The Walker Art Center’s new addition has been completed now for a couple of weeks and is open to the public. I live a block from here, and am just now taking photos of the place - I know, I know - keep the tomatoes to yourself, please.

The rear.
More photos in the gallery.

I live above this tunnel:

The entire metro area’s traffic cameras are online. At least big brother is sharing! Next time there’s a big accident, I’ll be jumping online to see how big the pileup is!

I got a new toy tonight. A 5 megapixel, 10x optical zoom, with a 512mb media card, toy.

More photos in the gallery.

Jim told his story tonight at Hazelden. He did a great job. He’s an awesome speaker, getting both laughs and applauses. It’s quite an honor to be asked to speak at the treatment center that’s pretty much invented the current 28 day treatment program prescribed to most sufferring alcoholics and addicts.
I’d never [...]

I heard that Noguchi had designed one of the ING Financial buildings in downtown Minneapolis. I couldn’t find a photo of the actual building, but it’s somewhere in the neighborhood of Washington Ave & Hennepin Ave. Can anyone confirm this? I only thought of him as an artist / furniture designer, but [...]

The date:Monday, April 11, 2005
The time: 8:00 pm
The place: My office
The incident:
The first mosquito of the season - ack!!!!
The date: Sunday, April 10, 2005
The time: Mid-afternoon
The place: Grant St, driving westbound between LaSalle and Marquette Ave’s
The incident:
The first rainbow of the season! Check out the gallery as I chronicle the sighting over [...]

Dustin has been sleeping with the enemy:

You’d never guess he works in retail, would yah?

I just walked in the door this evening around 9:00pm. I grabbed a few chicken breasts out of the freezer and threw them into the microwave to thaw. That’s when I noticed it - the clue.

The clue

My mind started racing - should I open the door, or run and get Dustin? [...]

Spent much of the day cleaning house, doing chores, and paying bills. The stuff I don’t really care to do, but have to do in order to keep my life somewhat sain. I decided I’d spruce up my activities by taking a few snapshots of a couple of gifts I received for my [...]