August 19, 2011

Guess today was catch up on sleep day


DK @kingsbury • August 19, 2011

Lunch at Smashburger with kid one, then errands


DK @kingsbury • August 19, 2011

HP was a sponsor of yesterday’s golf tournament and gave away TouchPads as door prizes (“Hold on to those, they’re vintage!”)


DK @kingsbury • August 19, 2011

Happy belated birthday to the MINI – seven years old yesterday


DK @kingsbury • August 19, 2011

Lion 10.7.1 + Last.fm + iTunes 10.4 + CD playback = broken


DK @kingsbury • August 20, 2011

Messing around with some new WordPress code and layout options on 7minutemiles.com – watch for more info soon


DK @kingsbury • August 20, 2011

Golf game is so erratic now – shot 94 from the whites at Ridges at Sand Creek in Jordan


DK @kingsbury • August 20, 2011

Watched “The Guard” at the Uptown, riding the Como-Harriet trolley and hitting Bread and Pickle for dinner


DK @kingsbury • August 21, 2011

Some of the new stuff that will eventually kill me at Lebanon Hills


DK @kingsbury • August 21, 2011

Sunrise over Nokomis (long run day 3)


DK @kingsbury • August 21, 2011

Naively added Cedar Lake to the Nokomis, Harriet, Calhoun, Lake of the Isles loop. 24 miles? Thanks Minneapolis 13.1 for the Gatorade


DK @kingsbury • August 21, 2011

The semi-official measurement looks like 22.5 miles in 3:50 (10:14 pace)


DK @kingsbury • August 22, 2011

Fall must be coming – almost to Hinckley and the sun still hasn’t cracked the horizon


DK @kingsbury • August 22, 2011

Hit a few balls on the range for lunch, but this is budget week, so back to the office for now


DK @kingsbury • August 23, 2011

Another 12 hours of sleep last night and feeling pretty good today – think I’ll hit Echo Point tonight before HBO rerun night


DK @kingsbury • August 24, 2011

Ran 7 miles on Echo Point. One deer, one owl, a few bats and this


DK @kingsbury • August 24, 2011

Seems that running FileVault2 on a headless mini running Lion prevents ARD from seeing the login screen during startup (EFI?)


DK @kingsbury • August 24, 2011

The 2011 Monster Half is moving to St. Paul


DK @kingsbury • August 24, 2011

Preliminary budget submitted – time to unwind on The Wilderness


DK @kingsbury • August 24, 2011

And so it begins


DK @kingsbury • August 25, 2011

Shot an 87 from the combined tees at The Wilderness. Missed an eagle on 15 by a foot and just ordered a BBQ burger


DK @kingsbury • August 25, 2011

Fun night with DF and JS at the Landing drinking cranberry vodkas and plotting out our conquest of Vegas in October


DK @kingsbury • August 25, 2011

Taking the scenic route home today – 169 through the Range, with a stop at Grand Casino Mille Lacs


DK @kingsbury • August 25, 2011

It’s been a while: Prince Gun Shop, Milaca Unclaimed Freight, Long Siding


DK @kingsbury • August 25, 2011

Forgot how much I hate metro rush hour traffic


DK @kingsbury • August 26, 2011

Took kid two on the new trail at Lebanon Hills, but she is still complaining about it


DK @kingsbury • August 26, 2011

Early ortho and 3 mile bike ride for both kids, tried the new advanced trail at LH, mowed the lawn and now headed for a free Smashburger


DK @kingsbury • August 26, 2011

Dang, my nine holes of golf at Southview this afternoon just got cancelled. Weather is perfect, but think I’ll watch Louis CK on Netflix


DK @kingsbury • August 26, 2011

Was just told I’m much more fun after two beers. Probably true


DK @kingsbury • August 27, 2011

Free Music & Movies at Lake Harriet: 4 on the Floor, followed by Strange Brew


DK @kingsbury • August 27, 2011

Kid one went onstage to dance


DK @kingsbury • August 27, 2011

Garmin says Megan and I ran 17 miles around Nokomis, Harriet and Calhoun at a 9:24 pace – what a beautiful day for running


DK @kingsbury • August 27, 2011

Kid two begged me to go the water park, so I guess I’m heading to Cascade Bay (with my free pass)


DK @kingsbury • August 28, 2011

NASCAR party on Grand Avenue – think I’ll try a Summit Pale Ale next in my beverage cooler. Wings too!


DK @kingsbury • August 28, 2011

Fifth drink this week


DK @kingsbury • August 28, 2011

New 5K PR at the State Fair Milk Run – 21:41. Now when does the cheese curd booth open?


DK @kingsbury • August 28, 2011

Best thing ever at the fair – “Pail of Pups”


DK @kingsbury • August 28, 2011

You can now cross my name off the list of the 15 Minnesotans who have never been to Target Field


DK @kingsbury • August 28, 2011

Twins win, so it’s back to the fair


DK @kingsbury • August 29, 2011

Looks like a beautiful day for the Indian Summer Classic at The Wilderness


DK @kingsbury • August 29, 2011

Another work scramble, another battle for last place. Our team was +2 and missed it by one or two shots. Winners were -16 (!)


DK @kingsbury • August 30, 2011

Still think hashtags and QR codes are ugly (and dumb)


DK @kingsbury • August 30, 2011

Mailed new web server to Vegas, lunch in Tower, concert meeting, photo shoot and kiosk conference call – busy day


DK @kingsbury • August 31, 2011

Hoping today is the day I finally get to sit down and learn WordPress post formats and theme styling


DK @kingsbury • August 31, 2011

Cool moth party at The Wilderness clubhouse


DK @kingsbury • September 1, 2011

No desire to run tonight, but did 7 miles on Echo Point just to push the August mileage bar a little higher


DK @kingsbury • September 1, 2011

Taking advantage of some free online training – watching videos from last week’s WordCamp San Francisco


DK @kingsbury • September 1, 2011

DJ “Pluto” Skeet Skeet is my co-pilot


DK @kingsbury • September 2, 2011

Damn, I think the right power window motor is shot on the MINI. It still drives and isn’t a safety issue, so it’ll have to wait


DK @kingsbury • September 2, 2011

Wearing my SAMCRO T-shirt to the MN State Fair to use my free Prairie Home Companion ticket


DK @kingsbury • September 2, 2011

Nice surprise visit with @AndrewRCraven at the Great Minnesota Get-Together


DK @kingsbury • September 3, 2011

Wish I had these grandstand seats all the time


DK @kingsbury • September 3, 2011

GK at the Fair


DK @kingsbury • September 3, 2011

Jayhawks on PHC


DK @kingsbury • September 3, 2011

Audience participation


DK @kingsbury • September 3, 2011

Day three at the MN State Fair, with Weezer at the Grandstand tonight


DK @kingsbury • September 3, 2011

42nd straight year at the Minnesota State Fair for me. Favorite things are still people watching and food


DK @kingsbury • September 3, 2011

My take on the new food items I tried this year: thumbs up on the pretzel dogs and thumbs down on the sweet corn ice cream


DK @kingsbury • September 4, 2011

Beautiful (but chilly) night for a Weezer concert


DK @kingsbury • September 4, 2011

Weezer covering Radiohead in the encore


DK @kingsbury • September 4, 2011

I feel like Wilbur the rat in Charlotte’s Web – must run in the morning


DK @kingsbury • September 4, 2011

Ran 17 miles along Nokomis, Minnehaha Creek, Harriet and Calhoun in Minneapolis – definitely a hint of fall in the air today


DK @kingsbury • September 4, 2011

Now on 7MM: This Year at the Fair


DK @kingsbury • September 5, 2011

For all the big names in the credits, “Feeling Minnesota” is a pretty terrible movie


DK @kingsbury • September 5, 2011

Not sure if late night web prototyping is a good idea or not, but it’s more productive than Angry Birds when you can’t sleep


DK @kingsbury • September 5, 2011

A little chilly, but the sun is shining at Southview Country Club. Time for a little outing with Cody and Jr.


DK @kingsbury • September 5, 2011

Shot 95 from the whites at Southview – beautiful day, but just couldn’t score


DK @kingsbury • September 6, 2011

Sad to miss first day of school – no busses for either kid now, last year at respective schools


DK @kingsbury • September 6, 2011

Arrived safely at Fortune Bay, despite nearly falling asleep like 400 times. Sunny and 50F


DK @kingsbury • September 6, 2011

New web server is up and running in Vegas. Now researching DNS options before moving over the site prototype


DK @kingsbury • September 6, 2011

The IT department has a new meeting table


DK @kingsbury • September 6, 2011

Our new players club kiosks arrived in one piece today


DK @kingsbury • September 6, 2011

I sort of dig that my iTunes version of Lovesexy is one long track


DK @kingsbury • September 7, 2011

Worked late, ran to the wellness center, did a 5K on the treadmill, ran back and caught all of the HBO shows. Up since 4AM – so tired


DK @kingsbury • September 7, 2011

The view from my room this morning


DK @kingsbury • September 7, 2011

First Boogaard, now Demitra – very sad summer for Wild fans (and hockey in general). Pretty sure I had “To DK” photos from both of them 🙁


DK @kingsbury • September 7, 2011

Struggling a bit with CSS today – can never remember classes versus IDs and which one uses the ‘.’ versus the ‘#’


DK @kingsbury • September 7, 2011

WordPress issues are driving me crazy today: caching, page templates, excerpt vs more tags, masonry, CSS. Nothing working like I want yet


DK @kingsbury • September 8, 2011

Took all day, but finally made some WordPress progress using 7 Minute Miles as a test bed. Check out the new direction – 7minutemiles.com


DK @kingsbury • September 8, 2011

Tomorrow I’ll look more at styling post formats and a few other things


DK @kingsbury • September 8, 2011

Another shot of the new player kiosks (and yes, I’m in the office *way* too late tonight)


DK @kingsbury • September 8, 2011

Added the link post format to 7minutemiles.com – quotes and images coming next, but it’s time to hit the road


DK @kingsbury • September 8, 2011

Fuel stop at the Hinckley Little Store/White Castle, followed by a state highway patrol on my rear bumper for a few tense miles


DK @kingsbury • September 8, 2011

Had absolutely no idea that Dan Wilson co-wrote Adele’s Someone Like You


DK @kingsbury • September 9, 2011

NBC is working over the air in HD tonight – feel like I’m stealing from the NFL


DK @kingsbury • September 9, 2011

Wow, helped kid one set up a new Tumblr site and she had customized the theme and posted about 20 entries in less than 10 minutes


