tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:36:29 +0000familyrandom videosclimbingDogWinonarandom photosconsumer productsvacationfoodgearrunningMemoirshikingskiingbloggingMGBReadinggpsinternetphotographyrandom web linksweatherwiipersonal weblog of tom smart and his smarter familyhttp://sleepytom.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)Blogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-8182654010886202506Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:07:00 +00002013-01-15T21:42:32.408-06:00MGBI traded in my mini van, which officially makes me an Empty Nester. I traded it for a new VW GTI, which is a pretty fun, but still practical car. It's fun enough that I'm selling my MGB which is competing for garage space. Here are some pictures. http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2013/01/1973-mgb-for-sale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-8282041464439669301Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:50:00 +00002009-04-08T15:25:52.218-05:00DoghikingWinonaI tend to feel pretty compassionate toward animals. Maybe you could even call me "soft." I say "please" and "thank you" to the dog when I give a command. In fact, I view my signals more as requests than commands. I'd be a vegetarian if I could just stop eating meat, but I loose the power of my convictions at the dinner table.Nevertheless, I have never understood killing for pleasure, i.e. huntinghttp://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/04/bambi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-457944122283895187Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:45:00 +00002009-04-01T18:47:46.898-05:00random videosAs a 44 year-old living in Minnesota, do you think I can still learn to surf? I tried when I was in Hawaii, and could hardly paddle into the waves. But it looks so fun, and the music in this video adds to the appeal.El hombre y la tabla - The man and the surfboard.Uploaded by surfilmfestibal7http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/04/surf-dreams.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-6384602413770017667Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:34:00 +00002009-04-01T17:46:11.032-05:00DoggpshikingHardly a day goes by lately that I don't use a GPS device. I recently mapped out our trip to Florida using a Garmin GPSMap 60csx with their City Navigator NT software. I kept my eyes glued to the device for too much of the trip, but since I didn't do much driving it helped keep my mind occupied.The City Navigator software is pretty nice, and the device will give turn-by-turn route directions http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/04/gps-mania.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-617345710068051011Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:50:00 +00002009-03-30T20:55:57.256-05:00DogrunningIt has been a long couple of months rehabbing my shoulder. But I started running during our trip to Florida last week. It went very slowly, but it was great for my soul. I also found a new running partner, our little puppy Perry. I took him on our first trail run today, now that we're back in Winona. He was thrilled and ran like the wind. He needs the exercise, and thrives on the activity. It http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/03/tending-body-feeding-soul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-8156987422116874416Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:16:00 +00002009-03-25T15:17:27.108-05:00random videos Does this make you feel any safer? http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/03/keeping-sidewalks-safe-from-crime.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-7977034674681302994Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:17:00 +00002009-03-10T19:22:51.107-05:00DogI was walking Perry today and he picked up a little fallen nest in his mouth. I had noticed it earlier in the day and thought that it was so cute and small. I made Perry drop it and we continued on our walk. When I told Margaret about it she said that she wished I had picked it up for her, so I went back and got it. It had gotten flattened in the rain, but it was so soft that it took its shape http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/03/treasure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-5046827614854330886Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:09:00 +00002009-02-23T07:15:19.835-06:00consumer productsfamilyrandom videosI wonder what my butt would say if it called Margaret. It would probably make some sort of joke like, "You stink!" Maybe it wouldn't call her, maybe it would text instead with a message like, "Pffft." Or maybe it would call and say nothing, then text the message, "SBD; get it?"http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/02/butt-dialing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-5849450634130910598Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:52:00 +00002009-02-20T22:53:34.692-06:00random videosSteven Hamilton from The Day Is Over (2004) from Elliot Van Orman Productions on Vimeo.http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/02/cool-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-7756247922010111320Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:59:00 +00002009-02-19T18:09:12.625-06:00Dograndom photosWinonaSome managers at work went to a business conference at Disney World a couple of years ago. They brought back a concept of "on stage" versus "back stage." My usual role at the hospital is pretty "back stage" since patients are not typically aware of much of my activities. But my recent roll as a patient has put me squarely "on stage."Margaret dropped me off "on stage" this morning for a follow-up http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/02/on-stage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-836807775999686098Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:52:00 +00002009-02-09T09:02:02.214-06:00consumer productsfoodElizabeth noticed this expiration date on a box of crackers. It's a flavor that she doesn't like, and just wants to get done with the box so she can have some normal Cheez-Its. They'll be around for a good long while if she doesn't finish them, though. Or if the Apocalypse comes in the next 1000 years, at least the roaches will still have something fresh to eat. They'll have to keep an eye on thehttp://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/02/expiration-date.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-7475619410394737499Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:17:00 +00002009-02-08T12:19:28.340-06:00hikingI spent a couple of really fun days on this trail a few years ago during a break in an anesthesia conference. I'd love to go back and do the whole trail.High Sierra HD - Backpacking the John Muir Trail from Pete Bell on Vimeo.http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/02/john-muir-trail.