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“No Talky on Phony”. 😊

Colorful magnetic alphabet letters on a stainless steel espresso machine spelling NO TALKY ON PHONY with glasses stacked on top.
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Love these two so much. Both pictures by my other love, Tammy.

Young girl with reddish-brown hair wearing a pink Hello Kitty shirt, smiling outdoors near rocky terrain with trees in the background. Young blond toddler in a blue shirt looking into the distance outdoors with blurred green trees behind them.
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Coldplay Concert

At Coldplay concert. Floor left, row 35. Noticing all the redundant tech systems in the Coldplay setup.

Large indoor arena concert with pink laser beams radiating from the stage over a crowd holding glowing wristbands and light sticks. Packed arena concert floor bathed in red light with colorful balloons floating above the crowd toward a brightly lit stage Arena concert stage with teal and purple laser beams, a large circular screen, and a crowd holding glowing wristbands in a packed indoor venue. Concert stage bathed in deep blue light with confetti cannon bursts and circular speaker arrays above a silhouetted crowd Dense crowd faces a stage bathed in bright cyan light with a massive burst of blue and green confetti filling the air
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Surprised how 3 days after the fact this (these?) hornet stings are really swollen.

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Three racks of St. Louis ribs on the Big Green Egg.

Three racks of St. Louis ribs standing upright in a rib rack inside a Big Green Egg ceramic smoker, coated in dry rub.

Smoke.

Big Green Egg kamado grill with smoke rising from the cast iron top vent, thermometer reads approximately 250 degrees F.

Sauce.

Large pot of simmering barbecue sauce stirred with a wooden spoon on a Max Burton induction cooktop set to 250 degrees.

Surly Sÿx! Thanks Kurt!

Hand holding a dark bottle of Surly Brewing Co Syx Ale with an ornate skull label, outdoors on a patio

Ribs done. Delicious.

Plate of smoked St. Louis ribs on a red plate at an outdoor picnic table beside a bottle of Surly Syx beer, dog visible in background.
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Now that is a Big Green Egg!

Giant inflatable Big Green Egg mascot character outside Kitchen Window store, green egg-shaped body with yellow arms and red shoes.
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Wow. Apple’s web site to schedule a Genius Bar appointment doesn’t work right in Safari 6? Can’t move to future days. Works in Chrome. 😕

Okay, the Apple Genius bar website does work on Safari 6. They bug it with an Omniture tag and Ghostery was blocking Omniture.

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Came across this snake while hiking on Rock Island this weekend. Anyone know what kind of snake it is?

Long green striped snake moving across a shaded forest floor covered in twigs and leaf litter.
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Played a quick game of Kubb yesterday in Sister Bay, WI waiting for our boat ride.

Woman in a striped green shirt holding Kubb batons standing beside a grass Kubb field with wooden pins and boundary string.
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Bummed that I was out of town for Luke Francl last Minnedemo (for a while at least).