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matt, wendy, jumi, bill, katie and i went to las vegas for the weekend. it was the greatest trip ever, apart from all the other greatest trips ever. here's the travel journal!

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we'd been so busy and traveling so much over the summer, i wanted to do something fun and stupid for my birthday. so we went to the leinenkugel's brewery, and then went bar-hopping in eau claire, wisconsin. it was so much fun.

this trip featured: a parade a rodeo fuzzy tang hpnotiq and grey goose dancing barefoot in the street hiking in the desert the cowboy cafe a giant buffalo blue balls mardi gras beads naked ladies illicit activities in the eagles' club bathroom ...  read more

matt, wendy, willis and i went to chicago to see a cubs game, and milwaukee to see a brewers game. we also managed to get up to a lot of hijinx in the non-baseball hours.read the travel journal here!

i've wanted to go to the safe house in milwaukee ever since i first heard about it from my parents, who used to go there 35 years ago. we had such a great time.

this was be my third year doing the breast cancer 3day in the twin cities, and my second year as co-captain of team boobylicious.the walk began in coon rapids, looped around st paul, and ended in minneapolis. i make it about 27 miles before having to go to the emergency room with an infection. i ...  read more

a bunch of us went camping at brunet island state park, northeast of eau claire, wisconsin. we canoed, went fishing, swam in the river (kind of), had dance parties, cooked over the fire, and generally had an awesome time. as always.

every year for the past few years, we've adopted families from the aliveness project and bought and wrapped gifts for them. we're supposed to spend $35/person, so everybody pitches in that amount and we adopt one person per participant. the aliveness project supplies us with sheets telling us ...  read more