Posts tagged Earlier Web.
This is going to be a terribly unpopular opinion, but I don’t think ZGF delivered on the promise of the new PDX airport design. I was wowed by renderings, but it didn’t turn out as nice as I thought it would because of…
Read moreMy five-year-old son, while putting together a realistic space shuttle Lego set, asks “why would astronauts need a shovel, dad?” Great question 😆
Read moreI was awarded some pretty big grant $$ to install EV chargers at my place of work (public). Comparing pricing schemes and noticed the city we’re working in charges by the hour for theirs. However, the kWh changes based…
Read moreCurrently reading: White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 📚
Read moreThis looks neat. Bluniversal Comments is a Chrome Extension enabling “universal comments” via Bluesky, directly on web pages. With this extension, you can view, comment, and engage with Bluesky discussions linked to any…
Read moreHaving one of those down and out sorta days. Ordered Shake Shack and snuggled up with my dog, watching The Bear. Might hit the sauna later.
Read moreCurrently reading: Street Design by Victor Dover 📚
Read moreFinished re-reading: Geography Of Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler 📚
Read moreMight be a little late to get before the big day, but if anyone is looking for a nice little gift, I love my Fox Vulpis Italian made Swiss Army knife. A little spendy, but the blade is M390. Comes in a 5-in-1 configurat…
Read moreProbably some lingering Proustian childhood memory, but sometimes I just need a damn bologna sandwich with a slice of American cheese.
Read moreMy deadbeat dad would’ve been 66 today had he not wrapped himself around a telephone pole while driving drunk in 2003. Be safe this holiday season.
Read moreIt only cost $11-20 per package to mail my wife’s homemade gifts that have a total retail value of maybe $3 each.
Read moreI don’t understand this stuff. After over $700k and years of studying the TriMet Willow Creek site for potential transit oriented development (TOD), ECOnorthwest and architecture firms come back with a squat, over-parke…
Read moreThe most unbelievable thing about movies and TV shows set in the 80s is how many fathers were still around.
Read moreCurrently re-reading: Geography Of Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler 📚
Read moreFinished reading: There Are No Accidents by Jessie Singer 📚 Excellent book.
Read moreCurrently reading: Reinventing Your Life by Jeffrey E. Young 📚
Read moreCurrently reading: There Are No Accidents by Jessie Singer 📚
Read moreFinished reading: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson 📚
Read moreIKEA plans order and pickup location at Progress Ridge
Read moreWatching Silo on Apple TV be like…
Read moreNot sure why I had completely forgotten about the Sidecar option with iPad. Really helped while working in Smartsheet this morning.
Read moreWent and visited Santa at Three Mugs Pub.
Read moreGot out by myself for a few hours this afternoon. Had to take some books back, so I checked out the Hillsdale branch of Multnomah County Library. Stopped off at Tip Top Burger (meh), then worked on my blog for a bit at…
Read moreMaking cookies.
Read moreThose wooden handled, soft-bristled back scrubbers for the shower are such a tease. Give me one of those cheap plastic ones with the tough nylon bristles that hurt so good.
Read moreColumbia River at dinner last night.
Read moreNice sunset despite a mucky day.
Read moreDinner at Grandma and Grandpa Kofstad’s.
Read moreAddictive.
Read moreObsessed with his knockoff Lego advent calendar.
Read moreI bought one of those wedge pillows for my bed and it all might be downhill from here.
Read moreThings are ramping up.
Read moreJust realized RNs at OHSU make up to about $90/hr. If I didn’t know how crazy some of those jobs can be, I might consider a midlife career change.
Read moreI’m required by my employer to put 6% of my salary into a retirement fund (401a) I do not control. I also have an old 401k from a previous employer that had a nearly identical balance several years ago, but I haven’t co…
Read moreAnxiety pro tip: cut your fourth cup of coffee with decaf.
Read morePortland City Council approves $176M streetcar extension, new mixed-use neighborhood in Northwest
Read moreFlashback!
Read moreFrom the morning.
Read moreThis whole I-used-my-credit-card-at-your-business-one-time-and-now-you’re-spamming-me-daily-with-offers crap has got to stop.
Read moreMet this fancy lady at the park the other day, who was gracious enough to paws for a photo.
Read moreThe periodic fog on the way in this morning was lovely.
Read moreWorking on an article for my planning blog about pop. density and doing some research. For all the flack the west side gets from Portlanders, there are some very dense nodes. Elmonica Station has 10k ppsm and will soon…
Read moreGrateful we don’t get much snow in the valley, but I wouldn’t mind a white Christmas this year. 🤞
Read moreOn the lookout for a new Mastodon server with longer post character count. Let me know if you have a recommendation.
Read moreTIL Michigan was the first state to abolish the death penalty. 1847.
Read moreJust finished The Madness on Netflix. Loved the cast and storyline. Kept me interested and the pace was perfect.
Read moreI’ve been having this issue with the new Apple Mail where it becomes unresponsive sometimes when I open it by clicking an email notification. I have to force close to get it to work again. Very strange.
Read moreOne reason so many people have an aversion toward attached housing is the uniformity and blandness of it all. Uninspired finishes that an HOA controls with no hope of evolving character. I wish we had more examples of f…
Read moreI did not see a single soul on this TriMet MAX Red Line train going west at 8:25 a.m.
Read moreI’ll be tinkering with this when I have a moment. Adding Bluesky-powered comments to any website in five minutes
Read moreI love the look on Republicans’ faces when I tell them the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program was signed into law by George W. Bush.
Read moreChilling out for a moment while the kids play with magnetic tiles.
Read moreTurned off Fediverse sharing on Threads. No point, and it kneecaps reply controls/moderation.
Read moreWe’ve got a few weeks left of the year, but I’ll post my 2024 fuel consumption “wrapped”. $188 in electricity in 7.5 months, which can be extrapolated to about $300/yr (vs $1760/yr for gas at 25mpg). I’ve driven 5383 mi…
Read moreMe and my son went to OMSI today to see the Exquisite Creatures exhibit.
Read moreGave up on my crappy router and traded it in for a mesh bundle. Hardwired 3 with Ethernet backhaul, and holy moly, what a world of difference. Why I’m so stubborn and didn’t do this sooner, I don’t know.
Read moreOne of the biggest downsides of POSSE is making a typo.
Read moreDetroit Lions have just set a franchise record! 🦁 🏈
Read moreIt would be helpful if the popular GPS/mapping applications could detect when you’re already on a train/transit route and adjust the trip duration accordingly. The only way I’ve figured out how to get around this limita…
Read moreMy smile has always been a big source of insecurity. Honestly, it’s probably responsible for my severe case of RBF. I wish I’d tackled this sooner, but I’m finally in a place where I can afford to start clear aligners.…
Read moreAnother frosty morning.
Read moreSome days, I still grieve the loss of the Grilled Stuft Burrito.
Read moreYou’ve just got to wonder about some of these Southwest Portland tax bills. Are you really getting that much better public services than, say, unincorporated Washington County, for 3x the cost? No, you’re not. The answe…
Read moreWhenever I pass this field, I can’t help but think of the default Windows XP wallpaper. Washington County, Oregon.
Read moreI took my lunch, as I sometimes do, on Unger Road, looking east toward Mount Hood. The east wind is keeping the northern Willamette clear and cold. Morning wrapped us in freezing fog, with frost still clinging to the sh…
Read moreActually took my meds today and spent some time this morning filling out my calendar for the month ahead. A tiny bit of relief for my ADHD brain having the chaos written down somewhere. I’ll still mess something up, but…
Read moreZoo Lights.
Read moreWarming up inside the Nature Exploration Station during Zoo Lights yesterday at the Oregon Zoo.
Read moreI’m getting excited about Ghost’s implementation of ActivityPub. I have used it to micro blog, but it doesn’t work well out of the box, so I had to create a highly customized theme. But it now looks like they’re working…
Read moreCurrently reading: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson 📚
Read moreI wonder how often dogs are just like “I wish these people would quiet down already.” And then anytime they bark we’re shushing them. We don’t deserve them.
Read moreAnalyzing the American Dream as an American living in Germany. From usa.mom.in.germany. 🇩🇪
Read moreMeanwhile, 100 ft of Christmas lights barely scratches the surface when it comes to decking the halls with holiday cheer. Gonna need to make another HD run.
Read moreCurrently reading: Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition) by Gabriel García Márquez 📚
Read moreI wonder what kind of clientele they’re going for with that agency name.
