Here is the voicemail at 4:45 AM of one our Senior analyst calling in sick. she is supposed to open at 6:00 AM. i guess she had an allergic reaction and her faced swelled up.

Today my daughter is in her first commercial. She is following a long line of low budget, locally produced and aired commercial success. Maybe she will be the next Dakota Fanning? probably not but its fun for her and fun for us to watch her in something.

Battle Lake Minnesota is a small resort town nestled in between a couple of lakes with a population of around 800 people. There is another dozen lakes within a five mile radius of the town. The name comes from the many Indian battles between the Sioux and Chippewa tribes in the late 1700's and early 1800's. According to Wikipedia

"Battle Lake was originally built on an ancient Indian burial ground, where many battles between the Sioux and the Chippewa tribes took place. Movies such as Pet Sematary and Scream were based on the town's unfortunate history with death."

Chief Wenonga is the statue that greets people in and out of town. Despite all of the references to the rich native American history the town has, i have never once seen one a single Indian there.

I have gotten tickets for this years 10,000 lakes music festival (10KLF). Its a great venue and this years lineup has a few bands i really like. this festival has been labeled locally for only 'hippies'. most of the people in there area look down at the festival because of the influx of pot smokers it brings out. these same people have no problem supporting the country music festival (WE Fest) held in the same location. I have been to both and i don't fit in with either crowd. I can tell you that i have seen a lot of public pot smoking in one and a lot of drunken fighting in the other so you can take your pick of which is more offensive. if anyone has any interest at all and, like me, is a big fan of good live music 10klf is my choice.

I am sick of snow.

I have a huge network migration to do over the weekend. this is going to take every ounce of ability i have and then some. but on the upside i found two dollars in my pocket this morning, so i got that going for me.