Saint Patrick's Day 2008

Well, I spent St Patrick's Day in Minneapolis and it was a great time. I don't have many (any?) readers and most of you were invited along but everyone except one could not attend. So I'll try to show what you missed. Simply put, a friend and I spent the day between Kieran's, O'Donovan's, and the Guthrie Theater.

I don't recall the names of all the groups we saw, but a quick highlight of my favorites: McInnis' Kitchen, Alicia Corbett, The Wild Colonial Bhoys. The Brian Boru Pipe Band made an appearance at many locations across the city and we caught them at O'Donovan's. The top reason for choosing Minneapolis was that Gaelic Storm was playing at the Guthrie Theater that night. I have to say, the Guthrie is the single coolest theater I have ever been in. No such thing as a bad seat there!

Next up, a slide show of pictures I took yesterday.





And finally, as I am known for taking videos at concerts... or my camera is known for being decent at video clips, some videos I uploaded to youtube.

Review for Jumper

Damn good movie. They rushed it a bit and it might be a little confusing without reading all three books (for the general idea(s)) but it was entertaining and enjoyable. Once again I laugh in the face of the so-called critics ;)

THE AWSOMEST SUMMER

I will dare to make a prediction for this summer. Last summer was great but this summer will blast it away. The greatness can't even wait for summer! This Sunday I am heading to Minneapolis to spend St Patrick's Day listening to Gaelic Storm and The Wild Colonial Bhoys, among other local bands. I do pl;an to meet up with a college friend (though he does not blog) while I am up there. In May, I'll be traveling to Texas with my family to visit grandparents. I also will be attending a wedding in Deposit, NY and then taking in NYC while I am there. I am sure I'll find many a concert to go to, as well as, weekend paddling opportunities. FYI, I believe the Clumsy Lovers are in Minneapolis sometime this summer. My whitewater trip might get postponed due to the combination of Texas and NY. Though if I can get it done over a weekend (maybe take a half day on a Friday) I'll go through with it. There are many more things I could mention, but I'll wait until closer to time.

This summer is going to be LEGEN... wait for it... DARY!

Revenge is Damp

Apparently I am trying the forward by reverse method of improving my Sea3d rank, but that is not the point of this post. Yesterday I ventured into my local library, I ended up checking out a book called A Dog's Life. So far this is a hilarious book... at least for me (a dog person). It is written from the perspective of the author's adopted dog. So far the best quote is "Revenge is damp." I recommend this book to anyone that considers themselves a dog person.

Back to Sea3d

It really is too bad I was born in the 20th century. I should have been born when much of the world was unexplored... primarily the age of sail. I bring this up not just because of my skills in the outdoors but because I have returned to playing Sea3d after close to 6 mos. absence. Sea3d is an online free version of Settlers of Catan. I consider myself to be quite good (and a little lucky) at the game. My highest rank on the site was 198 in October 2006 (std 4 player) and I am now trying work back to it from 430. To give a little insight to the ranks, there are 1,960 active players.

EDITED TO ADD: At 8:34 tonight I am at rank 378.

To One Great Week!

This has been a great week for me. Lately I have been getting bored and tired of my job, but this week I managed to find new energy for my job and the week went by quickly. The greatness is because I have discovered two new groups in Pierre that could provide me with much entertainment and fun in the near future.

Pierre Young Professionals had a social tonight to kickoff this new group. Apparently the founders doubted what there turnout would be, but it seemed great. We had to move to a larger building nearby for more space!

Thanks to the launch of the new SDCKA blog, I now know about the Pierre Kayak Club. Like I said it has been a good week. There was another great thing, but I will refrain from mentioning it specifically so as not to jinx it ;)

Life is Good, Life is Great, Life is Grand!

Kayaking is sexy...

Kayaking is sexy, how else does this older gentleman score this entourage?

(Photo courtesy of Canoe & Kayak magazine)

Just hasn't worked for me... yet ;)