What the heck: flipping channels in the hotel room, coming across “The Match Game”, with Alec Baldwin as the host, even including the iconic Gene Rayburn (stylish) microphone (long and skinny). Always loved him in Hunt for Red October. Even more than Harrison Ford. I know he was in “hit” TV series 30rock (never watched […]
Archives for August 2016
First day at Thrivent
Day one over. Mostly on-boarding stuff, getting access to all things Thrivent. Reading some docs. Met two members of my team who are based here (both are almost straight out of college and are really nice fellows). The third member is based in MPLS and is on vac this week (but I’ve already met him […]
Scope of Thrivent’s Headquarters.
Haha. 30 to 45 mins early. I didn’t scope out the “office” location (via goggle satellite maps), until this morning. The HQ is in the middle of a rural area, having a huge open field campus. The building itself is quite large, more spread out than tall. Attached are the satellite views. A bit nervous.
The drive from MPLS to Appleton, WI
Eating at the “first” place off the “freeway”, a few miles from the hotel. Fortunately it’s a pub/grill (not fast food), and going to be eating some yummy “buffalo” tacos soon. Five hour drive, could have done it in 4-1/2, but made a wrong turn somewhere near Stevens Point, making me go South, instead of […]
New job causes me to wonder about Lailah’s toys…
A lot of you have seen my various videos of Lailah, mostly in the breakfast nook, but sometimes in the living room. During those LR videos, I’ve tried not to show the area where all of her toys are kept. It’s under a 3′ by 6′ table where on top, I’ve kept the beginnings of […]
