It’s weird to think that at this point the cats are more self sufficient and smarter about cleaning up after their poop then baby Jack is. Basically, at this point, I feel like I’ve been reduced to an underpaid city Outflow Clean-up Engineer. If it’s disgusting, smells terrible, and springs forth from a living orifice, …
Monthly Archives: January 2007
The Delivery
We just got Jack home a few hours ago. It’s been a blurry couple of days. How do I even begin to write this post? How do I even keep my eyes open and my mind centered long enough to compose my thoughts? When I started this blog oh so many years ago, I never …
Day One: The New Jack Swing
Jack Michael Skelton Born: January 18th, 2007 at 8:53 am. Nine pounds, one ounce. 21 inches. Everyone is doing well. Mom & Dad are exhausted. More to follow. Hopefully in the next couple of days.
Slammin’ The White Forest
Whoa. Portland got all jacked up yesterday. We were sucker punched by a super sneaky snow storm that no one predicted. Like everyone else here in Portland, the news weather hooligans are completely high. Only they must have a direct pipeline to the super hairy purple buds, because they are consistently so incredibly off the …
Thieving Goliath Thwarted by His Own Big Booty
In a world ruled by bat-shit crazy, gun-toting, neo-con sea monkeys, will a persecuted and misunderstood cat rise to the task of uniting our nation and lead us to the promise of a better tomorrow? That’s my pitch for the as-yet-to-be-realised movie: “Goliath Goes to Washington”. It’s based around the shenanigans of the fun loving …
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Happy & Pregnant
When we crossed over the Columbia Gorge from the Oregon side to the Washington side Friday night, we were chasin’ John Coltrane over the impossibly named ‘Bridge of The Gods‘. And wouldn’t you know it, there’s a one dollar God tax to get across the bridge! With a name like that, expectations were running high …
Let’s Get Started
Happy belated new year one and all. Things are coming along at the Skelton Ranch. Took in the new year with the amazing new double drumming line-up of the Melvins at the Roseland. I was happy to see a mom at the show holding a 16-month old (I asked) in her arms. Baby’s first Melvins …