Lows in the 30s this week. House is chilly and my little girl (21 months) keeps waking up, even well layered. So…she’ll be absorbing my body heat in our bed tonight.

Rembrandt, Monet, Picasso…

Time to turn up the heat and put a nice tropical scene on the TV while I work on the couch today. 🌴

Project mystery machine in progress.

The teens at one of my lunch spots were playing Postal Service in the dining room. Wild to think they weren’t even alive when that album came out.

Anyone use Smartsheet for project management? Thoughts?

A little old lady pulled up in a classic Porsche in front of the library. As she got out, I turned to my 4-year-old and said, “hey, check out this beautiful Porsche!” so that the lady could overhear me. She just responded with, “it’s por-SHA” and walked away all huffy. My god, my faith in humanity.

Heard a second and a half of Tainted Love on the radio this morning before I was able to change the channel and that damn thing will be stuck in my head for 3 months. Who does that to their listeners?

I think this week we’re supposed to get the season finale of Invasion S2.

I’m a sucker for these alien shows.

It’s amazing how long home improvement projects take me these days. Gone are the days the days of knocking out projects over a weekend or two.

I caught some flack from family for not responding quickly enough to texts.

Yo. I have two kids under 5. Rest assured I’ll get to your text next time I have a moment, which will likely be 1) when I’m taking a dump or 2) in those fleeting moments of consciousness before I pass out from exhaustion.

20 years ago Elliott Smith took his own life. I think what I loved most about him was that he was sort of an Everyman musician, which was inspiring. I recorded this cover of Pitseleh with a computer mic not long after his death.

SoundCloud

It’s very odd when your Apple Watch asks you if you’d “like to start your day” after more than 30 minutes on the treadmill.

From Peninsula Park this morning.

When you ask Siri to play OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) but it plays OPP, you just let it play.

Whenever I hear somebody say that the roads in Portland are awful, the only logical response is “so, you’ve never been to the upper Midwest, eh?”

I mean, there truly isn’t a better restaurant name in the region.

This is so obviously fake, but every time the memory pops up this time of year, I have a good laugh.

I see this kind of parking job in my neighborhood all the time. Do I be that guy who calls/reports this? Mostly I’m worried about sight distance and kids getting beaned by cars. Also a safety hazard for emergency vehicles.

Just figured out that you can add custom emojis to saved Google map items. So, if anyone needs me, I’ll be updating those for the next several weeks.

Pea soup on the morning commute. #pdx

The very large box my treadmill came in is coming in handy for Project Mystery Machine.