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Threes Thank you very much Melissa for calling me out... Three nicknames that you have had: 1. Bejota 2. Bradley Bear 3. Baby Hooters Three things you like about yourself: 1. I'm (generally) healthy 2. My magnetic personality 3. My titanium-enhanced upper jaw Three things you don't like about yourself: 1. Explosive verbal diarrhea 2. I'm anal 3. I'm passive Three things that scare you: 1. Disappointing my Mom 2. Drowning 3. George W. Bush Three of your everyday essentials: 1. Pooping 2. Internetting 3. Music Three things you are wearing right now: 1. Sketchers 2. United Way polo shirt 3. Farmer tan Three of your favorite bands growing up: 1. New Kids on the Block 2. Michael Jackson 3. Dave Matthews Band Two truths and a lie: 1. Broccoli is my favorite vegetable 2. I eat boogers 3. I eat babies Three things you can't do without: 1. My friends & family 2. Computers 3. Alone time Three things you most certainly can do without: 1. Reality TV 2. Spam 3. My spare tire Three places you want to go on vacation: 1. Australia/New Zealand 2. South Africa 3. Wherever RCI has resorts Three things you want to do before you die: 1. Invent something 2. Shoot a below par round of golf 3. Figure out how to raise 2.5 children Three people you want to know these things about: 1. Mom 2. Catherine 3. Derek (a perfect excuse to finally start a blog!)
posted by Brad at 6/30/2005 04:52:00 PM | permalink |
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Mr. & Mrs. Muck Susan snapped in excess of 250 pictures from 
posted by Brad at 6/29/2005 10:40:00 AM | permalink |
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Blogger Images Blogger just added support for uploading images (instead of having to use Hello, for example) - now my Mom & Rebecca have no excuse for not sharing pictures with us...
posted by Brad at 6/27/2005 04:08:00 AM | permalink |
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Home Again, Home Again Jiggity jig. We made it back safely - I wish I could spend more time reliving memories of the past 2 weeks, but the alarm will be going off in 4 hours :(
posted by Brad at 6/27/2005 03:58:00 AM | permalink |
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Delayed Post Written on the Tablet while driving 3 days ago, no WiFi at the hotel to post... Susan is currently driving (ssh, don't tell Enterprise) through Wisconsin (keep it on the DL, yo) for this leg of our journey - we are about 100 miles from Eau Claire and have 2 hours to make it to the rehearsal on time. It just started raining, hopefully there won't be any of that tomorrow! We stopped at Starbucks & Taco Bell in Wisconsin Dells, and just wasted 6:13 our lives responding to a customer satisfaction survey since we didn't win the $1000 weekly prize. In case you've got some time to kill, the number to call is 888-731-9645 and store number 009564 - I'll hang on to the receipt.
posted by Brad at 6/27/2005 03:55:00 AM | permalink |
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Got 'er Done Well, we technically got round #6 in this morning at Shoop, but it was rather forgettable. I'm really glad that Nick and Michael are picking up the game though, hopefully the Johnson I gotta go teach my mom how to post pictures on her blog...
posted by Brad at 6/24/2005 08:37:00 AM | permalink |
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Random Update So tired... had a nice get together this evening with extended family, then Nick and I enjoyed cigars around a campfire with the family (plus Susan). We're getting up at 5 AM to golf, so this has to be quick. I subbed for uncle Paul in my Dad's golf league on Tuesday night, rather happy to shoot a 47 with 16 putts and 2 penalty strokes. Didn't fare quite as well on Wednesday morning, shooting 52 including 2 pars, 2 bogeys, 2 doubles, 2 triples and ended with a snowman (8) on the final hole (par 4). Tomorrow we drive to Eau Claire for Muck & Erins wedding, can't believe our trip is almost over :(
posted by Brad at 6/23/2005 11:08:00 PM | permalink |
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Off to Racine We've had such a great time in Minnesota, but now it's time for the Sconnie leg of our trip. Let me tell you how much I'm looking forward to 365 miles without cruise control :( 
posted by Brad at 6/21/2005 08:36:00 AM | permalink |
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Borgstrom/Roose Wedding
 It was awesome.
