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Especially when you can roll your own Bush stump speech or your own Kerry stump speech? Good times for the politically astute, I promise! If you've got broadband and don't mind a little PG-13 (or R) rated political satire, JibJab is the place for you. This Land and Good to be in D.C. are fun, funny Flash-based animations. Also, if you've not glanced over...

Erin's second cousin Jessica stayed over with us on Thursday night since she had a teachers' inservice class in Salem on Friday. Despite her somewhat late arrival from Coos Bay, we had a grand time staying up and chatting. Our thanks to her for taking us up on the offer of a place to stay! We love seeing family and friends! In that vein, Matt, Ginger, and...

I'll set aside just for today the news that our soccer team played awful and still won 6-1. We scored some nice goals, were never seriously threatened, and other than a lack of playing time due to too many players, had a good time of it. Well, I took a knee to the quad that's a little stiff now, but anyway. Steelers won 28-17 over the Bungles. Always happy...

Uh, yeah, comedic entries like these are why my site is blocked by parental web site filters. Warning: Links to nudity ahead. Dave and I were iChatting last night when I surfed over to Craig's List, an Internet-based bulletin board system with local sub-boards in many major cities. For example, I visit Portland's Craig's List from time to time to see...

Bush v. Kerry is one hell of a spanking. For Sen. John Kerry to win this evening's debate he needed to do one thing: appear presidential. Kerry did much more, providing solid answers on every topic. Logically consistent? Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves. But can I see him as an effective president? I'm not a huge Kerry fan, but you bet. Conversely,...

I've had a pretty sore back ever since last Sunday's 7-0 soccer victory up in Portland. I mentioned, I think, that the Division 2 team I'm playing on is absolutely loaded with talent and will in all likelihood clean up the league. I saw nothing on Sunday to convince me otherwise. The team we played was decent, with one particularly talented midfielder, and...

That the Steelers went down to defeat at the hands of the much-loathed Baltimore Ravens would be worse if the Birds defense weren't so good. And the game was in Baltimore. Add to this the traditional Steeler penchant for not hitting stride until 4 or 5 games into a season, and I'm OK being 1-1. Hope we play better next week, though. Today's Men's Over 30...

If you take a look at some of what I wrote about John Kerry in the midst of the Democratic nominating process, you'll find that I wasn't keen on the fellow. Specificially, I said that he was the candidate of the monied and entrenched power brokers of the party, and one who had a tendency to play fast and loose with the truth. Although I thought he would be...

Unfortunately, Jonah slept poorly—or more accurately, I slept poorly because of Jonah—so I was pretty exhausted by our 7:50 AM wake-up. Still we were collectively on the road and buying our $12 one day fishing licenses at the Clackamas Fred Meyer by 9 AM, so enough neurons were firing to get me that far. (I also picked up Minority Report there for $9,...

Battle Ground, Washington Jonah and I are up here at the five-star Hotel Kann for an overnight before I take a fishing trip with Dave Morrison and Joe. Jonah will be hanging out with Carol, Ella, Eileen, and Susan. (The boy will be entertained!) This afternoon and evening we hung out while Jonah explored, then went over to a local park so Jonah could play...