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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Some more leaf pics from the Honeymoon Trail, which is on the back/west side of the Sawtooth Mountains west of Tofte/Lutsen

The Honeymoon Trail showing a bright fall color collage

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Now that we're back in our hotel in Duluth and have charged up my phone a bit, whomever of y'all that said to head to the west side of the Tofte/Lutsen mountains for fall colors was absolutely correct. Leaf colors were amazing.

We have red and orange leaf colors popping in the foreground, and in the hills in the background, a wave of fall colors.

The back of a road sign is a bit distracting from the red and orange hillside behind the road

A dirt road with a vibrant canopy of fall
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More vibrant leaf colors over a dirt road in northern Minnesota

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Up in Duluth for our Anniversary weekend, caught a big boat leaving the Duluth harbor...

Pic of a large laker leaving the Duluth harbor, the lift bridge is up

That same big boat going into lake Superior, there's a full moon with a little bit of reflection on the lake

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

PLENTY of time left for the Vikes to fuck this up....

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Getting excited for the big show tonight, pretty sure I won't be the only grey haired guy there that also saw them forever ago...

A ticket stub from 33 years ago, Sugar at First Avenue, April 29, 1993.

A screen shot of my phone with my digit tickets for Tonight's Sugar concert at First Avenue

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Vadnais Heights FD doing their annual 9-11 thing over 694 in Shoreview...

Two fire trucks on the Victoria St bridge over 694, one of which is a ladder truck with the ladder extended, hanging a big US Flag. Yep, it's 9/11.

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Two already cooked rotisserie chickens from Sam's Club, $9.96. Two whole raw chickens from the same Sam's Club, that I am rotissing myself? $28.04. follow me for more financial advice.

Here's two chickens that I seasoned and put on a rotisserie skewer to cook for dinner. On my recteq xfire and a motorized rotisserie.

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Gonna spatchcock a Ferndale turkey on my (recteq) pellet grill next weekend, tell me your whole turkey cooking tips and tricks.

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Has our shithead prez said something offensive about Dolly yet? I mean, it's inevitable...

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Good morning to everyone except the orb weaver spider that spun a web overnight chest high across my sliding glass door frame, walking into that when letting Sadie out while not quite awake was a great way to invigorate my morning. I know spiders are beneficial and all that, but NOT COOL dude.

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Number one and two at our precinct this morning! Go Peggy!

Pic of a voting machine showing an American flag, the time of 7:05am and #2 recorded today

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

doing my due diligence ahead of primary voting tomorrow, and even though I'm definitely not voting on the Repub side, I did check out some of their candidate's websites, and holeee shit you should go check out the CD-4 candidate Gene Rechtzigel's site. Woof. The Crazy is just oozing out every way.

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Given the squirrels have been annihilating my garden,let me introduce you to my $12 Serrano pepper.

One small Serrano pepper from the plant on my deck. It's in my hand and *maybe* two inches long.

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

AwooOOOoooOOOooo! Been a bit since I've posted this, hiya #MSP friends!

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Hey #MSP peeps - anyone in need of a used top load washing machine and/or a gas front load dryer? Free, they work, we upgraded and want to check if anyone needs them before I post it on Facebook and some scrapper grabs them. I can deliver if it's not too far from the 55109

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Using a combination of 2020's technology (fancy pellet grill and wireless temp probes) along with the best of the 1970's (the motorized rotisserie) in order to cook two Costco whole chickens for roughly 50% MORE than it would have cost me to buy precooked rotisserie chickens.

Two whole chickens slowly spinning around a pellet grill.

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Looks like I just missed my chance to screenshot a triple digit temp over here in the 55109 about 20 minutes ago. Good thing it's cooled off a bit already...

Screen shot of my Ambient Weather station showing today's high of 100.8, it's currently a much more respectable 99.5 degrees here in Maplewood...

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Missed posting this parade entrant earlier...

Two women dressed in Handmaid Tales garb

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We got Shriners on Harleys

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We got a local construction company driving several big trucks

Tractor with a flat ed trailer hauling a bunch of probably employees down the parade route

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We got a school bus company looking for drivers with bonus cute kids in a little bus

Regular sized bus followed by a little remotely controlled kid bus

Closeup of two little kids that I hope have plenty of sunscreen

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We got the Forest Lake high school marching band playing Kate Bush Running up that Hill

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We have a Delorean, and city royalty

Didn't catch what he's advertising but here's a guy in a Delorean in the parade

Young ladies in tiaras whom are apparently the local riyalty

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Centerville has a snowplow truck named "Clearopathra"... I saw too slow to grab a pic, maybe when the actual parade starts at 11... Sure hope there's no fire in the service area, every fire truck and fire fighter is setting up for the parade...