DK @kingsbury • September 9, 2011

Had a clean ride going at Lebanon Hills, then the advanced loop got revenge via logs and rocks. More new sections now open too


DK @kingsbury • September 9, 2011

Sons of Anarchy season 3, disc 1 has arrived in the mail – back in three hours


DK @kingsbury • September 10, 2011

End of S3E1 was my favorite SOA ending ever – plot twists, violence and a perfect Richard Thompson song


DK @kingsbury • September 10, 2011

Guess I was a little sleep deprived – finally woke up after 11 hours with no alarm set (tee time isn’t until 2PM)


DK @kingsbury • September 10, 2011

Still summer in Northfield – 88F and sunny to start our round at Willingers


DK @kingsbury • September 11, 2011

Tied my best ever round by shooting an 81 from the whites at Willingers with the Millers (Brad, Al, and for the first time, Sam)


DK @kingsbury • September 11, 2011

Ran my own City of Lakes: 22+ miles along Nokomis, Minnehaha Creek, Harriet, Calhoun, Isles, Greenway and Mississippi. Time for donuts


DK @kingsbury • September 11, 2011

Trying Dickey’s Barbecue Pit for the first time


DK @kingsbury • September 11, 2011

Nobody in town seems to carry my special canker sore toothpaste any more, so I had to order it online


DK @kingsbury • September 12, 2011

Making progress on my remaining WordPress issues, but there is still a lot of housekeeping to do


DK @kingsbury • September 12, 2011

More WordPress progress today (including help from a Londoner living in Hong Kong), but amazed at how much comment spam there is now


DK @kingsbury • September 12, 2011

Just pulled up the extended forecast for Vermilion – low Wednesday night of 26F


DK @kingsbury • September 12, 2011

I like having an office on the couch today – haven’t done that in a long, long time


DK @kingsbury • September 12, 2011

This Tombstone sausage and pepperoni pizza with Mexican Coke is really hitting the spot after yesterday’s long run


DK @kingsbury • September 13, 2011

Feels like I’ve been working on this laptop all day and night. Conference call in a few hours, dentist, then heading north


DK @kingsbury • September 13, 2011

OK, this is *really* enough time on the laptop – finally heading to bed


DK @kingsbury • September 13, 2011

Made it through an entire 30 minute conference call without AT&T dropping it


DK @kingsbury • September 13, 2011

Cool new digital x-rays showed nothing bad, so it’s off to work I go


DK @kingsbury • September 13, 2011

First the 26F forecast, now Gordy’s sign says the season ends in 13 days


DK @kingsbury • September 13, 2011

Arrived safely to find rain on Lake Vermilion – hope it makes it over to Ely


DK @kingsbury • September 13, 2011

I wonder how much money they lose for every additional minute target.com is down


DK @kingsbury • September 13, 2011

And Best Buy operating profits down 30% – not a good day for the home teams


DK @kingsbury • September 14, 2011

Anxious to watch the reruns of the various HBO season finales tonight (if I can keep my eyes open until 11:30PM)


DK @kingsbury • September 14, 2011

Liked the last Entourage, thought the other two were sort of “meh” – Boardwalk Empire up next?


DK @kingsbury • September 14, 2011

Today turned out to be review day. Nice to get positive feedback and be appreciated for the work I do here


DK @kingsbury • September 14, 2011

Upgraded VMware Fusion to version 4 and now starting to update my Linux and Windows VMs


DK @kingsbury • September 15, 2011

Survivor just never gets old as a guilty pleasure for me


DK @kingsbury • September 15, 2011

Trying one of the 40 minute pre-programmed walking workouts on the resort treadmill, then hitting a stationary bike (too cold out to run)


DK @kingsbury • September 15, 2011

Heading to the Graybar annual IT trade show, then Tapemark meeting and kid two swim team


DK @kingsbury • September 15, 2011

The Delta Legends Club is a pretty nice place for a trade show


DK @kingsbury • September 15, 2011

The next meeting site


DK @kingsbury • September 16, 2011

And the day wraps up at Wise Swim School


DK @kingsbury • September 16, 2011

Kid one doctor visit at AMC Farmington – nice clinic and good doc


DK @kingsbury • September 16, 2011

Had grand plans for this afternoon, but looks like I won’t get too far from the couch


DK @kingsbury • September 16, 2011

Rough day today, but just got in 7.4 hilly miles in Eagan and Apple Valley


DK @kingsbury • September 17, 2011

Chilly morning ride at Lebanon Hills – two toe taps, but no bruises and no crashes


DK @kingsbury • September 17, 2011

Trying to avoid I-35E closure while hitting credit union, hair cut, lunch at Zantigo and golf at Hillcrest


DK @kingsbury • September 17, 2011

Last week’s 81 is long gone – shot 92 from the middle tees at Hillcrest


DK @kingsbury • September 18, 2011

Caramel apples are one of my favorite things about fall in Minnesota


DK @kingsbury • September 18, 2011

Tonight on Netflix: Dazed and Confused, followed by Blindsight (with kid one watching Desperate Housewives in between)


DK @kingsbury • September 18, 2011

I love cold and rainy days where I don’t get dressed until halftime


DK @kingsbury • September 18, 2011

Not really mad or surprised by the Vikings, so it’s on to basement chores until the Emmys tonight


DK @kingsbury • September 18, 2011

One of the basement chores was take-a-shower/burn-the-clothes gross, but it’s done


DK @kingsbury • September 19, 2011

Holy crap, what happened to the last two hours? Better get to sleep before that 4AM alarm goes off


DK @kingsbury • September 19, 2011

I-35E northbound really not reopening before 5AM – took Mendota bridge and west 7th instead


DK @kingsbury • September 19, 2011

What a crazy start to the week – kiosk installer here early, more phone problems, HR benefit meetings and my department is short-staffed


DK @kingsbury • September 20, 2011

Stepped outside and couldn’t resist hitting the Wilderness – 18 holes in 3:25, shot 87 from the combined tees


DK @kingsbury • September 20, 2011

Quick workout at the Wellness Center, then season premier of the five-0


DK @kingsbury • September 20, 2011

All of these unscheduled projects and meetings are making me feel a little insecure about my organizing abilities


DK @kingsbury • September 20, 2011

Employee recognition picnic: free T-shirts, BBQ chicken, corn on the cob, beans and caramel apples


DK @kingsbury • September 21, 2011

Still using Safari with a Flash blocker on Lion, but I agree with a lot of this


DK @kingsbury • September 21, 2011

Don’t know if I really remembered Steve Buscemi playing the Buddy Holly waiter in Pulp Fiction. Plus – Uma Thurman 🙂


DK @kingsbury • September 21, 2011

Day two of employee appreciation picnics


DK @kingsbury • September 21, 2011

Need to manage iPads in the enterprise – I wish there was book about that 😉


DK @kingsbury • September 21, 2011

Skipping the wellness center for an evening in front of the TV – Survivor, Modern Family and CSI


DK @kingsbury • September 22, 2011

The writing on Modern Family is just so, so good


DK @kingsbury • September 22, 2011

Just ordered 4 tickets to the UMN Homecoming 2011 Pep Fest featuring Atmosphere at TCF Bank Stadium on 10/21


DK @kingsbury • September 22, 2011

Felt guilty about all the food and TV today, so I snuck down for a quick 5K and some biking


DK @kingsbury • September 22, 2011

Can’t figure out why Hollywood is remaking The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo already – are people really that averse to subtitles?


DK @kingsbury • September 22, 2011

My initial take on the F8 announcements – Facebook is trying to solve problems this old guy doesn’t have and/or want


DK @kingsbury • September 22, 2011

Tower, Cloquet, Eagan, Wise Swim School


DK @kingsbury • September 23, 2011

Back into web development mode – late night review of photo gallery options


DK @kingsbury • September 23, 2011

More photo gallery testing, laundry, lawn care, winterize sprinkler system and maybe a bike ride later


DK @kingsbury • September 23, 2011

It’s served me pretty well over the years, but I think it’s time to retire Gallery2


DK @kingsbury • September 23, 2011

Chilly (and *almost* 100% clean) loop around Lebanon Hills – wish the temps would be like this next weekend


DK @kingsbury • September 23, 2011

Kid two gone to a sleepover, wife left for a weekend retreat and kid one about to go skating. What to do, what to do


DK @kingsbury • September 24, 2011

Feel like a dork for working on this web development stuff on a Friday night, but there is nothing like a workstation with awesome speakers


DK @kingsbury • September 24, 2011

New 404 page finished – can’t believe it took me five years to add a 404.php file to my theme


DK @kingsbury • September 24, 2011

Hate waking up to a call from the manager on duty at the casino saying all phone and internet lines are down


DK @kingsbury • September 24, 2011

Another Northland telecom outage near Aurora, Minnesota this morning – too fragile


DK @kingsbury • September 24, 2011

Between Safari dropping connections and having to hard reset my laptop several times this week, I’m longing for Snow Leopard


DK @kingsbury • September 24, 2011

Kid one to sleepover, ran 7.4 miles with Megan in Eagan and Apple Valley and dropped off kid two at overnight birthday party – empty house!


DK @kingsbury • September 24, 2011

The passenger-side power window in the MINI miraculously started working again today


DK @kingsbury • September 25, 2011

Hurray – the extended forecast for next weekend keeps getting better and better


DK @kingsbury • September 25, 2011

I’ll have whatever Thom Yorke is having


DK @kingsbury • September 25, 2011

Fall special at Willingers


DK @kingsbury • September 25, 2011

Beautiful day for fall golf in Minnesota – shot an “ugly” 92 from the whites at Willingers


DK @kingsbury • September 26, 2011

Took the old lady to see Crazy Stupid Love, followed by dinner at Emma Krumbees (with all the other seniors)


DK @kingsbury • September 26, 2011

Can’t believe I actually set my alarm for 3:30 *AM* today


DK @kingsbury • September 26, 2011

Conference room mostly prepped for players club kiosk training – day one of four


DK @kingsbury • September 26, 2011

Getting up at 3:30, attending 8.5 hours of training sessions and trying to keep my eyes open is harder than I thought


DK @kingsbury • September 27, 2011

Feel asleep during MNF and totally missed the 5-0


DK @kingsbury • September 27, 2011

Busy, busy day here in the Northland – kiosks, photos, purchase orders, iPads, extended warranties, vender visits and the VC


DK @kingsbury • September 27, 2011

Tim meets the Bamboozler


DK @kingsbury • September 28, 2011

Did you know vender is a variant spelling of vendor? And I thought I was just an idiot who can’t spell


DK @kingsbury • September 28, 2011

Multiple conflicting meetings this morning, but tribal council trumps them all


DK @kingsbury • September 28, 2011

What a day – time for some mindless TV


DK @kingsbury • September 29, 2011

I really hate conducting interviews, especially when they aren’t even for my department


DK @kingsbury • September 29, 2011

They should just call it Earl’s Bag of Evil


DK @kingsbury • September 29, 2011

A new section of I-35 southbound is open and looks to be concrete instead of blacktop – Minnesota must be rich!


