RIP @kingsbury Twitter – 2012
2012 Tweet Archive
Made it safely to Fortune Bay to work New Year’s Eve, but geez did the roads get bad the farther north I went
Sort of weird to see Sammy Davis, Jr. in the bathroom – “Can’t get cell service here”
So glad the snow/rain/sleet mix is moving out of the area – may still try to drive all the way back tonight (tomorrow morning)
Hello 2012 – got to spend it, fittingly enough, in the server room
Gave away $24,000 and got my free bottle of champagne, so I’m out of here
Probably should’ve stayed overnight in Duluth, but safely home by 5AM. Might just sleep through the first day of 2012
Slept in until 1:30PM and I still feel like I need a nap. Too much Christmas stuff to put away, though
Run log code updated for 2012 – can I set a new mileage record this year?
Saw Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy at the Edina Theater and I’m still confused
0-4 on Minnesota Millionaire Raffle tickets again this year, so I guess it’s back to work tomorrow
First cable TV, now landline phone – disconnected my home phone number today and started living off the four mobile numbers
First run of the year cut short due to wind and ice – 4 slippery miles in Eagan
Afternoon errands: Leeann Chin, credit union, return NYE drapes, book store and gas station
Taking kid two to swim team at Wise tonight – can’t wait to sit in the tropical warmth for an hour
Jetpack Joyride is an addicting little distraction, isn’t it?
Haven’t had insomnia in a long time, but of course it comes back on the night before I have to get up at 4AM
Are the days really getting longer? Still so dark out
Just made reservations for my birthday dinner
Time for WordPress 3.3.1 updates
Submitted my support request to Comcast – my comcast.net email account just up and stopped working
I don’t really use my comcast.net email account – just wanted to see how much Twitter spam I’d get posting that
Resort workout: 45# cable cross, 10K bike, 5K treadmill plus a nice new surprise on the wall
Some definite weirdness floating around today – trying to get back to some web development before dinner tonight at the VC
Meeting with our video poker rep tonight – hope to have some exciting work news to announce soon
More work news: Hairball on St. Patrick’s Day and Air Supply in April. Just listened to some Air Supply on iTunes and had a deja vu moment
Wow, the Bloomingdale’s at Mall of America is closing? Guess holiday sales weren’t so great after all
Being pulled in a million different directions today – wish I could stay on one project for more than ten minutes
This “Fox Sports North Plus” thing really doesn’t work well in outstate Minnesota
Late resort workout due to that awesome dinner: 5K bike, 5K treadmill and 45/50# cable cross
Oh crap, morning meeting at 8AM – better get to sleep soon
Too many hours this week (and a headache), so I’m hitting the road now
Sat in on dinner at Andiamo with the family before heading to Burnsville Center
Morning errands complete – next up: kid two gets *seven* teeth pulled 🙁
And just like that, the teeth are gone (but the tears have arrived)
Wonderful evening for a run in the Mizuno clothes – 7.4 hilly miles in Eagan and Apple Valley with temps above 40F
Drugged out kid two pissed off that I “made” her watch Ghostbusters instead of some dumb Disney Channel movie
Way to go Megan – 2:02 in the first half of the Goofy Challenge at Walt Disney World
Finally resolved Comcast account access issue – email support was terrible, but online chat was superb
BOGO buffet at Mystic Lake with dad
Leaving Mystic up almost $200
PHP/MySQL coding always takes me a long time when I haven’t done it recently, but the results are so powerful
Rock on Megan – 4:18:34 at the Walt Disney World Marathon today to get her Goofy medal!
Another beautiful winter running day in Minnesota – did the same 7.4 hilly miles in Eagan and Apple Valley (but in the other direction)
Back from Wisconsin – watching a little more football, then pack for work week and maybe check out this Downton Abbey thing
Made it about halfway through Downton Abbey before losing interest – well done, but just not my cup of tea
Slept in a whole hour – 5AM seems *much* more reasonable
Passed the vision test last week, so the new license should be in the mail soon
Only to Hinckley – today’s drive seems to be taking forever
The moonsetting in Cloquet looks super cool
Safely back at work with inbox 200+
The McDonald’s is gone from the old gold concourse at MSP?
Finally getting to lunch at 3:45PM – crazy day
Paying another visit to Black Bear – will make sure not to leave the damn iPhone here this time
Netted another $80 tonight – more money for Colorado
Late, late 8K run on the resort treadmill with 2×50# cable cross – decent workout
A little overwhelmed today, but just trying to remember one thing at a time
Just doesn’t seem possible that Star Tours at Disneyland is 25 years old
Free birthday ice cream cone from work is a small, but appreciated, token
Dusted off my old Rumpus FTP server license, fired it up and created an account for a vendor – worked like a champ
Oh come on, Wild, really?
Two points is two points. Helping Don at the Hideaway, then exercise room late
5K bike, 5K treadmill and 50# cable cross. Loving the new TV in there – Letterman and Ferguson make it less tedious
Feeling like I work in marketing today instead of IT – never should have purchased Photoshop
Trying out my first-ever Facebook giveaway for work. Curious to see how it goes
The power and scope of Facebook is truly amazing
Done with my day as honorary marketing team member – wait, everyone works in marketing, right?
Just spent 90 minutes figuring out my options as a nondependent child of a Delta retiree
Skipping the exercise room tonight and hopefully falling asleep early
Got lots of much needed rest last night and woke up to howling winds outside my room – tough to leave the warm bed
Heading south to see the birthday girl
Safely back for the birthday presents – kid one skiing and kid two going skating, so maybe dinner at Mac’s Fish and Chips?
Taking kid one to the doctor, then house chores before Megan’s big bouncey birthday tonight
Only two weeks until Red Rocks, plus I just booked a flight to San Diego for work (leaving March 31)
Colorado trip plan: MSP to Lincoln, Lincoln to Red Rocks, Denver to some ski area (?), ski area to North Platte, back home Sunday night
Great time at Megan’s bouncy birthday party, with dinner and drink afterwards at Axel’s in Plymouth – donut cakes and Scottish cosmos rock
Ran 5K on the basement treadmill before heading to St. Paul to borrow a bigger car for birthday party transport
“Gonna rock this club, gonna go all night” – seven pre-teens playing Just Dance 3 in my living room
The Red Bull track isn’t the only thing that’s glare ice in St. Paul right now
Dropped off surely kid one for a sleepover and took the old lady to Dickey’s BBQ for dinner
Hey CBS, the Masters is still four months away, right?
Beat the traffic! Beat the traffic!
Heading to Bloomington to find out more about this new non-profit board I’ll be serving on for a year
Wasn’t ready to wake up yet, but I have meetings in Tower all day
Minor miracle I made the drive this morning without falling asleep – late, dark sunrise plus three hours of sleep
Back in my cold office, ready for a cold week in the Northland (forecasted low of -22F tomorrow)
Fell asleep for 2 hours after work, but got back up and did 50# cable cross, 10K bike and 8K treadmill while watching the 5-0
Now @kilbo has thoughts of self-publishing running through my mind – always wanted to write a book
Project overload: web development, ticket/ATM kiosks, MGT upgrades, slot tournament installs, State of the Band, RECON, WELY phones
Just broke my new work theme and I’m not exactly sure how it happened or how to fix it – glad it’s still a test site
Fixed the template issue – must have had some hidden CSS somewhere that was overwritten
Made some web development progress today, but now it’s time to watch the Koivu-less Wild (and we know what that means), then workout
I’m guessing Flyers fans enjoyed watching this game much, much more than I did
FaceTime is one of my favorite technologies of all time
Finished an abbreviated resort workout: 50# cable cross, 5K bike, 5K treadmill. I did get the heart rate up to 200 though
Not feeling 100% today – a case of the Mondays on Wednesday, it seems
Long (but interesting) video poker meeting with the IGT poker expert from CT – now it’s time to introduce her to the VC
Did I really just have five drinks at the VC? Probably skipping the exercise room tonight…
Lunch with the clown in Cloquet – free wi-fi too
Older means wiser, right?
Parking ramp Google map studied – time to drive to Manny’s Steakhouse for birthday dinner
The Scotch – it burns, it burns!
Awesome group of friends at Prohibition to celebrate my birthday – thanks everyone! Sleeping now ’til Saturday
Final count yesterday: one Macallan Cask Strength and three epiphany martinis
Picking up Brad at Delta building J for lunch somewhere in Eagan
Birthday dinner #2 with the in-laws at Carbone’s on Randolph
Rough grind through 10K on the treadmill this morning – would much rather be outside
Haircut and Zantigo day
Focusing on mindless chores this afternoon – laundry, folding, cleaning my office, scanning stamps, online news
A little more office cleaning and stamp entry before an afternoon on the couch watching football
Steven Tyler BLING!
I hope the freezing drizzle holds off until after I drive kids all over town
Quick basement workout while watching Justified. Really hope ice isn’t an inch thick on the roads at 4:30
This drive won’t be fun
White knuckle drive pit stop at Grand Casino Hinckley – very thankful for snow tires today
I don’t think I’ve ever won at Hinckley 🙁
Finally arrived at work (and in one piece). I guess we need the snow, but it was still a pain in the butt
Inbox 35 – good enough for today
Riding to Black Bear Casino with Don and Chef – roads are much better than this morning
I think I need to stop these long Monday excursions
I was hoping to get more done this morning before the meeting death march began, but that plan has gone down in flames
From Facebook: Atmosphere On The Rocks with Common & Grieves at Red Rocks Amphitheater this Friday is now SOLD OUT!
Taking a break from writing employee reviews to gawk at the unreal numbers in the Apple conference call
Employee reviews completed – will file the rest of the paperwork tomorrow. Time to punch out and hit the exercise room
Standard 50# cable cross, 5K bike and 5K treadmill in the resort exercise room (but run was tough for some reason)
Drove the ice highway for the first time this year to have lunch with the mayor at the Tower Cafe
Done with most of my paperwork, so it’s time to punch out and go exercise before CSI
Treadmill was a little better tonight (but still boring) – ran/biked 5K each, along with 50# cable cross while watching the timberpuppies
Unpleasant job task of the day is over 🙁
Heading to Colorado (with stops in Minneapolis and Lincoln, Nebraska). Just saw a bald eagle get some lunch too
The “easy” 230 miles is nearly done
Car almost ready to go – stopping at Axel’s for some free birthday bull bites on the way out of town
Passing the hometown of the lovely Megan – Albert Lea, Minnesota
Hello, Iowa! It’s been a long time
Passing through Des Moines – back in October for the marathon?
All of these Iowa license plates are freaking me out
I had no idea there were still Happy Chef restaurants
Welcome to Omaha – Cornhuskers!
I heart Nebraska: 75 MPH speed limits!
Arrived early in Denver, so we checked into the hotel before the concert
Change of ski plans: heading to A-Basin today
Total crap traffic on I-70 westbound: three lanes of bumper-to-bumper
So long, Colorado – Hello again, Nebraska
Rising up like an oasis in the plains – North Platte, Nebraska
Safely arrived at our last Holiday Inn Express – so tired
I can’t wait to get on the road again
Very proud of kid one: music off, mifi on, using laptop to write her report for school
Kearney, Grand Island, Lincoln, Omaha, lunch
Locally brewed root beer and Omaha Steaks (in Omaha) at the Upstream Brewing Company
The people of Iowa welcome us
The birthplace of John Wayne *and* the Bridges of Madison County?
Final stop for gas
Safely home with no accidents, storms, speeding tickets or breakdowns – a pretty great road trip!
Really, really don’t want to be in the car again, but time to make the donuts
And now, the snow…
Short-staffed today with a couple of call-ins, but sort of nice to be back in the trenches
Quickly running out of gas today – can I make it to nap time?
Amazingly, still awake and working – installing a few system updates, then a much-needed workout before bed
Fire alarm in the resort and there really was a fire – smoke in the lobby
All clear – trash can fire has been contained and people have returned to their rooms
So before the fire, finished 5K bike and 8K treadmill plus a cable cross bump to 60#
I really wish I was still back on vacation – too many projects, fires to put out and overall kinks in my grand plan
AppleTV for digital signage – good or bad?
Ran 5K on the resort treadmill while watching the Wild – an additional 5K planned later tonight
Got seriously sidetracked tonight, so the additional 5K will have to wait
The cough and sore throat is starting to build today, dammit
Seems weird to not be signing up for Grandma’s or Twin Cities this year
Kiosk rollout going smoothly so far – need to find a photo slideshow solution for the monitors, though
Road trip to Target and Walmart in search of media players – maybe a stop at Black Bear too
What a long, long night
Throat is sore, but still have a bit of energy. Ride home last night broke down, so I didn’t get to sleep until 3AM
Sick and should’ve been sleeping hours ago, but here I am at the VC for dinner
Kiosk issue seems to be resolved, so I’m finally hitting the road
Dropped the MINI off for a belt check-up (it’s been “squeaking”) in Minneapolis. Hanging out at Starbucks in the interim
Looks like the car repair bill will be under $300, so the old MINI lives on
Crashed lunch with Colleen, Sam and Megan at Chang Mai Tai in Uptown
Off to Julie’s birthday dinner at Jax Cafe
Slept in until 11:30, credit union and gas station, now Justified
3AM coughing fits are not cool
Ran 13 miles along Lake Nokomis and the Mississippi River with Megan
Reserved a lane at Treasure Island for the game: unlimited bowling, shoes, one pizza and $30 arcade cards for $50
This was a pretty good idea
109, 155, 155, 161
Up all night coughing, neck and back hurt from bowling and now I’m driving 230 miles to work – this week has to get better, right?
Finally made it to work – beautiful room 301 (that I may never leave this week)
Lying in bed ever since I got here, but I’m afraid it’s going to be another long night (even with the addition of Robitussin DM)
Thanks to my sister, eating some Hawaiian Host chocolates while watching the 5-0
The cough syrup helped me sleep through the night, but still feeling crappy today
Looks like another Wild game I’ll follow via Twitter only – wish the Center Ice stuff was cheaper (maybe 0.99/game?)
Initial Pinterest thoughts: 1) copyright nightmare, 2) like the visual nature of it, 3) cool web design, 4) where are the guys?
When it comes to taxes, I’m still old school – downloading state and federal forms to print out and complete this week
I am officially registered for the 8th annual Medtronic TC 1 Mile race on May 17, 2012 – the gauntlet has been thrown, @MeganSteil
Second night in a row I didn’t wake up coughing, so back to the office I go
OMG – what the hell happened yesterday?
Nice breakfast this morning as I try to get the world to stop spinning
Heading south for school conferences tonight
Better gas station name: Pump-N-Munch or Kum & Go?
Such a strange winter – Minnesota driving with the windows open in February
Happy hour at Republic on Seven Corners (and no, I didn’t order vodka)
Even with cough syrup, up again in the middle of the night – hello, Mighty Eagle
Early morning appointment for kid one in Farmington
Bought more cough syrup, lottery tickets, gas for MINI and lunch at Leeann Chin. Now kid two is antiquing in St. Paul
Need rest, but didn’t want to sleep the afternoon away, so I’m playing stamp geek
“Jilly’s On Smack” may be one of the best song titles ever – thanks Primus
Interesting fact of the day: about 40 percent of East Asians lack the enzyme to process alcohol
Declam ribbon ceremony for kid one; now drooling over the shots of 17 Mile Drive
First pass at the federal tax forms is way better than last year (but still not like the old days)
Following the woeful Wild via Twitter while watching January Jones in X-Men: First Class
Is the SNL musical talent booker on drugs?
Contemplating sick vs. healthy, lazy vs. productive, clean vs. messy and happy vs. angry
Really fighting to keep my eyes open – glad I’m almost there
Safely back in the office and messing with these new Cirago TV units
I know this cable< exists, but I need four more (Apple female DVI -> HDMI) - who still sells them?
