Hello 2017 – I have lots of big changes planned for you

The Great Purge of ’17 has begun

Good luck this weekend to everyone at runDisney

After 25 years of wandering around the suburbs, it’s time to go home

Shocked that Spring Hill bumped Hazeltine out of the Top 100 Golf Digest list

Interlachen still top MN course (#54, Spring Hill at #69)

It’s official: I’m moving in with the @SaintDinette cheeseburger on 3/1

Not auto-linking blog posts to Twitter any longer, but 7minutemiles.com has five new stories – stop by and say hi

I’ll take a 147 and a 112 with a cracked rib

After almost exactly a year, finally coded a new solution to automate “last played” from last.fm to my site footer

Swaggiest Bro-Coach to Have Ever Swagged

You know the commute is bad when the watch tells you it’s time to stand up (twice)

WordPress security update 4.7.1 tested and deployed – addresses the PHPMailer issue (and others)

First run in a month – thanks Shannon

I love Japan so much

Best concert value in recent memory @TurfClubMN tonight

Dinner tonight while watching La La Land at the theater: nachos and popcorn

This Chrome 56 SSL thing means I need to bump certs up the learning list (and study secure server ratings like Qualys)

My people have returned home

Flights to Houston finally booked for Super Bowl prep week

Wimped out on traversing the truss today, but I’ll get there eventually (I hope)

I love this man

Very proud of kid one, who received a letter announcing she is on the Dean’s Honor List for her first semester in college

Hello, Chrome 56

I’ve had bad days (and this cold is no picnic), but at least I’ve never had an eye pop out of its socket

Third year of using the TaxAct website and I couldn’t be happier – so much quicker and easier than the old way

Didn’t know Treasure Island was building a third tower

Landed safely in Houston (via Denver) – thanks Frontier

Well, @frontierair, I made it safely and on-time, but my suitcase (which you charged me $86 extra) did not

So. Much. Security.

Despite a voicemail promise from @frontierair that my suitcase would be here today, now I go clothes hunting in Houston

Three nights I’m here, no one at NFL Live I’ve heard of. People playing after I leave: Lizzo, Leon Bridges, Gary Clark Jr. and ZZ Top

The Hilton Americas-Houston has (by far) the best hotel WiFi I have ever seen

Excellent experience with Delta tonight (HOU-ATL-MSP): safe, on-time, free snacks and a movie

Revenge for 1998 and Putin probably gets another ring

It’s amazing how much you can get done on a Monday when all of your meetings get rescheduled

160-119-126-135-159

Looks like the slope is now only 153, but found this old Ko’olau scorecard with the 162

JV has spoiled me for the front row – Koskinen, Pines and DMW at First Ave

Anybody know if the Tom Petty MusiCares gala will be rebroadcast at some point? @RossRaihala @ChrisRstrib

Channy’s voice is amazing @thisispolica

Perkins is kinda hoppin’ for 1AM

$50 for a 256GB USB thumb drive seems like a good deal

Gradual progress: 173-160-181-146-135

Room and air booked for Final Four in Phoenix

Delta bringing back (some) free food, paying out big profit sharing – helps explain why they are 3x more $ than SY to PHX

A little pre-birthday hockey for SK

QOTD: Who are the five people you spend the most time with?

This new AppleTV flyover of Hong Kong just brought back a flood of fond memories

Don’t know how long this Wild ride will last, but it sure is nice right now

Extraordinary day to break in the new Wave Riders – ran 6.6 slow, hilly miles around Eagan (in shorts)

Hey @VaCane33, you are on the clock – “Congratulations! You are officially registered for Grandma’s Marathon.”

Almost doubled my 2017 mileage in two days – ran 4.5 windy miles around Eagan in the dark

Hey @MeganSteil – doing anything on June 17th?

That day when your kid beats you for the first time (but I also had a 210 game)

My brains seems to be lacking an off switch for these

Might be my last visit to this particular treadmill – a slowish 5K before rejoining @WeRunMPLS tomorrow night

So many pre-sales today: picked up Everclear, Pixies and Marian Hill

Thanks to Dan for another great car repair experience – if you are looking for a mechanic in Minneapolis, go to FixtRite

Nearing maximum purge: just put the trash can in the trash

Halle Berry: how is she 50?

