And the winner is….
So last night, Omar and Becca headed off in all their finery to The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® gala to see if Omar would earn the prestigious award of Entrepreneur of The Year for Consumer Products.
AND HELL YES HE DID!
Congratulations Omar, Becca and Surly Brewing Company!
Filed under current events, friends, Uncategorized | Comment (0)“Ernst & Young LLP is pleased to announce the winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® award in the Upper Midwest Region. This group of leading entrepreneurs was selected by an independent judging panel made up of regional business, academic and community leaders. The winners were revealed at a gala event on Thursday, June 10 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
“Ernst & Young believes in the power of entrepreneurship,” said William Miller, Partner and Strategic Growth Markets Leader with Ernst & Young LLP’s Minneapolis office. “These Entrepreneur Of The Year award winners are best in class, and we are proud to honor their outstanding success.”
The Upper Midwest program recognizes companies based in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota. The Upper Midwest winners for the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year award in 2010 are:
· Lifetime Achievement – M. A. “Mort” Mortenson, M. A. Mortenson Company (Golden Valley, Minnesota)
· Master – Jack Link, Jack Link’s Beef Jerky (Minong, Wisconsin)
· Emerging – Joe Keeley, College Nannies & Tutors (Wayzata, Minnesota)
· Technology – John Romans, BioMedix Vascular Solutions (St. Paul, Minnesota)
· Retail – Rollie Benjamin, ABRA Auto Body & Glass (Brooklyn Center, Minnesota)
· Distribution – Jimmy Vosika, ShopJimmy.com
· Consumer Services – Peter Taunton, Snap Fitness (Chanhassen, Minnesota)
· Health Sciences – Jerome Ruzicka, Starkey Laboratories, Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minnesota)
· Consumer Products – Omar Ansari, Surly Brewing Co. (Brooklyn Center, Minnesota)
The dead connection
So, do you think we connect with the dead or the dead connects with us?
I know, crazy pop is what you are thinking, but really??? Is it all coincidence or do we look for more meaning in the mundane happenings?
Yesterday, the kids were playing a game and they kept repeating the word AMAMENTO. Now, that word means nothing to you and it was a made up word to them. But to me, it stopped me in my tracks. I turned to them and said, “What are you saying?” They repeated, AMAMENTO!
The night my dad and I had our last conversation, he used that word. He was confused and he was trying to get an idea out and all the languages he knew flooded together and out came AMAMENTO. We joked about it and the conversation went on and on using the word. He found out the made up word could be used for many things. The word could be used affectionatley, my dad grabbed my mom’s hand, kissed it and tenderly said AMAMENTO. Then it went to the other side of the coin where he put his fist up in the air and said, “Fucking AMAMENTO”. It could be used for many things and we kept going as long as we could.
It made us laugh.
It was one of our last conversations.
My kids have never heard the word, but yet here it is.
I’m not sure if my dad was trying to communicate something to me from the other world or if it is just a happy coincidence that brought me right back to his memory.
Either way, it makes me feel close to him again.
AMAMENTO dad…AMAMENTO!
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Good Luck 612
T-odd is in Hawaii about to embark on the Hawaii half ironman race this afternoon, at noon Minnesota time.
Good luck T-odd, kick it!
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Today was KP’s last day of school. He hopped right on that bus ready to get the day moving and be done with school and ready for summer.
As he stood there, I couldn’t believe my littlest one was now done with Kindergarten.
He has gotten so big and learned so much.
How he made it through Chinese Kindergarten is beyond me…but he did, and he did well.
And he even enjoyed it, just the littlest bit.
Way to go buddy!
Filed under KP, school | Comment (0)Stillwater 20 mile results
I’m just going to say that the 20 mile distance is great because right around mile 18 is usually where my marathon falls apart.
That said, it was a GREAT race!
Average Pace: 8:31
Overall Place: 38 out of 156
Gender Place: 9 out of 79
Age Group Place: 3rd
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This morning was the first lake swim of the season. It is one mile to that beach in the photo and back and it couldn’t have been nicer, with the exception of the weeds we got caught up in around the middle. But that just makes for lively swimming.
Tomorrow, the Stillwater 20 mile run!
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Do you feel the freight train come’n?
I just realized the kids last day of school is NEXT WEEK!!!
Filed under current events | Comments (2)Track practice
When the only thing you have is an open field and your little brother…why not hurdle him?
Filed under CT, KP | Comments (2)“BANG IT LIKE A MAN”
Is what KP yelled to the 11 year old batter as he stood in the bleachers at CT’s Little League baseball game last night.
And no, no he has not gotten kicked out of the ball field YET.
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