Aha! It came with the mini: 922-9555 HDMI-to-DVI Adapter Cable Mac Mini – Mini Server Mid 2010 A1347
Hey, this is the same room I passed out in last week
Feels good to be back – 5K bike and treadmill plus 50# cable cross in the resort exercise room
Holy crap, work inbox 11 (and I didn’t just delete them all either)
Current vices: video poker, potato chips and free Mountain Dew on tap
Heh, I think the old lady was truly surprised by my Valentine’s gift =)
Starting the state taxes while listening to the Wild via the online wild.com stream
State taxes look decent (unlike the Wild), so it’s off to the exercise room
Almost the same workout as last night, but faster and steeper treadmill and +10 on cable cross (but less reps)
Weird deal today – my meetings were more productive than everything else
It’s not quite “have-my-ticket-purchased” official yet, but looks like I’ll be in Vegas in a few weeks
Time to wrap it up and go watch the Survivor season premiere
Such a rare sight this winter: beautiful puffy snowflakes floating down in the Minnesota northland sky
Used 12 hours of sleep to fight a resurgence of the crud – plus hello Mountain Lion
Trying to come to grasps with Pinterest again
Pinterest said copyright problems “haven’t been a significant issue so far.”
Pinterest seems to be yet another reason not to use Flash on your company site
Sounds like I’ll be at the Paris Las Vegas from March 3-7 if anyone is around
Paid a visit to Black Bear last night, then couldn’t sleep after I got back. Tonight’s drive might be rough
Found a volunteer to cover the Dice Man shows tonight, so I’m headed to the kid’s big birthday party instead
Two things I’ll never tire of: McDonald’s fries and Run-D.M.C. songs
Hiding in my home office as the rest of the house is taken over by a large mob of teenagers – only 2 hours and 52 minutes left
Thanks for the beer, @SummerofJumbo , your timing was perfect
Ah, the house is quiet again – happy birthday @sushirocks !
Watch battery died, so I ran a “timeless” six miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – the birds think it’s spring
Waiting for kid one to get her haircut, then off to Zantigo for late lunch
Picking up kid one from her movie date, then off to a fundraiser at Cooper’s in Eagan
Sucked at charity bingo, but it was pretty fun
I wish they’d just add JT to the SNL cast
Worst in Show: Ralph
Starting to see the light at the end of the stamp nerd project tunnel
Ran 5.5 miles with Megan and the Chili dog along Black Dog Road in Burnsville
It was so nice out, decided to run another four miles in Eagan (the square route)
Birthday dinner for kid one with grandma and grandpa at Luci Ancora
Reading all these tweets from First Avenue tonight make me wish I would’ve tried harder for tickets
Congratulations! You are now registered for Scheels Fargo Marathon
I think I must be related to the South Park writers – it’s like they’re reading my mind
Late start today due to the holiday. Next stop – Hinckley
Wonder if that big storm is still coming – beautiful sunny sky right now
Safely back on Lake Vermilion before the (supposed) storm
Walked out on Vermilion just now (before the storm) and it’s still pretty frozen
Claimed Fortune Bay on LinkedIn and made myself admin – so much to manage online now
Well that was exciting – trouble with the electronic drawing drum during the President’s Day punch board giveaway
Ouch, that was a tough 8K on the resort treadmill. Followed it up with 5K on the bike and a lame attempt at 60# cable cross
Honey badger on Letterdude. Honey badger don’t care
Not as much snow up here as I thought – maybe a couple inches? Now on to training…
Even the kiosk whisperer couldn’t prevent the Flash-based kiosk from locking up
Heading to boys night out at Black Bear with D & J
Made a small contribution at the Bear, shopped in Cloquet, ran a late 5K on the resort treadmill and now a midnight grilled cheese
Full day of training, quick break to buy Vegas ticket and eat first ever salad with ranch dressing for lunch
Verified by Visa is more hassle than it’s worth
Dear everyone who runs a contest app on Facebook, no you cannot have access to all of that stuff
Still planning to run tonight, but right now I just want to zone out in my hotel room and watch Survivor
The Matthew Broderick Honda ad just makes me sad – Ferris looks so old and frumpy now
Ran 8K on the resort treadmill and felt pretty good, but my attempt at 50# cable cross was feeble
My body is physically very tired, but here I am wide awake again at 1AM
Done with training, packed up the make-shift training room, cleaned up some loose ends and hitting the road
Trying to stay awake through the end of this Wild-Panthers game, but it’s going to be tough
Proud nerd dad – kid two started using Instagram all on her own. I never even told her about it
Taking kid one to a couple of appointments, gas station, credit union, breakfast, then double red cell blood donation
The couch never looked so good – all errands completed and both kids home safely
Last ever spring social at Deerwood 🙁
Sitting in the Burnsville Center food court while kid one and her BFF shop
Met both Foster and Veilleux at player appearances – great guys, but not sure how they will fit in the new regime
Hotel room booked for Fargo marathon – big pool for the family, race shuttle for me and decent rate
Ran about 11 miles from Nokomis to Harriet and back with Megan – sunny, but cold
Family movie day – The Secret World of Arrietty at Regal Eagan
Not my favorite Studio Ghibli film, but Arrietty was still fun to see, followed by dinner at Leeann Chin
Waiting for Amy at Park Tavern – hope she didn’t get lost on the way from South Korea
Really didn’t want to get out of bed, but ran 10 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – the tailwind on the return loop was fantastic
Birthday lunch for kid one at the mother-in-law’s house, then the Costello wake in Shoreview
The Grammys don’t look so bad now, do they?
Heading north after the funeral – zero snow in Hinckley
Feel like I’m about to fall asleep and realized I’ve had no caffeine yet today – must stop and visit the clown
Thanks Ronald, totally perked up now (and the fries were good too)
Safely back at the Bay – almost 100% bone dry roads, two bald eagles and lots of sunshine
Huh, I think the National Weather Service actually changed their URLs to weather.gov
Driving out to the “other” point tonight, then some 5-0 and a visit to the (hopefully) repaired resort treadmill
Missed the 5-0, but still got in a late 5K on the repaired resort treadmill
Thanks Dad – he just got us tickets to the April 27th Wits show with Fred Willard and Dan Wilson in St. Paul
Can’t stop eating – in the last half hour I’ve had hot tamales, honey roasted peanuts and a slim jim
Laptop inbox almost to zero, while the office one is under 50 – hello Vegas!
Working late while I listen to this lame Wild-Kings game
Struggled through what should’ve been an easy workout: 5K run, 5K bike and 50# cable cross
“One More Disney Day” – Disneyland is open for 24 hours straight today beginning at 6AM
Nice pancake breakfast in the Tamarack with the guys and now a few snowflakes have started falling outside
Spirit Airline’s web site pricing is a little confusing, but I just found a combination of days in June, MSP-LAS roundtrip for $62.08
Aw, Davy Jones? Heart disease sucks… 🙁
Looks like this storm pretty much missed Vermilion – hope they get the roads nice and clear to the south by tomorrow night
It’s Wednesday, so it must be mindless TV night
Finished the late night short cycle (5K/5K/50#) after three hours of TV slugdom
Two more staff meetings today, then heading south before Vegas on Saturday night
Monday forecast for Las Vegas is 78F and sunny
Thanks MNDOT – Interstate 35 south of Duluth was totally clear of ice and snow
Siri and I just don’t get along, but I keep trying
Wild need new TV partners – can’t watch Fox Sports North Plus and NBC Sports Network hardly anywhere. Even KSTC would be better
Windows 8 CP + VMware Fusion on my MacBook Air just worked – interesting ideas in there
A little taste of Mountain Lion today: AirParrot streams a Mac screen to an AppleTV
Finally watched the 5-0 that I missed on Monday – so cool to have James Caan on with his son
Friday sleep ins rock – finally up and dressed and heading out to lunch with Mr. Miller at Smashburger
Finished the taxes a while ago, but just remembered to actually mail them in today
This Friday night has turned into a bust
Hmm, 24 hours out from check-in for my flight to Vegas and Delta still says there are no seats available for selection
Not the night I was planning, but I did go buy some new skinny jeans for the trip tomorrow
Windy and slippery outside (more snow?), so I ran a hilly 5K on the basement treadmill and finished a set of dumbbell reps
Running out to Mystic Lake to drive Don to the airport, followed by haircuts and Zantigo
Braved the wind and ran another 5.5 miles with Megan and Chili along Black Dog Road before heading to the airport
Oversold coach seat now or free first class upgrade in 90 minutes?
Wow, just got a free upgrade to first class on the *earlier* flight – thanks Delta!
Landed safely at LAS – free drinks in first class rocks (the hot towel was cool too)
Just lost my ass on day one in Vegas – learned that free drinks don’t exactly help the cause (down $70 out of $300)
Grabbing lunch at Pink’s Hot Dogs before the conference starts
If the next couple of speakers don’t get better, this could be my least favorite conference ever
Marketing didn’t agree, but I liked the second group of presenters much more than the first
Last panel of the day re: online poker was very interesting
Heading to the diamond lounge at Paris for free food and drinks, then maybe over to the Cosmopolitan
Dinner at Holsteins: Cereal Bowl spiked milkshake, Nom Nom Burger and shoestring fries
Glorious six mile run up and down the Strip – sunshine, shorts and lots of my people
First speaker today was the CFO from Caesars Entertainment, who gave a very good keynote
Visionaries Panel was very good and now listening to the gaming beat writers from the WSJ and the Las Vegas Review-Journal
Afternoon sessions have been more focused on finance and legislation, but still some interesting things for me to learn about
Walked over to Caesar’s Palace to visit the Forum Shops Apple Store, then went to Bally’s before dinner at Paris
Three sessions to go – limping to the finish line
Holy crap, I think there’s a wind chill in Vegas right now – must’ve dropped 20 degrees in the past 3 hours
It dropped from 73F to 59F, with wind gusts of 60mph (and actual rain on the radar)
Kinda lame sitting in my room watching TV and playing WwF, but definitely cheaper than the last few nights
Got back up to meet Don @PBRrockbar for some Doritos crusted mac and cheese
All rested and mostly packed – time to standby at LAS for an earlier flight home
The 1:35 flight went out full, but at least there’s free wifi here
And there goes the 3:30 flight full – original flight it is. Time to hit Cinnabon, I guess
Upgraded my phone to iOS 5.1 over the airport wifi and now it thinks it’s 4G
Hmm, RHCP at Target Center in October for $59?
Hurray – I finally get to leave this airport
Landed safely at MSP
MSHSL Boys Hockey Tournament in HD for free over the air on 45 – how was Hill-Murray unseeded? Eagan up next
Had a feeling Eagan would have trouble with the Spuds
Ran 4 miles with Megan and Chili in Eagan – so windy out tonight
Pretty sure I love MSHSL championship hockey more than collegiate and pro combined
Glad I remembered to wake up before 10AM so I could buy RHCP tickets
Trying to fight the sock monster while waiting for my parents to pick us up for lunch
Seriously, Lakeville South?
Driving the girls to St. Paul for a baby shower, then a run up and down Summit in this 60-degree weather
Ran 11 miles in St. Paul along Summit, Mississippi River Blvd and St. Clair
Waiting for three teen girls to finish shopping at Plato’s Closet before heading to Raising Canes for dinner
One more game on Championship Saturday – hope it’s not a blow-out
Crazy good hockey tonight – wish I could be watching the Gophers too
Finally, a decent musical guest on SNL
It was slow and ugly, but finished 17 miles in Minneapolis around Nokomis, Harriet and Calhoun – more unbelievable weather
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a Wild game at the X, but the free wifi is much appreciated
Wifi at the game and no tweets from @Russostrib 🙁
Despite the loss, still a fun time with the girls tonight – the NHL is such a fast, physical game up close
Rained the whole drive north today – still lots of snow on the Wilderness, though
The peanut butter sandwich girl scout cookies my sister brought me from Wisconsin are like crack
I would also like to state for the record that I have no first hand experience with crack (but damn those cookies are good)
The first of four new web sites I need to launch is nearly ready
And the meetings begin
National Golf Foundation: 46 course openings and 107 closures in 2010
What creative ways do you find to handle stress, Allina?
I don’t know how much Subway paid Common, but one of them got a good deal
Lower legs feeling a little funny, so I skipped the treadmill and did 10K on the bike plus 50# cable cross
For some strange reason, I have a strong desire to visit Knott’s Berry Farm again
Heading to Hibbing Community College for an advisory board meeting
It’s nice in the Northland today too, but still planning to stay inside for Wednesday TV night and late indoor workout
Must have been more tired than I thought – skipped the workout last night and slept in this morning
I don’t really care much about the whole Goldman Sachs thing, but 12,000 of your 30,000 employees are vice presidents?
Frontier metro Ethernet and DSL outages this morning – AT&T MiFi coming in handy
The big ice pile on the balcony is now 100% gone (but it still feels a little chilly out)
Working from my hotel room so I can watch the WCHA Final Five on TV
Watched UND beat SCSU while working out (5K bike, 5K run and 50# cable cross). Really wish I could go to the Gophers game tomorrow
Slot tournament meeting completed – time to grab some lunch and head to Nett Lake for a fiber broadband project update
Gordy says wimpy winter brings March 27 opener
So what is the medical diagnosis when it feels like you are wearing a hat, but aren’t?
Now I’m glad I didn’t spend the $150 for tickets to the Gophers game tonight – wow
Ran 14 hilly miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – thank you Mother Nature
Do they score differently in St. Paul or have I been doing it wrong all these years?
Put air in the bike tires and took a ride around town with kid two
Trying to figure out old YouTube accounts vs my multitude of Google Accounts was almost enough to make me throw the laptop out the window
Avoided the crowds while visiting kid one’s friend at Children’s St. Paul and now just walked right in to BWW for dinner
Almost made it to bed early, but I’ve been summoned to Hell’s Kitchen
Drove from downtown Minneapolis back home with the windows down tonight – felt like LA (minus the traffic)
Set my internal alarm clock and woke up at noon, so it’s back to the Sony tomorrow
Congrats to all of those who ran marathons today – really hope to run LA one of these years
Laundry and cleaning the home office inbox all afternoon, but was just reminded I get to go out to dinner soon at El Meson
Just watched Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey on Netflix – what a great documentary
Safely back at work and the early morning vendor I was expecting is hard at work setting up a new server
Another vendor snuck up here from Minneapolis today (hey @ChadAGermann), so I’m sitting in on another meeting
The Wild should probably lose out to improve next year, but it always feels so good to beat the Canucks
Ahh, chicken sliders and caramel apples for lunch during a too short break in a very hectic day
Mind fried and stupid TV night isn’t until tomorrow
Almost forgot my invite to Birch Point tonight with Ann and Steve the Mayor
Thankfully this hasn’t happened much lately, but woke up today with a massive headache. Still in bed watching the Price is Right
Two random thoughts: 1) thinking about getting a standing desk at work and 2) these sliders rule
Survivor, Modern Family and CSI, followed by a kinda quick treadmill 5K, bike and cable cross
Just downloaded the Photoshop CS6 beta, but realized it may not work on a maxed out MacBook Air (hardware graphics card only?)
Ely meeting postponed, vendor meeting I forgot about over – time to punch out and hit the road
Rain, lakes with no ice and an appointment to remove the snow tires tomorrow
Gift card dinner at Panera, clothes shopping/returns and family movie night at the stroke of midnight
I’m sure the movie will be good tonight, but I still think “The Humpty Games” would be even better
Starting to really like having a Mi-Fi in the bag – no other wireless at the tire store
Who needs the range? Straight to the first tee at Valleywood – bogey on one
First round of the year in the books: shot 86 from the MGA tees at Valleywood
The new cod fillet sandwich at Wendy’s goes nicely with the vanilla frosty and sea salt fries
Fell asleep on the couch twice this afternoon, interrupted by short rounds of Angry Birds Space
Ran the TCM course from Nokomis to St. Thomas, then followed the Get in Gear course to Minnehaha Park and back (~13 miles?)
No kids, so dinner at Barrio in Lowertown with Colleen – bring on the Mexican Coke and Gringo Tacos!
Such a lazy weekend, but at least I threw in some laundry as I settle down to watch Tiger in Orlando
McDowell and Tiger on the sixth at Bay Hill – wow
I wish I got to be on spring break this week too – meeting in Minneapolis this afternoon, then back to work
Watched all 13 episodes of AMC’s The Killing in less than 24 hours – highly addictive and can’t wait for season two
Wasn’t planning to stay that long at Nami happy hour, but good meeting and “interesting” cucumber/sake martini
Made it to my room just in time for Letterman
I like to see Gaborik back at the X – sad to think his two MN buddies are gone forever
Will Wes Walz quit halfway through the post game?