Read moreFinished reading: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 📚
Read moreWoke up to 30° in PDX and lots of frost. I’m a wimp in the cold these days. 🥶
Read moreWhat happens if we cut Alaska in half? Texas becomes the third largest state.
Read moreRereading Jane Jacobs: Reflections on “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” https://lowvelocity.org
Read moreThere’s always those people who email you something right before the weekend or heading into a holiday with a message that sits with you the whole time, stressing you out when you’re supposed to be relaxing. To hell wit…
Read moreLions win ! But not without stressing me TF out! 🏈
Read moreTurkey and football. Lions have lost the last 7 Thanksgiving games. I think this year will be different. #onepride 🦁 🏈
Read moreMy cheese sauce/roux recipe for Mac n cheese: 6 Tbsp butter, 1/4 grated onion, 2 cloves minced garlic, 2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1/4 tsp Cheyenne pepper, 2 tsp dry mustard, 3.5 cups milk, 1.75 cups heavy cream, 8 oz c…
Read moreScoping out urban condos, when 5+ units in the same building hit the market at the same time, you just know the HOA fee has gone through the roof to fund some deferred maintenance capital investment.
Read moreLast night I went to my second writers meetup at Lucky Lab beer hall in NW Portland. Meeting some really friendly and fun people. I can see this becoming a weekly thing.
Read moreFinished rereading: The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs 📚
Read moreI never feel more like a stereotypical middle aged dad than when I’m turning off every single light and fan in the house before I leave for work. I need more smart switches.
Read moreOne thing I absolutely cannot understand about the left is how the party platform has switched from being protectionist to now being apparently pro global free trade? It’s a strange time to be alive.
Read moreI don’t think many people on the Right understand just how much low interest rates under the last administration contributed to inflation. Many people did cash-out refinances to fund renovations, pay off cars, go on vac…
Read moreI’m really hard on my glasses, so a year ago I sent in my Warby Parkers to Eyeglasses.com and had the lenses replaced with real glass. One of the best purchase decisions I’ve made in recent memory. Not a single scratch.…
Read moreSpent time in Dundee and Newberg today with our friend Penny and her boy. Had perhaps the second best Reuben of my life at Red Hills Market. Fell on my ass on a muddy hill at Herbert Hoover Disc Golf Course (this name c…
Read moreThe failure rate of Shazam has gone way up since Apple acquired it.
Read moreThe speed at which my children can absolutely crush $35 worth of fruit…
Read moreIs anyone else in Oregon who works professionally in planning, architecture or development actually seeing residential uses being built without parking? Curious because despite no minimum parking requirements, I’m seein…
Read moreThe paradox of tolerance.
Read moreAbolish zoning they said. It’ll be great they said.
Read moreBeing from the Pacific Northwest means never being able to trust a national forecast or weather app.
Read moreI understand you’re trying to attract new business on your landing page, but for the love of god, include a login button for those of us who use your service.
Read moreA year ago I moved out of land use planning into campus, facilities and parks planning. Probably the best career move I ever made. Went from doing thankless, highly political work that no one was ever satisfied with, wh…
Read moreIn the eye of the storm, or did the bomb cyclone squeegee the sky?
Read moreHalfway through The Death and Life of Great American Cities for the second time in my life (for a book club) and have come to the conclusion that it’s unreadable nonsense. Amazing how 20 years of professional experience…
Read moreRemembering a time in my 20s and early 30s when all I wanted was an out from where I was living in the Midwest. It felt like a prison. It you’re in a similar situation, don’t give up hope. There’s someplace out there fo…
Read moreThe job hopping in the tech space is so much different than government. As someone who has sat on many hiring panels, if I were to receive a resume with 10 jobs in as many years, that person is not even getting an inter…
Read moreNot sure why it bothers me so much that Las Vegas will get true HSR before the Northwest or Midwest, but it does.
Read moreI moved away from Lansing about 10 years ago. Lived there for almost a decade. I didn’t live there when developers tore down this block on Michigan Ave, but I still can’t believe they took out an entire historic, fine g…
Read moreMy public university degrees (in-state undergrad and grad) cost $106k in tuition, not including community college costs or interest (2010). Thank god for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Hopefully it…
Read moreMade the mistake of getting back on Facebook right before the election. Just deactivated again, but seriously considering permanent deletion. What I always miss most are the groups. There are some great communities on t…
Read moreI posted yesterday about needing more indoor play places for kids with adult amenities more like an airport lounge. Biggest concern to me would be sight lines. How would Foucault feel if we used the panopticon as a mode…
Read moreThe Achilles Heel of the YIMBY movement is the common thought that this isn’t built because it’s illegal. It’s legal in enough places to know that developers don’t build much of this. People have so much faith in the la…
Read moreHaving one of those weekends with the kids where I’m ready to go back to work. I think we all need a vacation.
Read moreMaking my homemade mac and cheese tonight. Feeling like I need some comfort food. Might not fill the void, but it will get me through!
Read moreWe need indoor play places for kids where the parent areas are more like airport lounges. When we’re going through long stretches of bad weather, these places are lifesavers for people with young kids, but I think there…
Read moreWent looking for a binaural sleep frequencies app and ended up self-administering EMDR. Have you tried turning your trauma off and back on again?
Read moreCurrently: Old Fashioneds and a pretty competitive game of Rummikub while the kids watch a Christmas movie.
Read moreSo many worries about the Fed’s direction in the coming years—beyond the usual. Transit funding, affordable housing, education… it all feels so precarious right now. Trying to stay optimistic, but it’s tough not to feel…
Read moreNearing my mid 40s and the font sizes are definitely getting bigger.
Read moreAs a staunch urbanist, I love the idea of the 15-minute city, but that lifestyle seems out of touch from most people’s reality. Allowing nearby amenities is easy from a land use perspective, but work, school choice, and…
Read moreFinished reading: Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12) by Dav Pilkey 📚 I probably enjoyed this one as much as my son (5), particularly the parts about A.I. I also love how he named a robot charac…
Read moreJake Paul / Mike Tyson in the context of our societal collapse: bread and circuses.
Read morePortlanders notoriously don’t shovel their sidewalks when it snows here. I’ve heard the argument that it’s pointless to buy a snow shovel when it only snows a couple times per year and melts fairly quickly. But guess wh…
Read moreI avoided this fallen can of soda water all week knowing full well that it would be there for me when I ran out of them on Friday. Here we are.
Read moreI decided to stop complaining about having so few friends as a middle-aged man and committed to a goal of one social meetup event per week. This week was trivia, next week is a writer’s group. With enough meds, I might…
Read moreA pair of quotes that gave me pause today: The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. — Pablo Picasso There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality i…
Read moreMy wife scheduling that JC Penney photo shoot the minute I break down and trim my Movember mustache.
Read moreCurrently reading: The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs 📚 Haven’t read this since grad school and have been meaning to revisit it. Oregon chapter of the American Planning Association book club pic…
Read moreBook search down again for Epilogue on Micro.blog. @help
Read moreFinished reading: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari 📚
Read moreLooking at open enrollment options and comparing insurance costs between my employer (government) and my wife’s (health care). Her premium for dental through the same provider is 8 times as expensive. This system is stu…
Read moreOf all the scientific and technological advancements made in my lifetime, not one is more important than the Squatty Potty.
Read moreAs much as I loathe DT and Musk, I unfollow people who body shame them. Don’t care if it’s punching up, that’s some right wing stuff I just don’t tolerate in my feeds.
Read moreMore sunbreaks. ☀️
Read moreMy mother-in-law officially retired, so we’ve been getting a little relief with the kids lately. Last night we got out in Northwest PDX. I won a pretty decent gift card to Ringside a while back and we had to use it. Nic…
Read moreFinished reading: Mermin Vol. 1 by Joey Weiser 📚. We enjoyed this one, looking forward to book two.
Read moreOur kindergarten kiddo.
Read moreWe may or may not have put up the Christmas tree today. 🌲
Read moreI wonder who they voted for. Demonstrators with Nazi flags appear at ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ performance
Read moreWent on a date with my wife, found a Lego brick in my pocket. #parenting
Read moreBridge City. Gloom rolled in, but we’re dry at the moment. Photos from the passenger seat.
Read moreQuoting scripture in response to conservative Christians voting for Trump isn’t hypocritical if you’re not a Christian. You don’t need to be Christian to recognize when they’re not living by their own tenets, just as yo…
Read moreAlways a strange day for me between being my brother’s birthday and also the day my wife and I went on our first date, 9 years ago now. No lack of fodder for reflection. I like this photo of her smiling big with her eye…
Read moreThinking about my brother Brad, who would’ve been 42 today. Love you, buddy.
