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Recent Microposts and Posts at tomwilson.com
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A man in a car shouted, "Good job!" as he drove by the construction workers on Lake Street. "Thank you," one of the workers replied without pausing his work. I didn't mind having to push my bike past the construction. Lake Street has been through some tough times, now it's coming back.
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Categories: In This Together
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A Favorite Spot for Breakfast
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Paused for cooked-to-order breakfast sandwiches beside Lake Harriet. Nearby, mothers relaxed with their young kids, and a four-person book club sometimes discussed the book.
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Categories: Eat, Minneapolis
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Tethered the shelving I set up last week to a wall bracket screwed into a stud. The tether is designed to prevent furniture tipping over in an earthquake. We don’t have earthquakes, but if someone falls and grabs on, they won’t end up with the shelves on top of them.
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Sausage Saturday Shopping
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On my bike ride, picked up the missing ingredients for Sausage Saturday: Ukrainian sausage from Kramarczuk's, crusty bread from Surdyk's, and over-packaged baby kale from Lunds and Byerlys.
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My bike ride came to an abrupt halt when the rear derailleur locked up. A link in the chain had failed. Pushed my bike two miles to Freewheel Bike, near our home, where bike technician Martin replaced the chain on the spot in five minutes flat.
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Categories: Cycle, Wabi-Sabi
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A Fruit So Smelly, It's Not Returnable
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On a walk with a friend, cooled off in a large Asian supermarket. Noted the nonreturnable durian. “Its odor is best described as pig-excrement, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock.” (Wikipedia.) Left with a packet of matcha Japanese KitKats.
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Categories: Eat, South Asia
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55-Bin System for Hobbies and Home
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Started setting up a 55-bin system to organize parts for our hobbies and home maintenance, replacing dozens of plastic shoeboxes. About a quarter of the bins will hold bulk and bulky LEGO Technic parts. The bins are easily subdivided, making parts more available.
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Categories: LEGO, Simplify
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