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Incredible night for a fire on Cannon Lake.

Fire burning in a steel ring pit on a gravel patio at sunset beside a calm lake with bare trees silhouetted against an orange sky.
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We watched The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe tonight and it was a fun remembrance of reading the book when I was a little kid. Everyone enjoyed it. It is an epic story.

Movie poster for The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe featuring a lion, children in armor, a woman in a sleigh pulled by polar bears, and a lamppost.
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Sharing my current allocation of crypto investments. Skin in the game.

Horizontal bar chart showing crypto allocation: Bitcoin 52.56%, Ether 27.84%, Cardano 5.63%, and 9 others under 3%.

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I got my first shot of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine this morning!

I had to reflect on the timeline. First case of COVID-19 on December 31 2019 in Wuhan, China. January 21 2020 we had first case in US. On March 11 2020 the WHO declared a Global Pandemic.

384 days after the Pandemic declaration, on March 30 2021, I got my first shot of vaccine at MHealth Fairview Clinic in Bloomington, MN.

Thank you to all the Doctors, Scientists, Researchers, and Civil Servants that made this a reality! 👏

Man wearing an N95 mask and red jacket holds up his CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card showing a first Pfizer dose on 3/30/21
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I get my first vaccine shot on Tuesday! 🤩

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Brandi Carlile at the Ryman Auditorium

We were excited to watch Brandi Carlile stream her first live show tonight from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Brandi and the Twins have done a number of streamed shows from their home during the pandemic. But this was the first show with the band, on a professional stage, and a limited number of vaccinated folks in the audience. It was amazing! 🤩

Woman in a red jacket playing acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone on a stage with blue draped backdrop, shown on a wall-mounted TV with soundbar

Carlile started with her powerful cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”, just her and a guitar. She was then joined by the Twins, and then the band on the third song. She hit every song you would want to hear. The whole band was filled with so much energy, so excited to be playing together on a stage for the first time in over a year, that it came all the way through the Internet and out the TV in our family room. ⚡️

Wall-mounted TV showing a live concert broadcast with three guitarists performing on a red-lit stage with a soundbar below

We’ve been seeing Brandi Carlile sing for years now and we only get more impressed with her. She is an amazing performer, songwriter, and musician. Our whole family enjoys her music!

She finished the evening with an incredible performance of Amazing Grace. It was so beautiful I was wiping the tears from my eyes. If you haven’t seen Carlile, you really should. Her talent is amazing.

See list of Brandi Carlile shows.

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The Cactus Blossoms at First Avenue

Tonight we streamed The Cactus Blossoms as they played live to a limited 50-table audience at First Avenue. It was great to see them play live, and the production from First Avenue was really good with multiple cameras sweeping through the room. I hope that they continue to offer streaming options for shows. I like the idea of having an option to see bands live in the main room, but also being able to see them streaming opens up a lot of additional options to see live music that otherwise aren’t available.

Two musicians performing on a dimly lit stage with blue and purple stage lights, a drum kit visible in the background. Man in a black and gold patterned shirt playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone on a dimly lit stage Dark-haired male guitarist in a black embroidered shirt singing into a microphone on a dimly lit stage, holding a Fender guitar.
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“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.” — Atomic Habits (p 38)

I made four votes for the person I wish to become in my 60-min zone spin class this morning. See blue circles for digital version.

Peloton power zone ride output chart showing four circled peaks reaching Zone 6 and 7 during a 60-minute cycling workout

Analog version.

Peloton stationary bike pedal close-up in a home gym with a rack of hex dumbbells in the background.
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Enola Holmes

We watched Enola Holmes tonight and enjoyed it a lot. Witty story and characters. Millie Bobby Brown was great in the lead.

Netflix movie poster featuring a young woman in a red Victorian dress at center, with two men in period clothing above her, Big Ben visible in the background
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Pileated Woodpecker

I’ve been fighting a Pileated Woodpecker, and losing. This woodpecker has been visiting our house every morning. It usually shows up between 7-9am. It is the biggest woodpecker I’ve ever seen, and it’s done a number.

White painted wood gable siding with a large jagged hole and several gouges pecked into it near the roofline, with bare tree shadows cast across the wall.

We have someone coming tomorrow to put a metal plate up, and then we are going put in Hardie Board. The rest of the house has Hardie Board already, but its regular lumber in the gable.

I’ve been pounding on the wall, but it has gotten less scared of that. Now I’ve started running outside and yelling at it which sends it away. If the image of Bill Murray going after the Gopher in Caddyshack is coming to mind, that is about right.

Man in camouflage bucket hat lies on golf course grass pointing at a small groundhog emerging from a hole, holding a device in his other hand