Read moreWent to a musical at Mountainside High School tonight and then had some food and drinks with friends at Cooper Mountain Ale Works in Sherwood, OR. Not the best food, but it was nice to see people and feel part of a comm…
Read moreThere’s a development forum I frequent that still uses vBulletin version 3.8.7. That’s software that came out in 2010. The owner refuses to upgrade and the users won’t migrate because of their post counts. Is there a wa…
Read moreWhat’s that you say? You’ve never heard a Twin Reverb cranked to 10, in person? Yeah, me neither…until the Tone Master version, which allows you to attenuate down to 1 watt and play at bedroom levels while still getting…
Read moreHow are you taking care of yourself this weekend?
Read moreA Trumper resorted to criticizing my “combover” instead of my ideas yesterday. I’m still kind of smiling about it.
Read moreProbably crazy, but I’ve always wanted to take Amtrak down the west coast in one of those sleeper cabins.
Read moreCurrently reading: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 📚
Read moreI’m losing followers on other platforms because of my opinions about the election. But what bothers me more is how silent so many people are being about this. People who didn’t vote for him but appear as if nothing happ…
Read moreI think I’ve gained back all the weight I lost just since Halloween. It’s been a helluva time these last 8 days.
Read moreI was recognized as an Italian citizen, coincidentally, on Election Day 2020. We stuck around, but hell if we aren’t thinking about an extended sabbatical now.
Read moreDog Zoey, who just turned 8, makes me laugh with her morning routine. She usually sleeps downstairs on the couch, but when my raucous children wake up and stampede downstairs, she heads upstairs and lays in my bed to av…
Read moreFigured I’d give Day One a spin after many years. When I logged in, it found a journal of mine from 11 years ago with 87 entries that I had completely forgotten about. This was one entry from 2013. Damn, I was an angsty…
Read moreFocus and self care do not come naturally to me. Maybe that’s common in this age. I am making some progress lately, slowly chipping away at some new habits. Reading, writing, small exercise routines, putting my phone do…
Read moreHaving all sorts of internet/network issues today, both personal and work.
Read moreCurrently reading: Better Off Without ‘Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession by Chuck Thompson 📚
Read moreI have to start making alternative plans for Thanksgiving. IYKYK
Read moreLooking like a replay of 16.
Read moreFinished reading: A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut 📚
Read moreI’m so grateful my parents are Democrats. I can’t imagine being from a family that I don’t respect.
Read moreStepping out my front door after some rain.
Read moreI understood the assignment 🩵
Read moreSometimes I like to live dangerously and still restart my work computer even when 143 windows are open and it asks me, “You have unsaved work. Are you sure you still want to restart?” A clean slate can feel so freeing.
Read moreThere used to be this coffee shop I’d go to in high school in the 90s near Central Michigan University called U-Cup that stayed open late and had open mic nights—I even played a couple! I miss spots like that. Imagine p…
Read moreI wonder if Threads has a block limit.
Read moreMy five year old is learning to read. He’s picking it up, but it’s going as expected because English is strange and phonics is garbage. When I took Japanese years ago, I used to think Kanji was insane. But now I can see…
Read moreI’ve got two kids who will be 6 and 3 in January. Looking for unique holiday gift ideas that encourage creative play involving art or science. Doesn’t necessarily need to be a purchase, just something that can excite a…
Read moreBeautiful day to renew our Oregon Zoo membership.
Read moreOrdering from New Seasons is now an option on Amazon? When did this happen?
Read moreGood morning. I was up an hour earlier than I wanted to be.
Read moreIn the Northwest, where few homes outside central cities have basements, garages often fill up with storage, superfluous items, and detritus from consumer culture, leaving no room for vehicles.
Read moreHappy 63rd birthday to my mom today. Me and the kids made some cards with watercolor. I haven’t painted in decades. I was heavy handed and had no idea what I was doing, but it was fun. If I didn’t already have 20 hobbie…
Read moreThankful for Saturday, and that the kids actually slept in. Never happens. It had been a while since I had a moment to cook a good weekend breakfast.
Read moreWhat’s a Apple Watch?
Read moreThe top 3 fun size candy bars, according to dad tax preferences: Butterfinger Almond Joy Payday
Read moreThese kiddos did great despite some pretty heavy rain at times. Time to break out the Christmas decorations.
Read moreChatGPT has pretty much replaced Google for me for general question inquiries. It’s been a long time since a technology has changed my habits so dramatically. I’ll gladly pay them to avoid ads and crappy websites that t…
Read morePeople ringing our doorbell and trick or treating at almost 11 p.m. I swear, some people have no damn sense. Lights were off btw, they triggered the motion lights.
Read moreTaking my dog to the vet today for an updated rabies vaccine so she can be groomed, which means I’ll be shamed into some unnecessary tests and procedures and come home with a bill for $500. Ugh, why do vets suck so bad.
Read moreThis Trunk or Treat fad… Do Americans really hate walking so much that they Trick or Treat out of the trunks of cars in a parking lot?
Read moreForever stamps.
Read moreHeading into my mid-40s as a frumpy, graying bureaucrat, gone are the days where I can pull off fashion. I used to be able to pull off almost anything. But now a mustache does not make me look edgy. It makes me look lik…
Read moreWife: “I want to do goat yoga for my birthday. I guess they stand on your back.” 5: “Whaaaat? Goat yoga?? Can people do cow yoga??”
Read moreThinking back to my Livejournal days when everyone used to put their favorite books, movies, bands and artists right in their profiles. While usually inscrutable and sometimes arrogant, I kind of miss it. Thinking about…
Read moreIronically (?), the higher I get in my career and the more I’m paid, the less I see a defensible reason why leadership makes so much more money than others. The hardest working people in any office where I’ve been emplo…
Read moreLooking forward to working with Rayon V2 today. Hopelly the team also gave us the ability to change text backgroud colors.
Read moreWho needs middle housing when you have 95% lot coverage?
Read moreMade my dentist’s BMW payment today with my second crown of the year. Hopefully I’m done cracking teeth for a while.
Read moreListening #now: Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Meshuggah
Read moreCurrently reading: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari 📚
Read moreThe fact that I still can’t add a song I recorded myself to my own Apple Music account via iPhone/iOS is perhaps the biggest lingering pain in the ass for me in the Apple ecosystem. Absurd in 2024.
Read moreNo matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious and charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful. — Kurt Vonnegut
Read more“Dad, do some people have 11 fingers?” “Yeah, but it’s rather abnormal.” “Oh my god, that is a bunch of fingers!”
Read moreSunbreaks in the PNW. Sometimes it’s rainy in my backyard when it’s sunny in my front yard.
Read moreThis product appeals to me. I recently got rid of my Apple Watch and I’m considering a more minimalist phone setup. Light Phone 3
Read moreIs it just me or has Shazam become really spotty recently with its ability to identify a song?
Read moreAs a blue voter and feminist, I find the online interviews with men about women’s bodies meant to expose ignorance ineffective. It might be more useful to address the 40% of women who voted for Trump in 2016 instead.
Read moreIf there ever was a government program representative of how terribly run government programs can be, it’s Oregon’s BottleDrop program. Talk about taking something simple like returning your soda cans for deposit and tu…
Read moreDo I know anyone who uses a light phone or something similar? How has your experience been?
Read moreWalking the boy to school this morning, I saw a middle age man a little older than myself walking with his two preteen girls. You could tell he adored them, but they made him stop before getting to the school grounds so…
Read moreCurrently reading: A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut 📚
Read moreFinished reading: The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan 📚
Read moreOn the ballot this year in Oregon (as I fill out my ballot at home): Establish an impeachment process for elected officials Remove lawmakers’ power to set their own pay Allow ranked choice voting Increase corporate taxe…
Read moreI’ve got about 10% left of the Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. It’s taken me like 3 months to read this book I’ve wanted to read since 2006. I like nonfiction but they can be such a slog sometimes.
Read moreBinding rocks around the park. I love this time of year.
Read moreDespite Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC), there are over 1,000 units of housing being developed within 1/2 mile of Elmonica, Willow Creek and Merlo MAX stations (8 trains per hour) and every single unit…
Read moreAll these people pretending like they’re gonna cancel Amazon right before Christmas 😉
Read moreiPhone recording of me covering Lua by Bright Eyes for its 20th Anniversary. #musiciansofthreads #acoustic #brighteyes #lua Link.