DK @kingsbury • September 30, 2011

Nothing like sleeping in under a warm comforter on a chilly Minnesota fall morning


DK @kingsbury • September 30, 2011

Ran to Deerwood to watch Run for Deerwood and found this


DK @kingsbury • September 30, 2011

2011 TCM Expo


DK @kingsbury • September 30, 2011

Celebrated the end of my taper week with a 100% clean ride around all my normal loops at Lebanon Hills


DK @kingsbury • September 30, 2011

Attack of the giant Legos


DK @kingsbury • September 30, 2011

Kid two: “If I had a million dollars, I’d get a phone and go back to the Lego store.”


DK @kingsbury • October 1, 2011

Fuddruckers was a bad idea


DK @kingsbury • October 1, 2011

Marathon Sunday forecasts keep going from way too hot to decent to good, but all look OK for the start. Will just have to finish early


DK @kingsbury • October 1, 2011

Beautiful morning for kid two’s one mile race downtown


DK @kingsbury • October 1, 2011

Carbo loading at Cossetta with kid one


DK @kingsbury • October 1, 2011

Fun wedding reception for John and Cathy at the Riverview in Minneapolis


DK @kingsbury • October 1, 2011

Kramarczuk Quality Meat Products, Northeast


DK @kingsbury • October 2, 2011

Final TC marathon forecast looks like mid-40Fs at the start, mid-60Fs at the finish, sunny and light SE winds


DK @kingsbury • October 2, 2011

Heading for the starting line and feelin’ fine. Wearing black and blue and bib number 1960


DK @kingsbury • October 2, 2011

Unofficially beat my marathon PR today at Twin Cities by about 45 seconds – story at 11


DK @kingsbury • October 2, 2011

So I can do a web check-in for my Sun Country flight tomorrow morning, but I have to pay $10-$15 to select a seat? Guess I’ll wait


DK @kingsbury • October 2, 2011

Gertie Guille fundraiser at Marino’s in Fridley


DK @kingsbury • October 3, 2011

TSA sign: “Thank you for participating in security.” You mean I had an option to avoid that long ass line?


DK @kingsbury • October 3, 2011

Vegas-bound on the early flight


DK @kingsbury • October 3, 2011

Landed safely in Nevada


DK @kingsbury • October 3, 2011

Views from the “Saw” suite at Planet Hollywood


DK @kingsbury • October 3, 2011

Why, sure, I’ll try a sample at 10:30 in the morning


DK @kingsbury • October 3, 2011

Secret, forbidden pizza at the Cosmopolitan


DK @kingsbury • October 3, 2011

The fountains of Bellagio are crashing outside my room window already


DK @kingsbury • October 3, 2011

Marketing’s room theme is Saw, while IT gets Mary Poppins


DK @kingsbury • October 3, 2011

I’m lucky to have a job where I get paid to try new casino games – a few faves: Hangover, Stars Wars Droid Patrol and Hundred Play Poker


DK @kingsbury • October 3, 2011

Thunderstorm in Vegas right now and if CSI has taught me anything, bad things are about to happen


DK @kingsbury • October 4, 2011

Headed to Sinatra at the Wynn for dinner


DK @kingsbury • October 4, 2011

Frank’s Way


DK @kingsbury • October 4, 2011

Loved the finale of Sons of Anarchy season three – great way to wrap up all the loose ends


DK @kingsbury • October 4, 2011

There are only two, but the time zones seem to be messing with me this trip – off now to the Sands for G2E registration


DK @kingsbury • October 4, 2011

Dan Aykroyd opens G2E


DK @kingsbury • October 4, 2011

Worst idea ever for post-marathon week: walking the Sands Expo Center


DK @kingsbury • October 4, 2011

Midget Elvis is pretty sweet


DK @kingsbury • October 5, 2011

Free wings in the Diamond Lounge at Planet Hollywood is a dangerous thing


DK @kingsbury • October 5, 2011

G2E party night #1 – Harrah’s up first, then AGEM/IGT at the Hard Rock pool


DK @kingsbury • October 5, 2011

Change in plans already; now at a slot company party here


DK @kingsbury • October 5, 2011

Bay breezes and blue Hawaiians don’t suck


DK @kingsbury • October 5, 2011

AEGM party at the Hard Rock


DK @kingsbury • October 5, 2011

Wells-Gardner has abandoned their cabana at the Hard Rock pool and it’s been claimed by Fortune Bay


DK @kingsbury • October 5, 2011

Sufficiently dazed and confused – headed to the gaming floor


DK @kingsbury • October 5, 2011

Stopped at Vanity so I could tell kid one I went “back to the club”


DK @kingsbury • October 5, 2011

Managed to find my way safely back to the room and hoping to actually get some sleep now


DK @kingsbury • October 5, 2011

Breakfast at PH, then I get to have my ass kicked playing poker against @LaceyJones


DK @kingsbury • October 5, 2011

One of the highlights from today


DK @kingsbury • October 5, 2011

And yes, she did win our tournament session


DK @kingsbury • October 5, 2011

Another day of rain in Vegas – more than they’ve had all year, I’ve been told


DK @kingsbury • October 5, 2011

Still one of the coolest shopping centers anywhere


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

Bellagio fountains in the rain


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

Rat Bastard Root Beer – “This time put it in your mouth”


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

Thanks to Linda from MGT for recommending the burgers at Holsteins in the Cosmopolitan – so good!


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

The fountains from on high


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

G2E party night #2: Raving event at the Tuscany Suites


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

The problem with attending parties with a hospitality director: I’ve probably tripled the number of drink varieties sampled in my lifetime


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

Minor miracle I found my way back to my hotel room tonight


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

Heading to a free brunch buffet at the Cosmopolitan (Wicked Spoon?)


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

I was going to tweet that my head feels like it might explode on the flight home tonight, but then TSA would flag me for SSSS


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

Kid one would totally dig the art vending machines at Cosmo


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

The Wicked Spoon buffet pass might be the best thing I won all week


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

And for dessert


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

Mini monsoon in Vegas – rain, cold and 40mph wind gusts


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

One last vendor meeting at the 2011 G2E


DK @kingsbury • October 6, 2011

Not a fan of Las Vegas TSA or their policies – best sales pitch ever for private aviation


DK @kingsbury • October 7, 2011

Back in the 6-5-1


DK @kingsbury • October 7, 2011

Head didn’t explode last night, ears have already popped and no lingering hangovers – how did I manage that?


DK @kingsbury • October 7, 2011

Minnesota, October, mid-80s: time for some golf with Bob at Southview


DK @kingsbury • October 7, 2011

Nine holes plus the horn at SVCC; didn’t keep score. Quick dinner, then Before Sunrise at the Walker (part of the Linklater festival)


DK @kingsbury • October 8, 2011

Barely light for our 7:16 tee time


DK @kingsbury • October 8, 2011

Shot 83 from the whites at Ridges at Sand Creek in Jordan


DK @kingsbury • October 9, 2011

Ran 6 recovery miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – good luck to everyone running Chicago right now (and stay cool)


DK @kingsbury • October 9, 2011

Wedding day in St. Paul for Al and Suzanne


DK @kingsbury • October 9, 2011

Free drink week continues


DK @kingsbury • October 10, 2011

“Welcome back to Facebook”


DK @kingsbury • October 10, 2011

Still not fond of the 4AM Mondays, but at least I don’t have to go through airport security today


DK @kingsbury • October 10, 2011

Back in the Northland after 10 days away – golf course closed, colors fading, winter on the way


DK @kingsbury • October 10, 2011

Exchange inbox 233, paper inbox towering around two feet


DK @kingsbury • October 10, 2011

Weird having Wild game tweets while at work – sounds like the team is surprised to be playing now too. Honeymoon’s over, Mike


DK @kingsbury • October 10, 2011

Messing with the new Facebook timeline (a week early)


DK @kingsbury • October 10, 2011

Inbox 33 and a full trash can – good enough


DK @kingsbury • October 11, 2011

Resolved: get faster, lighter and stronger. 5K resort treadmill, 20 minute bike and this thing


DK @kingsbury • October 11, 2011

Planned to do some late night CSS work, but that 4AM wake-up call is telling my eyes enough is enough


DK @kingsbury • October 11, 2011

Still decompressing after several long morning meetings – lots going on here right now


DK @kingsbury • October 11, 2011

It still amazes me what you can do with PHP and CSS – coding logic, FTW!


DK @kingsbury • October 11, 2011

Just realized I can watch the Wild-Ottawa game in my room tonight


DK @kingsbury • October 11, 2011

Record year for The Wilderness at Fortune Bay – approximately 21,000 rounds played


DK @kingsbury • October 12, 2011

This Koivu-Gaborik-Brunette line totally rocks


DK @kingsbury • October 12, 2011

Love the new “Purchased” functionality in iTunes 10.5, but rather depressed to see my kids have bought 2100 songs


DK @kingsbury • October 12, 2011

5K on the treadmill, 5K on the stationary bike and more time on that damn cable cross thing


DK @kingsbury • October 12, 2011

New metro Ethernet connection live this morning at work – 15 megs up and down (10x increase)


DK @kingsbury • October 12, 2011

Looking for a good photo printer for work and I think I’ve settled on the Epson Stylus Photo R2000


DK @kingsbury • October 12, 2011

Attempt number 1 to upgrade my phone to iOS 5 failed, trying again


DK @kingsbury • October 12, 2011

For a minute there, I thought I was about to get screwed over by NYC too


DK @kingsbury • October 12, 2011

Updated to 10.7.2 and tried phone upgrade again, still no go. On to attempt number four


DK @kingsbury • October 12, 2011

Now my phone is in some sort of non-working limbo mode, but at least I don’t have to wait for the “backing up” part again


DK @kingsbury • October 12, 2011

“Welcome to iCloud. Your iCloud storage is almost full.”


