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Leapin’ lizards!

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What has two thumbs and needs to blog again?

THIS GUY!

In the meantime, new photos at the front from Rock the Garden 2010 and my mom’s visit to the Twin Cities.

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Monkeys, bears and moose–oh my!


MN Zoo 04/17/2010

Went to the zoo with the special lady friend. More pictures below, including the ones I took last year. I still need to color correct and edit a few.



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March Florida trip

Just a few pictures of the recent trip to Florida for family, wedding and SPJ conference.

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More Minnesota winter

For the family in Florida to see. Enjoy.

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Workspace

My new workspace. Han Solo continues his vigiliance.

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Random post is random

So I bought a new phone last week, because why the hell not. It’s a super-duper smart phone of the Google Android persuasion. Even though I’m an Internet guy, I’ve refrained from getting a smart phone simply because I feel I didn’t need it. I probably still don’t. But damn look, I can snazzy pictures of my snow-covered walk to work.

Totally worth it!

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Happy New Year

Snow in St. Paul

Yeah, yeah, it’s been ages since I updated this. But this is what New Year’s looks like in Minnesota. Life has been busy, but very awesome. Be safe out there.

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October

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“Rahm, for the last time, we aren’t putting a stripper pole in the Oval Office.”

More interesting White House in October photos at TPM.

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IKEA

Building an IKEA bed

Building an IKEA bed Building an IKEA bed Building an IKEA bed Building an IKEA bed Building an IKEA bed Building an IKEA bed

I put it together by myself and I was not nearly as upset as the little IKEA guy.

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Funny moments in stereotypes

I was waiting for a delivery from IKEA, and when the guys came to deliver this small but funny interaction took place:

IKEA guy (attempting to make small talk): So what’s up, you’re not watching the game?

I have no TV right now.

Me: Nope

Delivery guy looks over at computer and sees World of Warcraft on the screen, and the other two computers I have on the desk.

IKEA guy: Oh.

Goes back to dropping off boxes.

I wanted to explain that I’m not a total non-sports person, but by then they were gone. That gave me a chuckle though.

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All good things must come to an end…

First big snow of the winter

And with that, the time of snow and ice is officially here. I for one welcome our new snowy overlord and look forward to trying to make the best of it this year. However, I am getting a little bummed at the realization that it will be a long while before I can ride my bike comfortable again. I mean, I can ride right now but it’s more of a battle than simply enjoying the freedom of the bike. This week should be interesting re-acclimating myself to snow and getting my penguin walk back.

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Never pet your dog when it is on fire

Sandstone school

Been slacking again on the posting, meh…so sue me. I have been re-igniting a nerdy side project of mine and getting out and about to enjoy the last throes of warm weather. The snow will be here soon enough, however I vow to do more wintry activities this year. That means sliding down a hill on something, try ice skating, cross-country skiing and/or build a snowman.

Some other things:

  • Went to Sandstone with some good people on Sunday for what we thought was an OktoberFest. It was more of an October Fest–in September. However it was fun to see some small-town Minnesota-style fun.
  • Looking forward to going to Florida for both Thanksgiving and a good friend’s wedding. I got lucky on the ticket and it isn’t costing me an arm nor a leg.
  • Another area of slacking has been the cooking. Not that I haven’t been cooking mind you, but I haven’t been adventurous and made anything new or risky. However I am excited about what will be my winter experiment (*drumroll*)……BEER! Considering Northern Brewer is right up the street from my house, it only makes sense. I’ve been saving bottles for a while so I have enough to fill, though if someone were to see it in my apartment it would look like I’m a wicked drunk. I assure you, it’s almost a year of bottles.
  • In a month I’ll be 30 years old. It doesn’t have the impact on me that it does some people, but it does feel a little weird to think about. I’ll reflect on that fence when I tumble over it though.

That is all, carry on.

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Never was a man so badly meant to wear corrective glasses

Good deal

Really busy weekend of good stuff. Worked on Saturday when Obama came to town for a health care speech. Rode the bike to Minneapolis and worked out of the bureau there. Did some downtown riding during the event, running pictures back and forth which was fun. So yeah, I got paid to ride my bike for a bit. The event brought the usual suspects on both the support and opposition side. And thanks to my boss I found a new route between Minneapolis and St. Paul, sweet.

Next week, Stillwater along the Gateway Trail.

Sunday was good times. There was a free concert in Mears park so I rode down to check it out and was joined by some good company for a lunch (Bulldog veggie burger, nom!) and some park chillaxin’. The day couldn’t have been any more perfect for hanging out outside. My only regret is that I didn’t get to as many of these sorts of free, outdoor music shows this summer. There’s always next time.

Goblet of tripel

Time for work, here’s to hoping the week goes by fast and smooth.

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‘Picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines*.’

Waffling on breakfast

So with President Obama’s visit to Minneapolis this Saturday my 4-day week has been nixed. However, tomorrow should be an interesting day as I’ll be on my bike running between the Target Center, the Minneapolis bureau and getting any newsworthy pictures along the way. We’ve got some professional freelance photographers for the inside, so there’s no pressure to get the only photos of the event. Good thing too, because I don’t have the gear for something like this.

Today is the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. I’m certainly not going to get into all of the remembrance blubbering, I’ll leave that up to the professionals. What now? What comes next?

*It’s from a movie, don’t get the wrong idea.

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