What a great Wild game to be at tonight: beat the bye week curse, two new guys learn system in 3 minutes, mumps for 11 & 29

No marathon training runs so far this week, but I did just put together a new IKEA bed

First day with my new metro pass

Listening to Sturgill Simpson in our new Lowertown loft – all I need now is a flannel shirt, some craft beer and a beard

Rules of Golf silliness: relief from a sprinkler head inside a bush?

Still seems weird to me that college baseball has metal bats, but the pros do not

OK fellow Central grads – anybody out there willing to match my $50 for Lydia?

Hard to believe AP only has one career playoff win

Listening to Dre on the train just seems like the right way to finish off the work week

It only took me 40+ years to try coleslaw – not bad

The Wild deserved better than that (although I’ll gladly trade regular season losses for playoff wins vs. Chicago)

Looks like Minnesota United will fit in to the Twin Cities sports scene just fine

Not everything is set, but two weeks in with loft living and train riding = two big thumbs up

*Almost* made it through the entire happy hour menu at McKinney Roe

Aww, why didn’t we get Mix Master Mike with Metallica?

The watch says move streak now at 29 days (with 93 days to Grandma’s)

Tried out first new outdoor training route – ran 5 miles along the sunny St. Paul riverfront

Most frustrating player to watch during this slump, IMO

Bon voyage and safe travels to kid two on her exciting concert journey to Ireland

Liking the sound of the new Gorillaz songs – Humanz should be good

Sunday Funday: Eminem Mississippi run, St. Dinette brunch, Wild, Guillermo del Toro at Mia, dinner at Bellecour & Munro at the arboretum

That was a lot of updating for a Monday

The Joe C rap in Devil Without a Cause gets me every time

Really great to see @KevinLeecy at the Wild-Caps game

What a strange day: witnessed beefs, social inequality, had my heart scanned and now headed to Son Volt

Thanks @SunCountryAir for the safe, on-time ride to Phoenix

Desert running rules – five morning miles along the Arizona Canal

What a great surprise to see the local guys in town

First double-digit run of 2017 (with Grandma’s 11 weeks away)

Shot an 89 from the navy tees at Palmbrook Country Club with foreign clubs and great company

The Bad Boys of Boston? Check.

Don’t regret staying up late to watch the Big Little Lies finale after I got back from JamFest – so good

Listening to the Gonzaga coach at his presser next door – total class act

Don’t think I could live in the desert, but 81F and sunny feels glorious right now

Landed safely back at MSP – thanks @SunCountryAir

Robyn Hitchcock opening for Psychedelic Furs @ First Ave

Still rusty – shot a 92 from the white tees @ Goodrich

Not exactly the weather we all wanted today, but the 22-mile bike ride and walk around Nokomis with SK was nice

Back reading the physical Economist again, so I’m learning stuff like Tesla valued more than Ford (76k cars vs. 6.7m)

WSJ: gambling revenue at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun drop for ninth straight year

Always smile when this pops up

Seriously @mnstatefair – just give the stand to the son already

It was an honor to work with Mr. Mondale and I wish him all the best with his future endeavors

Tried to figure out why the rest stop sign would promote snakes, then quickly realized it said snacks

This Blackhawks-Predators series has restored my enthusiasm for playoff hockey

I say this every year, but how do you run the 25th mile in 4:46? If only the Wild were that conditioned

Just ordered my first ever pool cue

Did all the new seats in Edmonton come with jerseys?

Perfect morning for a run – ten slow miles along the beautiful St. Paul riverfront (with no bugs!)

At least Chicago is done too

Barge season appears to be in full-swing now

First in person Minnesota United FC game with a great group of people

RIP Jonathan Demme – Stop Making Sense one of the best concert films of all time

Economist: global price of jet fuel has fallen by half since 2014

Slowest time in eight years, but still under an hour

Nice job HBO on the rock and roll induction show – Lenny Kravitz and Letterman were so great

Great show tonight by @HFTRR, but I wish they went Cedar -> Mainroom instead of Fine Line

It would appear that I’m successfully in the ballot for the 2018 London Marathon – how many draws will it take?

