A rather angry storm came through the Minneapolis/St Paul area tonight, complete with sirens, meanacing winds, boiling clouds, tornados, wall clouds, the whole magilla. There have been reports of tornado touchdowns as well as hail 5 inches in diameter. This all has been happening tonight in the northern suburbs (I live in the southern [...]
Read more...I have to admit, not a bad weekend for once. Saturday I got a lot accomplished. Oil changes on both of our cars, I’m glad I did that as they were way overdue. Then, the NASCAR race Saturday night was the last race before the 10-race playoff or “Chase to the Nextel [...]
Read more...One day you wonder when the trees will bud and bloom their leaves, and the next day you realize they already have and they’re smothered with leaves. But it wasn’t the next day - it was four, five days after the last time you noticed. It happens fast, you walk to your car preoccupied, thinking [...]
Read more...Hot. Muggy. It feels like July. I turned the air conditioner on in the apartment today for the first time this year. Two weeks ago I probably would have laughed at the idea of complaining about 74 degree weather, but today was really muggy and sticky outside. Bad enough to [...]
Read more...My first half week at my new job went well. I can definitely say that I’m happy with it so far and that I feel confident that I’ve made the right decision even though there weren’t so many options available. I think that even if I would have had 20 other options, this [...]
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