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

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

Today’s workout

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

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

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

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

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

Heading to Nett Lake with the marketing director for a tour

Laundry, Hawaii Five-O and some tech experimentation

Still makes me smile – thanks kid two!

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

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

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

OK, good – AIM account password not compromised

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

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

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

Who knew so many people like Words? Scrabble FTW!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Someday, you will be mine

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

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

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

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

Beastie Boys update

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

Productivity hit: free Showtime On Demand starting today

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

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

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

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

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

Someday has arrived 😉

Love being back in Uptown again

Moved on to pool and screwdrivers at Williams

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

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

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

Another commute begins

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Someone was very surprised and happy to see me

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

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

Thumbs up on the new fries at Wendy’s

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

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

And here it is

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

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

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

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

Kid two’s turn at the inventor’s fair

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

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

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

Oh, hell nay

Watching Sony Open replay – Hawaii sure doesn’t suck

One good reason to fly to Detroit

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

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

Dang, I liked that place

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

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

Let’s see just what these snow tires can do

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

It’s delicious!

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Freshies on Moose Mountain (and the bluebirds have returned)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The day after (with new shiner)

The State of the Band is tasty

Do truckers still use CB radios?

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

Fat head, prepare to meet soft pillow

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

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

Teletype Oregon Trail made me a nerd

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

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

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

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

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

Uploaded a few new headers at 7 Minute Miles

Giro G9 Titanium ski helmut acquired – thanks Greg and grandpa

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

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

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

Snoop at the Cabooze? Wish I could have seen that

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

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

How is this even possible? 26 people in a MINI

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Today is the day to finally stop in Barnum

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oh to live in Jim Rockford-era Los Angeles

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

Cherry phosphates and cheese fries, FTW!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coming to Fortune Bay next weekend for the big game

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

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

Almost forgot my free birthday ice cream cone at work

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

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

Love it – “cowards won’t show“

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

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

The XC skiing must be working – thighs are burning tonight

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

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

Sunny and brisk

The White Stripes are done

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

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

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

Heading south with a rapidly worsening head cold

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Weirdness abounds. The full moon is when?

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

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

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

Happy belated birthday to me

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

It’s complicated

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

Bravo Badgers!

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

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

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

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

Parked on the couch with kid one for Grammy Awards marathon

Gotta love Cee-lo!

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

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

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

Mick’s moving around pretty good for being 67

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

Decided I much prefer Minnesota woodlands to Minnesota farmlands

Always a trip returning to St. Anthony Park

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boston just got harder for me

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

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

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

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

Linux permissions also biting me in the ass

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

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

Tapemark Pro-Am meeting at Keys in Woodbury

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snow tires FTW!

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

And after all that, only 7 minutes late

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

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

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

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

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

Grilled cheese sammy, to the rescue!

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

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

Hot tub seems much safer

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

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

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

More, please

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

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

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

Really wish I hadn’t smashed my sunglasses at Lutsen

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

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

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

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

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

Age: 66, dick

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?

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

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

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

Damn, I love PMB

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

I should start off more days watching Bond movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hurray, the MINI brakes finally unfroze

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Just enough snow to screw up the commute

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

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

Just registered for Minnesota’s Annual Rite of Spring

Golf season in northern Minnesota appears to be a bit delayed

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

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

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

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

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

+20F never felt so good

12TB for $1499? Yes, please

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

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

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

Fritos are pure evil

I wonder what I weighed in this awesome college photo

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

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

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

Nice to be back in the saddle again

Still a little scared going near these

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

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

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

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

Roads too slippery – ran 10K on the treadmill instead

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

The new St. Paul branch of Black Sheep Pizza

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The tilt-shift technique is so cool looking

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

Irish Nordy

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

Bagpipes!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gordy’s Hi-Hat reopens April 6th

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

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

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

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

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

Angry Birds Rio – not quite the same without the pigs

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

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

It’s nice having friends in high places

Tech bars: awesome vs. dick

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ha! Pierce as the gimp… 🙂

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

To help get you in the mood for The Masters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Waaaay behind in phpMyAdmin versions – 3.4 beta looks pretty nice

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

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

Becoming addicted to Pawn Stars and American Pickers

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hong Kong gets all the cool stuff

