Miscellany
I am not interesting. Neither are you. What we do and can do — that can be interesting. What we know — that can be interesting. What we have seen and read — that can be interesting. What we like and don't like and why — that can be interesting. Our experiences
Life
Nothing wakes a person up in the morning quite like the smoke alarm.
Life
Today is your typical Portland winter day -- temps around 50, overcast, drizzling. Late this afternoon, I walked to the Deadhead Fred to pick up some flour, butter, and chocolate for baking. When I got home, I found my favorite neighborhood kitty hanging out on my front porch. He's
Music
After a stressful week, there's nothing that relaxes me quite like listening to well-executed Beatlesque pop.
TV / Film / Radio
The funniest thing I have seen on Saturday Night Live recently is available for viewing on the Web, and is was a free download at the iTunes store.
Life
God help me, but I have a recipe that calls for Velveeta. So I went down to the Deadhead Fred to buy that and a few other Christmas-related items. I spent almost 10 minutes looking for the Velveeta. I finally had to ask a store clerk to point me
Life
I went over to a friend's house on Mount Tabor today to look in on her cat. While I was walking home, I saw a holly tree! Nothing puts me in the Christmas mood quite like that. Well, aside from drinking eggnog by a fire. Which I might
Sports
So I'm watching the Fort Worth Bowl, which this year matches my former employer, the University of Houston (Go Coogs!), against the University of Kansas. ESPN has sent their D team to provide commentary — before tonight, I had never heard of either person in the broadcast booth. Midway
Life
I had lunch with a friend today at Pho Hung, a Vietnamese restaurant on Powell. He recommended the avocado milkshake. After he assured me that he was serious, I went ahead and ordered it. It was good . I expected it to taste like liquid guacamole, but it actually tasted like
Politics
Katherine at Obsidian Wings sums it up: Look. We have a President here who is making a claim of unlimited power, for the duration of a war that may never end. Oh, he says it's limited by the country's laws, but they've got a
Music
These are great! God bless the British and their cheesy, cheesy taste. (My favorite band in the 80s? These wallies.)
Life
Today was supposed to be a snow day — icy roads, slippery sidewalks, stay inside unless your life depends on it — so I was pleasantly surprised when I woke up and found I could go out. The weather was actually quite nice. I trudged carefully through the slush to the East