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”

Dr. Fink is in the house

Sound check is complete

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

Let there be light

Just made reservations for my birthday dinner

The 2012 Wilderness tee sheet is now open – come and get ’em!

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

Pit stop in Hinckley

Sat in on dinner at Andiamo with the family before heading to Burnsville Center

Back to my stamp nerd hobby: finished entering and uploading 1979

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

Thumbs up on the Zest Burger at the new Zest Bar and Grill in Eagan

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)

Visiting the new cousin in the land of cheese

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?

Yeah, that’s more like what we expect up here

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

Chef Dan’s tasty lunch special in the Tamarack

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

Mark me down as “Very G“

I think the real message was, “don’t visit North Dakota”

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

Kid two birthday party at BLB

“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?

More stamp nerd updates online as I watch football today

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

The year in stamps: the 1995 page is now complete

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

Birthday dinner #3 at Punch in Highland Park

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

First shot from vacation

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

Fry break

Welcome to Omaha – Cornhuskers!

I heart Nebraska: 75 MPH speed limits!

Arrived safely at the Holiday Inn Express in Lincoln, NE

Look kids, it’s the capitol of Nebraska

Corn-fed moo-moo

Hey @DillonCody, you guys have a fort now?

Welcome to Colorful Colorado

Arrived early in Denver, so we checked into the hotel before the concert

Still as beautiful as ever (and Red Rocks is nice too)

Tenth row

Fun night at Red Rocks, with Brother Ali out for the last song

Change of ski plans: heading to A-Basin today

Total crap traffic on I-70 westbound: three lanes of bumper-to-bumper

Windy, but still very fun day at Arapahoe basin

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?

I feel like I’ve been living this game the past three days

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#

These times at the Arrowhead 135 are amazing

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

Chicken wild rice soup never tasted better

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

It’s time to make the donuts

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

Experimenting with trello.com

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)

Code Red and Betty Boop added to phone

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

Scanned some more stamp sheets tonight while watching TV

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

How come this never happens in real life?

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

Do The Two

The couch never looked so good – all errands completed and both kids home safely

Last ever spring social at Deerwood 🙁

I wonder if that’s the Greek spelling of cheese curd

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

Ready to run in Minneapolis

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?

RIP Mike Costello

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

Wow, “travel not advised” on I-35 south of Duluth?

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

Giving away stuff on Facebook is pretty entertaining

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)

Good morning sunshine – Sunday in Vegas

Best chicken and waffle breakfast ever at Planet Hollywood

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

Don’t know what this was called, but it tasted good

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

Opening remarks from Mayor Goodman (and friends)

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

Dinner with the girls at Annie’s Parlour before visiting Mary

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

Waiting for the doors to open at the X

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a Wild game at the X, but the free wifi is much appreciated

Closet seats we’ve ever had

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

Quick run to the VC for dinner

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

Irish bowling and burgers with kid two at Ranham Bowling Center/Nook

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

Sports TV overload at BWW Eagan

Almost made it to bed early, but I’ve been summoned to Hell’s Kitchen

More live music from Hell’s Kitchen

Drove from downtown Minneapolis back home with the windows down tonight – felt like LA (minus the traffic)

Blue Sky Blackout was pretty awesome tonight

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

Nice dinner with Colleen tonight at El Meson in Minneapolis

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

Conference call, then a visit with the golf course GM

Heavenly first run of the year on Echo Point (7.4 miles)

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

This sucks: climber Lincoln Hall dies of cancer at age 56

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

Tiger in HD via NBC and Gophers/UND on espn.com

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

The ice is definitely gone from Everetts Bay

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

Meetings and dinner in Uptown

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

Bub’s Duz Sports

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

Cool opening night reception on the USS Midway

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

And the show begins

Got to rub it in a little: having lunch on the harborside outdoor patio at Roy’s San Diego