Read moreI need a middle age friend matching app like OK Cupid where current and preferred neighborhood walkscore figures prominently into our match %.
Read moreIt’s really pretty incredible how much perfectly benign email Apple Mail sends to spam. Even after adding things like my bank’s email address to my contacts and manually moving messages from the same senders over and ov…
Read moreOh, hey…check it out. Openvibe beta now supports Mastodon, Bluesky, Nostr AND Threads. #openvibe #threads
Read moreSoaking it up while we’ve got it! #pnw
Read moreWhat I don’t like about the #Wordpress implementation of #ActivityPub is that I see the whole damn post, long-form and unformatted, in my feed. Let’s hope #ghost does it better.
Read moreHoly f%#!, planning life has gotten a whole lot harder having a kid in elementary school. I just had to merge the school calendar with my work calendar…so many days off.
Read moreThere’s this trend recently where developers cry for planners to liberalize zoning rules to make pretty brick townhomes. Well, the first photo is not what they build. Here in Portland, we have liberal zoning rules and t…
Read moreMichiganders…how do you pronounce Isle Royale? I’ve always pronounced it roy-AL, but it’s come to my attention that many people pronounce it like royal (ROY-ul).
Read moreLittle Nicky is an underrated movie. John: Hey, by the way, Nicky, check this out! [spins Ozzy record backwards, but just makes noise] What’s Ozzy trying to say there? Nicky: John, absolutely nothing. The Blizzard alway…
Read moreThinking about winter getaways. Just figured out that Allegiant flies from Eugene to Orange County. Might be worth the drive for $120 round trip. Also good prices from PDX to Arizona.
Read moreHad some seriously good food at Piroshky Piroshky tonight at BG Food Carts in downtown Beaverton. Again, we have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to food.
Read moreGood gawd
Read moreNew bump-outs/curb extensions all along Lincoln in downtown Hillsboro. You love to see it.
Read moreJersey Mike’s usually makes a decent sandwich but some high school kid just ruined my sandwich with 5x as much mustard as should be legal.
Read moreI ordered some patches. One of the few times an ad worked to part me from my money.
Read moreHard to beat.
Read moreI only have smart summon on my car for about a month during my full self driving trial, but this is gonna be fun to use when I see the parking enforcement coming for my car at work.
Read moreWe are having a beautiful October here in the Northwest.
Read moreIn every office I’ve ever worked, the dish drying rack looks like this, at all times. No one puts anything away, they just cycle through the dishes on the rack. So why do we even use them? I want to throw the damn thing…
Read moreKevin Drew of Broken Social Scene opening for Stars at Wonder Ballroom #pdx
Read moreLusting after these retro styled Voigtlaender lenses for the Nikon Zf.
Read moreMy blog posts now show the syndication links when cross posted, which I’m happy about. And while I am getting Mastodon and Bluesky comments copied over from Bridgy with webmentions, I’m hoping to figure out a way to bri…
Read moreGoing to see Stars tonight in #pdx. Pretty excited. I used to love this album…20 years ago. These reunion tours are starting to make me feel my age.
Read moreDespite some lingering pain from last week, I decided to try the Smith machine again yesterday. I kept the weight light and got a good night sleep after stretching. I feel so much better today than I did following last…
Read moreWent to the gym on Wednesday and figured I’d try some squats on the smith machine. Started off super easy at 75 lbs because I didn’t want to injure myself. Five days later and my hamstrings are still stiff and ache.
Read moreCaught a whiff of someone smoking clove cigarettes tonight and it sent me back to freshman year of college (1999/2000) in East Lansing. All my antics and failings. Total olfactory teleportation. Amazing how scents can s…
Read moreSeeing Nilüfer Yanya at Wonder Ballroom tonight. Leaving the house past 7pm on a Sunday night feels like it should be illegal at my age.
Read moreDetroit Lions are going to the Super Bowl this year. A man can dream, anyway.
Read moreHillsboro, Oregon has such beautiful parks & rec facilities. Very kid friendly town. We come to this area a lot because there’s an aquatic center, library, and a beautiful park all on the same block. And we inevitably s…
Read moreMy kindergartener can now count into the 100s and is starting to read. My two-year-old daughter’s language development is exploding. It’s so much fun seeing little human minds develop.
Read moreWho needs a truck, anyway?
Read moreTiming Chewy deliveries exactly to my dog’s eating habits has never happened.
Read moreDowntown Portland
Read moreJust learned about the ‘Copenhagen Left’ turn for cyclists.
Read moreLove a good weekend breakfast. I like my eggs over medium with buttered toast and raspberry jam. Hashbrowns. Descent coffee. It’s the small things.
Read moreFinally got the update with Actual Smart Summon (ASS). Looking forward to trying it out tomorrow. Teslas FSD is getting to the point where it’s safer than human drivers. https://youtu.be/-9p0jUJZqG8?si=NBKB01rATETXVnsK
Read moreHow are Portlanders feeling about this ranked choice voting ballot?
Read moreCereal is dessert, who are we kidding
Read moreThe former Guild Theatre’s marquee and façade. Portland, Oregon.
Read moreThe Park Blocks. Portland, Oregon. #streetphotography
Read moreI love carrying my 40mm f/2 because of its unobtrusive size and weight, but I invariably regret not taking something with more reach whenever I’m shooting street.
Read moreDowntown #pdx this morning.
Read moreGood morning.
Read moreI’m loving the frequency improvement of MAX trains west of downtown Beaverton now that the Better Red extension is complete. Instead of 15 minutes, we’re getting trains every 7-8 minutes. It makes a difference when I’m…
Read moreI have to keep reminding myself that Bluesky and Threads aren’t showing us ads yet. Even though their experiences are better than Mastodon, it won’t always be that way. Meta in particular is just training us to be addic…
Read moreI didn’t have “peeing next to a former female supervisor” on my 2024 bingo card, but this conference at the downtown pdx Marriott has fully genderless public restrooms, and here we are.
Read moreMe, an introvert, scanning the conference agenda for sessions that don’t have audience engagement components or group work.
Read moreTech voyeurism: getting a sneak peek of someone’s pinned web browser bookmarks before they start their presentation.
Read moreAs I leave for the OR American Planning Association conference in downtown #pdx, I’m reflecting on my commute from 7 miles out, on a light rail line cities twice our size wish they had, from a suburban area with 11k peo…
Read moreAmazon is releasing Kindle colorsoft and I’m trying to deny my GAS.
Read moreHello, tree.
Read moreHi
Read moreI wish Apple would release a fitness tracker in a minimalist form factor with just O2 sensor, heart rate, blood sugar, GPS, and a couple function buttons. NO screen, apps or phone features. Give it to me for $100 and ca…
Read more“Dad, why do these samosas smell like pumpkin donuts?” He’s right, which probably explains why I love them so much.
Read moreTen years ago (10/8/2014) I saw Sharon Van Etten at The Loving Touch in Ferndale, Michigan. Still one of my favorite shows of all time. @sharonvanhalen #detroit
Read moreI need to change the pots on my Jazzmaster. This is starting to feel a bit like The Ship of Theseus.
Read moreWe have limited options for nearby coffee places that I’d actually want to spend any time at. Haven Coffee on Murray in Cedar Mill is one of the good ones. Coffee is great, people are nice, and it’s easy for me to focus…
Read moreTook my son to Through the Veil yesterday. They sell these terrifying little monsters.
Read moreHillsboro has the best parks.
Read moreOne of the craziest things I’ve ever learned is that large areas of the Middle East are desert due to soil salinity caused by human activity — irrigation.
Read moreBy far the best feature of both Threads and Bluesky is “Hide Reply for Everybody”. The fact Mastodon comments persist even after a block is a big mark against ActivityPub.
Read moreContinuing my digital declutter from last week where I deleted 80 apps from my iPhone, this week I’ve deleted 56 more.
Read moreI swear, of the parents we meet out here on the Westside of Portland, probably close to a third of the dads are QA engineers at Intel.
Read moreOf all the funny pronunciations from my daughter, my favorites are “chechup” (ketchup), “banch” (band-aid), and “nonuck” (yogurt). Always makes me smile.
Read moreIt’s not every day two bands I love pop up at the same venue within two days of each other. It’s gonna be a rough week! I wonder if they’ll let me bring a lawn chair.