posted by Brad at 6/19/2005 01:04:00 PM | permalink |
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Google Sightseeing Have I ever mentioned the Google Sightseeing blog? It uses the satellite imagery from Google Maps to provide virtual tours of our continent. One of today's posts was a shot of E&J Gallo winery in Modesto - we know a couple people who work there, but so far haven't succeeded in convincing them to let us drink from these tanks...
posted by Brad at 6/19/2005 12:47:00 PM | permalink |
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Happy Fathers Day There once was a man named Bob J, Is golfing on this Fathers Day. I wish I were there, He's still got his hair, We'll be there in two days, hooray!
posted by Brad at 6/19/2005 09:01:00 AM | permalink |
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Half & Half Today marks the halfway point of our trip, and Lisa (Susan's best high school friend) & Mark's wedding day. Susan is in the hair & makeup trailer right now getting ready, and I'm taking it easy until the ceremony this afternoon. Looking forward to sporting my new pink shirt, one of several I've acquired on this trip (not all pink, sadly). I laid out all the clothes I bought the other day - I think it's 8 shirts, 3 pairs of jeans, a gopher hat, shoes, pair of shorts and sportcoat for under $400. Gotta love tax-free clothes shopping... In case you haven't heard, Rebecca & Dan are pregnant! So happy for them - now it's time to see if this will bring us back from California earlier than planned (they are due in February). In other news, my parents got a "new" vehicle last night while I was out sucking it up at Olympic Hills with Tony - needless to say I did not repeat my performance from a year ago.
posted by Brad at 6/18/2005 09:53:00 AM | permalink |
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"You Guys Get A Lot of Rain Here" I made a goal of playing golf 6 times during this 2 week vacation, and last night was round #2. Rich, Dan & I took a chance with the weather and played Parkview Golf Club last night - and got rained on.  No updates since Sunday - it's been nice to go "low tech" for awhile, but I broke down and spent a couple hours on the Tablet at Panera this morning. We slept way in on Monday, but got up in time to spend the afternoon with my mentor in Chanhassen - I had never seen Paisley Park before so that was cool too. Rich and I were all over Halo 2 on the Xbox Tuesday - I'm not much of a gamer but still managed to stay up killing aliens past 2 AM. Becca took the day off, so we lunched at Olive Garden where the canneloni was good but the coffee was disappointing. I'm heading to the American Sports Cafe this evening for $5 all you can consume Pizza & Miller High Life, and then on to the Twins game! See you there.
posted by Brad at 6/15/2005 01:24:00 PM | permalink |
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mmm, Panera Free WiFi (and the Cinnamon Crunch Bagel) are GOOD.
posted by Brad at 6/15/2005 10:44:00 AM | permalink |
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SFO
we are parked at gate 34, a full hour before our flight departs -what a waste of time! too bad i didnt get a t mobile hotspot trial
posted by Brad at 6/13/2005 01:31:00 PM | permalink |
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Whew I try not to reuse post titles, but I feel like this might be a dupe - too lazy to check. I am POOPED after whirlwind day #2 in Minnesota, but can't go to bed since I just inserted these crappy Target imitation whitestrips. In case you're in the market, spend the extra $20 and get the Crest ones - these make me feel like I'm wearing a football mouthguard filled with foul epoxy. I must have worn myself out while dominating at Phase 10 last night, since we slept until 8:30 this morning. After breakfast and a Target/Starbucks run, we showered and were off... I found myself eating a buffet lunch at Santorini with Krista and Nic, who are leaving Minny for Lockheed Martin and sunny Dallas. The $8.95 bottomless drinks were key - I got to try two cocktails I had not previously experienced (Seabreeze & Greyhound). I managed a 50 at Brookview with Wade (pretty sure he beat me) before heading over to Katie & John's to catch up before they leave for a 2 week Grecian Delight honeymoon. Then it was off to see Sarah & Jeff's new house for the first time, which was painted a beautiful yellow that reminded me of Marzipan: 
posted by Brad at 6/12/2005 11:35:00 PM | permalink |
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Dear Susan I think you should read up on how Nerds make better lovers, but I must disagree with one statement it makes regarding geeks: And they're pretty faithful people, because they're certainly grateful for anything they have. Bold!