DK @kingsbury • October 12, 2011

Well, there, that only took six hours


DK @kingsbury • October 13, 2011

Survivor, Modern Family and CSI, followed by a late night workout by the pool


DK @kingsbury • October 13, 2011

The new iOS notifications may be a blatant Android rip-off, but it is still much appreciated – way better than before


DK @kingsbury • October 13, 2011

Taking a little walk down to the heritage center to look at TVs, point of sale and (hopefully) a future fiber drop


DK @kingsbury • October 13, 2011

Just saw a bald eagle on the side of the road having a little afternoon snack


DK @kingsbury • October 13, 2011

Quick stop at the Hinckley White Castle, then picking up my dad in St. Paul for a Mystic Lake trip


DK @kingsbury • October 14, 2011

Played 100 hand poker for two hours at $1 per hand and only won five bucks


DK @kingsbury • October 14, 2011

The second two hours weren’t nearly as lucrative, but the whole night only cost me $25 (plus dad’s gift)


DK @kingsbury • October 14, 2011

Frankie was born to run


DK @kingsbury • October 14, 2011

Birthday lunch with Mr. Skoglund at Circle Pines Carbone’s


DK @kingsbury • October 15, 2011

Ran 4 miles with Megan and Chili Dog, kids gone, date night at the Walker to see Before Sunset, then Trevor’s band


DK @kingsbury • October 15, 2011

Three club wind in Cannon Falls


DK @kingsbury • October 15, 2011

Thirteen at The Summit is such a cool hole


DK @kingsbury • October 15, 2011

The wind wrecked havoc with my golf game today; shot 95 from the whites at The Summit


DK @kingsbury • October 16, 2011

Wild vs. Detroit at the X with my uncle


DK @kingsbury • October 16, 2011

Beautiful fall loop around Lebanon Hills bike trail – so many leaves!


DK @kingsbury • October 16, 2011

Lunch at Dickey’s BBQ Pit, kid one to MOA for new phone, followed by party at Cafe Latte on Grand Avenue


DK @kingsbury • October 16, 2011

Hey Geoff at the MOA Apple Store – you were a rude jerk to that other customer


DK @kingsbury • October 17, 2011

iOS update night – three iPhones, one iPod Touch, one iPad and one Apple TV. This family is way too spoiled


DK @kingsbury • October 17, 2011

Slow downloads, no disk space, no micro USB cable to update AppleTV (!?!) – not a good night for updating


DK @kingsbury • October 17, 2011

Every device updated except for the Apple TV. If this is the simpler, easier future of technology, we’re all screwed


DK @kingsbury • October 17, 2011

I don’t think three and a half hours of sleep is going to cut it today


DK @kingsbury • October 17, 2011

Made it to work without 1) hitting any deer and 2) falling asleep at the wheel. Cold as hell here already too


DK @kingsbury • October 17, 2011

Trying out DNS Made Easy for a year; also looking for a new registrar to move/renew all the work domains


DK @kingsbury • October 17, 2011

Now that kid one has a 4, I finally launched FaceTime tonight. Works pretty well over wi-fi


DK @kingsbury • October 18, 2011

Back to my roots – messing with DNS records, Apache configs and database connections


DK @kingsbury • October 18, 2011

Running first remote system updates on new web server – hope it comes back up


DK @kingsbury • October 18, 2011

Web server back up – those remote firmware updates freak me out


DK @kingsbury • October 18, 2011

Finished the treadmill workout, taking a 5-0 break, then back to the exercise room


DK @kingsbury • October 18, 2011

I wonder how many more times they will say “Skydrive” on Hawaii Five-0 tonight


DK @kingsbury • October 18, 2011

Finished the rest of the workout and got one of my two evening goals completed – the blog post will have to wait


DK @kingsbury • October 18, 2011

Used an iron this morning on my shirt and pants, put on a tie and now everyone at work is freaking out


DK @kingsbury • October 18, 2011

Director meeting, selected new kiosks, purchased and installed a new test domain and conducting an informational interview soon – stressful


DK @kingsbury • October 18, 2011

What a day – so much going on around here


DK @kingsbury • October 18, 2011

No Versus at the resort (maybe the bar?), so looks like I’ll follow the Wild-Pens game via Twitter


DK @kingsbury • October 19, 2011

New Beavis and Butthead premieres Thursday, 10/27 at 9PM Central on MTV


DK @kingsbury • October 19, 2011

Updated the stylesheet for quote post types on 7minutemiles.com – the vision is finally complete


DK @kingsbury • October 19, 2011

Congrats to Heidi – 1:54:23 (8:44 pace) at the 2011 Nike Women’s Half Marathon in San Francisco


DK @kingsbury • October 19, 2011

Maybe the Wild should spend a little less time on military training and a little more on hockey drills. Hooah!!


DK @kingsbury • October 19, 2011

10K on the treadmill is waaaay more boring than 5K – on to cable cross and the bike


DK @kingsbury • October 19, 2011

Wilderness employee sale, Aristocrat meeting, RECON meeting, lunch in Ely and visit with WELY – busy day so far


DK @kingsbury • October 19, 2011

Congrats to Kathy and Toby – George Henry IV, 7 lbs 7 oz, 20 1/2 inches


DK @kingsbury • October 19, 2011

Hoping to veg out with some mindless TV, but I have a feeling I’ll get called for something tonight


DK @kingsbury • October 20, 2011

Hard starting a workout at 10:15PM, but I’m really trying to stick with it – 5K bike/run plus cable cross


DK @kingsbury • October 20, 2011

Sweet – new Jayhawks for $3.99 at Amazon. Downloading now from amazon.com


DK @kingsbury • October 20, 2011

Tough to see this from the clubhouse and not be able to play


DK @kingsbury • October 20, 2011

Mentally and physically worn out and now I get to drive 200 miles


DK @kingsbury • October 20, 2011

Wish I could afford one of those Mercedes that shock you when you start to fall asleep


DK @kingsbury • October 20, 2011

Interesting – Treasure Island launched a new web site today and used WordPress


DK @kingsbury • October 21, 2011

At Wise Swim School with kid two. Nice and tropical on a cold fall evening


DK @kingsbury • October 21, 2011

Quick basement workout while watching Office Space – didn’t remember it being based on a Mike Judge cartoon (Milton)


DK @kingsbury • October 21, 2011

Are you kidding me? Way to go Wild!


DK @kingsbury • October 21, 2011

Dear NHL, please keep the Wild and the Oilers in the same division forever


DK @kingsbury • October 21, 2011

I really need to stop using the snooze button so much – two hours of hitting that damn button is not good


DK @kingsbury • October 21, 2011

Lunch and visit with my brother and his wife before heading to Target


DK @kingsbury • October 21, 2011

Target trip turned into stops at credit union, Best Buy, gas station and Target again


DK @kingsbury • October 22, 2011

Homecoming at the University of Minnesota. Up next: Atmosphere at the Bank


DK @kingsbury • October 22, 2011

Brother Ali just joined Slug on stage – sweet


DK @kingsbury • October 22, 2011

iOS5 seems to do simultaneous installs now – Angry Birds Seasons update now loading, along with four others at the same time


DK @kingsbury • October 22, 2011

Nice ride around Lebanon Hills before lunch at Barbette with my brother


DK @kingsbury • October 22, 2011

Heading back up to work to hopefully give away a car – family tagging along


DK @kingsbury • October 23, 2011

Drawing software worked perfectly – Gene Kelly from Canada was the grand prize winner (Dodge Challenger)


DK @kingsbury • October 23, 2011

Nice 13 mile fall run around Nokomis, Minnehaha creek and Lake Harriet


DK @kingsbury • October 24, 2011

Just what I needed, a new show to watch – five episodes of “Justified” in a row


DK @kingsbury • October 24, 2011

With extra hours from Saturday, decided to sleep in extra 90 minutes – big difference in traffic levels


DK @kingsbury • October 24, 2011

Breakfast of champions – cold pizza, Dots and cherry Coke


DK @kingsbury • October 24, 2011

Quick “research” stop at Black Bear Casino


DK @kingsbury • October 24, 2011

Safely back in the office and preparing for a fun and productive week at the Bay


DK @kingsbury • October 24, 2011

Listening to the new Florence & The Machine album


DK @kingsbury • October 24, 2011

Damn, a “tasting” of New York Sirloin for $145


DK @kingsbury • October 24, 2011

The Northeast Minnesota Middle Mile Fiber Project will have 415 miles (out of 915) in the ground by the end of the year


DK @kingsbury • October 24, 2011

I’m guessing if you misspell “management” on your conference flier, I won’t miss much by not attending


DK @kingsbury • October 24, 2011

Going on walkies to photograph the construction on the Wilderness I just found out about (story tonight)


DK @kingsbury • October 24, 2011

I love how it’s so quiet out, I can hear the crow flap his wings overhead


DK @kingsbury • October 25, 2011

A little pre-5-0 workout on the bike and cable cross, treadmill afterwards


DK @kingsbury • October 25, 2011

Mr. Terry Gray soon to be in the house – looking forward to his visit (and expertise)


DK @kingsbury • October 26, 2011

Great dinner with Terry at the Vermilion Club – that pizza rocks


DK @kingsbury • October 26, 2011

Eyes on the prize – 5K on resort treadmill, 5K on bike and cable cross. Almost made up for all that pizza


DK @kingsbury • October 26, 2011

Cajun walleye Caesar salad at the Ely Steakhouse with Terry and Alex


DK @kingsbury • October 26, 2011

New music Wednesday: Primus, Tori Amos, Mike Doughty, Gomez and Umphrey’s McGee


DK @kingsbury • October 26, 2011

I can’t get over how low the water is in our marina on Lake Vermilion – webcam almost makes it look frozen too


DK @kingsbury • October 26, 2011

Dinner and drinks with Terry at Bay View tonight, then TV time before hitting the exercise room late


DK @kingsbury • October 27, 2011

Teriyaki wings + waffle fries + vodka + a workout wasn’t really a great idea, but I finished all four


DK @kingsbury • October 27, 2011

Terry got out of here just in time; heavy snowfall in Tower


DK @kingsbury • October 27, 2011

McDonald’s Extra Value Meals are now light on nutrition *and* value, but I still can’t quit them completely


DK @kingsbury • October 27, 2011

I’m not sure if “wedocows.com” is a brilliant domain for a rural vet or just plain wrong


DK @kingsbury • October 27, 2011

Safely back home and about to help kid two get ready for her big party


DK @kingsbury • October 27, 2011

Looking forward to the Apple event tomorrow – maybe they can explain how Lion made my laptop less stable and iOS 5 made my phone sluggish


DK @kingsbury • October 27, 2011

Back at Dickey’s for dinner


DK @kingsbury • October 28, 2011

Last night of Thursday swim team for kid two at Wise


DK @kingsbury • October 28, 2011

One less question to ask Apple tomorrow – turning off most iCloud services returned the snappiness of my phone


DK @kingsbury • October 28, 2011

And to be fair, Lion locks up the laptop less often once I removed the anti-virus stuff I was testing (still too many SPoDs, though)


DK @kingsbury • October 28, 2011

Not really a fan of baseball, but the last hour of this game has been pretty fun to watch


DK @kingsbury • October 28, 2011

Almost done cleaning the house for kid two’s party, so it’s time to throw this in for lunch


DK @kingsbury • October 28, 2011

Time to get changed and drive into Uptown for the Apple IT Forum


DK @kingsbury • October 28, 2011

Happy hour at Stella’s with Pash and the gang


DK @kingsbury • October 29, 2011

One hour and 15 minutes left before I can empty the house of 10-year-olds


DK @kingsbury • October 29, 2011

Survived the kid party – time to rebuild the house


DK @kingsbury • October 29, 2011

Hmm, all of my music and videos just mysteriously disappeared from my phone – more iCloud weirdness?


