Woke up barely able to swallow after having sore throat for couple days.

Went to MinuteClinic right away and tested positive for strep throat.

Penicillin prescribed and lots of honey Ricolla cough drops today.

Wild win in 2-0 shootout! 🏒 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/03/11/wild-win-in-shootout.html

Fun #TeamSPS hockey game — Minnesota Wild v Colorado Avalanche! 🏒

We joined friends Joe & Lisa for Life of Pi at the Orpheum tonight. We had seen it on Broadway in 2023 and were excited to see it again. It was a greatt performance. Recommended! https://lifeofpibway.com https://hennepinarts.org/venues/orpheum-theatre https://www.thingelstad.com/2023/04/20/tammy-and-i.html

Tried the new Yonsei at Lake & Irving for the first time. It was so pretty on the plate I decided to capture it. This is Japanese fried rice with Ginger Scalion Tofu and Ahi katsu. https://www.lakeandirving.com

I asked my Weekly Thing GPT a simple question “Which issue did the Fortune first appear in?”. Seems easy enough. It came back with Weekly Thing 212 in 2022. I knew that was not right. The right answer? Weekly Thing 53. Another example where LLMs are not great at specific and exact requests. 🤨 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/02/25/weekly-thing-gpt.html https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/weekly-thing-212-words-mermaid-beats/ https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/weekly-thing-53-may-12-2018/

How I Use AI in the Weekly Thing https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/03/09/how-i-use-ai-in.html

My cousin Josh recently shared a cappella renditions of Wild Mountain Thyme and Red is the Rose — both beautiful songs that I could listen to over and over again. 🎶 https://www.ramblingjosh.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av3fkGBbqzQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iOQ8lCsReY

View from the upper seat in the Urban Wing sauna while the fire is getting started. The translucent walls make it very bright and warm inside — it was 70 °F from the sun before I started the fire. Added a hygrometer, a second sand timer, and trying Eucalyptus Sauna Scent for the first time. https://urbanwing.com https://www.finnsisu.com/finnleo-hygrometer-round.html https://rentosauna.fi/en/product/sauna-scent-400-ml/?v=75778bf8fde7

Arrived at the cabin tonight and were greeted with a two foot high snow plow line to shovel through. Cleared enough to barrel through.

Took my first 0.25 mg dose of semaglutide. Hoping for minimal side effects. Got it from Fairview Compounding. No injector so had to do the shot on my own which was easy once I did it. 💉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaglutide https://www.fairview.org/pharmacy/Compounding-Pharmacy

Wegovy Price Drop https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/03/06/wegovy-price-drop.html

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hNzcjfJEd9A

Finbarr Clancy of The High Kings with an incredible performance of “And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda”.

"and when I awoke in my hospital bed

and saw what it had done, I wished I was dead

never knew there were worst things than dying"

Wow. 😢

youtube.com/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finbarr_Clancy https://www.thehighkings.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_the_Band_Played_Waltzing_Matilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNzcjfJEd9A

Morning sauna session. 🔥

Sync OmniFocus with Shortcut Automation https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/03/02/sync-omnifocus-with-shortcut-automation.html

Today I Learned: LLM’s are exceptional at making custom word lists for Pictionary-style games. Just added a couple new word lists to SketchParty TV! https://sketchparty.tv

High winds this week blew two of our neighbor’s dock sections into our yard.

This view of my Urban Wing sauna is still super pretty for me. Sauna up to 180 °F and ready to sweat. https://urbanwing.com

Tammy and I with the Growth Cup at the SPS Social.