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-770489059621745823Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:26:00 +00002009-01-18T16:28:20.315-06:00random videosskiingI did this on Wii downhill skiing once, so I know exactly how he feels.http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/01/skiing-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-7505924856549859879Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:09:00 +00002009-01-18T06:18:12.867-06:00climbingrandom videosNot much to say about this, just a funny video.http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/01/climbing-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-3433549129325057345Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:16:00 +00002009-01-16T09:19:09.227-06:00DogIt's too cold to take Perry out for a hike, and obedience training gets old after a while. So there's nothing left but to make him pose for pictures.http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/01/posing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-4281733741341483282Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:21:00 +00002009-01-15T07:16:10.411-06:00weatherwiiWhenever it's cold out, the weather reporters get a little nutty. They seem obligated to actually interpret the weather for us. For instance, right now weather.com is reporting the current temperature as -17° F. They also report, "Feels like -33° F." Reporting the Wind Chill Index would be too difficult for us to understand, I guess. But if they tell us what it feels like, then we'll have an http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/01/mii-thinks-it-feels-too-cold.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-8534530067001105254Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:35:00 +00002009-01-13T13:05:06.292-06:00climbingfamilyfoodLast summer when I bought a new charcoal grill I imagined using it all winter long. But winter started out strong and fast, and with a new puppy I haven't gotten out a single time to grill meat. Marco used to love going in and out with me as I'd check on the progress of the dinner. Now it's Perry's turn to learn how to cook meat.So last night I fired up the grill. The cover had frozen to the http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/01/brrr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-3081978721892507125Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:41:00 +00002009-01-10T20:52:44.263-06:00DogThe little guy is growing fast and changing every day. It's still hard to get pictures of him, especially outside where his constantly-moving black body against the white snow becomes a black blur on a pocket camera. So here is my latest attempt from indoors. He cooperated by becoming progressively more relaxed.http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2009/01/perry-at-5-months.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-1723624006889685089Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:18:00 +00002008-12-30T08:25:43.442-06:00familyToday I ran across this note from my sister-in-law. She wrote it before she was my sister-in-law, which makes it more than 20 years old. I'm not really sure where it has been all these years. I opened up the drawer of an end table to get a coaster for my coffee this morning, and there it was. It made my day, just like it did 20 years ago. Thanks Anne!http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2008/12/nostalgia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-2129494689012949591Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:11:00 +00002008-12-08T19:13:51.562-06:00DogfamilyI'm not sure who looks worse here, Perry or me:http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2008/12/babys-1st-bath.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-4137800725157162852Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:06:00 +00002008-12-03T21:13:43.893-06:00It's hard to photograph a jet black Flat-coated Retriever puppy while they are awake, at least on a compact digital camera. So here are a couple of sleeping puppy pictures. Perry loves Marco's old bed, which we put in the kitchen most of the time. We close the 2 pocket doors and share the room like a big crate sized for the whole family. He can sleep contentedly for hours this way. I love how http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2008/12/perry-at-16-weeks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-2963382268644821624Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:36:00 +00002008-12-02T19:56:49.485-06:00DogfamilyA few years ago I read a novel called Dogs of Babel. It's about a linguistics professor who tries to teach his dog to speak so he can hear an eyewitness account of his wife's death which only the dog witnessed. We kind of did the same thing with Marco, but instead of trying to get him to actually say things, we said the things he might want to say using a voice he might have used if he could talkhttp://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2008/12/talking-dogs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-5152497588548742929Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:17:00 +00002008-12-02T19:57:21.418-06:00climbingWinonaI took my first whipper today.There were two inches of fresh, slippery snow on the ground and the temperature was 32 degrees, but the wind was whipping around Sugarloaf which made it feel colder. Tony and I thought we'd give our new ice tools a run by dry tooling up a sport route. The route is easy enough in the summer, but winter conditions make it much tougher. We yo-yoed up and down, making ithttp://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2008/11/whipper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-8930955438764589151Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:01:00 +00002008-11-27T13:43:29.103-06:00DogfamilyWinona...Perry! Yeah, we settled on Perry. But around our house a given name is only a jumping off point for all of the nicknames that come later. The real names hardly get used at all.Perry is our beautiful new Flatcoated Retriever friend. We adopted him on Sunday from Shannara Kennels in St. Michael. He came from a litter of 12, and at age 15 weeks there were 2 or 3 puppies left who had not been http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2008/11/meet-hans-errr-remy-errr-manny-errr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544635941972189746.post-5607580544429316127Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:15:00 +00002008-11-16T10:46:00.242-06:00gearrunningOriginally submitted at REIThese moisture-wicking, breathable, weatherproof socks are specifically designed for low-bulk warmth.Seirus Hyperlite StormsocksGreat for winter runningBy sleepytom from Winona, MN on 11/14/2008 5out of 5Gift: NoPros: Durable, Regulates Temperature Well, Good Design, ComfortableBest Uses: RunningDescribe Yourself: Avid AdventurerThese socks are great for layering http://sleepytom.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-review-of-seirus-hyperlite.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Smart)0