Nightcap.

Graffiti in Warsaw.

TeamSPS, Eastern Europe!

Love this portable pour over package from Mad Heads, a Kyiv-based coffee company. The package folds out to rest on the rim of the mug and make delicious pour over. The first step to making “perfect cup” — stay mad. 🤣☕️🇺🇦 https://madheadscoffee.com/en

Jet lag assistance.

Mindspace Skyliner. 📍

First time trying Paska, traditional Eastern Bread, from Kyiv while visiting team in Warsaw. 🇵🇱🇺🇦 http://maps.apple.com/?ll=52.229616,20.983435 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paska_(bread)

Mindspace Skyliner. 📍

Great view of business district from our #TeamSPS location in Warsaw, Poland! 🇵🇱 http://maps.apple.com/?ll=52.229616,20.983435

City Hopper KL1317 heading to Warsaw, Poland. 🇵🇱

I find these robot vacuum cleaners that roam the MSP airport kind of adorable. 🤖 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/14/i-find-these-robot-vacuum.html

On one of the last six flights to depart MSP tonight. Airport is otherwise empty. 🫩✈️

Boe Memorial Chapel. 📍

Chapel Choir celebration outside of Boe Chapel. http://maps.apple.com/?ll=44.461929,-93.183998

Finished 3.95 mile walk in 71 minutes (17.97 min/mile). Loop around Lake Harriet. Such a splendid spring morning.

At today’s Minnesota Card Show I built my Alakazam and Perrserker collections. Tyler loves collecting and it is a fun thing to do together. When I played D&D I was always a Wizard hence the connection with Alakazam. My lineage is very Nordic, hence Perrserker, a Viking Pokémon. https://www.cardshowmn.com/ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Alakazam_(Pok%C3%A9mon) https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Perrserker_(Pok%C3%A9mon)

We all got Pokémon packs from Journey Together to try our luck at the Minnesota Card Show. https://tcg.pokemon.com/en-us/expansions/journey-together/ https://www.cardshowmn.com

Checking out Pokémon cards at the big Minnesota Card Show event! https://www.cardshowmn.com

Finland the happiest country for the seventh year running.

"Yet some argue that the real reason is that the Finns sweat out their negative thoughts. Finland has roughly 3.5m saunas, more than one per two Finns."

I enjoy sauna and it is notable that it is extremely meditative, which we know has benefits, and notably you phones and mobile devices don’t even work in them. Coincidence or part of the benefit? 🤔 https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/04/04/the-secret-behind-the-worlds-happiest-country

Tammy and I saw The Ballad of Wallis Island tonight at Edina 4. The movie was delightful. Tim Key was particularly good in a very restrained way. Great story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Wallis_Island https://manntheatres.com/theatre/89/Edina-4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Key

Florence with Barry Hess https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/10/florence-with-barry-hess.html

Finished 3.97 mile walk in 78.2 minutes (19.7 min/mile). Whole family took a lap around Lake Harriet. Ran into Darin from Urban Wing.🚶‍♂️ https://urbanwing.com

“the loss of the ability to contemplate — which, among other things, leads to the absolutization of vita activa — is also responsible for the hysteria and nervousness of modern society.” — Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society