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

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

Instant gratification

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

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

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

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

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

Peter Gabriel at Red Rocks? That wouldn’t suck

This would be fun too

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

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

Ran 10K on Echo Point

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Starting the long commute from pine trees to cacti

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

Hour wait for a little bit of history

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fiesta likes Arizona golf

Every night’s a party at the Lucky 7 Saloon

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

I guess Alice doesn’t cook on Sunday nights

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

Danny Glover in the house

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

Heading back over here again

Dang, no free Harley for me

Saved the best session for last

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

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

Wow, it’s raining in Phoenix

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

Hollywood needed to re-make Arthur why, exactly?

Sore throat + cough = no running in Arizona this trip

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

iChat screen sharing comes in very handy for remote parenting

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cherry Crush tastes much better than I remember

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4:41 splits are just unreal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is just so wrong

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

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

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

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

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?

Ahh, new Gorillaz songs and instant gratification

My new Fortune Bay friend

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

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

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

There is hope – saw ten green being mowed this afternoon

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Woohoo – game seven! Sorry, Chuck…

Pretty awesome sunrise in the Northland this morning

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

Curing my pizza jones at the VC

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?

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

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

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

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

Are you in?

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

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)

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

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

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

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

One of my favorites

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

These are not the droids you are looking for… 🙁

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

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

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

Warning – you *will* get wet on this attraction

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

Baby shower on Grand, then lunch somewhere

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

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

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

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

Now on to Caps-Lightning game on Versus HD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NOM NOM NOM

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

Heading to First Avenue tonight with Tim to see Paul Simon

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

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

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

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

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

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

Survivor, I hate you tonight

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

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)

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

Late night return to the suburbs – safe and sound

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

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

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

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

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

Road construction season has arrived on I-35

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

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

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

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

Installing Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011

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

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

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

Skype security issues and Microsoft purchase – coincidence?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lebanon Hills campground now open for business

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…

Always feel so relieved arriving home from the Mall of America

Looks like the marina has a few vehicles parked there today

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

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

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

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

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

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

End of an era: Sahara closes today in Vegas

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

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

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

$5 million because Chuck E. Cheese promotes gambling?

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

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

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

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

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

I love my employer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of the many benefits of running

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

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

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

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

The newly remodeled Tobies

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

Walleye sandwich at Bay View

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

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

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?

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

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

Lunch break

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

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

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

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

All sites upgraded to WordPress 3.1.3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Warm and humid today – where is everybody?

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

The fun continues – our online hotel booking server just died

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

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

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

Post-work stress relief

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

Trying the new mozzarella wantons at the Wilderness Grill for lunch

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

The woods of northern Minnesota smell really good tonight

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

Gordy wins

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MINI milestone today

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

Tiny early morning thunderstorm on today’s commute

And now a beautiful red sunrise at 5:30AM

Safely back in the office – beautiful day in the Northland

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is pretty awesome

Legend signature hole

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

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

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

In the Tapemark war room preparing the 2011 tee sheet

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It’s pretty damn nice out now at the Tapemark

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

And the scoreboard madness begins

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

These are some seriously large new slot machines

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?)

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

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

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

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

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

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

A few scattered lupine sightings between Fortune Bay and Eveleth

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

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

Starting to get the usual butterflies

Carbo loading at the DECC

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

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

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

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

Duluth, every day with the fog

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

Waiting for Fogerty at Fortune Bay

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mental note: Vermilion Club opens at noon all summer long

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This evening doesn’t suck

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

I’ve got time to bleed today

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

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

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

Way to go Jeff!

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

Temp rose 25F between Cloquet and Hinckley

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

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

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

Paul Simon live from London right now

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

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

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

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

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

EV uke time

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

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

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

Looking forward to the Robb Heckman fireworks extravaganza

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

We’re in Luck

Preview of upcoming driver’s license exam?

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

4AM on the fifth of July came way too fast

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

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

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

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

Wish I would’ve installed Firebug about two years ago

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

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

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

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

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

Look what was out by the driving range yesterday

Fire, Fire, FIRE!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

The library in Ely is pretty cool

Detour to Duluth for kid one migraine treatment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

I really like Duluth

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The triumphant return of Cornholio

Some of my favorite theming of any Disney attraction

The creature has landed at the U

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

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

Beef jerky time – at Greg’s Meats

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

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

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

Heading to a telecom meeting at the Duluth Grill

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

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

Lazytweet: yes or no on these?

