First beer of 2014. New Year’s Day tradition: walk + lunch. Frigid weather = short walk.
Category: Living
LEGO Research
Researched jam-free designs for a LEGO Mindstorms ball dispenser. I’ll be asleep when the ball drops in Times Square.
Finding Work and Health Insurance
Library afternoon. Helped people to navigate poorly designed Web forms to find jobs and decent health insurance.
A Good Day to Work
-2 Fahrenheit, and dropping. A good day to stay inside, and do a bunch of work for a client.
Ice Dam
Today (hopefully) saved the roof: figured out a heat tape problem. Melt water is now flowing where I want it to flow.
Art for Everyone
Spoonbridge and Cherry (Oldenburg), Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Today, on my walk to The Wedge Co-op to pick up some groceries, I popped into the Walker Art Center to catch their Claes Oldenburg exhibition before it ends its run in January. Afterwards, it struck me there were learning moments for my nephews (5 and 6). This…… Continue reading Art for Everyone
Art for Everyone
Walked over to Walker Art Center then wrote a blog entry about art for my nephews.
Green Line Walk
A UK friend and I walked from Minneapolis to St. Paul, following the route of the light rail that will open in 2014.
Fresh Christmas Snow
Our yard this morning, still snowing: definitely a white Christmas. We went for a run on the fresh snow.
Our Traditional Tree
Life, Phase 3, is an opportunity to simplify. Simplification will become a necessity when, one day, we move from our current home to something more manageable. With simplification in mind, we took our bulky Christmas tree to the curb. “Free. Take me.” I was attaching the “take me” sign when a car came to a…… Continue reading Our Traditional Tree