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• February - One of My Two Least Favorite Months. February and August are my least favorite months in the upper Midwest. For the same but opposite reasons - uncomfortable weather. February is when the cold and depression of winter finally sets in (11°F as I write this). The snow turns mean in the cold; short-sheeting the dormant brown grass and grating like fingernails on a
• I missed another 1-on-1 Bike Swap The 1-on-1 Bike Swaps are a great way to celebrate spring and autumn, clean out your garage, and race un-ride-able bikes around a track bordered with empty PBR cans. The May 22 bash was the second one I missed. Gene, Hurl, if you’re listening - add an RSS feed to the 117 blog. Thanks.
• Stinson Auto Brought the Neon Back to Normal Back when Saint Paul the Auto Repairman fixed my tie rod end, he noticed the front brakes needed to be done and warned: “You’re going to lose a caliper.” He also warned the alignment was off. To go straight, turn the steering wheel 60 degrees off normal. No, Jen didn’t want me driving the car until both
• Some Powerbook Keys Not Working Oddest thing. I pulled the PowerBook out the laptop bag and a handful of keys stopped responding. I’ve opened up the Keyboard Viewer to confirm. Here’s the list thus far: return & enter (came back after restart) Tilde Caps Lock F12 (initiates my Dashboard) Disc eject Left square bracket Arrow up Arrow right I plugged in the USB keyboard from the eMac and that
• HomeMade Pizza Company coming to Minnetonka and Wayzata One of the things I still miss from our time in the Central Street neighborhood in Evanston is the HomeMade Pizza Company take-n-bake pizza. Clean, open storefronts, amazing ingredients. Cooked up in the comfort of your own home. My favorites are the Spinach Pie and the Savory Pie. Both are so much tastier than Davanni’s par-bake