Resort exercise room during the third period: 5K bike and treadmill and 50# cable cross
I *knew* it was too good to last – snowing in Tower right now
“The cost of making pennies and nickels are about twice the face value of the coins–2.4 cents for a penny and 11.2 cents for a nickel”
Heading to the Y Store to refill the MINI and buy a little piece of the Mega Millions dream
The D at Red Rocks on July 26th? Hmm…
Oh drat, seems that I might have to extend my San Diego trip by a day
Wanted to sleep early, but gutting out the standard 5K bike/run & 60# cable cross in the exercise room
I am lucky to have a core group of friends who are caring, smart and ever insightful about this crazy world
Holy smokes, what a chaotic morning – really nice to have AT&T here
Time to hit the road – marketing delivery service to the sports show, then figure out a video scenario
Researching various camera/video options before a trip to National Camera Exchange tomorrow afternoon
Ran 7+ miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – first 100 mile month since October
Watch out, Mr. Burgundy, here we come
Seems like half of Fortune Bay is at gate G9
Door was closed, everyone was seated and the APU went out on the A320 – waiting for maintenance 🙁
And it looks like we are going to go with the broken APU – almost ready to push back
Landed safely in San Diego (despite the busted equipment)
I love my room at the Marriott – only a partial view of the harbor, but there’s a balcony and the weather is beautiful
Coldest day of the local forecast, but this Minnesotan is still wearing the shorts I packed, dammit
Sycuan Oak Glen course – team shot 64 and I’m in the running for closest to the pin (4 feet 1 inch)
Our pro says I need to work on two things this year: 1) shorten my backswing and 2) reduce the hip sway
Mapping out some options for an early morning run along the harbor
Beautiful morning for a harbor run – did 9+ miles from the convention center to the end of Harbor Island and back
Got to rub it in a little: having lunch on the harborside outdoor patio at Roy’s San Diego
Travis Tritt cancelled due to the Scruggs funeral, so we got Colin Hay and Foghat instead
Finally back in the room after a long, long day. Won $55 at the casino, but have to get up at 5AM
Ran 4+ miles with the Raving group – Nevada, Washington and Minnesota all accounted for
Good food and drinks at Madame Cora’s Marble Room for the Aristocrat party
Butterscotch schnapps for the first time
Free food and free drinks always seem to taste better
Fish and chips in Seaport Village, pick up the luggage and catch a taxi to the airport
I can’t believe that airport security at SAN actually have signs that say “PLEASE, NO JOKES”
Is every commercial flight everywhere now sold out? Packed liked a sardine in seat 19F, ready to leave Cali
Landed safely at MSP – thanks Delta!
Up early to take kid two to band practice – decided might as well stay awake and do some laundry
Ah, live Masters video time
Only 113 days until the Summer Olympics in London
Lunch with the wife at Ho Ting, Tapemark conference call at 12:30 and hopefully a spin around Lebanon Hills later
First mountain bike loop of the year at Lebanon kicked my ass, but very fun (and nothing broken)
Cut the cord: Masters online (with more options) and Gophers hockey tonight here
Family trip to Mall of America for Peep Store, crepes and pretzels
Shot an 85 from the white tees at Keller – probably my last time before they tear it up in October
Tried watching more Lilyhammer on Netflix streaming, but it kept throwing errors
Checking out the free Get in Gear course preview runs this morning
Ran an unofficial 1:46 on the Get in Gear half marathon course – won a door prize and only hit a little bit of rain
Haircuts with kid one before heading to Cannon Falls
Would love to watch the end of this Masters round, but we have early reservations at The Butcher and the Boar tonight
First time at mother-in-law’s house with Mi-Fi (and only an hour and 15 minutes until the Masters)
Firmly planted on the couch for the next four-plus hours while I watch @Phils_Ego go for the green jacket
Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free!
A Bubba winning in Georgia? Sounds good to me
Up early for a dentist appointment, then back home to pack for a two week stretch in the Northland
Next stop: Gordy’s Hi-Hat
Early spring apparently means early road construction – Interstate 35E is one lane in both directions for at least 9 miles
This little April cold spell (complete with snowflakes) better not mess with the golf course opener on Friday
Holy crap, if it’s this cold in Cloquet, I’m sure Tower will be just lovely
Safely back at the resort – only “a bit” colder than Cloquet
The day is nearly over and there is still so much to do – making OK progress thanks to checklists, though
After not reading the news for a week in San Diego, I think I really might not be missing all that much
So did the misadventures of Brian Dunn kill Best Buy or was it Accenture?
Magic. Amazing. Rockin. Important. Super. Awesome. =)
Have you backed up your data lately?
Since it’s now 27F outside, returned to the resort exercise room for 5K bike and treadmill plus 50# cable cross
Driving down to Duluth for a tour of UMD’s wireless network architecture
So AT&T, Nokia and Microsoft all think calling people stupid is a good ad campaign?
Sam Malone as a CSI is really starting to grow on me
A lot of things are happening today, but practically none of them are things I had planned to do today
Working up the energy (and will) to leave the office and head outside for a run
Ran an itsy-bitsy reverse split on tonight’s 7-miler along Echo Point
Moneyball wasn’t exactly what I was expecting, but Brad Pitt sure seems to be turning into Robert Redford
Kid one met Slug and I get to meet Air Supply – wins all around
Almost time for the “course inspection” tournament at The Wilderness – Opening Day 2012
What a great night: post tournament fun in the clubhouse bar, followed by a visit with John, Cathy, Ann and Mayor Steve on Birch Point
Shot 93 from the blues yesterday and 88 from the whites today at The Wilderness at Fortune Bay – Golfweek’s #1 course in Minnesota
Talked with Graham Russell from Air Supply in the bar after the concert – super nice dude
Lazy Sunday – packing at the cabin and heading back to the resort this afternoon. Maybe a run later if it doesn’t start snowing
34 years? Horse racing really needs a Triple Crown winner
OK, wind and rain, you win – watching HBO instead of running outside (treadmill later, I guess)
So the live CBC feed of the Kings-Canucks game isn’t available outside of Canada?
Good luck to all of the Boston runners today – stay safe!
Is that *the* Alan Merrick Eagan High School hired as the new head boys soccer coach?
According to videopoker.com, the odds of a dealt royal flush are 1 in 650,000
Starting the domain transfer process from GoDaddy to Hover – three down, eleven more to go
How did today turn into software update day? VMware, Office 2011, WinXP (VM)
Got a lot done today with the skeleton crew – now waiting for my ride to Black Bear for dinner and to scope out their new games
Norah Jones + Danger Mouse = …Little Broken Hearts – out May 1st
Forecast calls for sun and 46F today, so hopefully this goes away quickly
Listening to Jack White’s Blunderbuss – streaming now on iTunes
Upgrading our new web server at @MacMiniColo and getting WordPress ready to roll with the new site
True Blood returns to HBO on June 10
Change Facebook and the whole world complains, change Google+ and nobody notices
Heading back to Birch Point tonight for dinner with Mary and Alex, along with more web development planning
Still a long way back at The Wilderness, but hoping to reopen Saturday
WSJ: nearly one million Americans will suffer a heart attack this year
Glad I rolled the dice and picked up four tickets to Rock the Garden early
No wonder the snow is still around – it’s freakin’ cold out here!
Wing night at the VC and this place is packed
Haven’t run for almost a week, so I went down to the exercise room and did 10K on the treadmill – long(er) run this weekend
Just discovered how much good free stuff is available on Hulu – not sure this is a good thing, though
Super busy morning before hitting the road – two more meetings, then I’m free
Safely back in the rainy, dreary metro – taking kid two to MOA before kid one’s play tonight
Sweet – hardly anybody at the mall now
Very pleasant late night six miler in Eagan and Apple Valley – even the surprise puddles were nice
Diet Double Dew – Dew the Math
Up early to take kid one to the doctor, then maybe some running around the Minneapolis lakes
Just finished reading the annual City Pages best of edition and have a new list of places to visit
Ran 13 miles along Nokomis, Minnehaha and Harriet – not a strong run, but the miles are done
Credit union, Home Depot, library and dinner at IKEA before tonight’s movie at the Walker
Walker Cinema tonight: The Accidental Tourist
A tale of two nines – 41 on the front and 50 on the rainy back (white tees at Willingers)
Congratulations! You are now officially registered for the 2012 Minnesota State Fair Milk Run.
Ran 11 miles with Megan from Nokomis to Harriet and back – nice to catch up with her
Loft now half cleaned – so nice to be able to walk from one side to the other again
Playoff hockey is so fun to watch – hope the Wild get back there soon
Back to Boston!
Heading to St. Paul shortly for rib dinner with Colleen at the 128 Cafe
Back to the early morning Monday routine
Safely back in the cold Northland – still some snow on parts of the golf course (but I think it’s open for play)
Dear unsolicited vendors trying to call me: I will find you if I need you – no need to keep trying
The webcam shows sun and 59F – better take a little running break
Peaceful 7 miler on Echo Point – now a quick jog to the grill for a salad and some chicken sliders
Jack White at Red Rocks would be so, so good
Almost time for a web project update meeting with all the big wigs – as ready as I’ll ever be
I think Play Golf Minnesota week starts today for me – the Wilderness beckons
Shot a 93 from the whites during my afternoon break – back to work now
Just got a pretty good golf offer from Cragun’s, but heard the bank has taken ownership of the courses?
“You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user.”
Time to punch out and go catch Trampled By Turtles on Letterdude
In meetings all morning, then back to web development and photography
Watching the live online coverage of the MN Senate debating the stadium bill – how do they get anyone to do this?
Apparently I’m a stress eater now – about to eat donut number four
Damn it, Mystic Lake got Kid Rock before we did – July 15, outside, $69-$83
Day two of the Basilica Block Party: The Lumineers, Fitz and the Tantrums and The Avett Brothers
A ton of bad, depressing items today and two good ones – so ready to veg out and watch Survivor tonight
Ran a treadmill 10K in the resort exercise room, along with a tiny bit of cable cross
Thank you @dfrantz1976 – you rock
Nice to sleep in today, but time to get up and do stuff – Get in Gear packet, credit union, First Ave tickets, Lebanon Hills, Wits
Snagged two tickets to Alabama Shakes at First Avenue, August 2, 7:30PM
Quick, clean loop around Lebanon Hills mountain bike trail – windy, but still very fun
The Disneyland Paris web site is a mess for finding info, but at least it’s not a go.com URL
Looking forward to Wits with Fred Willard and Dan Wilson tonight at the Fitzgerald
Wind, rain, ice pellets, missing watch and gagged on toothbrush – must be Get in Gear day
My 10K PR is safe for another year – 46:21 gun time in the rain and cold. Nice to meet some mnrunnerds in person – on to Fargo!
Official chip time was 46:03 (7:25 pace)
Hot shower and a library visit before heading out to see The Cabin in the Woods
Catching a little Kings playoff hockey at BWW with the girls
It continues to amaze me how much stuff *isn’t* on the internet
Geez I hate Zids and he doesn’t even play for us any more
Finishing up the weekend with two episodes of Game of Thrones (old season)
Or make it four episodes – no self-control these days, I guess
Uneventful drive back to Lake Vermilion this morning – hoping the sun returns sometime this week
Ran the 7.1 mile Echo Point loop before heading down to Black Bear with the crew – another 100 mile month in the log
Well that was a pretty expensive order of nachos and mini donuts
Now that the meetings are over, fun stuff the rest of the week: web design, photography, golf and shopping for my office
Heart with Joan Jett at Mystic Lake would be a pretty great show, methinks
The Minnesota legislature is a “house of ideas” eh? I think I have an idea…
Finished the didn’t want to do it workout: 5K bike and treadmill with 50# cable cross in the resort exercise room
Raining hard enough here now to knock out the satellite TV – bit of lightning too (hope the floor stays up)
Left leg very sore – going to try the “driving range cure” and see if that helps
Just ridiculous how great The Wilderness at Fortune Bay is right now – perfect fairways, fast greens, great staff and food (shot an 88)
Working late tonight (with the Wednesday night shows on in the background)
Wish I could actually watch that Rangers-Caps game – online audio just isn’t the same
Gabby is back!
Hate days that start with a headache – feeling very out of it right now
Based on the MINI’s windshield, I’d say the annual Minnesota bug invasion is in full swing
Changed out of the northern Minnesota attire and into shorts and a Hawaiian shirt before heading to Carbone’s on Randolph
Ortho and breakfast with the girls, laundry, a hilly 7+ miles in Eagan and Apple Valley and lots of paperwork before the big 4:30 meeting
R.I.P. MCA 🙁
Not ashamed to admit I’ve got tears in my eyes as I load up the Beastie Boys playlist in iTunes this afternoon
Finally done chasing down numbers – ready for this meeting to be over so the weekend can start
Good meeting – on to dinner at the new MOA Asian place, Stir Crazy
British Open golf weather this morning in Minnesota
Missed a par putt on 18 that would’ve got me in the 70s for the first time ever – shot 80 from the whites at Ridges at Sand Creek
Kentucky Derby in HD for free over the air – will we be betting on it next year at Fortune Bay?
How did I never hear “Booming Granny” by the Beastie Boys until today?
Ran a rain-free 19 miles in Minneapolis: Nokomis, Minnehaha, Harriet, Calhoun and Lake of the Isles
Saw a naked women at the end of the main Lake Calhoun dock. In other news, Lake Calhoun is now my favorite Minneapolis lake
Lunch with the family at the Pizza Ranch (trying the City Pages “best fried chicken”)
Congrats Kings – nice to see them do well after so many down years
Visiting IKEA on a Sunday after a long run was stupid (and the desk I went there for has been discontinued)
Love the staff at Run N Fun in Burnsville (and St. Paul) – new shoes for the wife and kid one, shorts for me
Spring has sprung at the Wilderness, just in time for the high school tournament
Backup and upgrade day – have you backed up your personal files lately?
Cleaning up my office while watching the live stream from the Minnesota state capitol
Damn, thought fireworks were coming back from the dead in the Vikings bill
RIP Maurice Sendak – the Wild Things exhibit in SFO will always have a special place in my heart
Can’t believe I’m now watching the senate debate too – feel bad for the capitol reporters that do this all the time
Senator Nienow has eight kids? That must explain why he keeps talking – probably doesn’t want to go home
Cool, cloudy night on Lake Vermilion with loons calling – ran 7.4 miles on the Echo Point route (Fargo Marathon in 11 days!)
Additional workout time in the exercise room tonight: 10K bike and a mini 50# cable cross
Slow Twitter day (not sure why) – time for a little dumb TV escape
Way too many days waking up with headaches this year
Thursdays aren’t usually a big meeting day, but today was – hitting the road soon
It’s going to be a long summer on I-35
Made it just in time to see kid two’s first swim heat in Bloomington; leaving for kid one’s concert shortly
Great night seeing kid two swim, kid one play tuba and both of them celebrate at DQ afterwards
Wow, the owners of Parkview Golf Course want to sell to a housing developer? Wonder why they spent money upgrading the place
Watching a documentary with Jimmy Iovine, who is wearing Beats headphones, a white Nike hat and a red leather jacket
Benmont Tench might be my favorite band member name ever
Thanks Grandpa Smith for the wonderful steak dinner at Cherokee Sirloin Room
Lots of good Netflix today: Exit Through the Gift Shop, Game of Thrones and Weeds
Somebody stole my iPhone today – tracked it online and decided to remote wipe, but that means I can’t track it any more
Shot an unofficial 88 from the white tees at Bluff Creek (missed four holes while searching for the stupid phone)
Heading in to Saint Paul for a walk around Como and visits with the moms
Stopped in at Izzy’s for a chocolate waffle cone with salted caramel Izzy
Fun mountain bike loop around Lebanon Hills on a beautiful Sunday morning
RIP Donald “Duck” Dunn – bassist with Booker T and the MGs and session player with The Blues Brothers, Neil Young, Tom Petty and more
Mother’s Day food prep: breakfast orange rolls bedside, lunch at Gather and dinner at Red Robin
Three hours of Survivor to close out Mother’s Day
Safely back in the office, but the entire morning just seemed to disappear
Replacement phone on order from AT&T, but still dealing with withdrawal symptoms
Really wish the weekend weather forecast in Fargo had Saturday and Sunday reversed
Sweet – The Jets are playing Grand Casino Hinckley on July 3rd
Taking a little side trip to Duluth
Back from Duluth – didn’t realize that city has a Skid Row
Awesome – the D on Letterdude
Fedex says my phone replacement is on the way from DC and should be here by 4:30
I think I’ll just stop looking at the Fargo weather forecast for now – hot thunderstorms are not what I was hoping for
Restoring iPhone from backup…
Hmm, apps don’t get backed up in iTunes when you use a different laptop? The app data seems to be there
The low here tonight is forecast to be 33F – do you hear that, Fargo?
