Bill tries the laab gai. Laura told him to try it before he slathered on the sriracha sauce, but would he listen?
Enjoyed dinner at my favorite restaurant in Apple Valley tonight with Laurie, Bill Roehl (author of the LazyLightning blog), his wife, Kim, his cousin-in-law, Laura, and friend, Tim. We had a blast getting to know each other and sampling some tasty (and spicy) Thai dishes. Haven’t laughed that hard in a good, long time. Here’s a link to Bill’s review. He nailed it — all except the part where he refers to Laurie as my much better half. Oh, all right, he got that right, too.
Artist's rendering of Monday's blizzard. Well, it's a work of Art, anyway
Oh, man, this week is going to suck. From the Star Tribune weather page:
Winter weather advisory posted for the metro and much of central MN; Blizzard Watch for the southwestern third of MN for high winds, blowing snow, dangerous wind chills Monday
2-4″ Monday, another 2-4″ possible Wednesday as a second clipper moves in…remember that when it’s subzero chemicals take MUCH longer to melt snow/ice: expect very icy roads and slow commutes through midweek
Coldest week of winter? Rivaling what we endured in mid December: subzero highs possible Tuesday and Thursday. Wake-up temperatures Thursday may dip to -20 in the outlying suburbs.
Bundle up. It’s gonna be a cold couple of days.
In honor of the home opener this evening, I post a couple of pictures, the first old-school anetsodi and the second the modern game. Go Swarm!
anetsodi, Cherokee style
Swarm playing modern box lacrosse
Remember: If you can’t be at tonight’s game, you can watch it live for free on Swarm Vision Live.
Here is a pic of my Uncle Jack taken this week, after he lost 72 pounds. Jack is a deputy and lives in Martinez, Georgia. At 183 pounds, he’s only a couple of pounds from his goal weight (and looking mighty good for an “old” guy — yes, my mom’s kid brother is 5 years older than I am). He’s quite an inspiration for me in keeping off the 88 pounds I lost last year. Heck, you could make a whole other person out of just the fat the two of us lost over the past year (yes, that would be one butt-ugly person, but you get what I’m sayin’).
Ed Fields and me in 2006, when I was in Oklahoma on business
Got an email this weekend from my Cherokee language teacher, Ed Fields. Always great to hear from him. Ed has taught online Cherokee classes for the nation’s cultural resources department for the past few years. I’ve completed Cherokee 1, 2 and 3 (several times each) and really enjoy Mr. Ed’s patience and humor. I’ve learned a lot — I’m not fluent, by any stretch of the imagination, but I can understand enough to get the gist of the Cherokee radio broadcasts available on iTunes and to carry on a basic conversation. Wado, Mr. Ed.
I’m signed up to take Cherokee 3 again this season (classes start the week of Jan. 12). Jesse and I will also take Cherokee 1 using the online lesson archives. This is in addition to the Lakota and Ojibwe classes we will be taking starting next weekend through the American Indian Education Program in our school district. We’ll have our own Tower of Babel when we’re done.
Swarm lead West Division with 1-0 record
11-7 is the final. The Swarm effort was led by Kevin Ross with three goals. Sean Pollock scores two and adds five assists. Croswell, after a rough start, finishes strong. After starting the game with three straight Lumberjax goals and falling behind 5-2, the Swarm fired back and scored five unanswered goals and dominated on rebounds and power plays. Nice game. A lot of players with goals.
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Swarm it up!
Jax finally score on a blooper over Croswell’s shoulder. 11-7
Kevin Ross fakes out the D and shoots one past Disher.
Thank you, Chad Culp. His first shot of the season found the net.
Ward just rocketed one into the net past Disher to start the 4th period. w00t!
