Cheese Nerds vs. Fighter Jet Nerds Just wrapped up a visit from the in-laws. My father-in-law is a big time World War II buff so we went and visited the Evergreen Aviation Museum outside of McMinnville. The museum is home to that magnificent creation of Howard Hughes – the Spruce Goose. All I can really …
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Those That Came Before… I was playing around with some crazy family tree software put out by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints last night (Go Mormons!). Unfortunately, it’s software for Windows, which blows because I still haven’t figured out how to get my printer working with Virtual PC. I did discover a …
Freestyle BroadcastsWho needs March Madness and broken brackets when we got You Tube’s Wide World of Sports? Witness: Urban Ninja, Body Artist, Ronaldinho: Touch of Gold (check out the kicks (shoes) and then check out the KICKS!). And my personal favorite, Tafeltennis.
Hornblower & Jelly I didn’t have any real good reason to buy an ‘Energy Drink’ especially one that tries to sell itself as an Energy ‘Jelly’. My energy-o-meter never drops low enough to warrant these kinds of products. My morning coffee intake usually gives me a good baseline energy level throughout the day. But I …
Defining the Otsu-Gaki Style We bid farewell to the parental units as they boarded jets to Minnesota yesterday. As luck would have it, the sun finally came out here in Portland for the last day of their visit. Proving that there are indeed a few days every year that it doesn’t rain here in wetTown …
The Smoking Gun Check out that mug shot. Apparently, or should I say allegedly, someone in our family was cruising down the Beaverton/Hillsdale Highway going a touch over the speed limit on March 3rd at 5:18pm. Here in Portland they have these photo radar vehicle monitors. The slick high speed camera records the ‘violator’ on …
The Return of The Great Bandini One of my all-time favorite works of fiction, John Fante’s “Ask The Dust” has been made into a movie (watch trailer). The movie comes out this weekend to mixed reviews. Apparently, Robert Towne bought the rights to “Ask The Dust” while he was making “Chinatown”. I suppose he waited …
Snow Dayz: 6:14 AM Great. The parents are arriving from Minnesota this morning. They thought they might get a little spring vacation from the end of a Minnesota winter. My mom had big plans to do some gardening/landscaping in our backyard. I guess they were under the assumption that it would actually be spring here …
Tuff Week It’s time to celebrate the body of work that these three heavies left behind. Gordon Parks, Ali Farka Toure, and Kirby Puckett.
Vet Blogging Big day out for the cats yesterday. It was time for their annual trip to the Vet. There was much angry dissent from both cats. Listen here (mp3) to the chorus of protests that came from the back seat (CAUTION: audio clip contains several kitty expletives). Oh the humanity! Both cats have mild …