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Just a quick note of congrats to my friend Aazura who will be bellydancing at the Nov. 5 Sarah Brightman concert in Bridgeport. You rock! Congratulations also to our friends Maurice & Debi on the purchase of their new house in Dublin, California! We're looking forward to seeing it! Finally, props to Erin and anybody else making their way back to school...

While I'm busy playing political games like handicapping the presidential race—tightened presently thanks to the GOP post-convention bounce—I wanted to point out a quick political quiz you can take to see with which candidate you're most in tune. For me, it was Dennis Kucinich at 55% followed by Ralph Nader at 48%. Howard Dean, MD, was a surprisingly low...

Erin, Jonah, and I were in Beaverton at Holy Trinity for Travis Hemstreet's baptism today. Four infants made the event about twice as long as Jonah's (where there were only two), but it's all reasonably jolly, so nobody's complaining. The party afterward at the Hemstreets' place was rocking. Saw my college friend Karen there along with her husband Rob....

Total thanks to Dennis, Maria, Eileen, Joe, Carol, and Ella for coming on down for a lazy Saturday afternoon get-together. We chatted up a storm, admired the kids, took one of Erin's famous (infamous?) taste tests—this involving seven different colas—and played a little basketball. Oh, and snuck in a little computer time, too. Wait, I forgot about the...

Our friends Suzanne, Dave, and their 5 month-old son Travis are on the Oregon leg of their Travis Hemstreet Victory tour and thoughtfully included us in their trip. After a day at the Oregon State Fair, they arrived over at our place just as I was headed out to my soccer kick around at Bush Park. After a brief greeting I ran off to soccer (where I played...

Dennis drove down from Portland on Sunday and Dave drove in straight from working in Bend. Together we nearly completed construction of the second closet organizer. What we did get accomplished looks totally pro, though. My thanks to them both for their hard work on what is a very time-consuming task. On Monday, Dave returned to help me trim out the...

After dropping Jonah off for a day at his grandparents, Erin and I went to Home Depot to check out window shades and bedroom lights. Erin nixed my idea of motorized remote-controlled blinds, but agreed that they might make sense in the living room after a remodel. Otherwise I think we found a few options from among which to make a final determination after...

Portland, Oregon I'm up in Portland on business for a couple of days. Through the kindness of Dennis, I'm hanging out at his place for a night before returning to Salem. Among his stellar DVD collection: The Tick, a short-lived but incredibly funny series that aired a few seasons back. Watched the whole series during my overnight, but, sadly, that's...

I'm handing out the kudos again. Dave came up from Eugene to help me with the trim in the bedrooms, and with his generous assistance, we finished about 90 percent of the trim. I've got two small pieces to cope and cut tomorrow morning, then it's done. I can't begin to tell you what a psychological lift that is. There is now a halfway decent chance that the...

Worth the trip to Eugene. This evening Erin's long-time friend Terri and her husband Jim threw a party to celebrate Terri's birthday. The party at their home in Eugene was conducted in fine style with yummy eats and interesting guests. Among the many people we met and spoke with were Geoff, Kim and their daughter Elana. Friends of Jim and Terri's, they'd...