Sometimes the decisions are easy.
About 15 months ago, I left Best Buy, where I’d been for 13 years. I joined Digital River to help transform the platform and the company. Today, my colleagues there learned… Read more »
Category: Kids
A Nell story
My daughter Nell is a geek. This makes me happy. She’s also smarter than I am, which I find both awesome and frightening. Tonight, since I got her new computer… Read more »
Thomas Dolby at the Cedar 4/6/2012 (in the American style of dates)
I spent last Friday not gaming, but going to see Thomas Dolby at the Cedar. Was it worth giving up gaming night? Yes, for two reasons. First, it was a… Read more »
Summerfest game 2: Stayin’ Alive
The Summerfest tourney is double-elimination, meaning that if we lose twice we’re done. Since we lost our first game, we came into game 2 needing a win to stay alive…. Read more »
Summerfest Tournament Game 1: These guys are good!
We’re playing in the Oakdale Summerfest tournament, despite not being an Oakdale team. These games don’t count for our league standings, so it’s a great chance to get in some… Read more »
Game 7: 57 and rainy – just another summer day in Minnesota
Our adventures with rain continue. It rained from Monday night (after our game, fortunately) through Wednesday morning pretty much non-stop. The Oakdale fields were closed for Wednesday’s games because the… Read more »
Game 6: Which should have been game 8…
Last Monday’s weather was beautiful, but due to field availability, we were scheduled to play Tuesday. Tuesday it rained hard, so no game. Wednesday the league called off games due… Read more »
Game 5: The run-down
We played the North St Paul Rockhounds tonight. When they took the field, we saw giants. They had 5 or 6 players who were as tall as I am. These… Read more »
Game 4: If you can’t stand the heat…
Temperature at game time today was, and I am not making this up, one hundred and five of our American Fahrenheit degrees. There was a stiff breeze, which at that… Read more »
Game 3: Starting to Click
We played the Oakdale Phillies tonight. One of the odd things about the A League is that some of the boys are 13-going-on-14 (as Alex will be next year) and… Read more »