• I went underground today – not permanently, just as part of a mine tour. #
• Unbelievably gorgeous day at Lake Vermilion. #
• RT: @wadenick Cripes… RT @loic: congrats to the Twitter team for raising $100 million at a $1 billion valuation. WOW http://bit.ly/DNvkG #
• Could I get a little more warning when the autumnal equinox is going to happen? #
• Will you go back to taqueria? Quoth the maven, nevermore. #
• I would have a really hard time naming a character in a story Holden. #
• Geometry questions for coffee house trivia today – that was deeply buried and/or repressed information. #
• I love seven corners hardware – Elise couldn't understand why I referred to the second story as "the toy store". #
• I love the feeling you get after a teeth cleaning/polishing session – off to work now. #

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• I've still got some of my painting talents. #
• After returning from sailing, I relish the sense that the walls are continuing to gently rock reminding me of a very happy place. #

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It makes me sad to see this gorgeous 1959 Bel Air destroyed, but it’s amazing to see the carnage.

Still think you were safer with all that heavy sheet metal around you?

• I remember the good old days when needs some congestion relief didn't feel like a criminal act. #
• Disappointed that the iPod Touch didn't get a camera. #
• I am now full of Cliff Claven like information about Chicago architecture. #

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I didn’t know there was a Minnesota connection to the game “Oregon Trail” and “Lemonade” – although it’s possible I knew it at one time and forgot.

“The original version of The Oregon Trail(K+T) was created in 1971 by three student teachers at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota,[1][dead link] using a mainframe computer.[2] One of these students, senior Don Rawitsch, had the idea to create a computer program for a history class he was teaching, and recruited two of his friends, Paul Dillenberger and Bill Heinemann, both of whom were students teaching math, to help him. In 1974 Rawitsch took a job at Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium, or MECC, a state-funded organization that developed educational software for the classroom. He uploaded his game into the organization’s network where it could be accessed by schools across Minnesota.”

The Oregon Trail (video game). (2009, August 28). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:25, August 28, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Oregon_Trail_(video_game)&oldid=310547795

I played the game on Apple ][ computers. I think my first experience with the game was probably the fifth grade.

I spent a lot more time with other games, but I feel more nostaglia for “Oregon Trail” and “Lemonade” than I ever will for Centipede or Ms. Pacman.

I think I have just thought up a killer iPhone game – containing the best elements of a cross country journey with dangerous dysentary and elements of the sit-com “The Office“. Now I have to buy a mac and get the SDK!

• Yolk on Michigan Ave is definitely worth visit for breakfast. Good place to split entrees due to ridiculous sizes. #
• Foggy mornings always feel auspicious to me. #
• I confess that I once baked a cookie from the dough in cookie dough ice cream. #
• Thanks for the help, AAA. #
• Still waiting … #
• Waiting for AAA. #
• Live from the state fair sky glider! #
• A Pixar movie made with Disney's money and Marvel's characters could be awesome. #
• Thanks to Bill I no longer fear installing doors. My coping saw skills still leave a lot to be desired. #

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