Drinking alone on a Tuesday night in Lowertown

I’m on the wrong side of the music business: David Geffen sells Malibu house for $85m, Sting lists NYC penthouse for $56m

Dinner and Frankie Lee at the Turf Club

Bugs me that the new iTunes MiniPlayer window doesn’t show the song title now when you mouseover

That iTunes thing is nothing, though, compared to downloading a large archive from Box

Damn you west coast overtime games

Threw my back out on the first tee at Sand Creek, then played 91 painful shots from the forward tees

Pidde is a ringer – beat me by 7 strokes at Gross National

Didn’t realize the Bandon Dunes/Sand Valley Mike Keiser is also Recycled Paper Greetings

At some point I’d like to figure out how WordPress automatically handles retina images – my posts look way different on the new iMac

At this time tomorrow, I will (hopefully) be done with the TC 1 Mile without any major issues

Survived another TC 1 Mile, just barely staying in the sixes

Mystic Lake probably dislikes small time gamblers like me, but I’m A-OK winning progressive jackpots on 40-cent bets

Back in the 80s again at Gross National

Congratulations to @GopherSoftball – that was a fun title game to watch

Slow 15 miler along the Mississippi with lilacs blooming, 0.067 bpm, one wild turkey and less than 5 weeks until Grandma’s

Saints baseball is back! Can’t believe this is next door to our loft

Hard to make good choices when there is a self-serve nacho bar

All sites successfully updated to WordPress 4.7.5

Makes me happy every time I come home and see a full house @SaintDinette – bravo @tniver

Saints home opener tonight with @afarrari, @4waytest, @cmkingsbury, @SaintDinette and Mary Tyler Moore hats

Rented Guardians of the Galaxy, then went to see part two at the Highland (never watched any of it until today)

My Grand Casino story isn’t nearly as exciting as last week’s Mystic Lake story

Accidental 20-miler in the cold, wind and rain – one month until Grandma’s

So happy to see the Cactus Blossoms in the new Twin Peaks

Way to go, Preds

Getting a jump on 2018 – early bird registration for Get in Gear 10K submitted

Everclear has officially hit the casino circuit

Great to see @dskoglund_MN in Lowertown before the Saints game – hope you liked the 75-cent tour and box of CDs

If anyone is looking for a certified lifeguard in St. Paul (or suburbs) this summer, hit me up

SBJ: Regular season 2016-17 attendance for the Wild was 781,879 (Timberwolves had 607,203)

If the Wild ever make it to the finals, it will probably look about like this

Rare early morning run along the mighty Mississippi – five decent miles and 0.2 bpm

We go to a lot of shows, but @MarianHillMusic at First Avenue was one of the all-time best

Played the bug capital of the world (Baker National) and shot 91 from the whites

How great is it that the “new guy” in the Heartbreakers has been playing with them for 24 years?

The cure for Monday’s? Birthday happy hours with martinis and wings

Economist: world’s largest metropolitan police force is in Tokyo (never would’ve guessed that)

So many great shows to binge right now: House of Cards, Better Call Saul, Fargo, Bloodline, Twin Peaks, American Gods

Petty, Dyson, Revival/Easy & Oskey, U2, Super Bowl, Final Four, X Games, WWDC, Tapemark, Willie Nelson, Semisonic, Grandma’s, Mystic, Vegas

WordPress 4.8 successfully tested and deployed to all our sites

Off and running at the 2017 Tapemark Charity Pro-Am at Southview Country Club

Waiting for Willie

I’m 99% sure Charlie Daniels is wearing an Apple Watch

Not the kind of weather system you want for championship Sunday at the Tapemark, but we should get it in eventually

Proud (and slightly terrified) that my teenage daughters drove to Canada on their own today in search of beer and poutine

This is going to be a good summer

The (apparently) new dog next door has been barking for approximately fourteen straight hours

I’ve said this before, but MNDOT’s Highway Helpers are the greatest thing ever – thanks for the assistance

Had no idea the restoration of The Lex cost $5 million – that’s a lot of chicken pot pies

Wonder how many times I’ve headed north on I-35 from MSP (skipped Semisonic after seeing the set times)

Walking the last 19 miles of a marathon with an injury just to get the stupid medal and shirt? Check

Just saw my longest HR ever at Target Field – and it wasn’t Sano

This will be a good way to celebrate the completion of X Games

This is going to be a great week of nerd learning – tuning up by running some Homebrew and server updates

Not paying attention to deprecated functions + Apache config changes + permissions issues = 2am

Wish I had a cool nickname like “Crazy Pat”

Charlie Parr at the Hook & Ladder to celebrate CK’s birthday

Landed safely (and on time) in Las Vegas – thanks Delta

Favorite T-shirt spotted in Vegas today: “I sell crack for the CIA”