DK @kingsbury • October 29, 2011

Woke up at 7, decided it was too cold to run or bike, went back to sleep – getting soft already and it’s not even November yet


DK @kingsbury • October 29, 2011

Sold the bike trainer, so searching for new running shoes. Mizuno Wave Rider 13s gone everywhere – guess I’ll wait for the 15s next month


DK @kingsbury • October 29, 2011

Hair cut, Zantigo for lunch, then maybe a run in Minneapolis (now that it’s above freezing)


DK @kingsbury • October 29, 2011

Hmm, hair cut vs. haircut??


DK @kingsbury • October 29, 2011

Riding to the Walker to check out the new graphic design and baby Marx exhibits


DK @kingsbury • October 29, 2011

This exhibit was pretty great


DK @kingsbury • October 30, 2011

Minneapolis 17-miler in the dark: Nokomis, Minnehaha Creek, Harriet and Calhoun


DK @kingsbury • October 30, 2011

And to the woman who blew by me on Calhoun, I think I love you – her pace must have been sub-7:00


DK @kingsbury • October 30, 2011

Damn, didn’t win Powerball again. Guess I’ll go to bed now and stick to the plan of golfing in the morning at Willingers


DK @kingsbury • October 30, 2011

45F out and a chance of rain? Perfect Minnesota/Scotland golf weather!


DK @kingsbury • October 30, 2011

Shot 87 from the whites at Willingers, with 2 birdies, 4 doubles and a triple


DK @kingsbury • October 31, 2011

Changing up the iPod playlists so I’ll have something different to listen to during tomorrow’s commute


DK @kingsbury • October 31, 2011

Hungry, foggy and moody – with a new soundtrack


DK @kingsbury • October 31, 2011

Cold, grey and cloudy – weather sucks too


DK @kingsbury • October 31, 2011

Safely back in the office and feeling a little better


DK @kingsbury • October 31, 2011

I wonder what ad network it is that keeps targeting me with Pebble Beach and MINI ads at every other site I visit


DK @kingsbury • October 31, 2011

RIP Tom Keith. Played golf with him once at Southview – very nice man


DK @kingsbury • October 31, 2011

Also ordered photo paper in multiple sizes and formats, along with 2 sets of replacement ink and some printable CD-Rs (and DVD-Rs)


DK @kingsbury • October 31, 2011

Upgrading some stuff for work: Aperture 3.2.1, iLife ’11 (iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand). Bought Pixelmator for $30


DK @kingsbury • October 31, 2011

Holding off on Final Cut X and Creative Suite 5.5 for now


DK @kingsbury • October 31, 2011

Wow, Eagan Senser’s closes abruptly


DK @kingsbury • October 31, 2011

I think this Aperture library upgrade really could take days to complete


DK @kingsbury • November 1, 2011

Halloween workout almost complete – 8K treadmill, 5K bike and cable cross. Now where is all that extra candy?


DK @kingsbury • November 1, 2011

Final October mileage – 102.1 miles


DK @kingsbury • November 1, 2011

My USGA handicap index ended the year at 11.6 – I guess playing more does help (35 “official” rounds)


DK @kingsbury • November 1, 2011

Between this Aperture “face detection” process, the Flash plug-in, Versions and iCloud, my maxed out MBP is a giant pile of slow today


DK @kingsbury • November 1, 2011

Google+ is now available for Google Apps for Domains (if anyone still cares)


DK @kingsbury • November 1, 2011

I think I hate the SPoD more than I ever hated the BSoD


DK @kingsbury • November 1, 2011

Today must be bitch and moan Tuesday: how come iOS5 + Words with Friends is sooooo slow?


DK @kingsbury • November 1, 2011

Need to stop working and go watch some hockey


DK @kingsbury • November 2, 2011

Faceoff with Greenlay vs. Gorg needs to be taken out back and shot


DK @kingsbury • November 2, 2011

I just don’t know what to think about this Wild team – holy smokes


DK @kingsbury • November 2, 2011

FaceTime with kid one makes up for all of the performance issues I’ve been having with iOS5 and Lion


DK @kingsbury • November 2, 2011

Late night workout: 5K treadmill, 5K bike and cable cross. Is a 193 pulse dangerous for an old guy?


DK @kingsbury • November 2, 2011

Safari, you are now in a timeout. Go sit in the corner while I play with Chrome for a little bit


DK @kingsbury • November 2, 2011

Adding the reCAPTCHA plugin to WordPress has stopped comment spam (so far)


DK @kingsbury • November 2, 2011

Closing in on three years without a real vacation – need to do something about that


DK @kingsbury • November 2, 2011

99.31 hours of accrued vacation time


DK @kingsbury • November 2, 2011

…and we have our first WordPress comment spam that made it past the reCAPTCHA plugin


DK @kingsbury • November 2, 2011

Very overwhelmed by work, but it’s all stuff I like to do: web development, photography, social media, radio and iPad config


DK @kingsbury • November 2, 2011

I’ve now done almost ten iOS4 to iOS5 upgrades on various devices and would hate to be in a company with thousands of units


DK @kingsbury • November 3, 2011

I give up on linking Words with Friends and Facebook – if you want to play, just hit me up via user name dmkingsbury


DK @kingsbury • November 3, 2011

Short workout due to TV distractions and late night photo shoot


DK @kingsbury • November 3, 2011

Minor rush when I matched the first number in the $250 million Powerball drawing, but it was short-lived


DK @kingsbury • November 3, 2011

Hustling back to Ely for a telecom meeting at the station


DK @kingsbury • November 3, 2011

Fun drive in the MINI down highway one from Ely to Lake Superior


DK @kingsbury • November 3, 2011

Stopped at Split Rock Lighthouse for a quick hike by the lake before hitting Grandma’s in Canal Park for a late lunch


DK @kingsbury • November 3, 2011

The Godfather at Grandma’s is one of my favorite sandwiches anywhere – yummy


DK @kingsbury • November 3, 2011

It’s really true – all freeway construction in Duluth is finished (at least for now)


DK @kingsbury • November 3, 2011

Now hustling to pick up the kids and get to flu shots on time – school conferences tonight


DK @kingsbury • November 4, 2011

Great school conferences for both kids – very proud dad


DK @kingsbury • November 4, 2011

Breakfast with the girl at Celts Pub in Farmington


DK @kingsbury • November 4, 2011

Just like GWB, I spent the day clearing brush on the ranch


DK @kingsbury • November 4, 2011

Kid two swim meet madness in Farmington


DK @kingsbury • November 5, 2011

Just discovered this school has free guest wi-fi, but my phone battery is dying


DK @kingsbury • November 5, 2011

Same Scottish golf weather as last week, with the addition of even more wind (but it is Minnesota golf in November)


DK @kingsbury • November 5, 2011

Shot 86 from the whites at Ridges at Sand Creek – 36th round of the year (and probably the last in MN)


DK @kingsbury • November 5, 2011

Excellent walleye and pasta lunch at Andiamo with kid one


DK @kingsbury • November 5, 2011

Still love record stores; picked up the First Ave tickets and some other great stuff


DK @kingsbury • November 5, 2011

Dinner with the old lady at Pat’s Tap, Minneapolis


DK @kingsbury • November 6, 2011

Stopped at the Eagan BWW to watch the Wild game, but that place was jam packed – listening to the radio stream instead


DK @kingsbury • November 6, 2011

The extra hour of sleep was nice – now on to a day of laundry, Sons of Anarchy and maybe a bike ride and/or run when it gets warmer


DK @kingsbury • November 6, 2011

Looks like it was perfect weather in New York today – can’t wait to finally get in that race


DK @kingsbury • November 6, 2011

30MPH winds and a nasty fall off a jump at the end, but I made it around Lebanon Hills. FYI – the ground is really, really hard right now


DK @kingsbury • November 6, 2011

Congrats to @MeganSteil for finishing the Rails to Trails marathon today in Norwalk, WI. 4:15 in this wind kicks ass!


DK @kingsbury • November 6, 2011

Watched Cars 2 and did more laundry while nursing my bruised thigh. Quick Target run before SOA marathon


DK @kingsbury • November 7, 2011

Looks like Bronwyn’s new bridge is open in Forest Lake


DK @kingsbury • November 7, 2011

It appears that road construction season on I-35 is over – two lanes open northbound from MSP to Cloquet


DK @kingsbury • November 7, 2011

I have the feeling it will take a great deal of willpower to not stay inside the next five months


DK @kingsbury • November 7, 2011

It only took a week and a half, but I think I finally got iOS Words with Friends connected to Facebook correctly


DK @kingsbury • November 8, 2011

October 2011 issue of Tee Times magazine names The Wilderness at Fortune Bay “Best Golf Experience” in readers’ choice awards


DK @kingsbury • November 8, 2011

Reviewing several GBs of severely messed up TIF files – never seen anything like it before


DK @kingsbury • November 8, 2011

Shortened post-crash workout: cable cross + 5 miles on the bike before the 5-0 and late night server testing


DK @kingsbury • November 8, 2011

Starting week two with Chrome as my primary browser and I think I’m sold


DK @kingsbury • November 8, 2011

This new dollar menu at the deli is both good for my wallet and terrible for my weight goals


DK @kingsbury • November 8, 2011

Damn, how did I find myself back on Google+ again?