Hmm, now there is a freeze warning and the new low might be 29F
I’d be pretty happy to see the Kings win it all this year
Road trips today to visit the other BFDC businesses
Ely is pretty great
Super busy day today: Express Lube, WELY, Ely area attraction photos, comp meeting, lunch, marketing group and trip to Nett Lake
Good meeting in Nett Lake with Jim Gray – heading to the Fortune Bay marina next
Really wanted to hit The Wilderness tonight, but the driving range will have to do for now
Thought about a short treadmill run tonight (or even a swim), but wimped out altogether
Alabama Shakes opening for Neil Young and Crazy Horse, two nights at Red Rocks in August
Too much going on to keep straight, but I’m packing up and heading to the TC 1 Mile no matter what
Wind, rain and road construction – off to pick up Megan
Be safe, all those in and around Ely
Big Ginger with the Allina crew at The Local – 6:29 tonight after pulling up gimpy halfway through the TC 1 Mile 🙁
Cautiously optimistic about the knee so far this morning
Laundry, packing, Target, windshield fluid refill, restoring apps to phone, plant run to St. Paul and picking up kids soon
Picked up the 1001 race packet, got the knee taped up, checked in at the hotel and heading to Happy Joe’s for pizza and pasta
Kids are rocking Shipwreck Bay while I try to stop freaking out about the knee
Ran a very conservative race to protect the knee, so I guess the 4:57 is a small price to pay for NYC
Pretty sure this pink KT Band was the difference between finishing and dropping out today
Bye, bye North Dakota – thanks for the great hospitality
Five down, forty-five to go
Hello, couch, don’t plan to leave you until I’m out of Weeds episodes and Mick Jagger says goodnight on SNL
Just slept through half of Sunday, but feeling pretty decent now
A game I actually get to watch – Go Kings Go!
One more domain transferred from GoDaddy to Hover – ten more to go
Another piece of my childhood is gone – RIP Robin Gibb
It’s that time of the year again – starting work on the 2012 Tapemark database and web pages
Heading out to Mystic Lake soon for the 20th Annual Great Plains Indian Gaming Conference and Tradeshow
Fun course inspection round at The Meadows (86 from the whites with a birdie on 18)
Finally back from “work” – even without alcohol, Mystic can be a lot of fun
The new Coda stuff looks great, but I sense a bit of a learning curve and/or process re-alignment for my site workflows
Crappy morning drive back to Mystic, but donuts, egg and bacon sandwiches and Mt. Dew were waiting for me
Kinda wish I could run Grandma’s and still get back in time for Rock the Garden, but not this year
You know you work for the right people when the CEO buys everyone tequila shots
And now Peter Gabriel at Red Rocks – Colorado is looking awfully good these days
Not fond of the hot summer-like winds; hoping the thunderstorms move in soon and cool things off
How did I miss this Live at Reading Nirvana CD until now?
Looks like I have a guaranteed entry into the TC 10 Mile if I want it
If anybody wants to pay 2006 prices for a house in Eagan, please inquire within
Actually got a boatload of things finished this afternoon – now brats on the grill, followed by kid two swim team
Long and productive Tapemark meeting at SVCC, accompanied by the wonderful ham and cheese omelet
A rainy Thursday turned out to be the perfect time to snag a table at Tilia in Linden Hills
Nice to finally meet Alissa – and during her golden birthday celebration too
Gabe the Bulldog may be my favorite stupid pet trick ever
I love how sometimes my Twitter account gets referenced by Kingsbury tube station in London and Kingsbury Plaza in Chicago
Lots of St. Paul time: clinic, children’s hospital to visit Mikey Boom-Boom, Little Szechuan and more
After working on mint for a couple of hours, I remember why I stopped using Quicken
Assessing the basement situation – maybe I should just rent a dumpster
Watching season three of The Muppet Show – whatever happened to Rita Coolidge?
Leo Sayer singing The Show Must Go On with Animal on drums and a bald, smoking, banjo-playing muppet
Sad – Izaty’s (redesign) architect John Harbottle, 53, died yesterday after a heart attack in California
More golf course fires to put out, Tapemark web design, Muppet Show episodes, haircuts, kitten party and Bachelor Farmer
Not managing the stress well today and the Mountain Dew from Zantigo flying across the floor of the car didn’t help
I need to write a review of The Bachelor Farmer, but I just want to sleep. Spoiler: new favorite place in the 612
Work up stupid early to run 6 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – knee felt OK, but I went pretty slow
Meant to say “woke up stupid early” to beat the heat wave, but now I have a headache and just want to sleep
Semi-productive day today, despite losing hours to a headache – lawn care and new clippings bin before the rain
Too bad I can’t put my Jetpack Joyride accomplishments on my résumé
Seems like this whole wave of thunderstorms is going to miss us in Eagan – so close
Remote access is the best part of tech support – no need for anyone to drive in to fix stuff
Shoe recycling at REI, walk around Lake Harriet an lunch at Bread & Pickle
Glad we don’t have outdoor picnics every day in the summer – can’t stop eating
Early start to a jam-packed short week – directors meeting, webdev lunch, interviews and more
Just saw a Bulldogs Hockey license plate frame around a personalized plate that said SIEVE
Had dinner with mom, dad and my sister at Bay View, but now it’s late night catch-up time in the office
Tower tonight: 35F; tomorrow night: 33F – glad I packed the running pants this week
More golf course network fun, council meeting, interviews and web development
Forgot how many little things there are to do when launching even a “simple” web site
The VC’s status: LOOKS LIKE A GOOD DAY FOR DRINKIN! !!!!! (and it’s wing night)
Still awake, but made a lot of progress tonight – 23 hours until deadline
Done with all the meetings for the day, so head down and full speed ahead on web site launch
Got my Photoshop CS6 license and installer issues cleared up, but I probably shouldn’t install it in the middle of a project, right?
I need to get the hell out of my office
Can’t believe I’m still working on this damn web site – it’s like a never-ending story
The new site isn’t live yet, but at least I got far enough to pass it along for approval
Time to move from Fortune Bay stress to Tapemark Charity Pro-Am stress
Stopping to see Gordy for a little late lunch
Light Groupon dinner at Andiamo with 3/4 of the family (kid two is at a Brainerd cabin thing this weekend)
Shocked: kid one asked to go for a run tonight
Ran/walked 3 miles with kid one tonight in Eagan – still amazed she asked to go
Photoshop CS6 installed and licensed, new web database created and site folder copied – enough tech for today. Biking and golf in AM
Woke up with a headache, so the biking got axed. No way I’m skipping Southview, though
Hit some great shots today, but still struggled to a 92 from the whites at SVCC. Round followed by TMCPA final meeting – drawing tomorrow!
Played wedding crasher tonight in Apple Valley
Tapemark Drawing Night at SVCC – one hour to freak out time
One more event completed – only a few more stressful ones this week and then summer can finally start
The big breakfast has made me way too tired – not good for more driving
Safely back at work for a short work week before TMCPA 2012
Direct marketing stat of the day: 17% of the U.S. population changes addresses each year
I can’t watch game three of the *finals* online? Come on, NHL, you can’t find a sponsor for that?
Tonight will be a massive codefest – haven’t had one of those for a long time
At least I can listen to Kings radio online – Go Kings Go!
I sorta feel bad for Marty
I forgot how much programming requires perfection. It’s too late at night for perfection
That’s it, I’m throwing in the towel. Two more screens to program in the morning before the women’s scores start posting
Good luck to all of the players in the inaugural women’s championship flight at the Tapemark
OH: “Mom, where are you going?” – “The bar.”
Congrats to Don Berry for winning what I believe is his first Minnesota Senior Open at Edina CC
Went against my own new rule and moved back to The Wilderness blue tees today for a change and shot 92
So happy all of that code I wrote last night mostly held up under attack today, but why I am still in the office tonight?
Nice – the Trattoria Da Vinci guy is going in the old Joe Senser Eagan location
Changing DNS and registrar configurations, but would rather be outside doing just about anything else
No Bodemeister at the Belmont? Thats a little disappointing
Salty McDonald’s fries + carbonated Coca-Cola = happiness
Stopped at Black Bear to see my friend and use my $5 in free play – no big wins today
35E southbound was horrible today – ick
Despite the traffic, made it to dinner at Green Mill with kid two and now her last swim team session at Wise
Thank you National Running Day for reminding me why – 7.4 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley, just for me
Nice to see the glow bug nightclubs are open for business again
Beautiful morning and fun ride at Lebanon Hills today – beware the wild turkey!
Back from Southview for one last onsite review – a little more code to write tonight, then we’re ready to roll at 6:30am
Printed Michaels coupon, took kid two and friends to buy school project items, walked back to car with coupon still in pocket
Heading to the Saucony event at Marathon Sports and a hot run around Harriet
Great time at the Saucony event – won a door prize, free pizza and beer, picked up some new shorts and Kinvara 3s (Saucony)
The grass was freshly mown and the first ball was just hit in the 2012 Tapemark Charity Pro-Am at SVCC
It wouldn’t be a Tapemark without on-the-fly coding in the tent
Snuck out of the scoring tent for a couple hours to catch the big talent show on the last day of elementary school
Six teams left on the course, then packing it up, heading home and writing more code for tomorrow’s big board
Too tired to write code – going to bed early so I can finish things in the tent at 5:30am
Not really in the coding state of mind, but I need to add some automation to the jumbotron today
Live tweets are now up on the Jumbotron – charity challenge leader board ready to go, slides up next
It’s not really that hot (87F), but this tent is pretty brutal – trying not to move
Done with Jumbotron slide coding (and hopefully all coding for this year)
The official Tapemark Charity Pro-Am page needs more “likes” on Facebook – will you help us out? https://t.co/4S1vQlvL
Manage the stress, manage the stress, manage the stress…
All the teams are in and cut numbers determined – now calculating Sunday tee times, updating the web site and heading for dinner
The database is updated for madecut (with online scoreboards showing MC), Sunday tee times/teams entered and extra groups created
Back in the tent – hope the new Sunday women’s code holds up today
Dammit, I wasn’t planning to write this much tent code today
Another hot one in the tent, and with winds gusting to 33mph, it feels like this thing will do a Wizard of Oz any minute now
Late dinner with the wife at Tavern on France – pretty sure there is now a monsoon outside
Totally needed to sleep in this morning – would’ve crashed the car for sure if I left at 5:30
Nice post-event lunch meeting at SVCC before driving back to Vermilion
Ah, the Northland – raining, windy and 54F
Hmm…maxed out 13-inch MBA or entry-level Retina Display 15-inch MBP?
Just told the forecasted low here tonight is 41F – feels good after sitting in an oven all weekend
Thank you NHL and NBC for having a finals game I can actually watch tonight
Not a bad night: Stanley Cup finals on TV and replay of the WWDC keynote during the intermissions
What’s with the crappy mic that Phil Schiller was using?
Will Minnesota fans ever get to be this excited at the X?
So happy for Willie Mitchell
Feels like the North Shore outside today – misty and 45F
Are you kidding me? The 16th at Olympic Club is playing 670 yards for the Open?!?
Nice little practice session over at The Wilderness in anticipation of tomorrow’s chamber of commerce tournament in Virginia
Stupid headache almost ruined my True Blood season premiere
And the stupid headache is still here this morning, despite all the Advil
Lots of little things to get done (and one meeting) before working my way over to Grand Marais
The highway 1 detour south of Ely sure was a scenic gravel adventure
Hello again, big lake
Great Northland street name: Naughty Pine Road
Had dinner at the Harbor Light with mom and dad, then a fun trip to Grand Portage to scope out the competition
In honor of Grandma’s, ran 3 miles on Croftville Road. Good luck to everyone – really wish I was there with you all
Dropped off kid two just in time for rehearsal in Tower, now kid one and I are hanging out at the resort for a bit
Hit a new R11 on the range while being closely watched and mentored by the golf GM and head professional
Nice to see @SummerofJumbo on Vermilion before the big Birch Point party at the Batinich compound
Very late drive home + very early tee time + 7 hour concert can’t possibly turn out good
Good front 9, but a poor back side on my way to an 87 from the whites at Ridges at Sand Creek
Skipped out on The Hold Steady and stopped at BWW for some outdoor patio wings and the last 2 holes of the Open
Love this Father’s Day gift: no alarm clock set for tomorrow
No U.S. Open until 3? I guess sleeping in until noon wasn’t long enough
Great chicken lunch from Rooster’s BBQ Deli in St. Paul, to be followed by six hours of HD U.S. Open coverage
First upgrade to WordPress 3.4 went fine – no issues that I can see (despite the smaller number of base files)
I wish Hazeltine would go after another Open
Padraig Harrington looks younger now than when I saw him at Winged Foot
Favorite WordPress 3.4 thing so far: support for custom post types and featured images in XML-RPC
The lightning show tonight is intense, plus here comes the wind and rain
Glad it stopped raining – MIGA golf tournament today at Mystic Lake
Head cold and/or allergies, sunny skies, low 90Fs and a six-hour golf tournament before my four hour drive north – ick
A very late (but safe) return to the Northland
I love working at a joint that can make me a grilled cheese sandwich almost 24 hours a day
Sitting under a comforter on my balcony at Fortune Bay watching the thunderstorms roll by
The mosquitos have found the balcony – time to head back inside
Left the screen door open on the balcony to hear the rain and now there are loons calling from Lake Vermilion – ahh
Successfully streaming the new Linkin Park album from iTunes over the hotel wi-fi
The Current gets the Walker and the Grandstand right, now how about bringing back @DearDara ?
Watching Steve Ballmer and the Microsoft Surface event makes me wish I didn’t work in IT
I think it’s FTS o’clock
So ready for a little True Blood escapism
Whoa, I haven’t seen this time on the clock in a long time – at least it was slightly productive
Now this is just getting ridiculous – pushing 3:30am?
I wonder if Larry will still let me play golf on his new island
Fell asleep just as the shades got bright and woke up a few hours later, but at least I got some work done
Beginning the trek south – hope I can find some non-flooded roads to get around the closures
Hurray – highway 33 southbound was open north of Cloquet (crazy water draining, though)
Home safely, car refueled and washed and late chicken dinner waiting for me
Working on a bunch of stuff – stay tuned…
New hoopty purchased, now on to birthday dinner number one at Red Robin
Birthday lunch at Psycho Suzi’s before the wedding
Wedding, reception and 8pm showing of The Avengers at AMC Rosedale
Shot an 89 from the white tees at The Summit in Cannon Falls
Post-golf schedule: clean office, gather financial info, multiple loads of laundry, pick up kid two and dinner with Colleen in Edina
The inaugural commute in the Fit was a success – love the new iPod integration
Trying to reverse-engineer a 12-year-old Apache/Oracle monstrosity with a mod pl/sql gateway running on Win Server
Really want some VC pizza, but too lazy to drive to the VC
Just made a 6:00am reservation for the Staten Island Ferry
15 days since the new site launched and we’ve had visitors from 49 states, 17K page views and 3616 unique visitors
Oops – looks like I accidentally removed our analytics code last week, so those numbers were just for 10 days
Screw it, I’m going to the VC
This can’t be right – the wireless at the VC is actually connected to the internet tonight
Hockey Day Minnesota 2013 will be on my birthday – which game should I attend?
