I’ve been thinking a lot lately about things that I enjoy doing. This past weekend when I put on a fatass race at the local park it really drove home the point that I passionately love creating a space for people to have meaningful experiences in. After the race, as we drove up north, I […]
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Cascade River State Park
The first park that we stopped at during our vacation was Cascade River State Park. This park is just south of Grand Marais, and has a beautiful set of waterfalls. We hiked around for an hour or so and I got some truly amazing shots. Gallery below or on Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHskHdUYJK
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Voyageur Brewing Company
This past weekend the wife and I took a trip to the north shore to get away a bit before the holidays hit. As luck would have it, Minnesota got socked with a snowstorm the day before we were supposed to leave. We kept an eye on the forecast, and snow reports, and decided to […]
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Final Fall Fatass Frolic
Earlier this year I decided I wanted to host a race of some sort on the Elm Creek horse trails. I love those trails, but mostly, when people think of Elm Creek they think of the mountain bike single track. I love the single track, don’t get me wrong, but I always felt the horse […]
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Some bread baking
A couple weeks ago I decided to try my hand at baking bread. When I was much, much younger we were gifted a bread machine, but as young people we only used it once or twice and that was about it. I saw some pics on the twitter feed of Wil Wheaton of some of […]
Read moreA wet mistake
As I write this, the region is being buffeted by its first real winter storm. I started working early this morning, when the sky was still dark, yet this darkness was punctuated by flashes of lightning. When I left for breakfast it was only starting to drizzle, but soon that light rain turned into a […]
Read moreGiving of service
One of the things that I’ve always enjoyed is helping out with groups that care about things that I care about. My passion for work in Information Technology has obviously waned over the years, and so I like to find ways to give time and service to things I’m more passionate about. This past weekend […]
Read moreRoku Streaming Stick
Last weekend I decided to move an older TV up from our basement to our bedroom and put a Roku Streaming Stick on it. We weren’t really using it downstairs, and with the addition of a Roku, I could turn it into something much more useful for how we watch entertainment. I decided to do […]
Read moreGive to the Max Day
Thursday is Give to the Max day in Minnesota. It’s a day to make donations to your favorite charities, and take advantage of many different matching programs that are out there. As someone who has worked for a non-profit before, I can tell you that events like this are a big deal, and many charities […]
Read moreLEGO Force Awakens
The youngest spawn and I recently picked up LEGO Force Awakens when it was on sale and have managed to play a few levels now. If you’re a fan of LEGO games this should feel very familiar to you, as the gameplay is pretty much identical to all other LEGO games. There are a few […]
Read morePhoto Throwback Wednesday (on a Tuesday) – November
Only two more photos from this series, and this month is a shot of my kids when they were quite young jumping on the bed. I love the way I was able to catch the action on these, and the B&W treatment really made everything contrast more. Enjoy!
Read moreQuick Review: Finding Dory
I guess I’m a bit late on this one, as Finding Dory has been out for a while, but since the kids have gotten older we don’t rush to the theaters for Pixar movies quite as quickly as we used to. We still try to see each of them when they come out, but for […]
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