DK @kingsbury • November 8, 2011

Go team – I think Fortune Bay is the first Minnesota casino with a Google+ page


DK @kingsbury • November 8, 2011

The Bellagio in Las Vegas only beat Fortune Bay to Google Plus by an hour


DK @kingsbury • November 9, 2011

Had enough for now – need some mindless TV, a workout and a hockey game before coming back to the office at midnight


DK @kingsbury • November 9, 2011

This should be an interesting test for the Wild – the Saddledome isn’t as scary as it used to be, but still


DK @kingsbury • November 9, 2011

Wild win, 5 miles on the bike, cable cross, kiosk test successful and several episodes of SoA watched (hate Monkey Man this season)


DK @kingsbury • November 9, 2011

Uh-oh, this isn’t going to be good


DK @kingsbury • November 9, 2011

Trying to hang in here today, but headache is getting worse – stupid kiosks not helping


DK @kingsbury • November 10, 2011

Made it through the whole day, but now it’s TV time again, followed by a workout and yet another midnight kiosk session


DK @kingsbury • November 10, 2011

Taylor Swift instead of Modern Family? Guess I’ll watch SoA instead


DK @kingsbury • November 10, 2011

Bruckheimer!


DK @kingsbury • November 10, 2011

Upped the weight on the cable cross, 5K bike, 5K treadmill – injury seems healed


DK @kingsbury • November 10, 2011

Seemed like a successful midnight kiosk test, but I thought that the last two nights. We’ll see in the morning


DK @kingsbury • November 10, 2011

Wrapping up loose ends and hitting the road


DK @kingsbury • November 10, 2011

Totally unprepared: Tommy Bahama shirt, no gloves and no ice scraper


DK @kingsbury • November 10, 2011

Coming soon to Virginia, Minnesota – a brand new Menards


DK @kingsbury • November 10, 2011

Heading out for a night on the town


DK @kingsbury • November 11, 2011

There is no meeting of the cabal tonight in Minneapolis


DK @kingsbury • November 11, 2011

I like Ike’s


DK @kingsbury • November 11, 2011

Prohibition at the Foshay


DK @kingsbury • November 11, 2011

Oops, this is really Prohibition


DK @kingsbury • November 11, 2011

Well that was fun – safely home by 4AM. Thanks to @andrina for the great evening in downtown Minneapolis


DK @kingsbury • November 11, 2011

I really, really like Mumford and Sons


DK @kingsbury • November 11, 2011

Sitting outside the Hugo Dunn Brothers while kid one “hangs out” with friends. First Ave tonight with @grayter1


DK @kingsbury • November 12, 2011

Just got word from work that the first names in the 11-11-11 drawing were selected successfully – very relieved


DK @kingsbury • November 12, 2011

Tired of waiting for the local stores, so I ordered up the new shoes direct from Mizuno


DK @kingsbury • November 12, 2011

Mike Doughty at First Avenue coming up soon


DK @kingsbury • November 12, 2011

Steal the album, use drugs


DK @kingsbury • November 12, 2011

60F and sunny in Minnesota today – finished the fall pruning and discovered a tough new trail at Lebanon Hills


DK @kingsbury • November 12, 2011

Cloudy and windy now, so I switched to laundry and season two of Breaking Bad on Netflix


DK @kingsbury • November 13, 2011

Finished a ton of laundry, watched a little Justified and SNL, then researched some web stuff while following the lame Wild game via Twitter


DK @kingsbury • November 13, 2011

Uh-oh, looks like email issues at work. Good thing nobody really cares on a Sunday


DK @kingsbury • November 13, 2011

Breakfast and bowling at Bryant-Lake Bowl


DK @kingsbury • November 13, 2011

Not a fan of cold, windy runs, but put on an extra layer and some gloves and did 7+ miles in Eagan and Apple Valley


DK @kingsbury • November 13, 2011

I don’t really understand the appeal of games like Call of Duty – whatever happened to going outside and blowing stuff up yourself?


DK @kingsbury • November 13, 2011

Is Devin Hester good or what?


DK @kingsbury • November 13, 2011

Amazed the city of Apple Valley approved $3 million to build a new clubhouse at Valleywood


DK @kingsbury • November 14, 2011

Packed for the 4AM commute, visited with a few neighbors, dinner from Leeann Chin, a little football, Simpsons, PBS and Breaking Bad – nice


DK @kingsbury • November 14, 2011

Dammit, deer, stay off the interstate


DK @kingsbury • November 14, 2011

My “personalized” online ads are now all MINI Cooper, Pebble Beach and Jameson. Not sure if that’s a good thing or not


DK @kingsbury • November 14, 2011

I’d think about licensing games from videopoker.com for our players, but Flash keeps crashing and losing credit totals


DK @kingsbury • November 15, 2011

Heading to Bay View Lodge to watch the game and get some chicken wings


DK @kingsbury • November 15, 2011

Change of plans – heading to the VC


DK @kingsbury • November 15, 2011

Traded pizza and vodka cranberries for tonight’s workout – it was that kind of day


DK @kingsbury • November 15, 2011

Long morning of meetings, but now it’s time for some chicken wild rice soup and a club sandwich from the Tamarack


DK @kingsbury • November 15, 2011

New work iPhone 4S is here – there goes the rest of the afternoon


DK @kingsbury • November 15, 2011

The restore from iPhone 4 backup to the new 4S was much quicker and easier than the iOS 4 to 5 upgrade


DK @kingsbury • November 16, 2011

Nice and early Wild game, then a visit to resort exercise room


DK @kingsbury • November 16, 2011

Two good periods by the Wild were enough – still in first place in the NW


DK @kingsbury • November 16, 2011

35# cable cross, 10K bike and a casual 5K on the treadmill as the snow slowly falls outside


DK @kingsbury • November 16, 2011

Sweet, that 5K on the treadmill put me over 700 miles for the year – wonder if I can get to 800 with the new shoes


DK @kingsbury • November 16, 2011

If it all really starts with a Windows 7 PC, families everywhere are doomed


DK @kingsbury • November 16, 2011

I really love this Big Buck menu at the deli – today I picked a chicken taco, shaker salad and a pretzel


DK @kingsbury • November 16, 2011

I really like the name “Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve” – maybe I should try whiskey next


DK @kingsbury • November 16, 2011

Too many tweets today starting with “I really” – I really suck at editing social media posts


DK @kingsbury • November 16, 2011

More music options are a good thing, right?


DK @kingsbury • November 16, 2011

Hmm, the snow continues to fall – skiing over Thanksgiving?


DK @kingsbury • November 17, 2011

Finally decided it’s impossible for me to watch CSI and surf online at the same time – multitasking is dead to me


DK @kingsbury • November 17, 2011

Watched the Wednesday shows, then 40# cable cross and 16K on the bike while I played the latest Sons of Anarchy on the 4S


DK @kingsbury • November 17, 2011

Hustling to disinfect an important XP workstation before I leave town


DK @kingsbury • November 18, 2011

Made it just in time for front row seats for kid two’s Alice in Wonderland – now off to Red Robin


DK @kingsbury • November 18, 2011

Sad to see Rottlund Homes close after nearly 40 years of building houses (including our first)


DK @kingsbury • November 18, 2011

So, wait, Google will let me upload 20K songs and store them for free? I may hit my Comcast bandwidth cap this weekend


DK @kingsbury • November 18, 2011

Chrome settings sync between old laptop and new laptop? Google is two for two tonight


DK @kingsbury • November 18, 2011

Alright, that’s enough configuration for one day/night – just waiting for kid one to return from Twilight


DK @kingsbury • November 18, 2011

Kid one doctor, wait for insurance appraiser to review deer damage, then lunch with KJ at Lions Tap


DK @kingsbury • November 18, 2011

For someone who lives and works off my laptop, moving from a 17-inch MBP to a 13-inch Air is creating some interesting options


DK @kingsbury • November 19, 2011

34F, 16mph winds – perfect weather for a long run with Megan, right?


DK @kingsbury • November 19, 2011

Ran 13 miles around Nokomis, Minnehaha Creek and Harriet before the blizzard hit, followed by lunch at Jake’s with Tim


DK @kingsbury • November 19, 2011

Flannel Dr. Suess pants and T-shirt, blanket and snow falling outside – perfect afternoon to finish Breaking Bad season two on Netflix


DK @kingsbury • November 20, 2011

Good thing I ran this morning, as I haven’t really left the couch in about 7 hours – Nick and Norah, Breaking Bad and Justified


DK @kingsbury • November 20, 2011

Slept in until 11 and realized that means I’ll only have sunlight for about five and a half hours


DK @kingsbury • November 20, 2011

Mojo Monkey Donuts


DK @kingsbury • November 20, 2011

Switching from the Vikings to season three of Breaking Bad


DK @kingsbury • November 20, 2011

Pretty busy at MoA right now. Saw the entire Edge family by the Apple store and then this


DK @kingsbury • November 21, 2011

Having trouble keeping the various cartels straight between Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy and Justified


DK @kingsbury • November 21, 2011

Foggy, cold and snowy in the Northland, but thankfully no deer encounters today


DK @kingsbury • November 21, 2011

Continuing to configure and install stuff on the new 13-inch MBA. Best laptop ever?


DK @kingsbury • November 21, 2011

What a crazy day – looking forward to the wellness center at 7PM


DK @kingsbury • November 22, 2011

Stood up at the wellness center, so I guess it’s back to the resort exercise room


DK @kingsbury • November 22, 2011

Fell asleep during MNF, woke up in time for the 5-0, then did 40# cable cross and 12KM on the bike while watching Breaking Bad


DK @kingsbury • November 22, 2011

Meetings over for the day (maybe one more), so hopefully I can get some productive office time in now


DK @kingsbury • November 22, 2011

Thanks to my super minion, the new laptop is almost the perfect admin Swiss army knife – just a few more tweaks


DK @kingsbury • November 22, 2011

Never thought $549 would get me excited as a sale price for software, but it is a full license for Photoshop CS5


DK @kingsbury • November 22, 2011

Of course Adobe won’t let me actually download my purchase until they “review” the order…


DK @kingsbury • November 22, 2011

Maybe they should talk to the Panic people about how you process online software orders in the 21st century


DK @kingsbury • November 23, 2011

Oh crap, the blind vision spot migraine precursor is back


DK @kingsbury • November 23, 2011

I need a Java runtime to launch Photoshop why exactly?