If the doctor approves, I think I’ve found my next marathon training plan, which would officially start July 16
Email overload – I’ve been working Outlook all morning and I’m still not at inbox 100 yet
Inbox 12 – time for lunch
Created Garmin Connect account, installed software on the Air, updating firmware on the watch – now I just need the OK to run
Suddenly everything’s coming up Milhouse
Trying out a hacked standing desk setup this afternoon using the new Thunderbolt display
Two sites updated to WordPress 3.4.1 – the rest need to wait for a bit
Prepping a new MacBook Air for the PR manager and here’s the hacked standing setup
Sweet, the True Blood repeat is still at 9pm and not midnight – stupid time zones
First @DearDara and now @JenkinsCritic – who will tell me where to eat now?
No fair – Maple Grove and Coon Rapids are getting Chick-fil-A
It’s hard to believe that Hazeltine is 50 years old this season – when do you switch from modern to classic?
Attended a “walk the lazy river” session in Apple Valley tonight with three other guys and about 100 women
Nothing personal, but there are far too many doctors and lawyers in my life right now
A Zantigo on a hot summer night with no power, soda fountain, fryer or air conditioning is a sad, sad place to be
Uploaded some old Minnesota Golf Champions photos from 2007-09 to the golf shots page
Looking at Mickelson’s major record: five seconds at the U.S. Open with no wins; one T2 and a 3rd at Open Championship with no wins
It’s going to be a warm one at Southview today
Hit the ball well today, but couldn’t score: 93 from the whites at SVCC with Bob Jr.
Quick St. Paul visit – Punch Pizza and Grand Ole Creamery with Tangela
So much paperwork – to be continued tomorrow
More old golf tournament photos uploaded, including Windsong Farm, Minikahda, Winged Foot, Wi-Ko-Pa, Wilderness
Time to mow the clover patch
This Sunday project sucks worse than taxes, but eyes on the prize
Nice to have company on the commute this week – stopped at Tobies for donuts and a caramel roll
Arrived safely back in the Northland with all three passengers – very, very warm here
Still can’t believe that Rush Creek built a new nine-hole par three course (opens Sunday)
iPhone alarm failure = no early morning run 🙁
Another evening on Birch Point at Dacha Batinich with Mary, Alex, Ann, Steve the Mayor and the rest of the gang
Back in the saddle again – Garmin reports 6.89 miles at 9:20 pace, 969 calories burned and 192 ft elevation gain
Went from sweating to jackets and whitecaps in under an hour
I think we’ll just try to watch the Tower fireworks from the end of the dock on Birch Point – such a sacrifice, eh?
Good morning Coleraine – why must you be so hot?
Golf is a silly game – shot 91 from the whites at Eagle Ridge, but hit some of the worst shots of my life
Skip-Bo time with Alex, Ann and Steve the Mayor
Rainy and cool this morning – hate to drive south
Yup, should’ve stayed up north one more day. May try to ride Lebanon tonight, though
And I think it’s hotter inside the restaurant – yuck
Perfect: cold front hits Lebanon Hills, no people there, clean loop around and legs felt great – score!
Kid two watching Malcolm in the Middle on Netflix and I keep waiting for the meth lab scene
That giant pack of Tour de France riders is insane – one sneeze and they all go down, no?
I’m in Luck (that never gets old)
Burned off some of the clam dip – ran 4.18 dark, hilly miles in Eagan
Ran 7.65 hot, hilly trail miles with Megan in Lebanon Hills (Holland Lake area) – 1,411 ft of elevation gain!
Hanging out with the girls at “our table” in the Eagan Leeann Chin
All good so far: no body scanners, paperless via Delta iPhone app, moved from middle seat to aisle and flight on time
I knew it was too good to be true: maintenance delay, hot plane and surrounded by trolls
Stupid 23-year-old airplanes and their cracked bathroom drains
Totally jinxed it – first plane broken, walked from G13 to D2, everyone has to wait in line to check-in again?
Mechanical fail + reservation system fail, but no one seems visibly angry
Seated on plane number two – at least it’s cool
Landed safely at STL
I fricken love 100 hand poker 🙂
Switched to 50 hand poker during the conference break and hit one royal for 4000 pennies
Very useful information during day one of the Oasis 360 User Summit
Free drinks and awesome apps at the ATI party
Just when I thought it couldn’t get better than cheez-it covered mac & cheese in a glass, along came Oreo cheesecake
Still ahead $70, but tonight was rough (and I couldn’t get on a poker table)
This place totally gets me: chicken and waffles for breakfast
Sometimes the state of technology makes me wish I went to bartender school instead
A few technologies I’m really not fond of: PowerPoint, interfaces written in Visual Basic, typing on the iPhone, ugly fonts, DSL modems
Thanks Delta for getting me to MSP safely (and on an earlier flight at no extra charge)
Love the atmosphere and food at Barrio, but this is the second time the service has been slooooooow
Today was a total waste of time and I’m pretty OK with that
Ran 10K on the new zoo loop in Eagan and Apple Valley – very dark and late, but much cooler now
Lots of laundry, haircut, lunch with Brad at BWW, more laundry and playing taxi for the kids
Thank you Cheapo’s St. Paul, for helping to clear out the basement of CDs and DVDs
Thanks for the email, @SummerofJumbo – you rock
Up early on a Saturday means only one of two things
A tale of two nines: shot 90 from the whites at Ridges at Sand Creek in Jordan (41-49)
Another hot, dirty trail run with Megan at Holland Lake – a slow 5+ miles
Kinda forgot what a pain showings are – hanging out in St. Paul during the latest exile
Breakfast at J’s and plotting where to go during today’s exile
Wanted to be at Kid Rock tonight, but dinner with kid two is pretty damn good too
Sunday night fry run with the girls
Can’t sleep tonight, so might as well just get dressed and start driving
Rain on the Range
Kinda nice to be back in the office (and definitely nice to not be driving tired)
About to pass out from lack of sleep, but making good progress on getting the office organized
Got tons of sleep last night to get caught up and I believe fall marathon training officially begins tonight
Just realized I haven’t played The Wilderness in a month and a half – so spoiled
Six more domains transferred from GoDaddy to Hover – only four more to go
The first day of the plan said an easy three, so I ran a slow 5K on Echo Point tonight
Forgot black shoes this week, so I went shopping for pants tonight and had a very hard time finding my size (32/34) – popular or rare?
Thumbs up on Thomas’ honey wheat English muffins
Stay positive. Stay positive. Stay positive.
Taking kid one to see Atmosphere again in September – this time we only have to drive to the Cabooze
Could really use a few drinks tonight, but I’ll have to settle for my “5 miles hills” from the plan
Need to find a hillier route, but ran 5 miles along Gold Mine Trail and Echo Point Road
Glad I stayed up to watch TBT on Craigers
Dang, Open coverage doesn’t start for another three hours
Staff meeting complete, WordPress training sites configured and launched for the team and heading for cheap employee lunch at the deli
Packing up and heading out – back to the heat, traffic and stress of the metro
Gut-buster: need to retool my brain to think water, bananas and apples are just as tasty as Mt. Dew, fries and chips
The Masters: “we regret to inform you that your application was not selected for tickets”
Done driving around for a few hours – back to watching The Open while resting in bed and trying to get this headache to go away
The rooftop deck at Moto-I is pretty nice – celebrating Megan’s last day at Allina Health
Slow, late night five miler in Eagan and Apple Valley
Thank goodness for online streaming from the UK – The Open on ESPN only
Heading to Carson Park in Eau Claire for Bill’s 75th birthday picnic
Kid one joined me for the easy three miler tonight in Eagan
SNL summer rerun observation – Abby Elliott is pretty cute
Training week 1 complete: ran 9 slow and humid miles in Minneapolis along Nokomis and Minnehaha Creek
BTW: to all the people who smile, wave, say hi or good morning – you make the world a better place
Go Ernie Go!
I don’t feel that bad for Adam Scott – he probably just made more money than I’ll see in 10 years. For playing golf.
Finishing the last load of laundry at 10:30PM – why do I let it pile up so high?
Monday morning appointment in St. Paul before heading north for a long concert week
Safely back in the office – and just in time for deli pizza
Thank you Tenacious D, Lily Allen and Lady Sovereign for the f’in awesome lyrics
Apparently my packing skills are shot – last week, no black shoes; this week, only one pair of underwear
I wish my revenue and net income were “only” up 20%
Target run due to my lack of packing skills, then an easy 3 miles on Echo Point
Oh great, Paul Revere and the Raiders most popular song is called “Indian Reservation?”
This time I’ll read a couple reviews and backup before taking the leap into Mountain Lion
Mental health day: golf and gambling, but not together (shot 89 at The Wilderness, driving to Black Bear)
Nice lightning storm moving across the Range right now
Hmm, sending tweets directly from the OS may increase the number of tweets I actually send
Lunch with the family at the Tower Cafe
Pouring rain here now – may have to get wet so I can eat some VC pizza tonight
Hmm, go run in the rain and darkness or double up mileage in the morning?
Ran 6 damp and hilly miles on Birch Point – glad I went out, as the rain slowed and I actually picked up the pace a bit
Payroll, interesting phone call, lunch at the Tamarack, Ely Blueberry Days and the St. Louis County Fair – plus perfect weather
Nice gathering at the Crescent; now off to Duluth for a night (and hopefully a morning run along Lake Superior)
Ran 9 beautiful miles in Duluth along the lake, but no sign of @LeAnn_Wallace
Bunny Berigan is such a great name
Back at the Bay for concert setup
Uploading photos and then I’m out of here – late night drive to the Twin Cities
Fries and a Coke
Home safe, but realized “Fries and a Coke” could have been my last tweet. Guess it could’ve been worse
Slept in, but have mowing, laundry, paperwork, Target run and 9 miles on the agenda before early commute tomorrow
Today’s tasks have been pre-empted by women’s beach volleyball
That was one expensive Target trip – school supplies, groceries, running shirt and some cheap sunglasses
I guess 75F, 78% humidity and 68F dew point are as good as it gets – off for my run
Ran 9 steamy miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – late night runs on moonlit trails do have a certain charm to them
Wonder what I forgot to pack this week
The Fit has a 10.6 gallon tank, the fuel light comes on with 1.6 left and I’m getting 34 city and 37 highway so far
Safely back in the office – wasn’t I just here?
So you have to be a cable TV subscriber to watch the NBC online coverage? My $62 a month for internet isn’t enough?
So I got a free four-hour pass to watch, only to find frequent, random commercials that happen right in the middle of action
Heh – “The Oak Tree” by Morris Day just came up on shuffle play
Pretty awesome day today and now I get to relax with some tape-delayed London action
Must have been a boring Olympic night – fell asleep before 8 and didn’t get up until the sun was shining
Lots of variety today at work – vendor discussions, a new iPad config, web development, online gaming, facilities planning and HR stuff
I may be biased, but I don’t know anyone who likes The Quarry more than The Wilderness
The whole concept of synchronized diving and swimming is just bizarre to me
Per the plan, ran an easy 4 miles tonight on Gold Mine Trail and Echo Point
This (plus add in the part about online requiring a cable TV account)
Less than two hours to go before the Craft Beer & Scotch Tasting event at The Wilderness Grill
Certified Evil and Mad River Brewing Company Steelhead Porter
Wednesday wing night at the VC
Played nine holes at The Wilderness after the tasting and apparently drinking makes no difference on my score (45 with 2 birdies)
Didn’t hit snooze for an hour and actually went for a morning run – six slow, hilly miles on Echo Point under a beautiful blue sky
Short day at work, lunch at the Tamarack, Pier 77 mini golf, drop off package at AIC, Depot and Alabama Shakes at First Ave
If I had to drive that rush hour traffic again every day, I’m convinced I’d have a heart attack or end up in jail
Trying a bacon cheeseburger at First Ave (Depot was full). Wife was too scared to order anything
Sad that @FirstAvenue didn’t do trivia tonight – I was all prepared!
Alabama Shakes walks on stage to Jungle Love 🙂
The Alabama Shakes bassist is the chillest dude I’ve ever seen on stage at First Ave
Kid two lifeguard lessons, Minneapolis delivery, leaky faucet repair, kid one pickup and BOGO lunch at Smashburger
First time I’ve seen “LIVE” on an NBC screen in a week – just in time for the women’s 10K
First time I’ve seen Hazeltine say they are looking for members in a loooog time
All of my plans for the rest of the day have collapsed, so I guess it’s frozen pizza, Olympics and a late run
OK, maybe just frozen pizza and the Olympics – still hot, so the run will have to wait until the morning
Ran 9 miles from Nokomis to Harriet along Minnehaha Creek with Megan
Exhibition at the Loft, Moonrise Kingdom at the Grandview and dinner at the Groveland Tap
Pretty sure that the Grandview 1 & 2 in St. Paul hasn’t changed anything in 30 years (except for the digital projector)
The live feed from Lollapalooza of RHCP is amazing – can’t for the Minneapolis show
Ran 11 miles in Eagan (Lebanon Hills Holland and Jensen Lake trails). Perfect temps today, especially in the shade
Way to go Don Berry (-4) and Dave Tentis (-2) at the 3M Championship
Dang, forgot about Jack White at Lollapalooza and missed the start
This Jack White girl band/boy band thing is a trip (and must be expensive for touring)
Need to get up early, but it’s so close to the Mars thing and NBC has more Olympics stuff to keep me occupied
So many excited nerds in one room!
Haven’t seen a hitchhiker in a long time – Eveleth to south Minneapolis
No way – it’s PGA Championship week already? Summer’s over
Fun night on the lake with John, Ann and Steve – Washington Apples at Bayview taste good
And I never knew they had ping pong there – all hail John the victor!
Morning meetings and afternoon golf
Fun time on the Wilderness with John and Alex this afternoon – just barely shot under Alex’s age (91 from the whites)
Alright, caught up on work messages, so it’s off for a quick 4 miler, then over to the anniversary party for drinks
There is a definite chill in the air tonight in the Northland
Oh, and gas just jumped up 20 cents
I don’t think Earl’s cheesy poofs and Mike’s hard lemonade are part of the official marathon training plan
Woke up with a sinus headache and went back to sleep until noon – not the most productive day ever
I really, really wish that the @StarTribune would get rid of the auto-page refreshes on their site – at least for story pages
Somebody is cooking with a charcoal grill outside and it smells like camp
Ran 6 hilly miles on Birch Point – 2 dogs, 1 buck and many, many loon calls
Seriously, NBC? Either bring back the Olympics or put on the local news
Trying out the breakfast menu at the Wilderness Grill before hitting the road early today
I can’t believe the windshield on the new Honda just cracked – no rock or anything
Ran 6 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – first time with all 7 or 8 splits in months
Yesterday Uncle Dan, today Uncle Brian – lunch with mom, dad, Brian and the girls at Granite City
Sweet, the new mini server has been installed at macminicolo.net and is ready for configuration and customization
Laundry and lawn (mostly) finished – time to head to the Canterbury Park Food Truck Festival
Thank you Pita Chick for winning the 8th race and completing my Pick Four, which totally saved the night
Ran 3 slow, boring miles in Eagan with a surprising amount of discomfort
And traffic just stopped on I-35 north
Tried Erbert and Gerbert’s in Cloquet for the first time – yum
If it’s 3:30, it must be Grand Marais
Ran 10 slow miles on the North Shore along Highway 61 from Croftville to Cliff Creek – kinda warm for the big lake
Mini golf and lighthouse visit with the girls and casino trip to Grand Portage with dad – one of us left $11 up
So sad – no chocolate donuts at World’s Best Donuts today
The new single track mountain bike trail in Tofte kicked my butt
Nice relaxing night lying in bed with chicken from the deli and shark week on the TV
GlobalGolfPost calls out Tom Dolby for worst single-round PGA Championship score by a club pro (94 in 2002 at Hazeltine)
They also say Kiawah played two yards longer than the previous longest PGA, which was a 7674-yard Hazeltine in 2009
Glen Hansard on Letterman – get to see him in Minneapolis again the day before leaving for Vegas and G2E (so spoiled)
Not the most productive day, especially when it ends with cleaning up address book entries
Ran 4 miles on a sorta new route along Gold Mine Trail, past the marina and out to Whiskey Point – perfect weather
Prepping for a big server migration, but taking a break to clear out the work inbox
Time for a meeting at The Wilderness with Mr. Beaudry – a nine hole meeting
Front nine 43 and a bonus back nine 41 with Mr. Shuster for probably my best score ever from the blues at The Wilderness
Went to the VC with Shuey for Wednesday Wing Night, but the wait for wings was an hour so we went with pizza instead
Forerunner 610 firmware updating…
Ran 7 slow, hilly miles to the end of Echo Point in a windy, 55F drizzle – Summer’s over!
