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Thursday, August 24

Travel, Twins & Toothpaste

posted by Brad at 8/24/2006 11:38:00 PM | permalink | 4 comments

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• Dude, you've got too much time on your hands.

  By  gomattolson, at 8/25/2006 8:06 AM 

• well yeah - cuz you were at work at 8:06 and i'm just leaving home now!

  By  Brad, at 8/25/2006 8:47 AM 

• Okay, that is just bizarre. But i could see an art exhibit with all different swirls of different toothpastes. They would eventually dry, and probably get cracked and pasty......
  
  But I bet you could shellac them or something.
  
  Then again, maybe a photo project is smarter.

  By  Anonymous, at 8/25/2006 9:54 AM 

• I'd like to see what the Crest Whitestrips would do to the black background. Come on...you know you've got another $35 to waste.

  By  Anonymous, at 8/28/2006 11:31 AM 

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Tuesday, August 22

Fantasy Footballers

Let the criticism begin...

QB: Trent Green & Michael Vick
RB: Clinton Portis, Willie Parker, Jamal Lewis, Mike Anderson & Cedric Houston
WR: Torry Holt, Darrell Jackson, Rod Smith, Michael Clayton & Chad Jackson
TE: Benjamin Watson & Christian Fauria
K: John Kasay & Matt Stover
DEF: Jacksonville & San Diego

posted by Brad at 8/22/2006 04:55:00 PM | permalink | 2 comments

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• An 18 man roster!?! Good God man, spread the wealth. It looks like your team has a chance. It's definately the second most talented team I've ever seen.
  Good Luck, Brett Favre
  
  PS - Do you still have any of those Vicodin left over from June?

  By  Anonymous, at 8/23/2006 7:50 AM 

• So I am alittle behind on keeping up with my blog. I am gonna have to agree with Mr. Favre on the "Good God man" comment, an 18 man roster is a bit much. I would have went running back in both the first two rounds.
  Busta

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Hello, Bush

The presidential motorcade just drove through the 394/169 interchange, I happened to notice on the way back to my desk after grabbing some Caribou with Dmitry.

Traffic was backed up for miles on 394, can't wait to get out and join the party during rush hour...

posted by Brad at 8/22/2006 04:01:00 PM | permalink | 0 comments

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Monday, August 21

Golf 'n Balls

Pretty excited to have shot a 45 at Brookview tonight - might just be enough to pull our team out of last place on the final week of the league. Leaving my driver in the bag definitely helped, but the group behind us twice yelling to "hit the ball already" certainly did not.

It would be unfair to omit the round I played Saturday morning at Edinburgh USA with Wade and Crowley. I lost a dozen balls or so en route to a 116 - that course is not very forgiving...

posted by Brad at 8/21/2006 10:17:00 PM | permalink | 1 comments

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• Wow, shot a 45! Not bad for someone who has had 2 holes in 1! Just out of last place in league, my team did that on the very first hole on the last night of league. Congratulations on second worst. Dad

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Sunday, August 20

Sporty

It's shaping up to be a sports-tastic Sunday afternoon. I've got the Twins/White Sox game & PGA Championship on TV, and our fantasy football draft starts in 49 minutes.

Since I don't know shit about fantasy football, I signed up for a 30 day trial of ESPN Insider to give me access to a bunch of guys who actually know what they are talking about. Looks like I have the 6th pick in the draft, so I better go figure out which RB will score me the most points...

posted by Brad at 8/20/2006 01:15:00 PM | permalink | 2 comments

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• 6th pick, that's tough. Hopefully I was still available. Please post your team so I can make fun of you. Thanks, Brett Favre

  By  Anonymous, at 8/22/2006 3:31 PM 

• Wow! You're "in" with Favre! Introductions are definitely in order... ;)

  By  Anonymous, at 8/22/2006 7:03 PM 

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Friday, August 18

Woot!

Looking forward to a cheap "mini" to supplement my iTank - think this will get me into the gym more frequently?

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Thursday, August 17

Light Sweet Crude

Last year, James Kunstler published a book called "The Long Emergency" about (among other things) how we are using more and producing less oil every day, slowly spiraling into a global energy crisis. There's a fascinating excerpt in Rolling Stone, but it lacks any real suggestions as to what to do about the impending doom.

I read that article 4 months ago, and am perplexed as to why I didn't blog about it - certainly had an impact on me. Until today, when I read Malcolm Gladwell's case for geothermal energy - his dad installed a system and "guest blogged" about it.

