Top 5's with 'superfan' Andrew David Pierce

We haven't had many blogs lately, mostly because we were busy taking the docks out of the water... which is sad. But we finally have delivered on a promise from this summer, so without further adieu, please help me in welcoming Andrew Pierce to deliver his Top 5's.

Top 5 lakes you love to visit
1. Bass Lake – home to the Pierce Family Cabin (Merrifield, MN)
2. Gull Lake – home to Dutch Cragun
3. Lake Superior – home to the Edmund Fitzgerald
4. Lake Michigan – 2nd greatest lake
5. Crooked Lake – high school hangout

Top 5 reasons you don’t live in Coon Rapids
1. cost of living is too high – it’s like a mini Maple Grove
2. ashamed to show my face now that my middle school flexed arm hang record has been broken
3. my better half does not want to take a park & ride to work
4. Grand Slam Sports closed, need to reside closer to laser tag options
5. my parents claim I’d “cramp their style” if I lived less than 25 minutes away

Top 5 ways you spend $5
1. McDonald’s dollar menu-naire
2. convenience store sunglasses
3. 1 hour of parking downtown
4. redbox movie, box of reese’s pieces and a whatchamacallit bar
5. tin of grizzle biscuits

Top 5 Christmas gifts you’ve received
1. my first suit
2. Nestle Turtles candies
3. ‘Blood, Sweat and Beers’ DVD
4. iPod nano with name engraved
5. U of M tailgating chairs

Top 5 songs on your iPhone right now
1. The Head and the Heart – Lost In My Mind
2. Trout Steak Revival – Ground Beneath You
3. Cults – Go Outside
4. M83 – Midnight City
5. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

Top 5 reasons you love summer
1. deep v-necks
2. cargo shorts
3. sunglasses with croakies
4. Keens
5. wearing pro-fit baseball hats backwards

Top 5 things you’ll be doing this ‘off-season’
1. repainting basement
2. winter lake life at the Pierce cabin
3. baking all kinds of bread
4. organizing the 1/2 level upstairs
5. wearing under armor/performance fleece around the house

Top 5 quotes
1. “Knowledge is power - it grows just like a flower.” – David Liebe Hart
2. “He who dies with the most toys, still dies.” – a No Fear t-shirt I had in 7th grade
3. “Round up the usual suspects.” – The Usual Suspects
4. “You know what they say about assuming…you shouldn’t do it.” – Andrew David Pierce
5. “Don’t mess with the best, don’t fool with the cool, ‘cause the cool don’t fool with you.” – Gandhi

Top 5 sports rivalries
1. Vikings-Packers
2. Gophers-Sioux (Hockey)
3. Gophers-Badgers (Football)
4. Twins-Brewers
5. Duke-North Carolina

Top 5 reasons you love Lake Life
1. the lids
2. the classic long sleeves
3. the entrepreneurship
4. the custom desktop backgrounds
5. the lifestyle

We thank Andrew for all his contributions and knowledge he has bestowed upon us. Even though he doesn't have an entrepreneurial bone in his body, he does wear t-shirts from time to time - which makes him a great resource.

Until next time - which will hopefully be sooner rather than later.

Peace, love and lake,

Arnie