The other day I plugging in my i-devices and let them update to the latest and greatest iOS 11. Sometimes these releases wreak havoc on launch day, but I was pleased to say that my devices updated without issue. I’ve had a couple days to spend with the new OS now, and I had a […]
Read moreA short night of sleep
The night before I wrote this I got very little sleep, and the sleep I got was very restless. A combination of stress from some life things going on, and a big thunderstorm blasting through, kept me tossing and turning most of the night. The morning came way too quickly, and I’m just trying to make […]
Read moreDuluth Trading Company
Earlier this year a Duluth Trading Company store opened up in our town. I never paid it much attention, but I occasionally saw their billboards while driving around. They were humorous advertisements about how they’ve fixed plumbers crack, and that their clothing is durable and worthy of a rugged workman. A couple of months ago […]
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Macro-brew
I’ve never been a fan of macro-brews from the large scale breweries like Miller or Coors. I’ve always found the taste of corn in them to be unappealing, and they’re generally lacking in much depth of character or flavor. One night a week ago we were at a restaurant and I asked the server if […]
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Another 50 mile bike ride
Last year I did a 50 mile solo bike ride around a bunch of breweries near the SW metro area. This year I turned it into a bit of an event, and was joined by 4 friends. We started the morning around 9:30am at Lake Calhoun, and from there jumped onto the Cedar Lake Trail. […]
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Islands of Peace Park
Today I took a (very) brief walk through Islands of Peace Park in Fridley, MN. This is an out of the way park off of East River Road, that has some nice walking paths on a small peninsula in the river. I managed to grab a couple nice shots with my phone before heading back […]
Read moreThe beer count fail
As many of you know I enjoy recording my beer in the Untappd app. It’s a fun way to keep track of what you’ve tried before, and rack up badges for doing various beer drinking related tasks. I haven’t had any beer related tourism in the past month or so, and do I decided to […]
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Testing fat bikes
I’ve talked about wanting to commute, and generally get around more, by bike. One of the issues in Minnesota is the winter time when streets are icy, snowy, and generally hard to travel on. Since I had some time on Monday I decided to check out a couple of fat bikes at Freewheel Cycle to […]
Read moreThe Church of Apple
This week Apple revealed the iPhone 8/X and garnered a ton of attention about them. However, in the presentation there were some other elements that came across in an almost creepy fashion. I’ve been an Apple fanboy for a long time, but some of the language that was used in the presentation left me wondering […]
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Superior 100 weekend, part 2
I awoke very early on Saturday to the sound of my wife’s alarm. She wanted to get some food in her stomach early, so that she could get it starting to process before she began her race. She had been looking forward to the Moose Mountain Marathon all year, and this was her big goal […]
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Superior 100 weekend, part 1
This recap will be hard to write. Not because I can’t find enough words to fill a page, but because editing this amazing weekend down to readable format will be difficult! If you’re looking for the TL;DR…. Amazing weekend, amazing community, amazing weather… 11/10… will do again. I began my weekend leaving the Twin Cities […]
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Getting in my Superior steps
I just got back from the Superior Fall Trail Race weekend, and I have so much to say in my report about it. However, right now I’m exhausted and really can’t string too many words together coherently. I did want to share one cool thing real quick though… I wasn’t running this weekend, but was […]
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Second Runnings 