Backup and update day – when was the last time you backed up your data?
So glad I threw a sweatshirt in my suitcase – it’s pretty cold up here this afternoon
Grand Casino Hinckley was crowded, smokey and tight, but Big Buck Hunter looked cool
How about a Kickstarter campaign for the first person to add a “hide politics” button to all social media apps
AppleTV and Hulu Plus: I have to pay $8/month *and* still watch a ton of commercials?
Barely passed MyHealthCheck at Allina Commons – celebrating with lunch @thelefthandedMN
Winner Winner: 21 spice fried chicken strips with Gochu and Hoisin BBQ sauces
Ran 6 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley, with the middle two at or near “marathon goal pace”
Drove an hour to have Honda service tell me the windshield crack was “one in a million” and no, they will not cover it
Today’s health screening guy told me that I’m an inch taller than I thought
Why is Black Bear spending so much money on TV ads in the metro area?
Nice policy: Chip Cravaack reported $92,273 in disability payments for sleep apnea in 2011
Verne Gagne’s seats are pretty good
Shot a 91 from the whites at Ridges at Sand Creek – pretty much perfect weather today
Ran 4 trail miles with Megan at Lebanon Hills starting at Holland Lake
Sound check happy hour with @4otf and @2GingersWhiskey at the Minnesota Zoo
Blasts from the past: Dan Redpath at the concert and a dude with an HSRA shirt at Axel’s Bonfire
When did the long/slow/distance run become such a mind game? Finally finished 13 miles along Nokomis, Minnehaha and Harriet
Not a big crowd at the Tilia Block Party – we even walked in to the restaurant and got a table
Time to pack for a semi-crazy work week: Indian Summer Classic Monday, NIGA meeting at Mystic Lake Tuesday and two more days back up north
Made it safely to work just in time for the golf tournament
Great day for the Indian Summer Classic at The Wilderness
NIGA/MIGA Internet Gaming Meeting at Mystic
Conference over – family out for dinner and swimming
Ran an excruciatingly boring 4 treadmill miles in the Mystic Lake exercise room while watching a Twins game
Prior Lake to St. Paul to Hinckley to Tower
Italian for lunch in St. Paul? Gotta hit Cossettas
Back to the Bay too late for an outdoor run, so I guess I’ll set an early alarm for the morning
We have completed the random selection process for 2013 Practice Rounds tickets and regret your application was not selected for tickets.
Ran 7 leisurely miles this morning on Echo Point with crows, loons, bunnies, deer and a bald eagle
Fargo vendor back in the air, finished teleconference and looking for expense receipts, but all I really want is to sit down
Annnnnd it’s back in the car again
I actually find it kind of cool that Gordy’s charges 25 cents for refills
Ran 6 hot and sunny miles in Eagan and Apple Valley, every other one at marathon goal pace
Haircuts for kid one and I, lunch at Zantigo, lawn care, work shuttles and dinner at TBF
Electric Fetus twice in one week
Broke 80 for the first time today – 78 from the whites at Valley View Golf Course in Belle Plaine
Ran 14 rainy, humid miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – 0.214 BPM ratio
Configuring a new server while kid two watches The Hunger Games
Better get to sleep – State Fair Milk Run 5K in the morning
Slower and injury-free 2012 Milk Run 5K in an unofficial 23:53
I love the fair (43 years in a row), but I could really use a shower, nap, sunscreen and a few aspirin before we leave tonight
Such a long day – just fell asleep in the car while listening to Anita Baker and waiting for kid one to finish her corn roast shift
Second wind
Really, really needed the caffeine in this large Coke from the clown this morning
Safely back at Fortune Bay – full week up north, including a forecast high of 87F midweek and Larry the Cable Guy on Friday night
It’s time for an Old Crow Medicine Show and Charlie Parr and the Black Twig Pickers music marathon
Only 2,976 at the Anita Baker show – is that a record low for a Grandstand concert?
Lost out on doing stuff last night, but feeling pretty good after almost 12 hours of sleep
What a difference between my last two rounds – shot a 94 (52-42) today from the blues at The Wilderness
The only thing surprising about Mystic Lake canceling the Randy Travis show was that it took this long to announce
Ran 4 miles on the Goldmine trail and Echo Point – sunset is getting pretty dang early already
Ran 8 very slow miles on Echo Point before the heat wave hits
The new Dylan song, Duquesne Whistle, is a pretty great “saloon song”
Commencing file transfers from Seattle to Las Vegas
Lots of meetings scheduled for today, but heading over to The Wilderness now for my favorite one
Not the greatest round of work golf I’ve ever shot – 90 from the whites at The Wilderness
Good to know – our chicken wild rice soup heats up nicely after one day in the fridge
It’s been a long time since I had to troubleshoot Apache and MySQL issues, but here I am
Oh httpd.conf and httpd-vhosts.conf, you are so logical, but I forget how you work when I only open you every 6 years or so
Ran 7 miles on Goldmine Trail and Echo Point, with 3 at (a slightly slower) marathon goal pace
142.2 miles for August, but now I have a different, twisting pain in my knee – doctor appointment scheduled 🙁
Web updates and budgets completed, almost time to go meet Mater
3.5 drive home under a blue moon with a Coke, clown fries, bare feet and an iPod
That was supposed to read 3.5 hours, but now I’m down to 2.5
Successfully ran 5 trail miles around Lebanon Hills with Megan – stupid knee can’t make up it’s mind whether to hurt or not
Back again
Wanda Jackson rockin’ the Leinie Lodge (for free!)
Two sets by the New Standards in Heritage Square was pretty fun (and also free)
Ran 17 slow miles in Minneapolis along Nokomis, Minnehaha Creek, Harriet and Calhoun – warm (but beautiful) day
Next phone case: Space Invaders or Keith Haring?
Old server really dying now – need to get everything moved to Vegas pronto
Shot a 90 from the blues at Logger’s Trail in Stillwater with Mr. Miller
Mini-duathlon: ran 8 miles on the Diffley hills in Eagan, then biked down to check out the new trailhead at Lebanon Hills
Swedish lunch at IKEA while looking for a new shoe horn, propane tank refill at U-Haul, Swingers on Netflix and now the rest of the week off
After several years of faithful service, my Seattle server has gone offline with one final shutdown command
Ran another 3 trail miles with Megan on her last taper run – good luck Saturday!
Hmm, it appears I have enough miles with Delta for a free ticket
I last configured awstats a long, long time ago, but I’m really having a hard time wrapping my head around a fresh install
Staycation: sleep in until 10:30, then Cheez-Its and Mountain Dew for “breakfast”
Pretty mellow day off – laundry, cleaned out my closet (literally), kid two haircut, then stopping at Zantigo on the way home
Already missing the @MNStateFair, but fall is pretty great too
I love Emma Watson’s accent
I hope CrashPlan is awesome – just signed up for four years of service on all of our Macs
Can’t sleep, but maybe starting to watch the first season of Grimm wasn’t the best choice
Just a little anxiety felt while dropping off kid one at high school for the first time today
Lunch with CK and Suzanne at Tavern on Grand, golf at Inver Wood (88 from the whites), Target trip and a rainy walk with Megan & Chili Dog
Ran 7.5 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley, with 4 miles at marathon goal pace
How did I end up with a doctor in Farmington? Seems like halfway to Iowa
This outdoor @atmosphere show at the Cabooze feels about the same as the winter show at Red Rocks
Forget How to Golf Day – 97 from the whites at Baker National
Nice dinner with the wife tonight at The Butcher and the Boar – almost sober enough now for a short training run
Ran 4 miles in Eagan – the wind smelled like reefer madness for half of it
WTG @MeganSteil – finished the 50 mile Superior Trail Race in 15:22:34, good for 8th fastest female!
Ran 13.1 slow, gimpy miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – at this point, really wish I could just get a new left leg
Installing WordPress 3.4.2 updates while watching the Vikings
Any Given Sunday: Vikes are undefeated and already a third of the way to matching last season’s win total
Nice trail walk around Jensen Lake before BOGO dinner at Leeann Chin
Bib#27466, Orange Wave #2, Corral #27, 11/4/2012 @ 10:05:00 AM
Changing seasons: made it to Hinckley and the sun still isn’t up yet
Sun’s up in Cloquet
Safely back at Fortune Bay after a nice week off
Like the sound of the new Mizuno Wave Rider 16s – wish I could break in a pair before November
No running on the agenda today, so heading to White Oak for the first time
I wish I was in Sweden today
Playing the new Double Down bingo – is real bingo this nerve-racking?
Got knocked out by something last night – 15 hours of sleep seems to have helped, though
Wait, Sookie and Bill Compton just had babies for real?
Work trip to Baltimore booked for late October – visions of The Wire running through my head
Very strange 8 mile run on Echo Point: a large insect nearly took out my left eye, a mystery dog followed me for 3 miles, plus a deer
Tech house call to Birch Point – waiting for Mary to get here
Inbox under 25, expense reports turned in, loads of online stuff cleaned up and ready to hit to the road for a Twins game tonight with dad
Northland fall color report: splashes of reds and yellows on Lake Vermilion and near Virginia, but not much yet overall
My second game ever at Target Field and we’ve already spotted them 2 runs
Despite the price, thumbs up on the Murray’s steak sandwich – lots of interesting food options (for a stadium)
I was wondering where all the mosquitos went this summer
Extra innings: what would *your* walk-out anthem be?
Woke up late and now my whole schedule is shot to hell
Ran 9 slow, painful miles in Eagan and Apple Valley, none at marathon goal pace. May need to rethink MGP, unfortunately
Made it to downtown St. Paul to hear How Music Works from David Byrne
My internal alarm clock is all messed up – second day in a row I woke up after 10AM
Chores, MOA Apple Store with kid one, lunch at Tony Roma’s, first car wash for the Fit and multiple Target visits
Four trips to Target in one day must be some sort of idiot record
Ran 7 much better miles in Eagan and Apple Valley tonight – switched back to the Wave Rider 15s from the Kinvaras
The grass was freshly mown – meeting Bob Jr. at SVCC this morning
Shot a 91 from the whites at Southview with way too many three-putts
Ran ~6.75 trail miles with Megan around Holland, Shulze and Jensen Lakes at Lebanon Hills
Ran another 11 late miles in Minneapolis along Nokomis, Minnehaha and Harriet – blister time
Nice to see some rain this morning
Stopped for gas in Cloquet and it feels like winter
Skipping fall in the Northland and heading right to winter – forecasted low of 27F tonight
I can’t believe The Wilderness closes in less than a month
Some things I haven’t used in ages: racquetball shoes, cassette tapes, Microsoft Word, Pinterest, Google+
Practically falling asleep all day and now – wide awake
Rested, mentally (somewhat) organized, positive mood – is this really Tuesday?
Finally found an OS/browser combination that worked with Minnesota State Lottery subscriptions – legal online gaming for real money
Started the process to transfer my last three domains from GoDaddy to Hover
Wonderful 4 mile fall run around the resort and Echo Point – a little chilly, but this week I was prepared
CGI-Executables, Lingon, perl, awstats config, shell scripts – shouldn’t I have people for this?
I wonder how long it takes to parse a 3.77GB log file (while doing reverse DNS lookups)
Road construction starts on 169, they have to re-do 35E and the section north of Hinckley still isn’t done – argh
And here comes iOS 6 down the pipe
Didn’t know this was going to turn into upgrade everything day
Curse you warm and comfortable hotel bed on a cold Northland morning
Grey, cold and rainy, but sitting on the balcony anyways while I catch up on email and news
Oh Vegas – G2E welcome reception at the Venetian pools features Them & Us and the Guess Who, with emcee David Hasselhoff (!)
I think my awstats reporting is back again – that initial update ran for like two days
New slot machine I’m most looking forward to at G2E: Family Guy
Sounds like my trusty Epson R200 printer has finally bit the big one. Looking at the Artisan 725 as a replacement
Hmm, maybe the Artisan 837 instead
Last stop at Gordy’s for 2012
Looks like I need to get up early the next three days to get caught up on mileage – this could get rough
Ran 9 miles in Eagan and Lebanon Hills/Holland Lake and mowed the lawn (hopefully for the last time)
I think Snoop should just be the host on Price is Right
Lunch with Mr. Skoglund at Carbone’s in Circle Pines, new printer purchased (the 837) and absentee ballot cast at City Hall
Class reunions are much more fun after four drinks
Ran 10 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – brisk headwind, but no hangover and my legs actually felt decent for a change
Very nice day at Southview with a great group of people – shot a messy 93 from the whites
Really looking forward to the new Mumford and Sons album
Well, so much for getting up early for today’s long run – guess I’ll see how far the Vikings get behind, then go
Absolutely stunning afternoon in Minneapolis for a run – 20 miles along Nokomis, Minnehaha, Harriet, Calhoun and Isles
Celebrating a relatively pain-free long run with some Punch Pizza and Grand Old Creamery
Dang, just looked at the running plan and I have *two* more long runs before the next race – hurry up taper!
Upgrading web servers and investigating the latest in wildcard SSL options on Mountain Lion – such a life I live
Mountain Lion upgrade has taken the work server offline – is iCloud to blame?
Depricated <IfDefine WEBSHARING_ON> tags and the old mysql.sock issue were the culprits, it seems
That was way more trouble than I wanted today – off to pick up the wife, then dinner with John and Cathy before ONJ at the Guthrie
Ready for some Olivia Newton-John at the “new” Guthrie
Old school flashback over – late drive north
So the Packers lost, eh?
Safely back in the Northland – sign said 37F, it smells like fire and there are a jillion stars in the sky
And I guess we have nudists in the house
So sad I will be out of town for the @wits season opener: @DaveSFoley and @Mike_Doughty_
If you run and this doesn’t get you pumped up, I don’t know what will
Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons at G2E next week to introduce KISS slot machine
Ran 4 miles on the resort treadmill, since it’s like 35F outside and I’ve been told we have coyotes and wolves around
I can’t decide if the world’s largest bacon cheeseburger at Black Bear is marketing genius, totally stupid or just gross
Work days go by much faster when the entire morning is spent in the same meeting. Now back to web & social media stuff
Highlight of tonight’s nine mile run on Gold Mine Trail and Echo Point: the mystery creature that growled at me from the woods
Olivia Newton-John on Monday, now Blair on Survivor – expecting Howard Jones to walk down the hallway any minute
Has everyone forgotten we hated the real refs too? And what’s up with $173K for a part-time job?
Nice color from Vermilion through Virginia and Eveleth, which probably means it will all be gone when I return from Vegas
Tried the mozzarella sticks at White Castle for the first time and was mildly surprised – pretty good for $2.50
Who would’ve thought Best Buy would be the one to save the day after a Target fail?
The Mumford & Sons cover of The Boxer was totally worth the extra cost of getting the deluxe edition
Really didn’t want to get out of bed today, but finally woke up and ran 10 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley
A little post-run carbonara for lunch with kid one at Andiamo
Very informative meeting with Canterbury Park management – could be some fun stuff coming down the stretch, so to speak
Coupon for BWW was too good to pass up
Ran another Minneapolis 20-miler, this time along Nokomis, Mississippi, Greenway, Calhoun, Harriet and Minnehaha
And FYI, eating a hot dog at mile 13 doesn’t really help improve the pace for the last 7 miles
Finally get to watch a little Ryder Cup before packing and First Ave tonight
Waiting for Glen @FirstAvenue
Fun show tonight (more later), but need to finish packing and get ready for the 4:30 wake-up call
Catching the early flight to Vegas, with breakfast at the new Shoyu
Legroom!