posted by Brad at 6/11/2005 11:54:00 AM | permalink |
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Dear Mom We made it to Minneapolis OK. I am le tired. Now we're going to Perkins.
posted by Brad at 6/11/2005 08:23:00 AM | permalink |
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Why I Need A Cameraphone 3 examples from the past couple days where having a cameraphone would have really come in handy... The "Fry Box" cupholder at Target - anyone who eats fries often enough to justify one of these has a serious problem. "Do It In A Stockton Datsun" license plate frame. It was hilarous, but reading about it just doesn't do it justice. "I'm a 25 Gallon Blood Donor" license plate frame. Let me know if I'm doing the math wrong on this one: You donate 1 pint of blood per visit, 4 pints to a quart, 4 quarts to a gallon. So 25 gallons = 400 pints? Given that you have to wait 56 days between donations, that means it took this individual a minimum of 22,400 days to achieve this mark. That's over 60 years!?!
posted by Brad at 6/10/2005 08:33:00 PM | permalink |
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mmm, Dounts Someone left the June issue of CFO on my chair this morning.  I wish they would have left an actual donut instead. PS: Clicking on the image takes you to a CFO blog, which does not appear to provide RSS :( UPDATE: I got a reply to the comment I posted: Thanks for your question. The tech people tell me we're working on developing exactly that capability. But I'm not sure how far away it is. Stayed tuned, and thanks for reading the blog.
posted by Brad at 6/10/2005 11:48:00 AM | permalink |
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TV Twinkies Imagine my surprise to flip from the Women's College World Series on ESPN to ESPN2 and find - the Twins! No doubt because Santana is pitching, but this is really going to screw up my evening. Who wants to dust off their college ID and catch the Twins/Giants game next Wednesday night at the Baggiedome? $3 tickets and 20,000 hot dogs sounds like a recipe for a good time to me...
posted by Brad at 6/08/2005 09:23:00 PM | permalink |
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With A Quickness Man, only 2 days until we abandon California for Wedapalooza 2005 - still so much to do... I'm waiting for 2 never-ending jobs to run at work right now, so decided an update was in order. First of all, Happy Anniversary to Dan & Rebecca! .jpg) We were supposed to go golfing this afternoon, but its all misty & hurty outside - I feel like I'm walking around a produce department. Figures that it rains the one day I get some motivation and convince 3 people to golf with me...
posted by Brad at 6/08/2005 06:10:00 PM | permalink |
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Frank Lloyd Wright, Yaay
posted by Brad at 6/07/2005 11:50:00 PM | permalink |
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Done and Done A mere 10 months after my dad and I started, the garage is done. 
posted by Brad at 6/07/2005 12:25:00 AM | permalink |
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Not Quite Milwaukee We just got back from Summerfest, covered with infield dust and a bit of a sunburn. Good times, though - the people watching was entertaining, conversation enlightening and company (Susan and Brie) outstanding. Veronica and Rachel from MTV's Inferno 2 were "guest MCs", actually just hawking their line of "Future MILF" t-shirts. Oh, and there was music too...  
posted by Brad at 6/05/2005 08:11:00 PM | permalink |
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San Francisco Park Olympics Even though most every resident & tourist wasn't aware, the Olympics were held at Lafayette Park yesterday. Events included
No medals were awarded, but Susan and I did take home the 2nd place trophy in the Horseshoes competition. I was also lucky enough to capture the Bocce Ball title, which means we added 2 pieces of hardware to our ever-growing collection. Too bad they are traveling trophies and we'll have to defend them in the fall... We met lots of new faces, as well as a few we hadn't seen in years - namely Josh Danielson and Marc Wendorf. We had hecka fun despite the somewhat brisk weather conditions atop the hill, but the drive home required some emergency Peanut M&Ms and 711 coffee to keep me company (Susan and the dog were OUT).  Note that the 1st place trophies had little men atop them, while women adorned the 2nd place ones - nice work Tim. Who plays horseshoes in a skirt?!?