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

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

Lunchtime practice

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

This is pretty cool and pretty scary at the same time

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

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

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

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

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

Fortune Bay, Pier 77, VC, Birch Point

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

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

Thanks for the beer, Mr. Barthel!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28 minutes to generator switchover – fingers crossed

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

Day one of the great vitamin experiment has begun

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

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

The new UPS units are in the rack (bottom)

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

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

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

My staff: “Purchase more Funk”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sneaking in some Zantigo before my haircut

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

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

Sunny D and Ketel One

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Taking a break from everything

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

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

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

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

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

Friday road trip

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

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

Preparing for the visitors from Texas

Nice drums

ZZ Top crowd shot #1

ZZ Top crowd shot #2

Billy and Dusty can still draw a crowd

ZZ Top is kicking some serious ass at Fortune Bay tonight

Northland cuts

My favorite shot of the night

Midnight drive to Duluth under a full moon

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

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

Canal Park

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

Expressway or scenic route? Scenic route, all the way

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

Back in Grand Marais

Good old cabin number 9 on Croftville Road

Dinner at the Angry Trout with my parents

Time to buy the donuts

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

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

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

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

Today’s golf tournament just got pulled off The Wilderness – it will be pouring here in a few minutes

Skipping HBO night for a marketing road trip

Heading to the 651 early for a couple of work events

Finished the lawn with plenty of daylight left, but the bike trail was closed for erosion control. Heading out for a run instead

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

No 2012 Masters tickets for me either

Another fun work day: vendor golf tournament at Rush Creek, then a marketing rendezvous at Mystic Lake tonight

Perfect day for golf in Maple Grove

Won $50 for coming in last in today’s scramble – not sure how I feel about that

Won enough money at Mystic to pay for gas out here

One of my last-place teammates has a profile on the First Ave site

Guess today was catch up on sleep day

Lunch at Smashburger with kid one, then errands

HP was a sponsor of yesterday’s golf tournament and gave away TouchPads as door prizes (“Hold on to those, they’re vintage!”)

Happy belated birthday to the MINI – seven years old yesterday

Lion 10.7.1 + Last.fm + iTunes 10.4 + CD playback = broken

Messing around with some new WordPress code and layout options on 7minutemiles.com – watch for more info soon

Golf game is so erratic now – shot 94 from the whites at Ridges at Sand Creek in Jordan

Watched “The Guard” at the Uptown, riding the Como-Harriet trolley and hitting Bread and Pickle for dinner

Some of the new stuff that will eventually kill me at Lebanon Hills

Sunrise over Nokomis (long run day 3)

Naively added Cedar Lake to the Nokomis, Harriet, Calhoun, Lake of the Isles loop. 24 miles? Thanks Minneapolis 13.1 for the Gatorade

The semi-official measurement looks like 22.5 miles in 3:50 (10:14 pace)

Fall must be coming – almost to Hinckley and the sun still hasn’t cracked the horizon

Hit a few balls on the range for lunch, but this is budget week, so back to the office for now

Another 12 hours of sleep last night and feeling pretty good today – think I’ll hit Echo Point tonight before HBO rerun night

Ran 7 miles on Echo Point. One deer, one owl, a few bats and this

Seems that running FileVault2 on a headless mini running Lion prevents ARD from seeing the login screen during startup (EFI?)

The 2011 Monster Half is moving to St. Paul

Preliminary budget submitted – time to unwind on The Wilderness

And so it begins

Shot an 87 from the combined tees at The Wilderness. Missed an eagle on 15 by a foot and just ordered a BBQ burger

Fun night with DF and JS at the Landing drinking cranberry vodkas and plotting out our conquest of Vegas in October

Taking the scenic route home today – 169 through the Range, with a stop at Grand Casino Mille Lacs

It’s been a while: Prince Gun Shop, Milaca Unclaimed Freight, Long Siding

Forgot how much I hate metro rush hour traffic

Took kid two on the new trail at Lebanon Hills, but she is still complaining about it

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

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

Was just told I’m much more fun after two beers. Probably true

Free Music & Movies at Lake Harriet: 4 on the Floor, followed by Strange Brew

Kid one went onstage to dance

Garmin says Megan and I ran 17 miles around Nokomis, Harriet and Calhoun at a 9:24 pace – what a beautiful day for running

Kid two begged me to go the water park, so I guess I’m heading to Cascade Bay (with my free pass)

NASCAR party on Grand Avenue – think I’ll try a Summit Pale Ale next in my beverage cooler. Wings too!