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Goetting all set up to watch the Centerville parade on main street. (Mom's care facility is here, they bring all the residents out to watch) Enjoying the breeze, hope it lasts...

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Neglected to post a pic of the result of my first cook on my new pellet grill last night. Did Saint Louis spareribs, took 90 min more than the six hours I planned, but turned out very tasty. Pretty smoke ring, nice bark and was still tender. Did not wrap it, probably will try that next time.

Some pork ribs showing a nice reddish pink smoke ring, along with a sauced up bark

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Bought a thing, doing a thing today. Will report back about success or failure..

Fancy new recteq pellet grill on my deck. A bit of smoke coming out.

Three racks of raw Saint Louis ribs placed on the new grill, probes and wire sticking out of them.

Fancy computer controls on the recteq, showing my target temp of 225, actual temp of 180, probe 1 at 49 and probe 2 at 54...

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

ugh #mspweather it's already gross and sticky outside, took the dog out, 2/10 do not recommend. 6am and the dewpoint is already 74.2 degrees, yuck...

snip of my Maplewood MN weather station showing a temp of 75.4 degrees F and what's worse, a dewpoint of 74.2 degrees f. at 6am.

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Saw an old white dude this morning driving a really nice Shelby Cobra replica with the license plate "REAL2ME", I gave him an approving head nod...

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

any #MSP 'ers use a pellet grill? my 6 year old charcoal grill has rusted out and I'm shopping for a replacement. looking at a recteq byb1200 and i'm wondering how well they work in the winter. want to be able to grill more often than smoking, so anyone have any experience to share?

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

So I thought I had beaten the sunk cost fallacy on an item in my long term possession, only to be defeated by the unfortunate lack of a galvanic corrosion fallacy.

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

My wife tells me we need to have bourbon sours with our steaks tonight because the lemons help the body process the iron from the beef, and well who am I to argue with science?

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

while yeah, yeah, We Needed This Rain (trademark #msp ) please pour one out for my lilacs and my pool filter...

There's a big bunch of lilacs on the right side of the pic hanging over my deck rail, just drooping in despair over the rain, the harbinger of the end of the lilac bloom season. Also pictured on the left is my pool, getting a lot of lilac blossoms stuck in the skimmer as a result of the last couple of days of wind and rain...

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I'm fucking old. Found a stack of beer coasters in my garage, including several of these Surly "Twin Cities Newest Brewery". I believe Surly is releasing a 20th anniversary beer this year, maybe I can trade this antique coaster for a beer....

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Okay #MSP old timers, how long ago did Snyder Drugs leave the twin cities? Looks like there's still a few stores in the UP... Found this cleaning out mom's townhouse...

An unopened half gallon container of Epsom salts from a defunct drug store chain

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

my top 15 tv shows ever, gut instincts only: ST:DS9 ST:TNG Futurama X-Files Andor The Expanse Bob Newhart Animaniacs Soap The Night Stalker Better Call Saul Monty Python'S Flying Circus MASH Mary Tyler Moore King of the Hill

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Is stuff from the 1970's "antique" yet? Get a load of this baby:

A complete west bend electric fondue pot in the original box. Comes with the fondue forks and the recipe book/instruction manual.

Closeup of a sticker showing this on sale for $29.99 from Dayton's.

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Bonus awooooo! For severe storms awareness week, or maybe Canada is invading. I surrender to our new Canuk overlords!

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Crap. Cleaned the ash out of my grill so I can cook some steaks and I guess it's time to shop for a new grill. It's maybe six years old? And we use it all the time... (Still grilling steaks tonight, just on the right side so the coals don't fall through and start my deck on fire...)

Picture of my charcoal grill with a hole in the barrel on the left side.

A closeup of the heart shaped hole that has rusted through my grill

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

At Urban Growler for beer and food prior to the Robin Hitchcock show at the Turf Club. Sooo happy to have a Maibock on tap.

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

just renewed my ham radio license, while it's slightly irritating that I had to pay to renew, it's $35 for ten years. (ten years ago it was $0) KC0WTA for those that have the slightest interest...

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We have a bunch of out of town bigwigs here for a meeting, so I told my boss to burst in there at 12:59 and go "oh no, the Canadians are attacking!" Awooooo!

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

(me at total wine with seven different bottles of wine and booze in my cart, looking at the guy ahead of me with two cases of coors and three 1.75's of phillips vodka) that guy is an alcoholic...

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dan @dan-prokosch.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

If you see this post a concert photo you took it you'd like

The Boss and Tom Morello at first avenue

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