The amazing, hardworking flipper

What a race! What a landscape improvement! What a cute little boy! And I didn’t even mention the Steelers’ 15-14 preseason victory over the Cowboys. Thank GOD Jon and Kelly finished second to Chip and Reichen in this go-round of The Amazing Race. After...

Hoping music takes flight

How can the news that I need to spend $1000 be a good thing? Consider that the alternative is that I scrap everything and start over. Mark of the Unicorn (aka MOTU) announced an upgrade path for owners of their recording systems. Anyone with a 424 card (the PCI card...

“Regime Change” starts at home

Howard Dean, M.D., comes to Oregon, and I lay out my case for Dean and against Bush. My main man for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, Howard Dean, M.D., will be in Portland on Sunday, August 24 at noon at the Portland State University...

A wedding, a party & a think

Nice wedding on Saturday. Nice neighborhood party on Sunday. On Saturday and Sunday, a nice long think about which car to buy. Jonah’s somewhat uncharacteristic fussiness kept me from observing up close Saturday’s wedding of Erin’s former student...

A pox upon my first born?

Chicken pox, specifically. Jonah doesn’t necessarily have them, but he’s been exposed. We received word earlier today that one of the friends we visited in California has come down with chicken pox. Both Erin and I have had them—I still have a scar on my...