Also about 95% sure this trip will be as hard on my feet as Grandma’s was last weekend

I don’t always eat steak and burgers (chicken, walnuts, romaine and cheese @ Momofuku)

ATM fee at MGM Strip properties seems to be $7.99 everywhere now

MTV Classic might be my favorite thing about this hotel room

11,000 nerds in one spot

Pro tip: any session at Cisco Live with ‘advanced’ in the title will blow your mind

Interesting discussions at the Cisco Live security keynote

So random: just walked past Pete Rose

Usually I’m totally ready to leave Vegas, but I didn’t lose much and there’s still golf, Cirque, Fremont and a bunch of restaurants

Don’t usually play the airport slots, but they had my game

Safely back in Minnesota

Sleep-deprived much? First day I could sleep in for two weeks and I woke up at 1:30pm

Wonder if the zipper merge would be more effective if you didn’t tell people which lane was closing

It’s so weird being in my old casino as a guest and not as a manager

So fun catching up with old friends in the Northland

Played great in the morning and not-so-great in the afternoon. The Wilderness is still 100

The summer X Games takeover of the stadium is looking great so far – people will be amazed when it opens next week

Huge shout-out to @AmpThink and @USInternetMN – they completed a vital project for me that I thought couldn’t be done that fast

Fun time at the Twins game for Game of Thrones night, but man was that dewpoint brutal

The future is amazing: walked to my neighborhood grocery store and paid with my phone

How did I miss this back in October? Congrats to Ed on a distinguished career

Hard to believe that tiny little McDonald’s at MSP did $4.13 million in 2016 sales

Really hope Sun Country does not turn into Allegiant

Wonder if my iPhone speaks many languages

Matthew Sweet @ Turf Club

The always wonderful Robert Cray @ Minnesota Zoo

Post X Games treat: booked three nights in a row for Restaurant Week

If you have a few bucks to spare, please help support my friend Jason

My food pic to running medal ratio helps explain the extra inches around the middle now, doesn’t it?

The office has never looked better

Celebrating a successful first year @ Erik the Red

Guess who take the Green Line at 12:30am on a Sunday/Monday? Nobody but me

Damn Yankees

Hard to express just how disappointed I am in the new Twin Peaks

The Lonely Zamboni, amazing chicken and ginger beer float @ Herbie’s on the Park

Didn’t know Bob Fafinski was club president at Hazeltine – small world (and congrats on the 2020 Junior Am)

Breakfast for lunch @ Hot Plate

My disappointment with Twin Peaks was more than offset by my enjoyment of Bloodline S3

LP was one of my KROQ staples (and damn, I still want those flame tattoos) – RIP, CB

Is this really St. Paul? Tickle Torture @ Amsterdam Bar & Hall

Maybe a Snickers and Mt. Dew will improve this frustrating troubleshooting day

Hastings CC ⛳️ in the morning, stung by 🐝, afternoon ⛳️ at Southview CC, shopping at 🎯

The Defiant Ones is must-watch TV for fans of the music business

Life goal: for *all* my clothes to be the comfortable clothes

While I love the challenge of learning new things, there is also something special about doing things you know really well

Getting so frustrated with Homebrew Apache performance on Sierra that I’m actually looking at getting an AWS instance

The Twilight Hours @ Music in Mears

Well, fell a little ways down the AWS rabbit hole using an Ubuntu AMI, but issues with LAMP setup persist

Economist: Krestovsky stadium in St. Petersburg was completed eight years behind schedule and 540% over budget

Come on, tour producers, pay the money to use those nice, big Dak boards

Let me go Crazy on You

Ann Wilson now covering Gabriel’s Don’t Give Up

Deftones @ U.S. Bank Stadium

Holy guitar hero, Batman

July was my first zero mileage month since I started graphing my run log (and no current injuries)

Marian Hill opening for alt-J is a brilliant booking

143-157-180-147-168 (and kids these days have no bowling etiquette)

This has been an awesome Friday – fun, social, great weather, productive. Now on to the weekend

First run since the Disaster in Duluth – slow 5K along the mighty (but ~6 feet lower) Mississippi

Favorite T-shirt at Hazelfest: Likers Gonna Like

Har Mar Superstar @ Hazelfest

Current fitness level: got tired putting air into my bike tires (but did finish 17 miles)

