Goin Fishin

This upcoming Memorial Weekend marks yet another trip with my friends and their families to Alexandria for an extended weekend of fishing. I look forward to this trip every year (much to my wife's dismay) and enjoy being out on the lake with my group of friends.

When Todd & Renae first started inviting friends several years ago, I didn't even fish. After a couple years of hanging out in the boat, I decided to give it a go and bought my own pole. The past two years have been rough - not a single fish caught by Loki.

But this year....THIS YEAR....things will be different! OR ELSE!!! :-/

Porter Goes To Work

The weather for Thursday was supposed to be gorgeous and warm enough in the morning to make my first attempt at taking Porter (my Honda Passport scooter) into work. I estimated my travel time of about an hour and left 15 minutes early in case of traffic issues. It was a bit chilly in the shady areas, but overall the ride was splendid! No real traffic until I got close to downtown Minneapolis - one of the benefits of taking back streets.

Everyone was asking if I was going to commute in this fashion every day. I don't think that would be a good idea, as it's a shorter commute if I take the train. But I might ride my scooter to the bus stop more frequently as summer rolls in!

Good Day for a Picnic

We went to Como Park for a picnic today in celebration of my mother-in-law's birthday earlier this week. It was really nice out (mid-60s) and even though there was a slight breeze it turned out to be good weather to pull up a bench and have some cake. Afterwards, we watched Allison and Will climb around on the playground - of course, they didn't want to leave when it was time to go. =)

Think About It. Think About It. Think...

Last weekend on Saturday my friend Jason and I hung out, grabbed some beer and burgers at The Bulldog and then went to see Information Society in concert. We had fun, even though we purposely went late to avoid the opening acts and still ended up catching the last 2 out of 3 anyway. Insoc didn't go on until after 11pm, but it was worth the wait. I've forgotten how insanely hilarious these guys are from seeing interviews on MTV back in the 80's and 90's. They played a great set as well, including songs from their early early days (think 1981) that have never been released. Being originally from Minneapolis, Kurt kept saying, "We claim we are from here." What, like we're embarrased?