1.  If I could have that waist line now!

2.  Is that a 1978 green “Vega”?

3.  What’s in my pants?

4.  Where are those fish now?

5.  Nice effort Andy!

6.  Who picked out my cloths that day? 

7.  It took 6 months to develop this film (marked with NOV 81 in bottom left)

8.  Those are most likely Bullheads.

9.  Maroon socks?

10.  Chances are Andy caught all of these fish.

I've seen thousands and thousands of movies. People often discuss their favorite movies, which can be a daunting task. In 1999 I found my favorite movie, "Magnolia". It features a half dozen of my favorite actors and a top-notch writer/director. Here is the trailer, which doesn't do the movie justice. Go rent it, sit back, and be ready trade 3 hours for the movie of a life time.

This is Tech Talk with Tim and Adam, a weekly radio program on helpful tips and tricks for the common computer user, broadcast on 1080AM KYMN Radio out of Northfield Minnesota. You can listen to a copy of these shows at here, can podcast or just listen live weekly at 11AM on Friday's, rebroadcast at 5:30 Sunday nights. Tim Freeland is KYMN host and webmaster along with Adam Gurno, software developer and owner of Brown Dog Computers, ready to inform, discuss and teach you better and new ways to use computers and the internet to improve your quality of life.

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I few weeks ago I took my daughter Rylie to the Mall of America during the day for a father-daughter outing.  I had taken off the day and she was on spring break.  We went to eat at the "Rainforest Cafe" and then to the "Underwater World Adventures" then to the "Nickelodeon Universe Theme Park".  This used to be the old "Camp Snoopy".  We started on a few rides and eventually landed on the log roller coaster.  This is the one where the log/boat floats throughout the ride and you end in a watery fall.  Well, we rode this one so many times, the operators almost knew us by name.  We knew every turn and when every creepy dude would jump out.  Oh, we also got more and more wet as the day went on. 

Well, as we were walking out to the ramp to go home, Rylie was holding my hand and said "Dad, this has been the best day of my whole life".  I replied, "life will only get better and better too."   It was a great day!

It was almost a perfect morning for the 64th annual VFW Easter egg hunt. Just think....those who partook in the first hunt are now in their 70's. I'd like you to watch this film. Watch for frame 313 where the fatal mistake is made when the first child jumps the gun and begins the rush up the grassy knoll before the siren is sounded. This creates chaos as each child must decide their fateful future...leave early with everyone else, or wait until the siren and miss out on any candy. What happens? Well...everyone goes, but the hesitation creates clear gaps where the front kids get all and the back kids get nothing, including our girls. Zero!

Untitled from Tim Freeland on Vimeo.

This was hilarious. I need to be more careful when cutting veggies. We all played with the little thumb nub and had a good laugh. We even let the pup have a turn.

From Bloody fingers

From Bloody fingers

Thanks to everyone who showed up for my magic show at the Library.  We had a great turn out of around 140 enthusiastic kids and parents!

Yes, we did it!  We got a dog.  I fought it for years after the hard times with my last dog experience, but just couldn't resist.  I'm a dog guy at heart. 

Lori and I threw out the idea of getting a smaller dog and I have always like the Bichon breed.  So, Lori punches the name into Google and picks a link with puppies and sends to me.  She had no idea she had chosen a breeder that happens to live in Northfield.  I went out on my own at first.  After bringing Lori back, we both picked out the same dog immediately but didn't indicate this to each other at first.  There was a larger sweet female and was very mellow and not hyper like some of the others in the litter.  This is the third time I've picked a dog on a quite puppy temperament and it seems to always work out.  So, we made the 14 year, $7,240 to $12,700 plunge.

Bischon-Frise are gentle mannered, sensitive, playful, affectionate and have a cheerful attitude. Their temperament makes them a perfect pet for children. Their life span is approximately 12 to 15 years.

Based of a Seinfeld episode where George talks about naming a child the number "Seven", I wanted to name our female puppy "Five" representing my fifth dog and the fifth family member in our home, but that didn't fly, so we quickly named her Mia Five Freeland. 

Ok, maybe not so unique, but I was lucky enough to look down AND have my camera in hand, turned on, and driving down a road with no other cars in the vicinity (and set to video mode).

I ran across this very special photo today.  It captures all that is nostalgia for me.  These are the streets that spent my time on as a kid.  Born in 1973, I was probably out there on my biking during this shot.  Actually, I think I see a bunch of us in Chris Swenson's driveway.  You must look at the captioned version before looking at the supersized version.  The "jumps" was an empty set of lots where all the kids wrode their bike, made racetracks and jumped their bikes.  

Click the photo to go to the special "captioned" version.  Then click here to see the enormous version.

I took a photo at noon and then again at 4 right before and after a Feb 26th, 2009 snow storm in Northfield MN.

Click this image to read the whole story in pdf format.  Get ready for a gross photo of a human ear.

Go directly to the Northfield Historic Society here.

This is the photo set of some sweet photos from the very first DJJD!