Showing posts with label minnesota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label minnesota. Show all posts

Friday, December 28, 2012

List #779: Winter Sports Engaged In During the Break

Winter Sports Engaged In During the Break

1. Hiking/Dog-walking
2. Boot Hockey (pike lake)
3. Downhill Skiing (spirit mountain)
4. Ice Skating (woodland)
5. X-C Skiing (hartley)

Thursday, October 27, 2011

List #669: Awesome Stuff about October 1991

List #669: Awesome Stuff about October 1991

1. Twins win the 'worst-to-first' World Series over Atlanta in a dramatic 10 inning shutout complete game by Jack Morris in game 7.
2. The Halloween Blizzard (my brain had forgotten that the World Series and this were in the same week)
3. I got to go to the World Series (game 2) and also the ALCS (game 2)
4. Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend, Del the Funkee Homosapien's I Wish My Brother George Was Here
5. Bill Clinton announces Presidential Run
6. My brother turned 1

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

List #612: 5 Things I like about Minneapolis

List #612: 5 Things I like about Minneapolis

1. The Metrodome
2. First Ave.
3. The Golden Gophers
4. Skyways
5. State Theater/ Orpheum Theater

Thursday, July 21, 2011

List #571: Things I like about My Home

List #571: Things I like about My House (that's actually my Mom's house, but I still consider it Home)

1. The wallpaper in the downstairs bathroom (currently Fish)
2. The back yard and access to Hartley Field
3. Gardens and trees
4. The deck
5. The music corner (even though it's too jammed full of stuff to get to)
6. The fake fireplaces
7. The pictures and plants everywhere
8. The kitchen/diningroom table
9. The rock from the old house
10. My family is there.

Bonus List: 1 thing I don't like
1. That the previous neighbors put up a chainlink fence around their back yard to contain their dog (luckily most of the neighborhood kids on this side of the street have outgrown the night-games phase, because that fence ended the unbroken chain of free back-yards)

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

List #548: Good Duluth Things Done So Far During a Friendly Visit

List #548: Good Duluth Things Done So Far During a Friendly Visit

1. Trip to Lake Vermilion (okay, not Duluth)
2. Mini-tour of Hawks Ridge, Park Point, Canal Park
3. Awesome Wedding
4. Brunch at Porters
5. Dinner at Lake Avenue Cafe
6. Walk through Hartley
7. Floated, Paddleboated, Jetski-ed, Pontooned
8. Music in the Park At Chester Park (or Chester Creek Concerts, or whatever)

Thursday, June 23, 2011

List #543:Good Things that Will Happen today

List #543:Good Things that Will Happen today

1. Visitor From Afar!
2. Maybe Feel Better
3. See Grandpa
4. Visit Lake Vermillion
5. See Cousin

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

List #541: Reasons Why The Next Few Lists May Seem Late

List #541: Reasons Why The Next Few Lists May Seem Late

1. I think I'm getting sick
2. That will make me lazy
3. TV on DVD

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

List #534: First 5 Things I Want to Do When I Get Back to Duluth

List #534: First 5 Things I Want to Do When I Get Back to Duluth

1. Figure out where I'm allowed to sleep
2. Go Visit my Grandpa
3. Play some EDH
4. Eat at the Hacienda del Sol
5. Be on a Boat

Thursday, May 5, 2011

List #494: A Few Things I Like About the Twin Cities

List #494: A Few Things I Like About the Twin Cities (and Metro Area)

1. St. Paul
2. First Ave.
3. The Metrodome (poor thing)
4. The Minnesota Zoo and the Como Zoo
5. Skywalks
6. Professional Baseball and Ice Hockey
7. There's two of them
8. Band trips
9. The Capitol building
10. The River

Sunday, December 20, 2009

List #324: Things to remember to do while in MN

List #324: Things to remember to do while in MN

1. Create a list of comics I have (esp. Fables, Ultimate Spidey, invincible 41-42, others)
2. Read "This Book is Broken"
3. Renew Passport
4. Look for books left behind last summer.
5. Renew Driver's license
6. Find missing DVDs
7. Borrow DVDs from siblings
8. play Heroclix
9. Look for trumpet music / bela fleck book.
10. Get Duluth Pack repaired

Thursday, October 8, 2009

List #250: Favorite Minnesota Sports, Teams

List #250: Favorite Minnesota Sports, Teams

1. DEHS Hockey (not for much longer)
2. Minnesota Twins (MLB)
3. UMD Bulldogs Hockey (men or women)(NCAA)
4. Minnesota Wild (NHL)
5. Minnesota Golden Gophers (NCAA)

Thursday, August 13, 2009

List #194: A few of the many Great Things about Minnesota

List #194: A few of the many Great Things about Minnesota

1. Lake Superior and the North Shore
2. Hockey
3. The State Fair
4. Home of SPAM, Scotch Tape, Malt-o-meal, Prince, the headwaters of the Mississippi river and MPR.
5. The Mayo Clinic
6. The Minnesota Twins
7. Almost no poisonous snakes
8. Scandanavians
9. Winter
10. Natural Lakes
11. Hwy 61
12. Paul Bunyan and the Jolly Green Giant

Thursday, March 12, 2009

List #41: State Tournament Memories

List #41: State Tournament Memories (Minnesota State High School Hockey)
(East went to state all four years when I was in HS, and the year after. and I went down with the band. So much fun )

1. The "Apple Valley Game" 5-overtime Debacle in 1996 (with the unseen goal)
2. Three games, three Hat Tricks -- Dave Spehar in 1995 tournament (champions)
3. Being Forced to wander the Mall of America all day long waiting for the games
4. "Duluth East 5, Bloomington Jefferson 0, Any questions" 1995
5. The called back high-stick goal in the 1997 Championship game loss to Edina
6. Making friends with the Edina Band in 1997
7. Getting together with friends to go as 'civilians' in 1998 for the championship
8. Waving Communist Russian flags at our enemies.
9. Being taped-in by Torm... "You'll go home on the Fan Bus"
10. Going down on the Fan bus as freshen for the BJ semi-final in 1994

(11). Wondering how the 'Hounds are losing 4-2 to CDH right now even though we're out-shooting 30-10...