Tonight I rode a roller coaster and my phone decided to take about 30 more laps without me

Server wrangling has lost any appeal it once had – data center move, followed by rebuilding Apache, PHP and MySQL (+ still more issues)

We drove home a new Civic EX-T last night and I just realized it’s my third Civic (and sixth Honda)

Funny how something that stymied me for a week is rote for others –

Saint Paul Piggy

It’s been fun having so many English accents at work this week

Sixteen hour work day, one free hour of unlimited Two Dots on the train and six hours until my tee time

Pros vs. ams: is driving the biggest difference? Feel like I could be a good putter, but I’m never going to carry it 322 yards

The new car has a free trial of Sirius – Yacht Rock Radio is totally my jam

Getting good at blowing away EC2 instances and starting over from scratch (although now I have my own custom AMI)

Nothing about this strategy is good – RIP Sun Country

My lifetime streak of never seeing the inside of a Minnesota courtroom ended today

Tripled my post-Grandma’s mileage with today’s Donut Run. Almost 7 miles with four donut stops and the coveted Donut Royalty sticker

So much going on in my neighborhood tonight: Saints, Mears Park food trucks, Kendrick at the X (I took Craig Leopold’s seat)

Fun morning with Brad, Leo and Ed at Edinburgh USA – shot 92 from the whites

Six minutes to Gaga

Decided I’m not a fan of giant strobe walls

Most work days, I feel pretty confident doing my job – today was not one of those days

In my happy place

Hey Babe

Is this Stevie Nicks show the most expensive grandstand ticket ever?

The infamous Darth mall

Every year at the fair I try one or two new food items, but seriously, these seven are all I need

17-hour workday, 16K steps, have to go back for morning meetings and all I want to do is watch Game of Thrones

Shocked and heartbroken – Washington Post

Carl Icahn: buys $2.9B Fontainebleau for $150M in 2010, sells all the furnishings, sits on it for 7 years, sells it for $600M

Literally might take me until the end of the year to get this iMac set up the way I want

I’ve been at work for ten and a half hours and the game doesn’t start for another 2 plus hours, but I’m feeling good

Kid one almost completely moved in to the new place

So far this holiday weekend has involved sleep, helping the kid move, laundry and cleaning (and I’m 100% good with this)

When Lovesexy came out, I was mad it was all one track. Now, it’s one 45 minute smile on my face

By the way, if I ever have to pick a nom de plume, let’s go with Andre Crabtree III

Light drizzle my ass – got drenched on a 20 mile ride around St. Paul, with huge, cold raindrops and blustery, fall-like winds

First time I’ve ever seen Swedish meatball sliders on a menu

Hmm…very interesting

Hate these new purple Vikings Pepsi cans – every time I open the refrigerator, I think I have grape Crush

Another long, stressful day at work, but the people asking me to do stuff were Monday Night Football, the Super Bowl and U2, so I’m good

Spent the last three nights cleaning up the iTunes library on the new computer and I just finished the Cs

Damn you @tniver – almost 100% certain I’ve been to @SaintDinette more than our exercise room since we moved to Lowertown

Next:

Riding the train home after working The Joshua Tree concert while listening to The Joshua Tree feels like the right thing to do

Shot a disappointing 92 from the whites at Inverwood, but it was just nice to be outside

It’s makes me very happy to see so many people I know on social media had a great time at U2 #likersgonnalike

Fixed it, @dskoglund_MN

Congrats to all the Superior finishers – I have such mixed emotions about that event (50K might be my limit)

Didn’t think Narcos would be as good without Pablo, but I was wrong

Not sure how I ended up with a combination of MyISAM and InnoDB tables on my site, but the latter are now completely hosed

1) I work with some great people, 2) nice win by the home team, 3) so happy we have a choo-choo to take me home

Another new toy (thanks for the discount code, Pearl Jam)

The notch really bugs me

Since the Saints are done, I guess this will have to do

Need a 3-1 putout to win Twingo (for the first time ever). Three times Mauer could’ve tossed it to Santana and he runs it out instead

Glad I stayed until the end

Not the biggest Heggies fan, but this really hit the spot tonight

Starting to organize photos on the iMac – I apparently really like to take pictures with my phone

St. Paul + Revival = Love

Fall rules in effect: shot 88 from the whites at The Summit

Sad that Sirius changed Yacht Rock to “Love,” but Billy Preston and Syreeta are making it all better

