#food Montgomery 26 July 1998

Well Dan Lavenda, Molly, Katie, Zach Wyman and I went to Montgomery which is south of Shakopee. It was pretty fun. We did a lot of walking around. There’s not much in that town really. I didn’t like the Kolacky’s that much. To me they were just dinner rolls with jam inside them. I guess the rest of the group got something out of them that I didn’t.

We also went to Northfield and walked around on St. Olaf’s campus. That place is very churchish. I’m glad I don’t go there. I pulled a Gandhi, because I had only $2. I ate when I got home, but never stopped being hungry. I should probably eat breakfast soon.

Today I organized more of my room. It is now easier to find stuff.

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#friends Valleyfair 25 July 1998

Wednesday we went to Valleyfair again with our kids. That was okay. Molly and I rode the Wild Thing three times and got a picture. It's "cute." We also went on the Hydroblaster twice. Thursday we didn't do too much. One of our kids, Priya, got in trouble. That was funny. Friday was the open house, and I think that went pretty well.

I went to see the Mask of Zorro with Nick Skinner and Molly. It was a neat movie. Fun for all ages. Today I am going to invade a small town. I'll be more detailed later.

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#friends Rollerblading 21 July 1998

Yesterday I went Rollerblading with the kids. It was my first time. I am not very good at Rollerblading, but would like to get better. I am thinking of buying some blades and then practicing in my garage until I can navigate normally. Then I'll use them as a means of transportation. Or, I could not do that and walk. Some of the kids tried to help me. That was nice of them. I pitted Marc's kids against Marc.

Today, however, at Valleyfair Marc's kids were turned against me. Well some of them. I didn't care that much. We went on a lot of rides and had a moderate ammount of fun. I have no idea about tomorrow's trip to Valley Fair.

Tom's web page is really funny. Like you find out about all the games Tom plays.

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#highschool Canoeing 18 July 1998

The group of kids we have for SEI II are great. They are all smart and in class they are well behaved. The girls get obnoxious during break time. Actually not all the girls. One girl is really cool and lots of people mistake her as a TA (unless they mistake Molly and I as students). She's into nanotechnology, genetics, quantum physics. Very cool kid. We'll certainly miss these kids. Marc's kids aren't that great.

Thursday we went to an orchestra concert at Orchestra Hall. We took my cousin with us too, it was pretty neat. The concert had two good pieces at the beginning. The rest I didn't like because it was all opera-like. Adam, Molly, my cousin and I later went shopping at Rainbow. Molly went home and Adam, my cousin and I had icecream sandwhiches (Kempswich).

I talked to my cousin for a while. I won't see her for at least three years since she'll be in Germany with her family. It's wierd. I think she's looking forward to it.

Friday (yesterday) at the Northrup Turnaround where we pick up our kids there were huge trucks and busses. It was of course Tori Amos and her stuff. We didn't see her, but we did see her stuff. Marc and I asked around the trucks whose stuff was whose and well we were pretty much right. I offered my kids $20 if they could bring Tori Amos to class. They failed, but I don't blame them.

Later that day Molly and I ate with Raj, Kelly and Adam. Then Molly and I went to DanAmy and we went to see the Wedding Singer. The second time around made me "get" everything. Everything made sense now that I remembered it was the eighties that the story takes place. Once again. I recommend this "Romantic Comedy." It is funnier than hell.

Today I woke up at 5, left home at about 6 and went canoeing after Paul Heinecke (and another boat went after Laureen Ojalvo) while they swam 5 miles in Lake Minnetonka. Paul didn't make it all the way. Laureen of course did, she got second place for her age group. I think she rules! Paul almost made it, but for a person who had very little sleep, did a lot of work the day before, and has not swum in supposedly 17 months... wow... that was awesome. I realize that I may enjoy canoeing when there is less weight and people on the boat. Less chance of things going bad I guess. It was nice after I finished canoeing. This was my second time going. I went before with school that was cool too. I think I should go again except with fewer people in the boat (four gets crowded).

Went to Tanya Zhu's house for her Graduation Party. Most of the people were tired from canoeing or swimming or Smashing Pumpkins the night before or a mix. Now I'm tired.

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#friends Waiting for Guffman 12 July 1998

Hey, I saw Waiting for Guffman this Friday with Marc &c. It was very strange. Not as strange as True Stories though. It featured the six-fingered man from the Princess Bride.

So far Kay and Laureen are my site-pickers. I need 3 more poeple (and I can only think of three other people who visit the site, so it works nicely).

For the next few days I'm going to be working on this wacky "thing" at my temple's site. Hmm... it should be good. It's basically a better email list which I will combine with the message board too.

Oh, and Michael Jorgenson. The camel is safe. Kameru wa daizyobu desu.

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#web development SITE 4 11 July 1998

Okay. I need about 5 volunteers (I can only think of three or four people who visit my web site, but you never know) to go through the new web site I made.

The less people who use IE4, the better, but I'm not going to be picky. (I use IE4 and think it looks fine.) I need people who can just pick the site apart and give me constructive feedback. I'd suggest everybody email me and do this, but if you are extrememly busy then do not worry.

Thanks. When you email me, I'll give you the URL.

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#computers Video 11 July 1998

From boot 23 (the last issue of "boot"):

The primary use of video on the PC is--you guessed it--porn!
-Alex St. John

The article is about justifying the use of powerful processors. Basically there isn't any justification, for most people to have big machines. He says video needs it slightly, but most video is sex and violence, like in video games. Society is funny that way.

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#web development Site4 10 July 1998

I've decided this new site will take forever so here's what I'm doing now:

16 July Humor page
21 July Help pages
26 Beta Testing begins

The site will be impressive, but not content rich. I will slowly add stuff to it though. I'll ask people about volunteering to check out the new site (beta test) when I finish.

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#computers Fine Structure Constant 10 July 1998

Can somebody explain to me the Fine Structure Constant?

Anyway. I'm sick of something. Trends. There's all these people who will follow trends without understanding them. Like the Internet. Like 137 FSC, etc. But more the Internet. People should like learn about things before thinking they are neat. Why is it that half the people on the Internet haven't the slightest clue on how to do anything. We have computer illiterate people surfing the web. It's like the problem with illiterate people graduating from high school. I hate that. I'm going to start writing these Internet things for people that explain to them how to do everything I can do. Well almost everything. I'm going to work on my site tonight.

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