Read moreThese cookies are where it’s at. 🍪
Read moreWe’ve been taking the business of Halloween decorating pretty seriously. 🎃
Read moreI don’t know who you are, but I want to be your friend.
Read moreCurrently reading: Kane Chronicles, The, Book Two: The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan 📚
Read moreFinished reading: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan 📚
Read moreEpilogue book search is not working for me.
Read moreOur two big little personalities.
Read moreWhile it wasn’t a great day to be a Spartan at Autzen Stadium, Pax and I enjoyed our first Ducks game with grandma and grandpa. The fans were really nice and respectful. We had so much fun. Nice work, Oregon, and welcom…
Read moreSwinging in the static hammock 🤣
Read moreWe had an awesome time hiking Mt. Rainier.
Read moreThe only bad thing about storing all the spooky Halloween stuff in the attic is that I have to go into the creepy attic to get it back out…
Read moreTime to make some sauce.
Read moreLast week was busy flying solo while dw traveled to see her sister in San Diego and see the Pink concert. I managed to mostly finish a new website for my blog yesterday now that I have reinforcements. It’s 8:30 a.m. on…
Read moreHulu w/commercials price going up to $9.99/mo. Those commercials are like 2-3 minutes long every time now, too. Remember when the commercial version was free?
Read morePicking my wife up from the airport this morning because it was $75 before tip to take a Lyft when she left on Tuesday. Just insane.
Read moreGetting ever so slightly more confident with web development in Ghost. Still have some visual tweaks I need to make, but the micro/photo blog I’ve been building is finally where I want it to be functionally, for the mos…
Read moreNearly forgot about this album by fellow Michigan natives Taproot. Gift was on heavy rotation in the early 2000s.
Read moreOne of my biggest irrational fears living with two young kids is that the background blur on my camera goes away during a Teams call.
Read moreUSPS split my ZIP Code 10 years ago and added a new one, which my house is within. It still causes issues for deliveries. For example, in order to get deliveries from the local IKEA, I have to psych out the system by en…
Read moreSince I’ve been having some issues with my Leviton smart switches, I decided to get a few Matter enabled light bulbs. I know this was the promise of Matter, but setup was a breeze compared to the switches. Here’s to hop…
Read moreI liked the look of these clouds.
Read moreWhen the office mini split is right above your cube. I generally run pretty warm, but my ears feel like they’re going to fall off.
Read moreIn my mind, James Earl Jones is Darth Vader reading the Bible. Growing up, my friend (and the drummer in my band) used to borrow his mom’s van for practice. In it, she had the unabridged Bible on tape, as read by JEJ. I…
Read moreAs an urban planner, I wish Apple would start highlighting good urban design and human-scale infrastructure in their screensavers instead of flybys of automobile infrastructure (e.g. huge California freeways) or mega-sc…
Read moreOne thing I like more about Threads over Mastodon and Bluesky is that you can post up to 10 photos, and you just swipe left on the post to see more. This is a winning design, the type that drives adoption. Too bad they…
Read moreMight need to get this one.
Read moreIt’s been a great year for tomatoes. 🍅 #pnw
Read moreHow awful, and way too close for comfort in terms of both location and profession. Melissa Jubane’s body found, neighbor charged with murder.
Read moreProud of this kiddo and his coach.
Read moreNot sure how I missed it before, but I watched Prey (2022) tonight, prequel to the Predator series. I needed something I didn’t have to think too much about, and it fit the bill. I’ve always liked hunters as an idea, so…
Read moreNoticed a typo at the skate park this afternoon. Can you spot it?
Read moreWe are pretty much addicted to Himalayan Dumplings by Kyikyi in Beaverton, Oregon. The noodles, the dumplings, the hand pies…all so good.
Read moreThe dog days of summer, hopefully coming to an end.
Read moreUltimately, what it’s going to boil down to for me in terms of social media platform adoption, is the moderation tools. Both Threads and Bluesky have the ability to hide replies for everybody and detach quotes. It’s awe…
Read moreThe new routine. She insists on carrying his backpack.
Read moreThere’s this spot on my bathroom floor where, if I move my scale there before hopping on, I weigh like a pound less. What can I say, I love lying to myself!
Read moreS: I was born in August, I’m a Leo. P: What’s a Leo, mom? S: It means I’m bold. P: You’re not bald mom, dad is!
Read moreI wish the west coast would get on with that whole high-speed rail thing. Tijuana to Vancouver, and all points in between, we want trains.
Read moreBeautiful morning in the northwest, but time to button up the house until this evening. These temp swings are pretty drastic. #pdx
Read moreHappy to have found some #detroit dad hats in 3xl made by ‘47 on a specialty site for the cranially endowed.
Read moreSome meetings just require you to put on your best Cillian Murphy.
Read moreThe phrases “rock music” and “rock and roll” seem anachronistic enough now that I don’t think we need to throw “classic” in front of them anymore.
Read morePretty nice that you can accept tips & donations natively in ghost now.
Read moreSpun up a GoToSocial instance in Docker to see how it works. Surprisingly easy. Not as feature-rich as Mastodon, but it's supposed to be a lot lighter on resources.
Read moreHere we are on Labor Day and my kids (5 and 2) are already so excited for Halloween that they’re begging us to take them to a store to buy decorations. 🎃
Read moreI need to make more friends on the westside of Portland. Time to get back on Meetup?
Read moreCivil War (2024) has got to be one of the most boring movies I’ve seen in years.
Read moreSaturday Market
Read moreExciting times, lol. Some of the bumper crop of tomatoes from our garden are finally ripening. Tons of tomatoes this year, even though I got started late this year. I attribute their success to the organic fertilizer re…
Read moreTrying to reduce my subscription and other misc. costs so last night I migrated several hosted software applications over to my home lab. Going to give Actual envelope budgeting a try as well.
Read moreI’ve been stuck at 49 states for a few years now, with the last state being Alaska. Starting to think about knocking it off the bucket list next year, even if only for a long weekend. But where to?
Read more#fensterfreitag #photography
Read moreLooking for a new memory foam bed. Anyone had any luck with an affordable mattress-in-a-box? 🛌
Read moreFriday vibes.
Read moreAfter a stressful day yesterday, and with my son starting kindergarten today, I’m having a helluva time focusing on work! Pomodoro time?
Read moreGive ‘em hell! 🥲
Read moreThe new TriMet light rail system map showing the extension of the Red Line 10 stations deeper into Washington County and improvements made at Gateway and the Airport. #pdx #transit #portland #trimet
Read moreTook the day off to spend the day with my son. The kid starts kindergarten in 2 days and I’m trying to not let the waterworks hit me.
Read moreThings get interesting now that Oregon is in the Big Ten. Going to the MSU - Oregon game this year in Eugene. So weird.
Read moreI stopped listening to Deftones sometime shortly after the album White Pony was released. However, my Discovery station recently recommended this song off their album Saturday Night Wrist from 2006, which I didn't even…
Read moreTriMet completed its Better Red project, extending the MAX Red Line all the way out to Washington County Fairgrounds. I can now take one train all the way to the airport. Hopefully they’re still working on bettering sec…
Read moreI know spiders are important and all, but I’ll never get used to the size of the (harmless) orb weavers crawling around my house. I don’t miss living in the south, where some spiders can actually hurt you.
Read moreIt’s gonna be fun whenever I go to use these pedals again.
Read moreSpending time with the in-laws - different politics, but steering clear of our differences.
Read moreMy next house will have a mud room, if I'm ever lucky enough to escape.
Read moreIKEA delivery could be bad.
Read moreJust realized Umami analytics has an iOS app, and it's pretty nice.
Read moreSort of makes me laugh that while Ghost is struggling to implement ActivityPub, Npub Pro has already made Nostr-based websites that use Ghost themes. npub.pro
Read more#pdx
Read moreNow that my car won’t be competing with my clothes dryer for electricity, I signed up for EVPulse through PGE, a program where they give you financial incentives if they can schedule your charging times. Hopefully this…
Read morePoliticians (hell, even people way INTO politics), are people I actively try to avoid. I do vote, but I typically just can’t stand these types of personalities. They’re the most self-important people in any space, red o…
Read moreEver take an anti-anxiety med in preparation for a meeting, only to have it canceled? That hour is yours now. Go take a nap.
Read moreRunning around downtown Portland today.
Read moreI’m wearing size 36 pants today and they’re kind of loose. A small thing, but it feels good.