Seems like everyone is in Chicago right now

Chasing Orchids in Hinckley

Winter is Coming

Economist: America spends more on deportation than the FBI, DEA, Secret Service, US Marshalls and ATF combined

It’s almost like the Twins knew I committed to playoff tickets today

This might be the best sound I’ve ever experienced at The Roy

Wednesday in St. Paul: Jayhawks playing CHS, In the Heights at the Ordway and Gorillaz at Roy Wilkins

Cheers, Damon

Little things often get lost in the BS, but thank you to those who make the world a better place

Now I understand why people release news on Friday afternoons

An Evening with Väsen at the Cedar

Fall rates in effect at Faribault G&CC ($25 walking) – shot an 89 from the whites

Five hours to completely blow up MySQL and rebuild, but at least phpMyAdmin works again

Did the Instagram iOS app always have ads? Never noticed any until today

Only one of the night

Another beautiful fall golf day – shot 91 from the whites at Sand Creek

Amazed at how many coupons I have that expire today

Bought this cool fire log thing at the State Fair Rummage event – seriously wish I could light it while waiting for The Pines

I love @JohnstonMurphy, but 16,000 steps in fancy shoes is never going to turn out good

Never thought the Patriots, Cowboys and Vikings would all have the same record after four games

Starting back small – two arm circuits and a mile on the treadmill

At least there is new stuff on HBO

Heartbreaker: thank you @TomPetty for 40 years of amazing music

Please, please, please, @MusiCares – post the 2017 tribute concert (or sell me a DVD)

Proud to announce kid one will be a part of the new Octo Fishbar – congrats SK (and thanks to everyone who helped her get there)

“The New York Yankees have paid 73.78% of all luxury tax collected by MLB”

So are you more or less likely to attend a concert presented by AARP?

This free Stranger Things iOS game is all kinds of awesome – thanks @netflix

A little British style weather (minus the wind) for 18 at Willingers – shot 89 from the whites

MPR had a birthday party, but we got the presents

iOS and networking will be the death of me

My top five courses (by rounds played): The Summit (21), Southview (33), Willingers (35), Ridges at Sand Creek (38) and The Wilderness (59)

Tonight I learned I really don’t know many Pixies songs

Loved everything at Octo tonight, especially @sushirocks

“Left unchecked, chronic stress contributes to depression, heart disease, and autoimmune disorders.”

Played terrible at Willingers (93 from the whites), but what a great fall morning

Don’t think I’ve ever seen first and forty before

The ultra-subtle Petty tribute in the Economist was so good

Walton Goggins was so good in Justified – should be no surprise he’s great in Vice Principals too

We were actually kinda hot on the patio today

Quick Duluth road trip with a Dead Man Winter and Charlie Parr soundtrack

UMD campus visit today for kid two

Please, no hockey in hallway

Might have to convert my Sirius XM trial to an account if they keep playing stuff like Moonlight Feels Right by Starbuck

Just used regedit for the first time in years and it actually fixed the problem

Feel a little guilty watching hockey and baseball at the basketball game

It still surprises me a little that in a building full of people with free access to a workout room, no one is ever in there

Post-game decompress @ Zantigo

Arkansas, Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming

Tough read

I love finding money in winter jacket pockets

Even though we skipped JNUC this year, still fun to see @schoun and @andrina at Grumpy’s tonight

Not really cool enough to be wearing the Doomtree Wild hat, but looking forward to the game tonight 🏒 😎

These seats will work

A+ for South Park’s barbershop quartet doing Insane in the Brain

Don’t know if nerds can handle Super Mario Odyssey, iPhone X and Stranger Things 2 all at once

Charlie Parr album release show at the Cedar

PSA: everything at the Saints store is 50% off until 3pm today

Good thing the Saints store closed for the day – went back three times

Icy round at Mystic Lake, but shot an 84 from the whites at The Meadows

Nice weekend of music, food, golf and shopping before a week of high school state soccer games

So this is bugging me: could you set more than 3 characters for a high score in Dig Dug?