posted by Brad at 6/05/2005 11:14:00 AM | permalink |
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Light Up A Stogey... I had my first ultrasound yesterday, but I'm somewhat disappointed to say that it is neither a boy nor a girl: ULTRASOUND EVALUATION OF KIDNEYS INDICATION: c/o right flank pain and hematuria. TECHNIQUE: Transabdominal evaluation of retroperitoneum was performed with special attention to kidneys. FINDINGS: The right kidney measures 113 x 47 x 62 mm and contains a calyceal stone measuring about 7 x 5 x 7 mm. The left kidney measures 118 x 59 x 61 mm. The renal parenchymal thickness is 11 mm on the right side and 14 mm on the left side. No hydronephrosis is identified. The limited evaulation of the urinary bladder is unremarkable. The ureters cannot be well evaluated in the retroperitoneum. IMPRESSION: A small right sided nonobstructive calyceal stone. In case you ever decide to ask me for a kidney, keep in mind that the left one is larger, thicker, and seems less prone to producing stones... Which means you can have the right one. What's this about my bladder being unremarkable? I beg to differ.
posted by Brad at 6/02/2005 09:39:00 PM | permalink |
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Dear Melissa, (This post is in response to a comment below, but I wanted to make sure everyone could see it in case they care...) RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It's basically just data - in the case of your blog, each new post is a new piece of data. The important thing is that the data is formatted in a standardized way. As a result, the RSS feed from your blog looks similar to the RSS feed from my blog (and everyone else's, you get the idea). But RSS is not exclusive to blogs - any website can use the standard to advertise new pieces of data. I just happened to notice that the Star Tribune has RSS feeds - I'll be subscribing soon! Since all sites that publish RSS feeds use a standard format, I can use a software program that understands RSS to view feeds from all over the Internet. This type of software program is called an aggregator. I currently use Bloglines and NewsGator for aggregating RSS feeds, both of which are free. The "blogroll" on my website is simply a list of all the feeds I track in NewsGator. But here's the best part: Instead of going to all the websites/blogs I want to keep track of to see if they have been updated, the RSS feed tells me when there is new content. I can now go to one place (my aggregator) and see if any of the 100+ feeds I track have been updated... My case might seem a bit extreme, but there are people out there subscribed to over 1000 feeds. The point is that even if you only keep up on a few sites, using RSS with an aggregator will allow you to stay more current with less time & effort. Make sense?
posted by Brad at 6/01/2005 02:19:00 PM | permalink |
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RSS = Really Sad Story I was thrilled to see that my hometown newspaper has several weblogs available on its website. As an out-of-towner, what a great way for me to keep up on what's happening of interest in my community. I know I could just check their website or probably even sign up for an e-mail newsletter, but this is where RSS can be truly powerful. I can pick and choose the blogs that interest me, then add their feed to my aggregator and track them alongside everything else I care about... ...oh wait. All the feeds on the Journal Times weblogs point to the same one - for "Rob on the Road." I filled out the "contact us" form on their website to find out why, and was saddened by the response I received... The blogs probably just create an RSS feed for the "main" blog, which is currently set to Rob on the Road. To be honest, the RSS feeds are a "side effect" to the blogs. We weren't terribly concerned about them. Get with the program! You're breaking my heart. UPDATE: I received another e-mail from the webmaster - "If we get more feedback about it, we may look into it more but you're the first person to ever speak up about it so it's not a priority..." In case you care to nudge them in the right direction, the contact form is here.
posted by Brad at 6/01/2005 09:48:00 AM | permalink |
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