Read moreI often wonder if I like so many movies and albums from the late ’90s and early ’00s because they were genuinely that good or simply because that was the last time I truly cared.
Read moreI finally got a dedicated NEMA 14-50 outlet installed in the garage. No more dryer outlet charging!
Read moreLittle Miss Sunshine ☀️
Read moreOur relationship in a nutshell.
Read moreThe rain never stopped us.
Read morePax and I went camping at the coast for a couple nights. The weather wasn’t as good as I had hoped, but that didn’t stop us from having some fun.
Read moreSuch a nice campground down here at Beverly Beach! So cool to have 32A service With a 14-50 outlet right at the site! My son is so excited, too. Hopefully his enthusiasm is still high tomorrow (rain).
Read moreTrying out the dedicated B&W switch on the Nikon Zf at a coworker’s send-off last night.
Read moreWardrobe change. She picked her outfit out this morning (changed twice) and ended up going with the Dino slip-ons she inherited from her brother.
Read moreWoke up way too early today. Lounging on the couch with my dog, I’m alternating between reading the news and sipping coffee with my eyes closed. It’s so quiet before the kids wake up.
Read moreDown 10 lbs since starting CICO. Only about 50 more to go. 😭
Read moreNothing like camping at the Oregon Coast in mid-August.
Read more40mm is one of my favorite focal lengths.
Read moreWhat good are iOS widgets and WatchOS complications if they never update until you open them? It would be funny if it wasn’t so aggravating.
Read moreThis is just me getting old, but I feel very uncomfortable/borderline offended with the Gen Z boys adopting this mustache/mullet/pit viper aesthetic. Gives me abusive alcoholic vibes. I guess that means they’ve probably…
Read more25 mph really is too fast for most neighborhood streets. 15 mph should be the rule.
Read moreMy wife competed in a duathlon on her birthday today and got third place in her age group. Proud of her.
Read moreLose It! app makes me laugh with its “positive pattern detected” notifications. Yes, I like potatoes.
Read moreMy kids love these German Playmobil Scooby-DOO! sets. They’re so creative. Keeps them busy and entertained for hours.
Read moreWe rode bikes, played at the park, and chatted with the neighbor about her new dog. afterword.blog
Read morePeople always say you’ll miss the fingerprints around the house when the kids grow up. I’ll definitely miss their little faces and the parenting experience, but I certainly will not miss having to repaint the walls ever…
Read more536 calories. A McDonald’s double cheeseburger has 100 fewer calories.
Read moreLooking pretty sassy for a tax collector.
Read moreDigging the wrap on this MAX car.
Read moreChanging My Lifestyle I’m about a week in with CICO (calories in, calories out), and although it hasn’t exactly been easy, I’ve stayed below my calorie limit all but 1 day. Read More
Read moreI’m about a week in with CICO (calories in, calories out), and although it hasn’t exactly been easy, I’ve stayed below my calorie limit all but 1 day. I’m still well below my restriction limit for the week, which means…
Read moreKMHD is my savior during election years.
Read moreFive and a half years ago, these three were all born in the same hospital just days apart. This morning I dropped Pax off at kinder kickstart at his elementary school. Feeling all the feelings today. Good luck to all th…
Read moreI dropped my son off at the kinder kickstart program at his elementary school this morning. Although kindergarten doesn’t officially begin for a few more weeks, this papa is full of all the feelings.
Read moreJust used Google Takeout to send my photos directly to iCloud. Having moved all my emails from Gmail a few weeks back, I’m mostly done with Google.
Read moreA family affair.
Read moreThinking about trying Bridgy Fed.
Read more1500M free final swimming: the event from hell.
Read moreI need to learn more about Webmention. I’d love to be able to link comments made on cross-posts to Mastodon, Blue Sky, Threads etc. to my self-hosted blog. That’s the best thing about Micro.blog to me IMO. Wish this stu…
Read moreRead a great quote today: “You shouldn’t criticize your partner’s choices – you’re one of them.”
Read moreWhat’s your favorite steps counting app for iOS with a widget?
Read moreWe took a country drive out to Carlton this morning to go swimming in their public pool, which was nicer than expected. In fact, the entire town was cuter than I expected. I had forgotten that some vineyards use it for…
Read moreI’m sort of preparing for when Ghost gains ActivityPub functionality.
Read moreCombined features from two Ghost themes, which is a miracle given my lack of experience with this sort of thing. I wanted a landing page with just photos in a masonry style, and a notes page for micro blogging as a seco…
Read moreI kind of want this. https://portland.craigslist.org/yam/cto/d/beaverton-toyota-pickup-hilux-1989-fuel/7768810134.html
Read moreMy son’s day camp is in a former elementary school turned rec center. I love its mid-century design. I attended similar schools growing up, but it took age and a design education to fully appreciate these buildings. It…
Read moreFor me, it’s looking like the best way to stay under my calories and still feel like a human is to just not eat from 8 p.m. until lunch at 11:30 a.m. the next day.
Read moreWhen people say the PNW will be a place for climate refugees, they must not live here. This place bakes every summer, we’re almost always in a drought, and the wildfires are becoming increasingly more common.
Read moreI need to ween myself off my fizzy water addiction.
Read moreIMO the summer sunsets often aren’t much to look at here on account of there being so few clouds. No cotton candy skies like back east. Fall can be pretty nice, though.
Read moreThere aren’t nearly enough hedgerows in this country.
Read more“…[T]he nations with the biggest surpluses of grain have always exerted power over the ones in short supply. Throughout history governments have encouraged their farmers to grow more than enough grain, to protect agains…
Read moreTIL I’m 70 lbs overweight.I don’t like how I feel most days. Setting a goal today to change the way I eat and hopefully the energy will follow. The current path is unsustainable and I want to have more energy for my kid…
Read moreGrowing up in MI, I always thought Grosse Pointe et al. was just a bougie area. My perspective has changed. They are gorgeous, rather urban former street car neighborhoods for which there is no affordable counterpart in…
Read moreJust went on our first bike ride together without training wheels!
Read moreA neat flower I found last week.
Read moreAnother of the Heidelberg
Read moreI can’t get enough of these old interiors. #detroit
Read moreThat feeling when you realize you could save $170-200 per month just by switching your grocery store from Fred Meyer to Winco…but still not sure if it’s actually worth it because doing your own grocery shopping every we…
Read moreI put almost 1200 miles on a Subaru Outback last week and I’m so happy to be back in my own car. It reinforced my decision to go with an EV.
Read moreJust realized Pete Buttigieg is younger than me.
Read moreBack home in Portland after a week in Michigan and now I just want to move back to the Midwest. #pdx
Read moreContinually impressed that there are still so many people who act like they’ve never flown before. “Oh wow, I forgot to take off my watch and my necklace! Oh, I have to take off my shoes and jacket? I’m so sorry, I left…
Read moreWatching the Olympics is just me saying to myself: “Wow, they must’ve grown up rich to play this sport,” over and over again.
Read morePassing through Lansing and stopped for a bit. I lived here for over 10 years and I do not miss it. In fact, pretty sure I’m dealing with some minor PTSD having been trapped here for so long. Still, I had to see how thi…
Read moreMiss you more.
Read moreMiss you more. #detroit #skyline #cities
Read moreI waited in line for about an hour to tour the station today. It was worth it.
Read moreHeidelberg
Read moreSurprise, I ate pizza.
Read moreMCS looking glorious
Read moreAn afternoon well spent at the Henry Ford Museum
Read moreWanna go for a ride?
Read moreA dream.
Read more“A 1 lb box of prewashed lettuce contains 80 calories of food energy. According to Cornell ecologist David Pimentel, growing, chilling, washing, packaging, and transporting that box of organic salad to a plate on the Ea…
Read moreA one-pound box of prewashed lettuce contains 80 calories of food energy. According to Cornell ecologist David Pimentel, growing, chilling, washing, packaging, and transporting that box of organic salad to a plate on th…
Read moreI missed you, Lake Michigan.
Read moreGrand Haven Fisherman’s Pier
Read morePlant Dad
Read morePronto Pup, Grand Haven, Michigan. Don’t you wish your weiner was this good after 77 years?
Read morePronto Pup. Don’t you wish your weiner was this good after 77 years?
Read moreFinished reading: Amulet 3: The Cloud Searchers by Kazu Kibuishi 📚
Read moreIt’s amazing how much we don’t know about Harris this far into the first term, isn’t it? She’s been basically invisible to me.
