Team Red, White, and Blue out running the Twin Cities Marathon this morning!
Friends of ours host a Marathon Party every year right around Mile 8 as the course goes along Minnehaha Creek. They put out a big speaker and play Jump Around on repeat for about an hour. It is awesome!
Twin Cities Marathon morning!
I’m using the new Use Model capability in Shortcuts to bring My Version number to life on my phone each morning. The prompt is still off — too software focused and not enough zen. But I like where this is going and how easy it is to create.
Delightful evening for a late season soccer game! Go Loons!
A very big Happy Birthday to my Mom! Doubly special that many of her sisters and her brother could come and celebrate with us! 🎂
Very happy that I found out you can get 12” firewood. This fits perfect in the sauna oven. Let it snow! 🥶🔥
Taking my (very dirty) boat in for the winter.
Got my first immersive card in Pokémon TCG Pocket tonight — Pikachu ex. The videos for these are pretty cool.
John Prine had the answer to being “too online” before being online was even a thing.
Blow up your TV, throw away your paper,
Go to the country, build you a home,
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches,
Try and find Jesus, on your own.
Spanish Pipedream released in 1971.
John Prine: Songs & Souvenirs
I never got a chance to see John Prine play. There is a list of bands that I really regret never seeing play live. Hüsker Dü is on it. So is The Replacements. And so is John Prine. When he passed away in 2020 I was sad that we lost such an amazing songwriter.
I don’t remember how I found John Prine but I know it was on a CD run that I picked up Great Days: The John Prine Anthology and listened to disc 1 of that set many, many times.
Jason Wilber and Dave Jacques both toured and played with John Prine for well over a decade. They took the stage at The Dakota and led a great evening through the Prine catalog and encouraged the audience to sing along the verses. It was a gift from them to us — to be able to hear those songs and enjoy the music even though Prine is gone.
They also raise funds for Prine’s Hello in There Foundation from each show. Wonderful stuff. 🎶
Climbing Stillwater’s Main Street Stairs.
Off to Stillwater area this morning. Starting with breakfast at Mon Petit Chéri.
It seems that Affogatos are all of a sudden popular at a number of different places. Sadly, most places that have good ice cream have terrible coffee — and vice versa. However I was very impressed with Sebastian Joe’s delicious rendition — if only they didn’t put it in a paper cup. 🍦☕️
We walked over to the Linden Hills Fall Festival to check out the 50th annual event. It was a nice neighborhood event but the main thing that we noted was Cal Pflum playing on the stage. He is very young but has a really great voice!
We found the Illuminati. 😁
Drive-thru metrics. Needs some sparklines. Too many numbers, not enough easy to read lines.
After following Tyler to Pokémon TCG Pocket I decided to also try one of his favorite games — Clash Royale. I’m a total newbie. If you play let’s connect!
