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A Raceway Park reunion

Keanen — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 04:29:30 +0000

I met up with Kathy, Sean, and friends tonight at Raceway Park for a little reunion. It has been about 14 or 15 years since we have worked there in the popcorn stand

We watched some good racing, Sean's uncle Jon racing, and my favorite, lawn mower racing.

Not much has changed since we worked there except for the people. Sean's family no longer owns the track either. It was a good time and I look forward to bringing Joey when he gets a little older and can stay up long enough to enjoy it.

Lawn tractor races!

Attended the Wild game today with some classmates…

Keanen — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:43:43 +0000

Thanks to Christian, Paul, and Shaun for a great time. It was fun to get together!

Happy Birthday Dan!

Keanen — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:46:31 +0000

Good times tonight!

Happy New Year!!!!

Keanen — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:00:11 +0000

A great time with friends on New Years. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera out to take pictures of others but managed to get a classic picture with Justin and his tongue. I'm glad that he and Brian made it over from Farmtown!!

Deion Sanders translation of the Brett Favre Press conference

Keanen — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:39:55 +0000

I turned on the NFL Network and caught this segment of the show after the Favre interview from today's game. Too funny!!!

Thanks again to Dan and Leann for hosting a party for the game today. We had a great time!!

More Latitude fun…

Keanen — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:44:02 +0000

Watching my friend Artur in Costa Rica I'm sure the ocean is wonderful right now!

Big Ten match-up

Keanen — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:14:02 +0000

Thanks to Jim, there is over a dozen of us from work at the Gopher's game tonight. Always a good time!

The Gopher's have been struggling lately but managed to pull away with a win. It was a special night at the "Barn" as Trent Tucker's jersey was retired. It was fun to see as he has been a great Minnesota Basketball icon.

Asian Zing!

Keanen — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:38:02 +0000

Sammy!

Delta’s breast cancer awareness plane comes to MSP

Keanen — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:18:02 +0000

A few of us went over to the hangars to see the Pink Delta 757. There was quite the crowd today and a great show of support! Here is a link to Justin's pictures.

Looking for friends in purple? Look no further than PurplePride.org!!

Keanen — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:50:23 +0000

I was given two tickets to the Panthers vs Vikings game and invited Brian along but didn't want to show up at 11:30 like I had always done in the past. I wanted to do some tailgating!!

I searched on Vikings.com and found that there really isn't a way for single game fans to get a tailgating spot. So, I searched good old Google and found this post from a couple of weeks ago..

http://www.wearevikingsfans.com/Forum.aspx?g=posts&t=195

Where a guy named NodakPaul invited a complete stranger to come hang out with the gang from PurplePride.org. I figured that I would register on the site and give it a shot myself. I posted out on PPO and within an hour or two I received a message from Steve inviting me to come on and hang out. He offered directions to their tent and even his cell number. We exchanged some text messages getting some clarification on when they start and a couple of other details. BTW, they start at about 6AM!!

Brian and I met at one of the lots by the MOA to catch the light rail at 9, we were at the Dome at about 9:40 with cooler in hand. Then hospitality tent was right where Steve suggested it would be. We walked up, I must say that I felt a little ackward walking up to a bunch of strangers hoping they would let us "take us in". A couple of guys looked over and said, "hi". One said, "who are you". I explained that Steve had invited me and that I had posted on the site just the day before. One of the guys yells out, "here's the new guy that registered yesterday!". Brian and I had a half a dozen hands extended out to greet us. Too cool!!

I was thrown for a loop as everyone introduced themselves as Zeus, NodakPaul, Webbie, etc. I didn't know what that was all about and then it clicked, that was their forum nicknames.

I commented to Brian many times through the experience that it was just AWESOME that we were welcomed with such open arms. My wife Carolyn thought I was weird because I was just going to go hang out with a bunch of strangers

We worked through the crown and met a gal named WildFan, Zeus, Jason, some Swedish dude that was violated by some bachlorette party girls, Webby (the grand master) and many others. I'm sorry I don't remember all the names as I had a few beverages in me!

We had pictures taken with Chuck Foreman, Ragnar and PPO folks.

We witnessed a drivable keg mobile, motorized blender, a great band that walked through and the best was Zeus doing his weekly sermon about the Purple Jesus (a name that we were told Mr. Peterson isn't too fond of) which was hilarious. I only wish I had gotten video of that

So, if you're looking for a great bunch of folks to hang out with before the game, look for PPO!!!

Thanks again gang, I hope to at least come to a couple of games a year and hang out. Brian and I have given some thought to season tickets, we'll see how that goes over with the wives!!

Oh yeah, the Vikes also won which was nice for a change