Read moreRethinking this microblogging stuff, again. Not sure why this takes up so much of my brainpower. I’m finding that I just prefer my bloggy stuff separate from my Micro.blog/Mastodon/Bluesky stuff, sort of formal vs infor…
Read moreHanging with dad, picking blackberries and blueberries.
Read moreWhen I see my own posts from Micro.blog on an alt Mastodon account, I never see replies from Micro.blog people from that side, even if they’re federating. I don’t see them on Bluesky, either. Why am I only seeing the fu…
Read moreI distinctly remember being taught that “dilemma” was spelled “dilemNa” in the early 80s. Why, I have no idea.
Read moreI was in the area for work, so drove up to Council Crest Park to break up the routine. Hazy, but gorgeous day (70° F), with many people out enjoying it. #pdx
Read moreI wonder if the doctors who don’t like prescribing antibiotics have any idea what’s happening in the meat industry.
Read moreAfter some thought and many years wearing the thing, I’ve decided to drop the Apple Watch in favor of my old mechanical Seiko for daily wear. What little value the Apple Watch brought never outweighed its annoyances for…
Read moreSwitched our flat rate electric service to time-of-day pricing with PGE. So long as you can divert your energy use away from 5-9 to other times of day, your bill should go down. I charge my EV overnight ($0.08 per kWh)…
Read moreFellow parents, how much time (if any) do you schedule for your own interests, creativity, hobbies and other pursuits in a given week? How do you negotiate that with your partner?
Read moreI just realized I had the ISO cranked way up yesterday on my camera during our family trip to Enchanted Forest and I didn’t even realize it. I thought full auto meant full auto…guess not. I still have so much to learn,…
Read moreDays like these make the hard days worth it.
Read moreNikon coming up from behind with its release of Nikon Imaging Cloud. Looking forward to this being made available to the Zf so I can play around with it. Nikon Imaging Cloud enables users to recreate their favorite film…
Read moreRest in peace Shelley Duvall, Dr. Ruth, and Richard Simmons. The world lost some authentic ones this weekend.
Read moreOregano ruins anything it touches.
Read moreHate to say it, but I’m ready for fall.
Read moreZawojski said he once mistakenly received mail from the Crooks house, but never engaged with the family members directly even as he returned the mail to their porch. “I couldn’t even tell you what they look like,” he sa…
Read moreGoodbye, ol’ Suby. You were a great car for the 11 years you were mine. I probably took this car to 30 states on road trips. Sold to a friend’s son as his first car, hopefully he gets another 100k out of it.
Read moreGoodbye, ol’ Suby. You were a great car for the 11 years you were mine. Sold to a friend’s son as his first car, hopefully he gets another 100k out of it.
Read moreI got tired of my polycarbonate lenses always scratching, so last year I sent in my WP frames to Eyeglasses.com and had real glass lenses put in. No scratches. I love them.
Read moreI was entertained at the Les Savy Fav show.
Read moreI dragged a friend to the Les Savy Fav show and I don’t think they knew what they were getting into.
Read moreDowngrading your Verizon bill be like.
Read moreDecided I’m abandoning my affiliation with the Democratic Party and will become an independent (small “i”) voter. Between sidelining Bernie in 2016 and now attempting to block 3rd party access to state ballots, this sys…
Read moreEcology also teaches that all life on earth can be viewed as a competition among species for the solar energy captured by green plants and stored in the form of complex carbon molecules. A food chain is a system for pas…
Read moreIt was only 93° today.
Read moreMy sister got lucky Married the yuppie Took him for all he was worth —Tom Petty
Read moreFinished reading: Guts: A Graphic Novel by Raina Telgemeier 📚
Read moreOur back patio is usually chaos. Zoey doesn’t seem to mind. She says she could do without the heat, though.
Read moreCurrently reading: The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan 📚
Read moreSummers in Portland have felt more like Redding every year. We now have 3 official seasons: rain, smoke, and scorching hot.
Read moreStarted reading: White Bird: A Wonder Story (A Graphic Novel) by R. J. Palacio 📚
Read moreRoughing it, obviously.
Read moreI see you, Cannon Beach.
Read moreHappy to see more EV chargers at state parks & campgrounds across Oregon.
Read moreGlamping supreme. Ask me if I brought the portable AC. 🏕️
Read moreCountdown to camp. For all the money we’re spending on this, we could’ve stayed at a pretty nice hotel with a pool. 🏕️
Read moreIt’s going to be around 100° the next four days. We walked around the neighborhood on the early side and stopped to listen to the bullfrogs at the wetlands. The creeping thistle looked neat. The bees looked happy.
Read moreI worked as a cook at P.F. Chang’s in college. Whenever someone finds out about this, about half the time they say “I love their chicken lettuce wraps!” Then I break the news to them that it’s just ground up and fried c…
Read moreOrganic fireworks.
Read moreMs. Sassypants
Read moreNice day in PDX, and surprisingly quiet due to the holiday.
Read moreHappy Birthday, America! Long live the red, white, blue…and pink!
Read moreExplained Independence Day to my inquiring 5-year-old son today, as best I could. He responded: But dad, war is not good. People get hurt and that’s not something that we should be remembering. Couldn’t argue with that.
Read moreI just want Apple to allow me to choose “natural” scrolling for the trackpad, and regular scrolling for the mouse wheel. Is that too much to ask?
Read moreI love that my personalized radio station played me Ja Rule - Mesmerize on my drive home today.
Read moreI’m 43 and just now feel like I have enough PTO to stay somewhat sane, yet enough responsibility to feel guilty using it.
Read moreWe’ve got a camping trip with friends this weekend that we booked in January (you have to do that here), and now it’s supposed to be around 100 degrees each day. Seriously considering sleeping in the Tesla and testing o…
Read moreIs participation in the Micro.blog timeline an all or nothing affair? I saw the update about post-specific sharing for cross-posting, but what about right here on the Mb timeline? @help
Read moreYesterday at the park.
Read moreI experience this thing where people talk over me all the time at work and it causes me to not want to speak up very often. I work overwhelmingly with women and I find my experience ironic given that the media has focus…
Read moreI had some issues with incompatible pickup screw sizes, but I got most of my Telecaster build put together yesterday. So far, I’m happy with how it is turning out.
Read moreEvery once in a while, that sentimental feeling creeps in, and I miss the friendships and relationships that have come and gone. I know those relationships wouldn’t be the same today, even had we stayed in touch. I’m no…
Read moreFolks on the East Coast are getting a small taste of what the West Coast has experienced every year since I moved here in 2015. Here’s a screenshot I took in September 2020. At one point we were over 1,000 ppm here in t…
Read moreThis is what I mean about men’s sizes not making sense to me anymore. This is a 2XL. I realize I’m not exactly a small man, but this is cotton and will shrink. In what universe should a 6 ft’ tall, fairly average-built…
Read moreAs humans, we get so easily accostomed to things. Whether great or awful, almost anything can become normal.
Read moreOne bummer about not being an early adopter of Micro.blog is that my first name is taken as a username by someone who posted 4 short updates in 2017/2018 and hasn’t posted since. Fists to the sky, @bryan.
Read moreOne of my favorite lyrics: A good woman will pick you apart A box full of suggestions for your possible heart But you may be offended and you may be afraid But don't walk away, don't walk away “Land Locked Blues" by Bri…
Read moreAfter napping on me for 2 hours, she was all cheery this afternoon.
Read moreHaving been on Bluesky for a couple weeks now, I can see that it’s turning out to be a carbon copy of Twitter. Mastodon still seems way more positive to me.
Read moreThere are few things I miss more than summer weekends on a lake somewhere in northern Michigan. Seeing everyone’s pictures this time of year sure doesn’t make that any easier on me. Oregon has a lot going for it, but th…
Read moreYou folks who put links to longer blog posts in your timeline posts, how do you do that? I know if I post a longer one, it will automstically put the URL, but how are you pre-emptively doing that when the post apparentl…
Read moreWhat’s one band you used to listen to (or still do) that never got any traction in terms of popularity?
Read moreOne rabbit hole I find myself in sometimes is looking up bands who disbanded or who had one or two hits and then faded away. Often you can still find a few of the former members on YouTube. Neil Young is often quoted wi…
Read moreThat Bill Burr bit where he talks about his wife finding open days on the calendar and filling them up with shit? No truer words have ever been spoken.
Read moreFirst harvest.