Landed safely in Las Vegas
Just can’t get away from this place: I think this is my third time
Love having a MiFi in the bag – beats paying the rip-off Strip resort pricing
The 59th floor is really way up there
Furyk and Garcia could be the most annoying twosome to watch in history
This Packers game is way too close (and there are way too many Packer jerseys in this town)
Decent night at the Cosmopolitan and Planet Hollywood, but the real fun starts tomorrow
Geez it’s hot in Las Vegas today (but it feels pretty great)
Time for the long walk from Bellagio to Caesars to Mirage to Venetian to Wynn for the US Bank party
$500 minimum blackjack tables (with multiple players) still amaze me
Mission accomplished at La Cave – on to the Venetian
Damn, looks like the Hasselhoff/Guess Who thing is already over
Don’t really know what most of those things were in the Yuzu-Hi, but it tasted good
Love the “Hello” and “Goodbye” buttons by the door to my room – shuts everything on or off
Time for some clubbin’ at Marquee in cabana 12
Wow, Marquee is ridiculous – are those prices in pesos?
Wow, did I really commit to running at 6:30AM? I’ll just be happy to find my room this morning (plus, wish I had someone to email now)
Running as a hangover cure – an early 4+ miles on the strip with the Raving group. Ballys to Fashion Show to Mandalay to Cosmo
Heading to the Sands for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for G2E, with special guests from Kiss and Pawn Stars
Oompa Loompas!
I’ve got a golden ticket
G2E is a little overwhelming so far – will need all 3 days to take it all in
The Pawn Star dudes
One more booth meeting with WMS at 4:15, then figure out dinner plans before heading to the Hard Rock pool party
Decided on steak frites at Comme Ca before the Hard Rock
Pretty mellow night overall – the drinks must have been weak or something (had plenty). Dropped a little money on both floors
Up early for another Raving group run on the strip – 2 miles with them and 7 more from the Stratosphere to New York, New York
Very nice breakfast outside with fast Internet and time to get some work done and phone calls made. Heading to the Sands now
Popped across the street for a quick lunch at Canter’s deli in TI
101F + lots of walking = some very sore feet
I’m pretty sure there were more than two candidates for president on my absentee ballot – where are those people, Jim?
While this debate is a part of history (like it or not), there is a steak waiting for me over at Emeril Lagasse’s place
This is one of the best salads I’ve ever had
Dinner went long, so I missed the Raving party and somehow ended up at Casino Royale
I swear it seems like time stands still on the Cosmo casino floor – can’t believe it’s this late already
Awake, packed, checked out and ready for brunch
Last hour of G2E
Shortest security line I’ve ever seen at LAS (probably my least favorite anywhere)
Accessible power, free high-speed internet and Auntie Anne’s pretzel with cheese – my airport experience has been upgraded
Target acquired
Leaving Las Vegas
Landed safely back in MSP
So wanted to sleep in, but up early for kid shuttle service, laundry, paperwork, web dev and hopefully a run
So can you still play the course today or not?
Ran 7.5 miles in Eagan and Apple Valley, with the first five at a fair amount faster than my adjusted marathon goal pace
Good luck to everyone running this weekend at the various TCM events – really wishing that I was joining in too
Very proud of kid one – just dropped her off at school for her first high school debate
Ran 8 miles down to the zoo and back, stopping briefly at the Lebanon Hills trailhead grand opening
Feels pretty great to introduce my kids to First Ave – show number one for them, 40- or 50-ish for me?
Finally get to try a diamond dog at the Depot
Not as fun as TCM, but ran 15.6 miles along Wescott, Lexington, Lebanon Hills and Valleywood
Finished a ton of laundry, watched a lot of football, got all my miles in, suitcase is packed and I’m ready for the work week
Hello again, long drive north
Safely back in my warm office, buried in paperwork and junk mail
Hmm, what do I hate more: cold, damp headwinds or treadmills? Guess we’ll find out tomorrow
RIP Qrank
Completely unmotivated to do anything tonight – vending machine junk food, Angry Birds and a bad HBO movie
A little Treme and Boardwalk Empire finally snapped me out of the funk and led to a late night 8K on the treadmill
Trying out the Priceline name your price thing for the first time – a bit nervous
End of season pro shop sale at The Wilderness, plus last round of the year (41F, sun, clouds and ice pellets)
Always seem to be behind these trees
Shot 86 from the whites at The Wilderness, followed by an 8 mile run on Gold Mine Trail and Echo Point
Needed 2 more miles for today, so I hit the resort treadmill, since it’s now snowing outside
The Twitter Tools connection between WordPress and Twitter seems to be broken right now, no?
The old Twitter Tools (2.4) did break – trying to upgrade to 3.0 now (which requires a new “Social” plugin from the MailChimp people)
Good news: construction on I-35 north of Hinckley finished. Bad news: drivers still suck
First high school conference session complete – time for yard work, lunch with Pash, a run in Minneapolis and @4otf tonight
Looks like I finally figured out all the Twitter Tools 3.0 issues – tweets are now back on 7minutemiles.com
Another great Apple support experience in Uptown – guess they just hate Swanson
Switched today’s run from Minneapolis to Eagan and Apple Valley – 10 miles of wind and hills
Back in the mainroom waiting for Gabe and the guys
4onthefloor rockin’ the Neil Young cover at First Ave
Up early yet again to drop off kid one for debate and to get a haircut (hippie)
Found a couple more Twitter Tools 3/Social plugin issues, but it’s getting closer to right
Trying out the Rack Shack BBQ in Burnsville with the old lady
Wait, what happened to 65F and a 10% chance of rain? It’s now drizzle and 45F and I still need 4 miles today
Put on the winter tights and a rain jacket, then slogged 4 trail miles around Holland and Schultze lakes in Lebanon Hills
Heading in to St. Paul to pick up my mom and dad for what will probably be my last PHC show with GK
Hmm, parents not home, but this guy was on their sidewalk and exposed his fangs at me when I got close
How do I keep ending up with these great seats?
Nice dinner at Trattoria da Vinci with the family, but depressing to not have Wild hockey tonight
Ran 22 miles in Minneapolis (river, greenway, lakes and creek) – last long run before the big race
MN football normal has returned – Vikes lose, Gophers lose, Packers winning
More issues with Twitter Tools 3 and Social pulling in new tweets automatically, but reading error logs and source code on a Sunday is sad
Houston was undefeated going into this game? Damn I miss the NHL
Today’s commute will be 40 minutes longer because this idiot forgot something and had to turn around
Not feeling so great today, both physically and mentally 🙁
So glad to be out of the car – nausea and drowsiness make for an extra long (and scary) drive
Surprisingly productive day at work for a Monday – heading to the VC for some pizza to celebrate
Just made pre-race pasta dinner reservations somewhere very special, but it’s a secret
Thanks to my mom, just got a great email about something happening next month
It must be old favorites week – time to hit the Tamarack for some chicken wild rice soup and a club sandwich
Spent all afternoon creating map mockups in Photoshop – now I know why there are so few online in the casino world
Very happy to have HBO tonight – The Descendants, Treme, Boardwalk Empire
Damn, Chez Jude will be gone by the end of the month
Woke up at 6 to run, but felt terrible and went back to sleep. Can’t get sick now – time for food and a shower
The return of stupid indoor cold weather workouts – ran 8K on the resort treadmill, biked 3 miles and did a little cable cross
Today’s breakfast special of biscuits and gravy with scrambled eggs probably could’ve been one or the other
I’ve never really been a techno fan, but this deadmau5 dude is interesting
Not sure if I like the UI, but Tweetbot for Mac is totally worth the $20 just for the iCloud sync between phone and laptop
I will never tire of seeing bald eagles in flight – so cool
Gas prices in Cloquet are almost always the lowest anywhere on my drive
Oh, that thing I said earlier about bald eagles? Same thing for dogs sticking their heads out of cars on the freeway
Serious donut craving, but thankfully I know just the right people for the job
Late night at the Walker
First oil change and tire rotation for the Fit today in Burnsville
Ran 9 rainy miles in Eagan and Apple Valley – completely soaked, but still better than the treadmill
Dry cleaners, free Smashburger, TJ Maxx, Mall of America and flu shots – not much of a day off
Ran 9 miles (4 at marathon goal pace) around Jensen Lake and another part of Lebanon Hills that I’ve never seen before
Driving to the land of cheese for an in-law birthday party
Both kids gone for sleepovers, so I’m thinking Frankenweenie at Regal, followed by a late dinner at Anchor Fish in NE
The mythical free wi-fi at MSP does exist!
Just did a speed test on LTE at the airport: 39.1 mbps down and 4.85 up
Maintenance delay on an Airbus they actually towed to the gate
Landed safely in Baltimore – headed to the Hyatt Regency for the Micros Users Conference
Ran 16+ miles around the Baltimore harbor and through Camden Yard – didn’t look like The Wire at all (except for Domino Sugars)
Free food and drinks at the welcome reception tonight, but geez is the schedule packed tomorrow (and it all starts at 7)
I always find it interesting to hear CEOs of billion-dollar companies talk to customers, then get feedback they really didn’t want
Lenny makes a pretty good pastrami and Swiss
Blast from the past – the guy in my current session used to ski with me when I was 9 years old
Ran 4 easy miles around the inner harbor from the USS Constellation to the Domino Sugars plant
Great dinner at the conference with Mr. Barbieri and the Red Lion team, followed by comedian Jeff Caldwell
Favorite session so far: MICROS powering the Casino of the Future, with speakers from Wynn and Atlantis
Totally need to take a break from running and work tonight – wonder what else there is to do in this town
Thank you HBO for more Treme and Boardwalk Empire – truly great entertainment
Last day in Baltimore – just about hospitalitied out
This may sound like heresy, but I have zero desire to own an iPad of any size, let alone a Surface or Android
Looks like the iOS WordPress app now supports post formats *and* featured images, so I can finally use it for my site
Spending 3 hours at BWI while I wait for a ride back to Minnesota (free wi-fi, though)
Very bizarre approach, but safely on the ground at MSP
Looks like a rainy run for tomorrow and a freakin’ cold concert in the tent on Saturday night
Grabbing some BWW before the library (and the snowstorm)
Canker sore *and* a headache, but at least the Vikings game is on a free OTA HD channel
New Social and Twitter Tool updates – will this be the answer to my issues?
Ran 6 surprisingly decent miles on the basement treadmill before dinner at The Bachelor Farmer
Another great dinner at TBF, with a quick visit to Marvel Bar beforehand – booked reservations for December before we left
Safely back in the windy and cold Northland (some snow too) – working the Hairball Halloween event in the big tent tonight
Good luck to kid two tonight, as she hosts her now annual Halloween party
Holy crap – was just informed we could have up to 800 people in our costume contest tonight. Need more batteries for camera
After taking 400+ photos of Halloween costumes tonight, I can safely say this holiday is now dead to me
Still haven’t seen Hairball – no desire to go out to the tent right now, even for free
Slept on the couch at the Hideaway (thanks DF), but can’t wait for my room to be ready (and a hot shower)
Honestly, there aren’t many things I enjoy more than a hot shower – and now, football!
Snuck in a late 4 miler on the resort treadmill – welcome to taper week
Such a weird vibe today – need to hold it together
Turning up the room temp to 74F last night wasn’t a great idea, but I did get 11 hours of unexpected sleep
Original flight cancelled 🙁
Rebooked to Thursday morning, but I’m guessing that flight will be cancelled too. At least tonight there’s Flea
Flea is my hero
Bucket list item #43 complete: Sit in great seats at a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert
Almost ashamed to admit I prefer the Swedish meatballs at IKEA to Fika
Ran 4 casual miles in Eagan, but anxiety and uncertainty about this weekend are sky-high
My weekend is in the hands of the Mayor, Mary (NYRR) and Richard (Delta)
Kid two and I weren’t planning to be here tonight, so it’s Pizza Ranch, Frankenweenie and Menchie’s
Not sure if this is a good idea or not, but kid two and I are about to get on a plane to LGA
Landed safely at LGA – thank you Delta!
The cab driver was flying, then we hit traffic halfway down the FDR
Made it to our hotel in midtown Manhattan with no problem – now to find some lunch and head to the expo
Lunch with the kid at Carmine’s
Nice expo – picked up my number and a few other things, plus found out all ferry transportation is cancelled (bus instead at 5:15am)
Peter and the Starchaser was funny and very entertaining. The Shake Shack chaser was a good choice too
The power bed-to-couch thing at Yotel is awesome for waking up sleepy kids
B&H is my favorite store in the world
Rupert Jee just sold us some Mountain Dew
The dangling crane
No one in Central Park except pigeons and giant rats (seriously)
Block-long line for Target Free Friday Nights at MoMA
Sweet, MoMA has Conky and Clocky from Pee-Wee’s Playhouse
So it turns out this is our last night in New York – dinner and a movie with the kid in midtown
Skipping the movie and just chilling out at the Yotel
Riding to LaGuardia with kid two in a hotel car on a bright and sunny morning
Our plane is here and we should be back home right on time – Delta has really shined my last few trips
First time in a long time I’ve ordered in-flight Internet access – needed a fix
Landed safely back at MSP
Kid one is sooooo thrilled that I’m home early and can chaperone her Grieves concert at First Ave
Sweatshop Union is opening for Grieves – representing the Pacific NW (have done promos for Schweitzer)
No offense to Big Cats, but Sweatshop Union should’ve played second
Almost made it home for the start of SNL – if Louis can’t make it good, there’s not much hope for the rest of the season, is there?
Toyed with the idea of running Rails to Trails today, but decided to save the money and run around the lakes this afternoon
Broke in the new shoes with a 24 mile run in Minneapolis (Nokomis, Harriet, Calhoun, Isles and Cedar lakes)
Glad to see New York had enough resources for the Nets, Knicks and Giants to all play home games this weekend
Lots to do with the house, but decided to save my vacation hours – back to work I go
Safely back in the Northland and yes, there is still a little snow around
Working at a standing desk the day after a 24 mile run is just stupid (although I’m sure many would probably question the run part too)
Time for another Social/Twitter Tools test tweet
Seems like the update to the iOS Facebook app messed up my newsfeed – everything is gone, but I kinda like it better that way
Forgot MNF was on – plus it feels like midnight already
This is a pretty nice free tool if you manage social media for a business
Pretty excited to see Wreck-It Ralph and Skyfall, but when and where?
Peanut butter M&Ms make everything better
Reading @nathaneide’s amusement park tweets today has been much more fun than political tweets
Sad to see domain speculation and squatting is still alive and well
About to have a total nervous breakdown (and it has nothing to do with the election)
Nearest Chinese restaurant to me right now? 27.3 miles away
The Google Voice woman kicks Siri’s ass
Nice surprise phone call from my uncle in Spokane who I haven’t talked to in a long time
Thanks to HBO, I get Treme and Boardwalk Empire before turning to election results
So did I miss anything the past two hours?
Nice job on the new web site, @Arapahoe_Basin – looks great!
Cleaning up my Twitter window primarily by removing brands from the feed and moving those to Facebook
Mystic starts serving alcohol today in the Steakhouse, Meadows Grille and the meeting areas
Mindless TV night, but I think I’ll watch the middle part from the exercise bike
Wow, did that feel great – one hour on the bike reminded me how I really need to cross-train more
That was a pretty good CSI episode tonight
Time to blow this popsicle stand
Seasoned curly fries weren’t nearly as good as I remembered them
Three hour car rides with sun and good music can do wonders to clear your mind
Beautiful twilight loop around the Lebanon Hills mountain bike trail – definitely haven’t done that enough this year
Up way too early on a Friday for kid two’s rescheduled school conference
Conference (school), conference (call), Dan Wilson tix, lunch at BWW with Brad, electronics recycling and library so far today
Just tried to take kid two to Wreck-It Ralph, but the movie theater parking lot was full – every single spot
Wasn’t really a fan of Angry Birds Space, but the Star Wars version is pretty flippin’ awesome
Kid one to debate, kid two to tech crew, then probably the last round of Minnesota golf this year
Short-sleeve November golf in Minnesota – shot 85 from the whites at Ridges at Sand Creek in Jordan
Celebrating kid one’s big debate performance at Punch on Grand – eating outside even!