DK @kingsbury • November 23, 2011

Seems that I averted the migraine with drugs, so I finished setting up Win8 and Ubuntu VMs while watching more Breaking Bad


DK @kingsbury • November 23, 2011

Same old bike and cable cross (13K, 40#) – only a few episodes of BB season three left


DK @kingsbury • November 23, 2011

Scrobbling to Last.fm from Google Music has arrived


DK @kingsbury • November 23, 2011

MINI repair process proceeding, but it will still be a while before things are back to normal


DK @kingsbury • November 23, 2011

Finally have another race to look forward to – registered for the 35th Annual Get in Gear 10K today


DK @kingsbury • November 23, 2011

Seasoned curly fries


DK @kingsbury • November 24, 2011

High stress work day and high stress drive home – really hope the long weekend goes better


DK @kingsbury • November 24, 2011

Listening to some old REO Speedwagon while watching kid two swim – urge to kill falling


DK @kingsbury • November 24, 2011

59F and sunny tomorrow? Might have to unpack the running shorts


DK @kingsbury • November 24, 2011

Had to de- and re-authorize computers, but finally watching latest episode of Sons of Anarchy


DK @kingsbury • November 24, 2011

SoA – wow


DK @kingsbury • November 24, 2011

I can watch Netflix on the phone, Wii and AppleTV as is, but the laptop still needs Silverlight? I wouldn’t care if the fans would shut off


DK @kingsbury • November 24, 2011

Ran my own personal turkey trot this morning – 6 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley. Smells like spring


DK @kingsbury • November 24, 2011

Annual Thanksgiving in-law breakfast at Denny’s


DK @kingsbury • November 24, 2011

Afraid I have a tendon injury on my right foot – still “squeaks” when I move my big toe up and down


DK @kingsbury • November 24, 2011

Heading to Grandpa Smith’s house for the traditional turkey dinner (and his 92nd birthday)


DK @kingsbury • November 24, 2011

Bacon-wrapped little smokies and clam dip/chips while we wait for the 22 pound turkey to finish cooking


DK @kingsbury • November 24, 2011

And now I’m suddenly sleepy


DK @kingsbury • November 25, 2011

Finished season three of Breaking Bad and thinking about buying season four (or just going to bed)


DK @kingsbury • November 25, 2011

The scale was not kind this morning, so I hit Lebanon Hills – beautiful morning on the trail


DK @kingsbury • November 26, 2011

Vodka and bull bites at Axel’s with Jon


DK @kingsbury • November 26, 2011

Reviewing Christmas songs while waiting for my ride to Starks Saloon


DK @kingsbury • November 26, 2011

Raspberry Coke from the super drink machine at Davanni’s


DK @kingsbury • November 26, 2011

1968 exhibit at the MHS is cool, but that also means I’m really old


DK @kingsbury • November 26, 2011

Tree now up in the front room and the kids are going nuts getting it ready. Off to Electric Fetus for a CD, then pick up some dinner


DK @kingsbury • November 26, 2011

Local lunch, local Christmas tree, local music


DK @kingsbury • November 27, 2011

Live music at the Ginko Coffeehouse in St. Paul


DK @kingsbury • November 27, 2011

Today I got a wheat penny in change – not every day you get a 91-year-old coin for “free”


DK @kingsbury • November 27, 2011

Warm WELY hoodie, hot cider, live music, free wi-fi and Mimi Renfro in the house


DK @kingsbury • November 27, 2011

I’m really glad none of my fantasies involve football


DK @kingsbury • November 27, 2011

And now, accordion!


DK @kingsbury • November 27, 2011

I should go to sleep, but I just can’t stop watching Breaking Bad season four


DK @kingsbury • November 27, 2011

Three episodes left, but my eyelids are slamming – later


DK @kingsbury • November 27, 2011

Down to two episodes – what a great show


DK @kingsbury • November 27, 2011

Woohoo – old lady gone, kids gone, empty house. This calls for a party pizza, no?


DK @kingsbury • November 27, 2011

Pretty great ending to season four of Breaking Bad – now on to bad Vikings football (and some cleaning)


DK @kingsbury • November 27, 2011

Laundry, vacuuming, Christmas decorating, CD review and a mini-workout in the basement (5K treadmill, sit-ups, weights)


DK @kingsbury • November 28, 2011

Heading to Champps so I can watch the third period of this ugly Wild-Calgary game (and have dinner with the wife)


DK @kingsbury • November 28, 2011

The current Champps menu has at least 12 things I wanted to order


DK @kingsbury • November 28, 2011

Having a tough time with the 4AM start and getting motivated to work after a long weekend


DK @kingsbury • November 29, 2011

Loaded and sorted several thousand work photos into Aperture 3, recreated a bunch of Coda settings and backed it all up to Time Machine


DK @kingsbury • November 29, 2011

That’s enough web work for one day. The Wild have inspired me to go hit the exercise room now before bed


DK @kingsbury • November 29, 2011

40# cable cross (x3) and 5K each on the treadmill and exercise bike – worn out, but no squeaky tendon (so far)


DK @kingsbury • November 29, 2011

Non-stop meetings today – finally get to sit in my office and do some actual work the rest of the afternoon


DK @kingsbury • November 29, 2011

Trying to get to inbox <100 before I leave for the night


DK @kingsbury • November 30, 2011

Inbox 39 – close enough


DK @kingsbury • November 30, 2011

Really love how snappy Photoshop CS5 is on the Dream Machine


DK @kingsbury • November 30, 2011

Thinking about my daughters (and about *this* close to getting in the car right now)


DK @kingsbury • November 30, 2011

Same basic workout as last night, but 45# cable cross, variable resistance hill program on the bike and faster run


DK @kingsbury • November 30, 2011

One more meeting, then heading south a day early


DK @kingsbury • November 30, 2011

Looks like it’s time to break out the snow tires


DK @kingsbury • December 1, 2011

Home in time to spend TV night with kid one on the couch


DK @kingsbury • December 1, 2011

Miss having FSN at home for Wild games, but getting used to online audio + Twitter feed


DK @kingsbury • December 1, 2011

Kid two dropped off at band practice and leaving now for kid one doctor appointment


DK @kingsbury • December 1, 2011

So that’s why Zygi bought the $19 million Park Avenue apartment


DK @kingsbury • December 1, 2011

Off to pick up a rental car, get some lunch at Dickey’s BBQ and drop off the MINI at the collision repair shop


DK @kingsbury • December 1, 2011

Anybody remember George’s Driving Range and mini golf in Mendota Heights?


DK @kingsbury • December 2, 2011

This has been a very emotionally draining day


DK @kingsbury • December 2, 2011

I love that the hospital cafeteria menus all list the calorie count prominently beside each item – totally changed my selection


DK @kingsbury • December 2, 2011

Spending way too much money in parking ramps these days – United Hospital to Target Center and back


DK @kingsbury • December 2, 2011

Happy hour at Saffron before heading back to St. Paul


DK @kingsbury • December 3, 2011

They should have called in 126 hours and 55 minutes, as I just couldn’t watch that other five minutes


DK @kingsbury • December 3, 2011

Finding it hard to get motivated today – this beautiful California weather on TV isn’t helping


DK @kingsbury • December 3, 2011

Wearing running clothes, but no desire to go out in the snow or hit the treadmill today


DK @kingsbury • December 4, 2011

Very quiet at the hospital tonight – do people only get sick on weekdays now?


DK @kingsbury • December 4, 2011

Driving in the snow sort of sucks, but at least I got some exercise shoveling the driveway


DK @kingsbury • December 4, 2011

A little bad football, some quick cleaning, Muppet movie with kid two, CK book club, then back to the hospital


DK @kingsbury • December 5, 2011

More poutine for me at Tom Reid’s Hockey City Pub


DK @kingsbury • December 5, 2011

Haven’t worked out in four days and couldn’t care less right now


DK @kingsbury • December 5, 2011

Finally got the news I’ve been waiting for – now back to our regularly scheduled programming


DK @kingsbury • December 6, 2011

First time at DeGidio’s


DK @kingsbury • December 6, 2011

A return to exercise: 25# dumbbell reps, 150 sit-ups and an even pace 5K on the basement treadmill


DK @kingsbury • December 6, 2011

Important pickup scheduled for noon today


DK @kingsbury • December 6, 2011

Best lunch ever at Cossetta’s


DK @kingsbury • December 7, 2011

Caught up on news and emails (go Wild!), watched the Sons of Anarchy finale (meh), and worked on Megan’s blog. Heading to Target


DK @kingsbury • December 7, 2011

After Breaking Bad, watching Malcolm in the Middle has a whole new entertainment dimension


DK @kingsbury • December 7, 2011

Working on my version of baking Christmas cookies – watch your mailboxes!


DK @kingsbury • December 7, 2011

I’m very glad we have good health insurance, but I could really do with less time in clinics and hospitals right about now


DK @kingsbury • December 8, 2011

Same workout as the other day, but much later. Early start tomorrow too


DK @kingsbury • December 8, 2011

Most of my Christmas project is now finished, so I played house husband for a bit before the next round of clinic visits


DK @kingsbury • December 8, 2011

Another day, another clinic (or two)


DK @kingsbury • December 9, 2011

Back in time for kid two band concert


DK @kingsbury • December 9, 2011

Thought about another late workout while listening to the Wild game, but they seem to have things under control and I want to sleep


DK @kingsbury • December 9, 2011

Sleeping in felt pretty damn good – now for a little workout, followed by a trip to the post office to mail some Christmas cheer


DK @kingsbury • December 9, 2011

Lunch at BWW with Mr. Miller


DK @kingsbury • December 9, 2011

Drinks with Phil at the St. Paul Grill


DK @kingsbury • December 9, 2011

It’s all new to me: tried a 10-year Laphroaig and a sample of the new St. Paul Hotel house brand Kentucky bourbon. Wowsers


DK @kingsbury • December 9, 2011

You can just call me Black Jack Davey from now on


DK @kingsbury • December 10, 2011

January road trip for me and kid one planned: first ever winter concert at Red Rocks (Atmosphere) and a day of skiing/boarding somewhere


DK @kingsbury • December 10, 2011

Double sleep-over tonight: I’m outnumbered five to one


DK @kingsbury • December 10, 2011

Early morning haircut, then Christmas cheer the rest of the day


DK @kingsbury • December 10, 2011

Lunch with the girls at Shamrocks in St. Paul


DK @kingsbury • December 10, 2011

So glad to be out of the car now, but it’s right back in the driver’s seat soon for the Pope Christmas party in Forest Lake


DK @kingsbury • December 11, 2011

Let’s see if I remember the way back to the office


DK @kingsbury • December 11, 2011

I think the success of WwF is getting to Zynga’s head and/or overwhelming their technical ability to keep up


DK @kingsbury • December 11, 2011

Jerry Garcia played the steel guitar part on CSN’s Teach Your Children Well?


