Timothy Pate

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  • Reviving My Love for the NBA

    It’s 1997. I’m six. And two nights after Michael Jordan’s improbable “Flu Game,” I watch as Steve Kerr sinks the game-winning shot to give the Chicago Bulls their second-straight NBA… Read more

  • Nerstrand Big Woods State Park + Valley Grove Church

    I drove an hour south of St. Paul yesterday to explore a Minnesota state park and take some photos. The sun had raised the temperature to just below freezing: the perfect… Read more

  • Weekend Photography: #LoveHopeRise + St. Paul Skyways

    I attended the #LoveHopeRise March in St. Paul on Saturday. The event was the first action of the new Love Hope Rise Coalition. Featuring a pre-march social justice fair with… Read more

  • Finally, Some Snow

    Though it’s been getting colder and colder in Minnesota, the snow production in the Twin Cities has been lackluster thus far. I’m of the opinion that if it’s going to… Read more

  • A Foggy Morning in Minneapolis

    I haven’t posted anything since the election. Frankly, it’s been hard to think of what to write in the wake of the devastating results. Others have put forth some of their best work in… Read more

  • Pocket’s Trending News on Google

    I opened Google today and saw something new: Trending Stories by Pocket. Pocket is a popular “save-for-later service” that allows users to save stories from the web to read on… Read more

  • The Threat of High-School Journalism

    This story came out of my hometown yesterday: Staff at the Palmer Ridge High School student newspaper expected “significant reaction” when they endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton for president, but they’ve been surprised… Read more

  • Outdoor Research Takes on GQ

    As more companies consciously make an effort to keep sexism out of their marketing content, others are stuck in the Mad Men mentality of the past. The latest example: GQ published a… Read more

  • 4 Cloud Services to De-clutter Your Computer

    There was a time when the amount of storage available was a major factor in my device purchases. I needed lots of space to store all of my documents, photos, music… Read more

  • Things I Learned Photographing My First MMA Event

    Yesterday, my friend Caroline Yang asked if I wanted to come along to shoot an MMA fight at Cabooze in Minneapolis. I’ve been looking for ways to diversify the subjects… Read more

Welcome to my blog!

Here you’ll find a little bit of everything—my musings on marketing, reflections on life in these United States, moments captured from the saddle of my bike, and more. I come here to share my thoughts when the mood strikes, which is admittedly inconsistent! Nonetheless, I hope to provide morsels of entertainment for those of you who stumble on this blog.

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