Gallon of blue stuff ordered by Lori Keekley. Tom Keekley drinking.
12 hour day today. Felt like 3!
I must have ordered the most expensive sandwich that Subway sells.
Well that wasn’t the morning I was planning on. The network gods were not smiling this morning.
Happy for The New Standards to take the stage at The Dakota. Here with Mike Rock and our better-halfs.
The neighborhood is doing the Children’s World Marathon Challenge today. Love where we live.
Still have 5 leather coin purses in reserve since nobody seems to make them anymore. Old Man Tech.
Filtering through my camera gear to see what should go on eBay.
Uncle Tupelo nostalgia inspired by this sticker on my camera hard case.
Facebook to rip search opt-out from under those who were using it ← Time to delete account yet?
Classic Van Halen getting things rocking at #TeamSPS sales event! Guessing most of #TeamSPS at today’s event know Van Halen as that band on the classic rock station. 😀
Minnedemo 15
Minnedemo 15 was great!
Proud to have SPS Commerce sponsoring Minnedemo 15!
Nice to see Lou Abramowski demoing Unbenchable!
Very impressive UI on Dash demo. Super polished.
Liked 60 Minutes segment on disability benefits abuse? Listen to This American Life #490: Trends with Benefits
Another Planet Kubb network site! Kubb on! Chippewa Valley Kubb League
Just shredded my first CD-RW using this new shredder. That was fun. 😊
Best win with You Need A Budget so far? It’s made personal finances a team sport with Tammy instead of me holed up in “Quicken hell”.
Mazie's First Hockey Game
Mazie and I went to the Minnesota Wild game last night along with Alone and Dylan. It was Mazie’s first hockey game and although she thought it was too loud at times she had a great time. Of course chocolate ice cream helps! And we got these weird looking hats.
Congratulations Alona & Dylan!
On September 27th my sister Alona tied the knot with her fiancé Dylan! They had a very nice ceremony followed by a reception at the Maple Grove Community Center. The ceremony was family and close friends standing in the gardens off of the reception area. Alona and Dylan had a Bahá’í marriage ceremony which does not have an officiant. They asked me to start things off with a few words.
Good evening and welcome to the marriage ceremony of Alona Thingelstad and Dylan Maas-Morgan. Alona, my sister, and Dylan have asked me to greet you all today and welcome you to this wonderful ceremony of love and dedication.
I am sure that you have all been to a many weddings, however this may be your first Bahá’í wedding. You will notice that no clergy is present, we are not in a church and everybody is enjoying a wonderful Minnesota fall evening. A Baha’i wedding is a simple exchange of a single statement. Once both the groom and bride make this pledge in the presence of two witnesses, Dylan and Alona will be married.
Today, Alona’s mother Rosalin and I have agreed to serve as these witnesses. While a Bahá’í marriage is a decidedly simple affair, Bahá’í’s take the institution of marriage with the utmost seriousness.
From the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: “And when He desired to manifest grace and beneficence to men, and to set the world in order, He revealed observances and created laws; among them He established the law of marriage, made it as a fortress for well-being and salvation, and enjoined it upon us in that which was sent down out of the heaven of sanctity in His Most Holy Book.” That fortress is filled with that most important thing, love. From `Abdu’l-Bahá: “…[I]n the world of humanity the greatest king and sovereign is love. If love were extinguished, the power of attraction dispelled, the affinity of human hearts destroyed, the phenomena of human life would disappear.”
In a moment Dylan and Alona will exchange those blessed words. This will be followed with a Bahá’í prayer. Please listen closely. As with many great things in life, it all goes by much too quickly.
And now a reading from Dylan’s mother, Cynthia…
Here are the photos I took. I also put them on Facebook for all the people that like that kind of thing, but I’m also putting them here so they are still around after Facebook (A.F.).
It was a great evening filled with family and fun. Congrats to my sister and her new husband and I wish them years of wedded bliss!
See also: Wedding day, Tammy and I, and Party Hat.