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Watched Pick of the Litter tonight. Nice movie, particularly for dog lovers. The training guide dogs go through is impressive. 🐕

Five Labrador puppies posed together, one wearing a green Guide Dog Puppy tag, from the documentary film Pick of the Litter.
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We explored the Walker Art Center today. Modern art still makes me go “Huh?” a lot.

Spacious museum lobby with angular white walls, floor-to-ceiling windows, dark brick floor, and modern white bench seating. Large yellow inflatable sphere with giant cartoon eyes displayed in a museum gallery beside two visitors viewing a framed photograph Five blank white canvases of varying sizes displayed upright on a gallery floor, each labeled with artwork titles and dates from 1968 to 1986. Nine empty wooden picture frames of increasing size arranged in a row on a white gallery wall. Black-and-white projected image of a nuclear mushroom cloud displayed on a screen in a dark gallery room.
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We had a fun time at the 2018 British Arrows Awards today at the Walker. Liked the Nike, FIFA Soccer and Mini Cooper ads!

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Solid boxing workout this morning at TITLE Boxing.

Workout summary showing Other activity: 60 minutes, 692 kcal, heart rate chart peaking near 85%, with zone breakdown of 10, 27, 20, and 3 minutes.
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I know I should be impressed with our amazing, modern technology, but this happens so often and drives me a bit bonkers.

Siri on Apple Watch failing to play Foo Fighters, displaying the message Hmm I am having trouble playing that.
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I am “fixing” my Twitter import into micro.blog and needed to get rid of hundreds of those tweets, now imported as posts.

Pro Tip: You can use MarsEdit and set the number of posts to get to “9,999” and select any number of posts to delete in bulk.

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Parked at SPS Tower for a concert at the State Theater. Took skyways and skipped jackets on way there. Didn’t think anout skyways being closed later. It was a very frigid walk back to the car! 🥶

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2018 New Standards Holiday Show

First half of The New Standards Holiday Show was awesome. Okee Dokee Brothers, The Owls, Chris Koza, Jeremy Messersmith, Matt Wilson, Dessa, Tina Schleske, and Caroline Steele. 🎶

Large ensemble performance on an ornate theater stage with dancers in front, musicians and singers behind, under golden and blue stage lighting. Jazz ensemble of about eight musicians performing on a purple-lit theater stage before a seated audience, with upright bass, piano, guitar, and vibraphone visible. Large ensemble on a theater stage bathed in red and blue spotlights, a singer in a red jacket at center front, audience seated below Large ensemble concert on a purple-lit stage with a solo performer at front center, backed by a full band and string section, playing to a packed theater.

The New Standards brought it home with “Snow Days”, on the permanent playlist for the Holiday Show! 🎶❄️

Large band performs on a purple-lit stage as confetti rains down, with circle-patterned backdrop panels and a full audience in the foreground.

New Standards Holiday Shows: 2023, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2013, and 2012.

See list of The New Standards shows.

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The Kingfield at Five Watt is definitely a treat, not an everyday coffee, but it sure is delicious. Fancy coffee time! ☕️

Latte with tulip latte art in a white ceramic mug on a rustic wooden table, viewed from above.
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Tried Boludo Empanadas today — wow! I got three empanadas: Pollo, Carne, and Jamon y Queso. All were delicious! Good review in City Pages. 🤤