Speaking of which, I think Busta needs to guest blog again sometime soon...

posted by Brad at 8/17/2006 11:04:00 AM | permalink | 0 comments

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Tuesday, August 15

Blogger in Beta

I was thrilled to see that Blogger has finally made some of the changes that I've been ranting about since starting to use it 2.3 years ago...

Most notably, the ability to "tag" posts (so you could quickly find all the posts I've written about the Twins, or wine, or whatever) - and a feed for comments (which I broke down and created myself last month.)

They are "limiting the number of people who can switch over" to the new functionality, so try to remain calm as I wait my turn...

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Friday, August 11

Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase

OK Mom, how many of these can you identify? Two-dimensional clay animations melding and merging the work of 35 famous artists.

posted by Brad at 8/11/2006 11:42:00 AM | permalink | 0 comments

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Fun With Photos & Maps

I finally got the rest of the pictures from our trip uploaded, check out the set to see all 46.

I also put some of the thumbnails on our map, but then started playing with a geotagging bookmarklet that allows me to pinpoint the latitude & longitude of my photos and display them on a site like flyr:

posted by Brad at 8/11/2006 10:38:00 AM | permalink | 1 comments

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• Endless trips to awesome places... DCI championship... AND time to map it all with pictures and technology and whatnot??? What is it that you do for a job? And how does one get that job?
  
  In my two weeks between summer job and back to the old usual job, I plan to do exciting things to like... clean my apartment.. wash my car... maybe go to Madison to visit my sister... woo-hoo!
  
  And where's my poem, Brad?
  I'm pretty sure I get one.
  It better be good.

  By  Anonymous, at 8/12/2006 2:46 AM 

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Thursday, August 10

Call Me A Dork, But

I'm stoked for this weekend's DCI World Championships in Madison, even though I have to miss an SNL-themed birthday party for Kristi, Toni & Josh in CA to attend.

To prepare for the main event, I'm going to watch tonight's quarterfinals via satellite at a movie theater. Popcorn for dinner, anyone?

posted by Brad at 8/10/2006 04:19:00 PM | permalink | 3 comments

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• I totally would have went to this, it's like Drumline, but real...only it starts in 2 minutes.

  By  Alicia, at 8/10/2006 5:03 PM 

• I'm headed to Racine tomorrow. Perhaps you'll see me on the road- I'll be the little black spark flying past you...
  
  Have a good time!

  By  Elizabeth, at 8/10/2006 7:04 PM 

• Brad, you are my favorite dork! See you tomorrow! Mom

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Tuesday, August 8

3.5 Months Later...

oh john and katie
you were first to pledge money
here is your haiku

posted by Brad at 8/08/2006 11:07:00 PM | permalink | 3 comments

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• Although extremely late and lacking creativity, I'll give you a D- for at least completing it. Well done.

  By  Anonymous, at 8/09/2006 9:55 PM 

• I do love haikus
  They are fun for me to write
  Work is slow today
  --Jason

  By  Anonymous, at 8/10/2006 1:02 PM 

• That haikus was lame
  Very unsatisfying
  I stick it in you
  
  Teddy KGB

  By  Anonymous, at 8/11/2006 12:26 PM 

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Monday, August 7

Oh Mel

Apparently, I find it rather difficult to identify movies once the faces of the actors have been removed...


I gave up after getting 16/60 on this quiz, how about you? Answers here.

posted by Brad at 8/07/2006 08:46:00 PM | permalink | 2 comments

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• Not much better - 28/60
  DK

  By  Anonymous, at 8/08/2006 8:32 AM 

• i got 28 out of 60 too

  By  Anonymous, at 8/08/2006 10:11 AM 

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Joe Mauer

Humble, hardworking & handsome...

posted by Brad at 8/07/2006 12:14:00 AM | permalink | 0 comments

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Wednesday, August 2

PCH = Pretty Cool, Hey?

Starting tomorrow morning, Kristi and I will be rollin' down the Pacific Coast on Highway 1. We found Windows Live Local to be real handy in planning the trip, and it even allows us to share the itinerary - check it out! The plan is to update the pushpins with photos as we go, feel free to follow along over the next few days...

On a semi-related topic, Nick told me about the Gigapxl Project a couple weeks ago - they are working on a Portrait of America that includes the Bixby & Big Creek bridges we will drive over tomorrow in Big Sur.

posted by Brad at 8/02/2006 03:14:00 PM | permalink | 2 comments

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• Who is Kristi? You need to give me a call b/c apparently I am no longer cool enough to keep updated on your life.
  Busta

  By  Anonymous, at 8/03/2006 2:36 PM 

• I am so jealous..this looks like a really fun trip! Have fun. Mom

  By  Anonymous, at 8/04/2006 12:47 PM 

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