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Discovered the Planters Nutmobile in our neighborhood on our evening walk tonight! Will be curious to see how this story evolves! 🥜

Planters Nutmobile, a large vehicle shaped like a peanut shell with a blue Planters logo, parked on a residential driveway.
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Just barely put up another PR this morning in Kendall Toole’s Metal Ride. 394 kJ (+1 over previous). Strong finish with Master of Puppets at the end. 🤘 #FitByFifty

Peloton workout summary for a 30-minute metal ride showing 394 kJ output, 649 calories, power zone chart, and effort breakdown by zone.
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Oddball at REM5VR

A couple weeks back we got to try REM5VR’s newest arena experience, Oddball. it is a VR version of laser tag. The four of us played and got to pair up in different teams. You wear a wireless VR headset that allows you to walk around in the space. You see the other players in VR space relative to where you are. There were some glitches getting the VR headsets all talking and calibrated to start with, but we were quickly playing and having a lot of fun.

It is a little odd to be in a VR space with other people walking around, but we didn’t bump into each other. The VR world allows the arena we were playing in to feel much bigger than the actual space, and there were teleporters and power up spots that would appear in the space.

REM5 told us we were the first customers to go through it, and the person running it was kind enough to capture the video of us playing and send it to me. Here is our 3rd round where Tammy and I got beat pretty handily by the kids.

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I’ve made 71 loans on Kiva over the years and just setup Monthly Good that automatically funds loans. Great program since I like what Kiva does, but forget to relend funds. Now I can lend more, and know the funds are being put to work!

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No fairs so this Pronto Pup stand has been open on the side of Highway 60 this summer. I stopped for dinner tonight. I prefer corn dogs but this was pretty good too.

Pronto Pups food stand trailer with red and white striped base, two customers ordering at the window, parked on grass near trees.
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Hit a new 30-minute spin PR this morning! 393 kJ (+11 from previous). #FitByFIfty

Peloton workout summary showing 393 kJ output over 30 minutes with power zone breakdown and 218 watt average output.
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This graph speaks volumes about the impact to society from the pandemic.

Line chart showing COVID-19 employment drop by wage quintile Feb-May 2020, lowest earners lost 30 percent of jobs while highest earners lost only 6 percent
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Very strong storm woke me and the dog up. Lots of thunder and lightning. Tripped the power. Pea sized hail. Scared Lucky enough she hid in the basement.

Doppler radar showing a severe storm centered near Chanhassen Minnesota with intense red and orange reflectivity covering the Minneapolis metro area
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Double rainbow in Yellowstone National Park. 🌈🌈

Double rainbow arching over a meadow with dead logs and an evergreen forest under a gray overcast sky in Yellowstone National Park.
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Coronavirus maps via the New York Times.

Bubble map of the US showing coronavirus case counts by state, with California 556,100 plus, Florida 526,500 plus, and Texas 502,500 plus among the largest. Choropleth map of the US showing coronavirus case density by county, with darker red-orange areas concentrated in the South and East.