DK @kingsbury • December 11, 2011

Strange drive on I-35: all the lakes are frozen, but there isn’t any snow


DK @kingsbury • December 11, 2011

Cranberry wild rice French toast at Sara’s Table Chester Creek Cafe with Lynn


DK @kingsbury • December 11, 2011

Safely back in the office and trying to dig out from the huge backlog of work that greeted my return


DK @kingsbury • December 11, 2011

File management on Google Music is “challenging”


DK @kingsbury • December 12, 2011

Someone was actually on the resort treadmill for an hour, so I biked 10K and did 40# cable cross


DK @kingsbury • December 12, 2011

“Due to the recent closing of the Eagan Cici’s, we will be switching our pizza fundraiser night to Davanni’s”


DK @kingsbury • December 12, 2011

Trying out a purple Mophie Juice Pack today on my 4S – it’s not so small and light in my pocket anymore


DK @kingsbury • December 12, 2011

WordPress 3.3, eh? Hold my calls…


DK @kingsbury • December 13, 2011

More WwF server issues, eh?


DK @kingsbury • December 13, 2011

All sites successfully updated to WordPress 3.3. I think I will like the new media loader best


DK @kingsbury • December 13, 2011

Late workout due to a kiosk crisis, but got in fast 5Ks on the bike and treadmill, plus 40# cable cross


DK @kingsbury • December 13, 2011

Sort of an unhinged day today, with one meeting, some wiring gremlins and miscellaneous fires that are distracting me from web development


DK @kingsbury • December 13, 2011

Worst dinner in a long time: Cheez-It main course with Milk Duds for dessert


DK @kingsbury • December 14, 2011

Working on some casino floor diagrams while watching the first ever Wild-Jets game


DK @kingsbury • December 14, 2011

The Wild deserved better tonight – what a game. Hatred of the Jets growing already 😉


DK @kingsbury • December 14, 2011

Another late workout due to the Wild, but had to after eating all that crap. Quick bike 5K, slow treadmill 5K and 45# cable cross


DK @kingsbury • December 14, 2011

BTW, is it safe for an old guy like me to hit 193 bpm on the pulse meter at the end of a workout?


DK @kingsbury • December 14, 2011

Leaving work at 10AM to celebrate our twentieth wedding anniversary with a two night stay at the end of the Gunflint Trail


DK @kingsbury • December 14, 2011

Lunch with the old lady at Clyde Iron Works


DK @kingsbury • December 14, 2011

Spent way too much money at the Great Lakes Candy Kitchen


DK @kingsbury • December 14, 2011

Winter at the Gooseberry Upper Falls


DK @kingsbury • December 14, 2011

Anniversary dinner in Grand Marais at the one and only place to go


DK @kingsbury • December 15, 2011

Drove the road from The Shining to get here, but safely at the Gunflint Lodge. Limited wireless and no cell coverage for two days – ahh


DK @kingsbury • December 15, 2011

Zero ice on Gunflint Lake – lots of whitecaps, though


DK @kingsbury • December 15, 2011

Up next: peanut butter bird feeders with the Gunflint naturalist at 2PM


DK @kingsbury • December 15, 2011

Feels good to sit by the fire and watch the wind, snow and waves out the window – dinner at Justine’s tonight


DK @kingsbury • December 16, 2011

Heading back down the shore and the sun is finally back. Lunch in Tofte


DK @kingsbury • December 17, 2011

Abbreviated basement workout before heading to get the snow tires on the MINI


DK @kingsbury • December 17, 2011

And just like that, everyone else is gone – three whole hours home alone


DK @kingsbury • December 18, 2011

Basement treadmill + bad Wild game (on the radio) = not-so-fun 10K run


DK @kingsbury • December 18, 2011

Kayaks on Lake Calhoun in December


DK @kingsbury • December 18, 2011

10 miles of sunshine, 45F temps and smiles with my people around Harriet, Calhoun and Lake of the Isles


DK @kingsbury • December 19, 2011

Safely back at Fortune Bay, but 4AM and freezing rain were plotting against me


DK @kingsbury • December 20, 2011

Heading to Big Choice Video with the guys


DK @kingsbury • December 20, 2011

Well that wasn’t the smartest thing I’ve ever done


DK @kingsbury • December 20, 2011

Disney World 2012 full and half are now sold out. Megan is officially on her own – good luck!


DK @kingsbury • December 20, 2011

First time I’ve seen my desk all day and it’s now time for dinner – so much going on


DK @kingsbury • December 21, 2011

Recovering tonight in bed while watching the Wild try to get their groove back in Calgary


DK @kingsbury • December 21, 2011

Wish I could run tonight, but the bloody ankles from Sunday are killing me. Minor pains in about 4 other areas too (TMI)


DK @kingsbury • December 21, 2011

I’m starting to think there’s something to this whole “the Wild can’t win without Koivu” thing


DK @kingsbury • December 21, 2011

Day two of 9-5 training – good thing I can multi-task with my laptop


DK @kingsbury • December 21, 2011

Popped over to the Y Store to pick up what I hope is a $1 million Gopher 5 ticket


DK @kingsbury • December 21, 2011

Is tonight a full moon? Much craziness in the air…


DK @kingsbury • December 22, 2011

No million dollar ticket tonight (for anyone) – Friday must be the day, right?


DK @kingsbury • December 22, 2011

Gateways are the bane of my existence tonight. Talk to each other, you stupid systems


DK @kingsbury • December 22, 2011

Firefox versioning is ridiculous – do the developers have broken period keys?


DK @kingsbury • December 22, 2011

Packing it up for the week – heading south in an hour


DK @kingsbury • December 22, 2011

Stopped for a “cheap” fillet-o-fish meal from the clown and realized it hasn’t been inexpensive there for a while now


DK @kingsbury • December 23, 2011

Big fan of the Tintin books and wasn’t disappointed with the movie – nicely done, Spielbergio


DK @kingsbury • December 23, 2011

Netflix streaming weekend goal – seasons two and three of Arrested Development


DK @kingsbury • December 23, 2011

Pretty happy to have the snow tires on today


DK @kingsbury • December 23, 2011

Lunch with Brad at Houlihan’s, last gift purchase, shuttle people to doctor, tour KTCA and dinner with Uncle Greg


DK @kingsbury • December 24, 2011

Beautiful morning for a run in Minneapolis


DK @kingsbury • December 24, 2011

Ran 13 miles with Megan along Nokomis, Minnehaha Creek and Harriet – great company *and* my ankles didn’t bleed


DK @kingsbury • December 24, 2011

Christmas Eve traditions at Cossetta’s


DK @kingsbury • December 24, 2011

Christmas Eve at the mother-in-law’s house, watching the Cowboys


DK @kingsbury • December 25, 2011

Phalen Park holiday lights


DK @kingsbury • December 25, 2011

Both kids are now of a certain age where Santa’s evening is much, much different


DK @kingsbury • December 25, 2011

Ahh, 15 minutes to chill between festivities


DK @kingsbury • December 25, 2011

The iTunes library is growing today: MN Beatles Project, The 4 on the Floor, Atmosphere and more


DK @kingsbury • December 25, 2011

Big family dinner at my grandfather’s house in Mendota Heights – I think he needs a bigger house


DK @kingsbury • December 26, 2011

Packed for a full week in the Northland with the whole crew


DK @kingsbury • December 26, 2011

That Christmas money is burning a hole in their pockets – waiting outside the Cloquet Maurice store while they shop


DK @kingsbury • December 26, 2011

Arrived safely at Fortune Bay with the whole gang (plus the entire rental order from Midway Party Supply and ski gear)


DK @kingsbury • December 27, 2011

Back to the normal resort workout: 5K bike and run with 45# cable cross (while the kids swam)


DK @kingsbury • December 27, 2011

Bob Loblaw has to be one of the best character names ever


DK @kingsbury • December 27, 2011

Lunch with the family in the deli, then a quick run out to Birch Point to visit Mr. Shuster


DK @kingsbury • December 27, 2011

Skating party in Tower


DK @kingsbury • December 27, 2011

My ankles are hating this return to the ice, but was it ever fun


DK @kingsbury • December 28, 2011

The warming house


DK @kingsbury • December 28, 2011

Still on Birch Point – how long does a wine-enhanced game of Uno take?


DK @kingsbury • December 28, 2011

My bad, it was Skip-Bo


DK @kingsbury • December 28, 2011

What a strange news day already


DK @kingsbury • December 28, 2011

The Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress totally kicks ass – nicely done


DK @kingsbury • December 28, 2011

Stupid Zillow emails: Oct 2011 Eagan home values down 0.3% compared to Sept 2011 and down 6.6% compared to Oct 2010


DK @kingsbury • December 28, 2011

Ann and company over to swim and visit, mom and dad arriving soon, VC pizza tonight and Giants Ridge tomorrow


DK @kingsbury • December 29, 2011

Sucked back into Skip-Bo tonight on Birch Point with Ann, the Mayor, my parents and the old lady


DK @kingsbury • December 29, 2011

Not a great start to the day, but I’m still heading to Giants Ridge


DK @kingsbury • December 29, 2011

Successful ski day so far – decent snow conditions and no smashed faces


DK @kingsbury • December 30, 2011

Rushing to finish up all the loose ends before driving back and forth twice in 24 hours


DK @kingsbury • December 31, 2011

Finished all three seasons of Arrested Development – moving on to Portlandia next


DK @kingsbury • December 31, 2011

Basement workout: 5K treadmill with small incline, 3x3x10 dumbbells and 150 sit-ups


DK @kingsbury • December 31, 2011

Hurry – special 0.9% financing offers end soon on new Aston Martins


DK @kingsbury • December 31, 2011

Final run of 2011 in the books: 8.7 miles with Megan along Minnehaha Creek in Minneapolis. 785 miles for the year


DK @kingsbury • December 31, 2011

Almost time to hop back in the car and go play casino boss for New Year’s Eve – be safe everyone!


DK @kingsbury • December 31, 2011

*Of course* it would snow tonight <grumble>


DK @kingsbury • December 31, 2011

Careful – the freeway near Black Bear was total ice



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