Rented a convertible and drove to LA on an unplanned excursion

Tesla time

Travis Tritt cancelled due to the Scruggs funeral, so we got Colin Hay and Foghat instead

And .38 Special to close it out at Sycuan Casino

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

Lunch with Brian at the Pier Cafe

Twilight golf before the next parties

Good food and drinks at Madame Cora’s Marble Room for the Aristocrat party

Now at the Raving party, which is at the Rock Bottom Brewery

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

Good morning, Keller

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

The three styles of bourbon flight

A slow, peaceful ride around Lebanon Hills this morning

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

I’ve decided I can no longer deal with excessive cigarette smoke

Just introduced our CEO to Facebook and signed him up

Tonight’s workout

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

Now open for business

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

Trying the buffet at Black Bear for the first time

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

Think I need more Rush in my library

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

What a beautiful day to be outside in Minneapolis

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

Alabama Shakes at First Avenue in August

Just got a pretty good golf offer from Cragun’s, but heard the bank has taken ownership of the courses?

Tomorrow is New York City Marathon Opening Day

“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

Get in Gear packet pickup was full of activity

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

Chips, salsa and Mexican coke from Barrio before Wits at the Fitz

Late night dining before the big race might not be a good idea

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

Time to stream me some D

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

Implosion time on the Strip

Ran the 7.1 mile Echo Point loop before heading down to Black Bear with the crew – another 100 mile month in the log

Earl still makes a mean cheesy poof

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

Lunch break

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 🙁

“MCA is still our favorite – such a cool, unique voice”

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?

Thanks MPR for posting this old Beastie Boys radio takeover

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

Macau hotels look pretty awesome

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

Solo lunch at the new Colossal Cafe in Saint Anthony Park

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…

The Tapemark is looking for an intern

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?

Tonight’s seven miler on Echo Point was speed limited

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

The flowers are busting out all over

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

Made it with plenty of time to spare

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

Made it to the Expo

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

The carbo load

Kids are rocking Shipwreck Bay while I try to stop freaking out about the knee

As ready as I’ll ever be this weekend, I guess

Ran a very conservative race to protect the knee, so I guess the 4:57 is a small price to pay for NYC

There is ham sandwich under all that gravy, I promise

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

IGT party at Brackett’s Crossing

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

Grabbing lunch at the Minnehaha Cafe, then heading home to work

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

Swim, fishy, swim

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

Fish and chips in Cloquet

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

The drawing is about to begin

One more event completed – only a few more stressful ones this week and then summer can finally start

I’m loving the forecast for northern Minnesota this week

Stopping for breakfast at the Tobies counter

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

Finally saw Tiger’s chip at 16 – what a gutsy shot!

Lots of great people playing the MN Senior Open at Edina CC today

Direct marketing stat of the day: 17% of the U.S. population changes addresses each year

My last elementary school newsletter (sniff)

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.”

Just another day at the office

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

Skipping White Castle this year for this

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?

Way to go, Kings!

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?!?

What a bargain: 480GB MBA replacement SSD at OWC

The new Fortune Bay web site is out in the wild

Nice little practice session over at The Wilderness in anticipation of tomorrow’s chamber of commerce tournament in Virginia

Laurentian Chamber of Commerce golf tournament

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

Time to Rock the Garden

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

RIP “Negative Tim” and all the other B.P.M. M.C. brothers

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

Steve and I <3 the froufrou drinks

Back in the saddle again – Garmin reports 6.89 miles at 9:20 pace, 969 calories burned and 192 ft elevation gain

Waiting for the big parade in Tower

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?

Fourth of July photos are up here

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

Too hot to cook at home, so kid two and I hit Noodles (curse you, TG)

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)

Pretty lucky: another day, another lake

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

Lots of great food memories in this story

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

Wasting time with the girls at IKEA

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

Free wifi at MSP, just in time for G2E

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?

Mac and cheese craving satisfied

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

Dinner with Mary and Alex

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

Autographs here

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