Introduced kid one to National Lampoon’s Vacation tonight – just enough Chevy Chase swearing to keep her interested
Sunday road trip: St. Paul, Bemidji, Seven Clans Red Lake
Highway 10 in central Minnesota just seems so odd to me – starting to snow now too
Nimrod, Minnesota
Despite the determined effort of a giant buck (and many snowflakes), made it safely to Red Lake
Lions and tigers and mission statements, oh my
Amazing how fast a day can go by when you have limited access to the Internet, no cell service and a casino to play in
Straight shot on MN 1 from Red Lake to Fortune Bay, but with a killer headache and nausea – can’t wait to lie down
Headache and nausea mostly gone this morning, but now my back hurts. Come on body, work with me here
Transferring my last domain away from GoDaddy today – thanks Hover!
Inbox 47 will have to do for today
1&1 is now battling GoDaddy for registrar I hate most – just let my domains go free, dammit
Enough digging out from the work backlog – time for some Survivor, Modern Family and CSI
Exercise room is closed during the pool maintenance, so I guess it’s just stretching and sit-ups in the room tonight
Glad I had the dumbbells in my office – saved the day
I didn’t think Target’s TV ads could get any worse, but I was wrong
Solid CSI episodes in back-to-back weeks, plus next week looks good too (Elisabeth Shue is 49?!?)
I think it’s about time to start heading towards First Avenue again (RNDM with Jeff Ament, Joe Arthur and Richard Stuverud)
I guess “slower traffic keep right” doesn’t apply to state troopers
I know they made a decision by moving there, but I feel bad for the people who live directly across from the high school entrance
I have never seen so few people at First Avenue
“Oh are you happy now Clark? She’s deaf.”
Looks like the jig is up for kid two at the orthodontist today
Just wasted two hours watching Doctor Detroit while eating chips and buffalo chicken dip – Price is Right up next
Enough slacking – trying to fix the nav links on my web site, then finish the fall yard work
I guess we have an open house tomorrow from 1-3, but it doesn’t look like our house is listed right now
Want to go see Wreck-It Ralph and Skyfall, but trying to stay focused on house prep
Stupid WordPress/Apache redirect issue – why does /page/2 now 301 back to the home page? Yeah, that’s my Friday night
Kid one to debate, kid two to mock swim meet and a surprise run with Megan up next
Nice 6 mile run with Megan in Apple Valley, followed by Jimmy John’s for lunch
Open house exile = finally get to see a movie
Moved the dining room table and chairs back to my grandfather’s house and hung out at Starbucks during another showing
I’m doing OK at Letterpress so far, but I don’t really have a grasp on optimal strategy yet
Watched way too much football today, especially since the Vikings had a bye
Hello again 4AM – it’s been a while. Heading north for a short week
Safely back at work
Getting seriously lost in WordPress troubleshooting this afternoon. Any progress would be nice at this point
At least I’m getting rid of some old plugins that I don’t use
Finding a few new leads on the plugin issues, but mainly just happy to crank up Empire Ants by Gorillaz
Watched the 5-0 during biking, running (5 miles) and cable cross in the reopened exercise room
And just like that, pagination is working again – wonder which of my changes actually fixed it
Don’t think I’ve ever seen “freezing fog” on the national weather service forecast before
Long, long day at work, but still managed to squeeze in run/bike/weights and a little HBO
Seem to be in the right frame of mind for code debugging, so it’s back to WordPress plugin review
Also seems to be a lot of Flash issues within Google Chrome lately, no?
Enough code for now – found a URL I can bookmark to manually call the broken cron job. Now to find some food for lunch…
A normal flush after being dealt four to the royal is a major letdown (47-1 for a grand)
Hmm, got home before 10:30PM and everyone in the house was already sound asleep
Ah, Scarlett Johansson
Hey look – no Powerball winner
Ran 13.5 miles in and around Lebanon Hills – today’s dinner will be (semi) guilt free
Snuck out early from family thanksgiving to catch Ponyo at the Lagoon
Kid two Black Friday swim practice, where it’s nice and tropical inside
Wasn’t planning to go out today, but looks like Holiday, Best Buy, Culver’s, Target and Plato’s Closet will all be visited
Netflix movie night: Bernie and The Artist
Early morning haircut, Christmas CD preview, more Studio Ghibli at Lagoon and ?
Spontaneous 4 mile run with Megan and Chili in Eagan – brr!
Skyfall was much more entertaining than I expected, but I have trouble with an aging, imperfect Bond
Looks like I didn’t overcome the 175,223,510 to 1 odds tonight
A little late night Murray and Jarmusch via Netflix
Almost made it an entire day without tweeting – just not that motivated by anything this weekend
At least the Giants picked up my spirits a little
Damn it’s cold in Hinckley this morning – stopped for gas and breakfast
Even colder at Fortune Bay – the sign by the Y Store said 2F
Oh, and not the greatest plowing job guys
Fully engaged in work today and the headache is receding – hoping for 5 indoor miles tonight
Not really an old school R&B guy, but some of these old Spinners songs are pretty awesome
I just won $234,999 less than I was hoping for on my Northstar Cash ticket
Inspired by my little fish, went and ran 5 treadmill miles (plus a little bike and cable cross)
Two down, one to go (and that one isn’t due until Friday)
Warm(ish) morning here with some light snow falling – driving over to Hibbing soon for a board meeting at the college
Never knew they made banana Tootsie Roll Pops – tastes surprisingly good
Planned on running before HBO, but here I am in bed with a Mt. Dew and a bag of Fritos waiting for Treme
Time to run a backup on my laptop. Also surprised at how infrequent software updates have become on 10.8.x
Software updates on my Win7 machine are flying left and right, but that’s the only thing that flies
Today’s big meeting was cancelled and I’m actually a little bit sad – was ready and wanted to check it off the list
Could it be? Looks like there might be some progress on the home front
Google play is now crashing multiple times a time, or should I say Flash crashes in Chrome multiple times per day
Slow 10K run on the treadmill while watching Survivor and Modern Family (along with a little 40# cable cross and biking)
Finally finished number three for the week, so I guess I better start looking for more
One more afternoon meeting, then heading south for the weekend
And here comes iTunes 11 – fingers crossed for (any) improvements
Are you kidding me? Another cracked windshield on the Honda Fit
Safely back to an empty house – time for some lapzilla system updates (and backups)
That was more teen drama in 60 minutes than I needed all weekend
The Hoth levels of Angry Birds Star Wars came out, so yes, I’m still awake
Not really warm here yet – rather brisk loop around the Lebanon Hills single track with frozen fingers and toes
Sort of a weird day – lots of laundry and watched kid one at the state debate tournament before watching the end of Entourage again
Kid one dropped off for day two of state, car washed, more laundry and cleaning, kid two swim meet and first Christmas party tonight
The print CD functionality on the new Epson printer is ten times better than the old one – so fast and easy
Dropped off kid two at the swim meet and I think I’ve seen enough Vikings game already, so off to run soon
The best discovery yet at the new aquatic center
Better late than never – very pleasant 10 mile run around Harriet, Calhoun and Isles in the dark
Safely back on Vermilion, where the snow is melting, rain is in the forecast and temps will be in the mid-40s
Quick post office trip – if this rain were snow, we’d be buried
Ate so poorly tonight and Angry Birds Seasons and MNF tried their best to keep me from the exercise room, but it’s time
5K bike, 5K treadmill and 40# cable cross – take that, junk food
Hit snooze like 15 times, but had to eventually get up for two morning meetings
Is it really only Tuesday? Seems like I’ve been working forever already this week
Guess I shouldn’t be surprised with how many dead bodies there were in the Boardwalk Empire finale, but damn
Totally had the blahs this morning, but finding interesting projects to keep me distracted this afternoon
Well that was a total nightmare – service failure on our new web site that took several months to discover
And in case anyone was wondering, an OS update killed the email service on the web server, breaking the contact us form
Seems a little ironic that I’m drinking more water now because it’s closer than the soda fountain and I’m lazy
Same as Monday: 5K bike and treadmill, upped cable cross to 50#
Hmm, Babel or Blunderbuss?
On my way from Vermilion to Eat Street Social
Still like Marvel and Prohibition best, but Nick Kosevich’s fall cocktail list was good too – tried the Cobblestone Court & Fall Sangria
I hope to someday visit the hill the NHL died on and pay my respects
Kid one to early appointment, credit union, Cheapos, Keys on Raymond and a few other errands before cleaning the basement
Headache (hangover?) diverted me from cleaning the basement, but still working on a Christmas project this afternoon
Funny how calming snow falling can be when you’re under a blanket at home vs. driving through it at rush hour
It makes me happy that both my kids like Trampled By Turtles
Hello from Google – starting today, no more sign-ups for the free version of Google Apps
I need a big Christmas bonus: Dessa live at Papa Charlie’s on my birthday
Roads were slippery, but picked up everyone and watched the BAAs at the Walker tonight. Christmas lights in Uptown were very festive
Watching the fish swim in Apple Valley, but thinking I should run outside this afternoon before the next snow hits
Despite the sun, just can’t bring myself to run outside today – looks like another winter treadmill day
Still no closer to the treadmill, but I am almost caught up on the current season of The Office
Thought shoveling would be my exercise for the weekend, but the snowblower finally started
Well done, Vikings – didn’t think you had it in you
So no running this weekend, but lots of basement cleaning and snow removal. Packers-Lions up next
How come a “championship belt” and Lambeau Leap isn’t a 15-yard excessive celebration penalty?
I-35 from St. Paul to Hinckley was terrible – stopped at Tobies to let my knuckles rest
Not as much snow on the Iron Range, but still slippery and very cold (phone said -8F in Tower)
My experiment with the standing desk setup has come to an end (for now) – want to see if it’s causing the heel pain
Another night surrendered to headaches
WordPress 3.5 testing, backup, upgrading and re-testing complete on all sites with no issues
As far as birthdays go, this would be even better than Dessa at Papa Charlie’s
Wow, almost 9pm already? Better quit working and get down to the long-forgotten treadmill
Actually managed to stay on the treadmill for a 10K – watching Vegas for the first time helped
French Meadow to open near my old junior high on Grand in St. Paul
Trying to bring the Fortune Bay YouTube channel back from the dead
Another quick lunch trip to Tower: post office, Tower Cafe and the Thrift Store
Survivor, 5K bike and treadmill during Modern Family and now a little CSI
Uh-oh: “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is not the worst film of the year, but…”
Heading to two shows tonight: kid two band concert, followed by Freedy Johnston at the Aster Cafe
Proudest achievement of the day: playing “whisky” in Letterpress against @doubleasterisk
Spiced cider at the Aster
Freedy is doing Cruel to be Kind on the ukulele – awesome
Windshield replacement bright and early in Bloomington
Sub-$3 gas is back in Eagan
Nice lunch and visit at the Eagan Smashburger with Mr. Miller, co-star of the best Christmas photo ever
A little tropical swim time for the fish before anniversary dinner at TBF
Totally digging the Glogg
Another great dinner at The Bachelor Farmer, but a liiittle too much to drink (not driving home)
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia marathon and laundry while it continues to rain outside
Sweet – the Nirvana reunion tour continues
Wish I was there RT @SchweitzerID: 100″ of snow & 100% open – another amazing winter so far in North Idaho!
Nice job, Vikes – you’ve already far exceeded my expectations for this season
Parents who let their under-13 kids open Facebook accounts aren’t really helping the cause
Almost time to take three girls to @FirstAvenue for @DOOMTREE Blowout 8 (all ages)
Fun music night, followed by a quick visit to the Depot (and a stomachache from the tots). Commute in T-minus 4 hours
Can’t believe how dark it was at 7AM this morning – maybe it really is the end of the world
Safely back in the Northland, where it is dark, cold and snowy
Checked out the competition at Black Bear and walked out with free dinner and all my cash
Treadmill 5K before work – pretty sure that’s a first
I wish one of the newspapers would do some actual investigative reporting on electronic pull tab companies in Minnesota
Lots of meetings today, but they were all pretty fun, so I’ll let the “meetings suck” rule slide for now
Laptop SSD not big enough – had to pull out OmniDiskSweeper for some pruning today
Time to head back to the resort exercise room for part two
Somehow managed another treadmill 5K, along with an hour on the bike and a few 50# cable cross reps
I think today feels like a video poker day – off to take notes
1and1 Internet is one of the most frustrating vendors I have ever worked with – thank goodness for Hover
Two and a half hours until pizza at the VC, but I’m ready to leave right now
Almost ate an entire VC pizza by myself and just want to sleep, but I’m trying to talk myself into a late run
No run last night or this morning – basically passed out from 9pm to 10am (and I wasn’t even drinking)
So the Suzy Favor Hamilton Twitter account wasn’t hacked? I am completely speechless
All done helping Jason get the heavy stuff in the UHaul – looks like a slow, snowy drive south tonight
It’s not showing up on radar much, but it snowed all the way from Tower to Cloquet
What’s with all the software offices in the north metro now? Adobe, Symantec, VMware
Nice to see Mr. Skoglund at Carbone’s (as always)
First visit to Fifth Element in Uptown
Not sure if I should feel happy or sad that Purple Rain is $4.99 at Electric Fetus
Starting to feel that iTunes 11 might be the worst one yet – wonder what else I can use
Yes! Social 2.7 seems to have fixed the WP-Cron issue with Twitter Tools
A few Christmas errands in Saint Paul, then a long(er) lakes run in Minneapolis
Just like riding a bike – ran 17 LSD miles along Nokomis, Minnehaha, Harriet and Calhoun (sunny and 28F)
Loads of last minutes errands – Woodbury, St. Paul and Minneapolis
Broke down and bought the latest season of SoA on AppleTV
Must be time to take a shower and get dressed
Mother-in-law birthday/Christmas eve dinner
Mini Christmas turned out just fine
And Christmas 2012 ends with my twelfth hour of Sons of Anarchy
Two extra passengers on the drive north today
Safely back at the resort, just in time for lunch with the girls at the Tamarack
Never knew the road from the Y Store to the resort is also known as Angus Road
I’m not a trained designer or Photoshop expert, but the graphics I get from casino companies are often barely usable
The fish waited 60 minutes after pizza, so it’s off to the pool
While the swimmers swam, I did 5K treadmill, 5K bike and 50# cable cross
So close and yet so far…
Heading to Tower with the girls to pop some tags and have lunch at the Tower Cafe
That’s what she said
A place called “Windy Corner” is not my idea of a January vacation
Oh Current, why do you even bother playing an edited version of Thrift Shop? That’s sort of like watching the Sopranos on network TV
Same workout as last night while the girls sat in the whirlpool
Payroll printed, invoices submitted, emails sent, kids sleeping in until checkout, then hitting the road
Lunch with the girls at Grandma’s in Virginia
Decent (but not totally clear) drive down I-35 and a couple of inches to shovel in the driveway
All of those new Christmas smartphones must be overloading the WwF servers
I’m going to try real hard to make it to the end of all three sets at First Ave tonight, but this will be a late one
Great opening set by @deadmanwinter at First Ave, but wish they played longer
And now the Honeydogs
Hello, Dave
After a short break, Soul Asylum *just* started Grave Dancer’s Union now – can probably only do the first three songs and that’s it
Kid two tried the sore throat excuse to get out of swim practice, but we’re here to give it a go anyway
Totally intended to run outside today (even had the winter clothes on), but felt weird, laid down and woke up 5 hours later
Christmas iTunes gift card -> Dexter season six
Well, have the winter running gear on again to start the day – hopefully I’ll get something in this time
Worst. Winter. Runner. Ever. Megan and Chili canceled, while cold weather, football and Angry Birds kept me on the couch
Minor redemption – ran a quick 5K on the basement treadmill before the Vikings game (maybe more tonight)
Can’t watch this any more – good thing I have 6 o’clock dinner reservations in Saint Paul
Kid one doctor appointment, then packing and heading to work for NYE
Change of plans: house full of sick people and a massive headache = no work tonight
Since I’m home sick, that means no more runs for 2012, making the final tally 1133.4 miles (new PR)
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