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DL9900 taking off now to Keflavik, Iceland. Announcement that we only have five airline attendants versus typical eight for Boing 767-300. All five came in on day off to keep flight from being cancelled. 🙏🤞

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After last nights delays and cancellations it is 😬 to see storms coming right as our rescheduled DL9900 is supposed to depart to Keflavik, Iceland. 🤞

RadarScope Pro weather radar showing severe storms near Minneapolis-St. Paul with heavy precipitation over southern Minnesota at 11:05 AM CDT on 7/23/22.
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Iceland Log Day 0

Friday, July 22nd
Mostly Sunny, High 93 °F

  • Start in Minneapolis, MN
  • 11:41a DL260 8:20p departure delayed to 9:20p
  • 6:26p DL260 9:20p departure delayed to 11:39p
  • Impromptu dinner at Yum!
  • Lyft to airport.
  • Checked into flight, checked baggage.
  • 9:58p DL260 11:39p departure delayed to 10:30a tomorrow! Delta has no pilots able to fly tonight. 🤷‍♂️
  • 10:21p DL260 10:30a tomorrow departure delayed to 12:45p tomorrow.
  • Take taxi back home to try again tomorrow. 😬
Family of four making unhappy faces at an airport, two giving thumbs down, baggage claim sign visible behind them.

Jump to day 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 or Iceland 2022: Ring Road collection.

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Lake Harriet this morning.

Sailboats moored on calm Lake Harriet at dusk, masts reflected in still water, with a bandshell and trees in the background.Calm Lake Harriet at dawn with Minneapolis skyline silhouetted against a cloudy blue sky and reflected in still water.

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Returning to Iceland

In September 2012 I went to Iceland for a weeklong photography trip with three friends. Iceland amazed me and left me in awe. I have wanted to return, this time with the whole family, since the flight landed in Minneapolis.

Tomorrow is the day! We depart from Minneapolis on Friday night, and will land in Iceland on Saturday morning.

I am eager for the adventure to begin!

Map of Iceland showing labeled towns, airports, and landmarks including Reykjavik, Akureyri, the Blue Lagoon, and Skaftafellsjokull glacier.
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Beautiful evening on Cannon Lake.

Calm lake at dusk with dramatic swirling clouds, a strip of blue sky at the horizon, and a dark treeline silhouette.
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Something went terribly wrong with the carrots in the garden. Carrot Ball? Carrot Swarm? Eek. 🥕

Freshly pulled carrot with roots tangled into a dense knotted ball, covered in dark soil, held up outdoors near a driveway.
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Four Letter Words

“If we can do 10, then 12 is only a little more.”

“If we can just add this button to the UI.”

“That has to be really easy, it is so simple.”

Only, just, easy — all make presumptions about difficulty that the speaker frequently lacks the context and understanding to determine.

Related: Word List.

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Awesome to have fiber directly into the house. Well done US Internet! 👏

Fast.com speed test showing 1.2 Gbps download, 880 Mbps upload, 17ms loaded latency, client and server both in Minneapolis US
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Putting Lutron Coséta switches in new house. Have wanted to try these out for a while. Starting with all switches on main floor, and will do rest of house later. First items arrived today.

Lutron Caseta Wireless smart home products on a white surface including four dimmer switches, a Pico remote, a wallplate bracket, and a Smart Bridge hub box.