Fifth drink this week

New 5K PR at the State Fair Milk Run – 21:41. Now when does the cheese curd booth open?

Best thing ever at the fair – “Pail of Pups”

You can now cross my name off the list of the 15 Minnesotans who have never been to Target Field

Twins win, so it’s back to the fair

Looks like a beautiful day for the Indian Summer Classic at The Wilderness

Another work scramble, another battle for last place. Our team was +2 and missed it by one or two shots. Winners were -16 (!)

Still think hashtags and QR codes are ugly (and dumb)

Mailed new web server to Vegas, lunch in Tower, concert meeting, photo shoot and kiosk conference call – busy day

Hoping today is the day I finally get to sit down and learn WordPress post formats and theme styling

Cool moth party at The Wilderness clubhouse

No desire to run tonight, but did 7 miles on Echo Point just to push the August mileage bar a little higher

Taking advantage of some free online training – watching videos from last week’s WordCamp San Francisco

DJ “Pluto” Skeet Skeet is my co-pilot

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

Wearing my SAMCRO T-shirt to the MN State Fair to use my free Prairie Home Companion ticket

Nice surprise visit with @AndrewRCraven at the Great Minnesota Get-Together

Wish I had these grandstand seats all the time

GK at the Fair

Jayhawks on PHC

Audience participation

Day three at the MN State Fair, with Weezer at the Grandstand tonight

42nd straight year at the Minnesota State Fair for me. Favorite things are still people watching and food

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

Beautiful (but chilly) night for a Weezer concert

Weezer covering Radiohead in the encore

I feel like Wilbur the rat in Charlotte’s Web – must run in the morning

Ran 17 miles along Nokomis, Minnehaha Creek, Harriet and Calhoun in Minneapolis – definitely a hint of fall in the air today

Now on 7MM: This Year at the Fair

For all the big names in the credits, “Feeling Minnesota” is a pretty terrible movie

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

A little chilly, but the sun is shining at Southview Country Club. Time for a little outing with Cody and Jr.

Shot 95 from the whites at Southview – beautiful day, but just couldn’t score

Sad to miss first day of school – no busses for either kid now, last year at respective schools

Arrived safely at Fortune Bay, despite nearly falling asleep like 400 times. Sunny and 50F

New web server is up and running in Vegas. Now researching DNS options before moving over the site prototype

The IT department has a new meeting table

Our new players club kiosks arrived in one piece today

I sort of dig that my iTunes version of Lovesexy is one long track

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

The view from my room this morning

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 🙁

Struggling a bit with CSS today – can never remember classes versus IDs and which one uses the ‘.’ versus the ‘#’

WordPress issues are driving me crazy today: caching, page templates, excerpt vs more tags, masonry, CSS. Nothing working like I want yet

Took all day, but finally made some WordPress progress using 7 Minute Miles as a test bed. Check out the new direction – 7minutemiles.com

Tomorrow I’ll look more at styling post formats and a few other things

Another shot of the new player kiosks (and yes, I’m in the office *way* too late tonight)

Added the link post format to 7minutemiles.com – quotes and images coming next, but it’s time to hit the road

Fuel stop at the Hinckley Little Store/White Castle, followed by a state highway patrol on my rear bumper for a few tense miles

Had absolutely no idea that Dan Wilson co-wrote Adele’s Someone Like You

NBC is working over the air in HD tonight – feel like I’m stealing from the NFL

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

Had a clean ride going at Lebanon Hills, then the advanced loop got revenge via logs and rocks. More new sections now open too

Sons of Anarchy season 3, disc 1 has arrived in the mail – back in three hours

End of S3E1 was my favorite SOA ending ever – plot twists, violence and a perfect Richard Thompson song