It depends on what you wear to the game.

Arenas are kept somewhere in the 50s to low 60s. If you're coming from 20 degree weather, it will seem warm.

Dress accordingly.

Here's a pro tip. If, nay when, you lose sight of the puck watch where the players are looking. They know where it is.

The foot is a game!

Not coincidentally, each of these guys were politically ruthless. If they could make a move to get ahead at someone else's expense, they took it without hesitation.

I've worked with a handful of architects who shared this lack of respect for licensing agreements.
None of them lasted very long at their employer. I think each jumped ship to greener pastures. Each left a mess at their former employer.

Some of the examples that I've seen are solution plans that include credential/account sharing between users of a product; planned work to circumvent license servers, and directing global services consultants to enable features that weren't purchased.

A red flag when working with software architects for me is when they don't understand the difference between a technical and a legal/ethical limitation.
When an architect plans for overcoming a minor technical hurdle to circumvent a license, etc., they are a risk to their employer and coworkers.

I just noticed that @guthrietheater.bsky.social is on Bluesky.

Great job with Primary Trust.

We saw Primary Trust at the Guthrie Theatre last night.

It is a wonderful play. The actors are fantastic. Great set and production.

I appreciate how the story was presented to the audience. It is a positive presentation of a person's life struggles.

Luckily, AI never gets confused by anything. I'm sure there will never be a situation where people are inconvenienced or put in danger by the AI.
On a totally unrelated note, I'm curious whether there's a vehicle equivalent of asking ChatGPT if there is a seahorse emoji.

On Weber's site, I can enter the serial or model number of my grill and they'll sell me the correct replacement part.

The connector is brass.

With shipping, it's $60 and no uncertainty.

If the regulator were to fail, I'd probably lose whatever is left in the propane tank. That would cost me about $25.

Figuring in the cost of a part failure, the $50 price of the weber part isn't looking as bad.

Would it work?

I think it should, but I don't know.

I have a 4 burner grill with the sear station burner and a side burner.

If I wanted to burn all of them at once, would this regulator handle the load?

I'd think it should, but I don't know.

Each of these products say that they're compatible with a Weber Genesis II--the kind that I have. They even give a year range of models that it should work for.

There was some uncertainty with their compatibility. My grill was a year out of their range.

Another product page for a gas regulator on Amazon.com. The price is $18.99 on sale from $23.99. The images for this product look the same as the other product page.

Look, here's an oddly similar product page.

Screen shot of one merchant's product on Amazon.com. It's a propane gas regulator and hose for a BBQ grill. The cost is $18.99 on sale from $23.99.

Those nearly identical products, I'm guessing, are either one seller creating several merchant accounts, or a bunch of people copying each other.

I think it's the former. The merchant names are typically unpronounceable.

Brass connectors will not rust.

I also find it weird that there seem to be around 20 nearly identical options for an item.

They all have similar feedback. They are glowing, except for a negative review or two--saying that the product leaks after months.

The ones on AMZN all looked very similar. About 20 of them have the same images.

They also have the same type of connector, steel. The Weber one's connector is brass.

Steel connectors will fail more quickly. They will rust.

If not caught, it will release all the gas in the tank.

Recently, I damaged the regulator on my Weber grill. I had to order a new one.

I had a choice, pay around $60 on Weber's site, or pay as low as $20 on Amazon.

I decided to go with the $60.

Why?

I'm not sure why that is.

I still buy tons of things, mostly food.

Costco Business Center is my haunt.

AMZN used to be where I'd buy specific items. I liked the fast delivery and the price.

What other value is there to Prime? We don't use the shopping part like we used to.

During the lockdown, we ordered tons of things.

When we moved into our house, we ordered tons of things.

We no longer order tons of things.

What's interesting to me is I didn't mind that the cost of the service went up.

It wasn't until the quality of the service dropped that I started reconsidering whether I want the service at all.

The other service that I am enjoying less is Prime Video.

The ads are making the experience less enjoyable. Do I pay the extra money for no ads or do I just drop the service altogether?

I'm considering dropping Amazon Prime.

I'm not sure that I see a ton of value in the service anymore.

Free two-day shipping isn't a huge draw to me. If I want/need something urgently, I'll pay for fast shipping/go and get it.

Just had a thought.

I wonder how much longer dryers are lasting because people carry less pocket change these days.

Fawn pug named Orlando sitting on a colorful rug while looking directly at the camera.

Here's a picture of the little stinker.

We just received word that my dog's lab results are clean.

It took almost six days to get the results back.

Had they not, it would have meant an aggressive stage 4 cancer.

He's been cancer free for 2 or so years.

It was hard to think about the coming months.

He's getting a lot of treats.

I wish people would stop saying that tariffs are going to kill jobs.

That's not true.

There are going to be tremendous growth opportunities for aspiring smugglers.

pi day just doesn't seem the same this year.

It's not like it was back in 1592. Back then, they'd celebrate with some delicious apple pie at 6:53 and 58 seconds.

That was really special back then.

Keep it up! You're almost there.
It's been about 20 years of not smoking for me.
It will get easier and harder. One day, you won't even think about it.
You're doing a good thing for yourself.

I've talked it over with my wife and our dog.
We ultimately decided that the time is not right for me to run for the open US Senate seat for MN in 2026.
Thank you to everyone who didn't know I was briefly thinking about it, and might have offered words of support.
It means a lot to me.