Two years ago this week

WordPress 4.8.3 security update tested and deployed

The cameraman has a helper

A gentleman on the train this morning declared “Man, it’s hard out here for a pimp,” then got off at the next stop

I miss System 7

Thrift Shop just never gets old for me

All the good stuff is happening in St. Paul, people

The view out my window right now does not bode well for tomorrow’s tee time

Last Minnesota round of the year? Bad back lead to a 92 from the greens at The Wilds

Love how the “tiny” guys in this game are 6-0 and 6-2

First treadmill 5K since May – welcome back, winter

Kevin Costner’s Deadwood casino closed and now another has filed bankruptcy – trouble in the Black Hills?

Pachinko halls in Vegas would be cool

It’s been decades since I voted somewhere other than Dakota County

Forgot how fun this is

Catching up on Survivor: Outback Steakhouse is the steak authority?

Good thing Zucker didn’t go back to Vegas

Sportscenter broadcasting from Miami – guy in crowd with “PJ Fleck is a bozo” sign 🏈

A not-really-so-bad-out 6.8 miles along the mighty Mississippi

Here goes nothing: expanded the size of the CIFS volume on our VNXe3200 and now I’m updating the operating environment software

Favorite discovery of the year: blue cheese butter on steak

Tonight Jack Broadbent taught us about UK dogging and short man syndrome

Last minute impulse buy

Really need to remember all the great guitarists stand stage right

The Nels Cline guitar solo in “Impossible Germany” is one of my favorite concert experiences ever

WordPress 4.9 tested and deployed

My brain isn’t really wired to have an event radio in one ear and a conference call in the other, but here we are

Four days, 15 games

Forgot my phone at home tonight and it was neither a crisis nor a panacea for “living in the moment”

Woohoo! Make your own Audrey at home 🍕

Geez, Wild and Timberwolves, nothing like keeping’ it close to the end

Three more football games, then the staycation begins – Cactus Blossoms tonight, then two days at Mystic Lake

The wild boar bourguignon at Bar Brigade last night was A+

I still love you @FirstAvenue, but the drunk talkers/shouters near the stage are the worst

Never win at bingo, but at least I lose over a much longer period of time

November 27th in Minnesota – shot an 85 at The Wilds

The Honeymoon in Vegas baby Elvis was Bruno Mars? Mind. Blown.

What is it with WordPress-Twitter plugins just up and dying? Is the API really that flakey?

So many great neighbors in Lowertown

Welcome to the neighborhood, Salty Tart

Came across a story about Hong Kong, which reminded me of that insane 747 approach to Kai Tak

Starting Monster Jam day with a Parlour burger at Octo

Looks like we are now at an 81% chance of a first-round bye

Thanks Seattle – up to an 86% chance (and the Vikings control their own destiny now for at least the #2 seed)

The green line kicks ass

My iTunes is stuck in the 70s: Clap for the Wolfman, Dream Weaver and Wildfire

Can’t be too mad – congrats to Gaborik 🚨💯🚨💯🚨💯🚨💯

Week 13 best case scenarios: Falcons beat Saints ✅

Christmas party season has begun – thanks @PatrickTalty and @beckytalty for the kind hospitality

Today’s fun fact: the Vikings and the Packers can finish with the same record

NFC North could actually still end up with *three* teams at 10-6, but odds of no playoffs for Packers are 95% (Lions 85%)

Amazed Burns didn’t get a hat trick yet (and that the Wild got a point) – what happened to the D in the third?

Production of the 2017 Holiday Sampler is well underway

I remember when the guy who wrote this app stood next to me at Stump the Experts and named *all* the songs

A rematch of Super Bowl IX would be cool

The look of regret (she was on the kid council that picked Nordy)

I’ll say anything you want to hear, I’ll see everything through. I’ll do anything I have to do, just to win the love of a girl like you

Xcel game ops is playing Smithereens during the intermission 💔

Will probably regret this 11:45pm impulse purchase during tomorrow’s first meeting

I wonder how many times a day Alexa hears the South Park shopping list request (of course, I tried it on our demo units)

Trading a little Saturday prep for a lower stress Sunday

Oddly enough, it would help the Vikings if the Packers beat the Panthers

My new suit is fine, but nothing beats a T-shirt and flannel Dr. Seuss pants

And with that, the Packers are officially eliminated from the playoffs

Half a billion dollars on a hotel remodel?

Ironically, this “healthy hospital cafeteria food” trend will probably be the death of me

73 years of love, caring and perfect handwriting. Thanks, Mom ❤️ RIP

I’ve never seen these before today

Thank you to everyone who reached out about my mom – it’s been a tough week and that really helped