Read moreJust learned there’s a Zappa documentary from a couple years back on Hulu. Guess I know what I’m watching this weekend. https://www.hulu.com/movie/a3d996df-569c-4e33-be35-f18667a8dd1c?play=false&utm_source=shared_link
Read moreI sat in a fast food joint for an hour recently because our wifi was out and it is shocking how many delivery orders I watched get picked up. People are really out there spending $50 on fast food delivery.
Read moreIn today’s algorithm headaches, three artists Apple Music just won’t stop trying to play for me as a middle aged dad: 1. Fleet Foxes2. Iron & Wine3. Bon Iver I wish they had a ‘block’ button.
Read morePeople at 80% area median income spend 20% of their monthly budget on cars in the U.S. #cnu31
Read moreSpotted a pretty good dust devil at the ball fields.
Read moreIt’s been too long since I’ve had one of Barb’s burgers at the Polish Hall in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Read moreI keep getting these Uber notifications not related to me ordering a ride. Uber Eats, discounts, etc. I think it’s a terrible business practice for an app to ask for permission to send notifications for a certain thing…
Read more@monday In keeping up with the Micro.blog trend, I have just one state left to visit: Alaska I’ve only been to 6 counties, but my wife and I are planning a trip to Europe next year without our kids. Hopefully the first…
Read moreSpent a good chunk of the weekend cleaning the house and making the yard look presentable because we had some friends and family over on Sunday for a barbecue. The kids played with water balloons and a cheap slip and sl…
Read moreMy week in review - An Elephant in the Delta Waves https://inthedeltawaves.blog/2023/06/01/spent-a-good.html
Read moreTomorrow is my 8-year work anniversary. Total time warp feeling.
Read moreEnded up having so many healthy tomato starts that I gave a half dozen to my neighbors. I have too many pepper plants too, makes me wish I had more space.
Read moreOur roses are looking pretty good this year.
Read moreI’d like to thank our janky office printer for helping me hit my step count today.
Read moreI almost never see replies in my timeline. Are people really that diligent about changing replies to “unlisted”? Is that the culture? Or do I just follow a bunch of people who don’t reply to things?
Read moreYears ago, an old coworker taught me to always save those kudos you receive from coworkers, business contacts, and customers, in an email folder. Whenever I’m having a rough day, I open a few. They’re also pretty useful…
Read moreA friend started talking about the old Kmart on State Street in Saginaw. Got me thinking about all kinds of memories, like getting new clothes and those nasty submarine sandwiches at that Kmart with my mom as a kid, bei…
Read moreToday I start working on a task I asked someone else to do a year ago.
Read moreI need to put a self ban on looking at Zillow listings in the Midwest.
Read moreBeautiful day on the Oregon coast.
Read moreRemembering my brother today and every day.
Read moreAnd while I’m old-man ranting, have you seen the eye rolls they give you nowadays when you refuse self checkout? While paying for said $7 deodorant?
Read moreHas anyone seen the price of deodorant lately, or are we all collectively ignoring that along with everything else? $7 for Old Spice.
Read morePerhaps the biggest difference I’ve noticed between suburbs in the Pacific Northwest versus those in the Midwest is that the PNW has much better landscaping. If you’re going to have parking lots everywhere, you might as…
Read moreYesterday was hard to beat.
Read moreI almost always feel awkward taking videos on my phone. But I have never regretted having even just a few minutes of a recorded memory to look back on. That’s especially true on weekends such as this when I’m thinking m…
Read moreSick kids again.
Read moreAll you folks who eat fish and seafood, were you born without tastebuds? I can barely stand the smell let alone put it in my mouth lol.
Read moreMac ‘n cheesin’
Read moreAn annual zoo membership is the best bargain in town when you have a couple little ones.
Read moreIs there no way to mute keywords on #bluesky?
Read moreI’ve been thinking about new volunteer opportunities I could do and I think Habitat for Humanity ReStore would be great except for the fact that my garage would be filled with materials for home improvement projects I’d…
Read moreI should know better at this point to never wear light colored shirts. My kids are always using me as a napkin.
Read moreIt’s been a couple years now and you’d think Apple would’ve fixed their weird glitch where the Apple TV remote randomly freezes at least once per day and needs to be restarted.
Read moreI had to quit certain social media sites long before a certain dude took over, simply because of hatefulness and politics. I’ve seen a big uptick in politics on Mastodon lately, which makes me sad. I’ve been using that…
Read moreAn absolutely perfect Portland evening for some back porch lounging.
Read moreSometimes I think it would be cool to have a Jeep or a Bronco to take to the beach. But let’s get real, there ain’t no way I’m taking a carload of kids and a dog anywhere without the van. I’m a convert.
Read moreNever thought I’d say this, but I’m ready for my son to be past the Scooby Doo phase. Watching every episode and movie dozens of times is beyond my limit. Time to expand your horizons, boy.
Read moreTook a chance on the Grammarly plugin for Outlook. Verdict: the free version is unusable. Anyone have a decent alternative?
Read moreNothing quite like the feeling of scrimping and making smart choices to put away over 50 grand into retirement since 2021, only to have the balance remain about the same as it was 2 years ago.
Read moreGot my tomatoes planted outside yesterday. Really wish I had more space because I only have room for 6 plants or so and I have a lot of good starts left over. I might put a couple in some 5 gallon buckets. I did get the…
Read moreHad kind of a weird day. Broke the news to my coworkers that I had taken a promotion in a different department, but didn’t feel supported by a few teammates I thought would be happy for me. Trying to not let my thoughts…
Read moreOne crazy thing about taking stimulant medication as a person with ADHD is that it paradoxically helps me sleep at night. I used to have to take a sleeping pill just to shut my mind off.
Read moreI have neighbors who bought the house two doors down from us over 3 years ago now that I still have never met. This sums up American culture.
Read moreI swear, men’s shirt sizes are meaningless anymore. I can wear anything from a large to an XXL, depending on material and brand. I think we need an oversight board or something.
Read moreS is away for a few nights for some much needed girls’ time, perhaps the longest she’s ever been away from our kids. She’s probably stressing about them so much she can hardly enjoy herself. I could hear the tenseness i…
Read morePSA: Despite what the athletic and “athleisure” wear industry wants you to believe, underwear made from synthetic fibers is not good for your nether regions. This includes rayon, polyester, and so-called bamboo. There’s…
Read moreI’ve been chewing a bit on the saying: “[don’t take] the path of least resistance.” Knowing full well that much of life is work and few things are worth a damn without putting in at least some sort of energy toward them…
Read moreThe first rose of the season. The Rose City isn’t just a fancy moniker.
Read moreI know whenever my wife says we’ve got to put the kids to bed early it means she’s got some seriously psychotic movie for us to watch. Never fails.
Read moreWhat started off as a trip to the library…
Read moreAnyone on Micro Blog run their own Mastodon instance and run into trouble authenticating for cross posting from Micro.blog to Mastodon?
Read moreMy 4 year old yesterday: “I’ve had a really hard day mom, I just need to lay in the hammock for awhile.”
Read moreMet up with an old friend downtown yesterday. It was nice to get out of my bubble.
Read moreWatching Silo on Apple TV+.
Read moreIt’s every parent and pet owner’s favorite night of the year: the air show. /s
Read moreFun light.
Read moreNot really sure why I wear an Apple Watch anymore when it’s just sort of a daily reminder of how out of shape I am.
Read moreJust washed my car today. Pollen.
Read moreOne of the most unfortunate things about public sector urban planning is that we tend to farm out the most creative work to the private sector and then keep the boring and monotonous work for ourselves. Personally, I th…
Read moreStill hoping to check out Bluesky if anyone has an extra invite.
Read moreWe’ve had a couple of car break-ins over the last year. I caught them on the security cameras but the outdoor lights just aren’t bright enough to show enough detail. They are just kids, I think deterrence is the best we…
Read moreMy wife asks me at least once per week if the shirt I’m wearing is new, even when I’ve owned it for years. This woman watches our checking account with a microscope and thinks I went to Target without her 😂
Read moreI wonder about those in my industry who hire people who have bounced around to a new job every 1-2 years. What is it they think will be different this time around?
Read moreWho needs ChatGPT when Google Photos randomly creates slideshows of pizzas I’ve eaten over the past 5 years. 🍕
Read more“Okay daddy, I’ll go to sleep but I’m NOT tired.” Truth be told, my favorite part of the day is chatting with my son about life through his eyes before he falls asleep.
Read moreOne sad thing about getting older is that now when I wear a polo on a 90+ degree day, I just look like any frumpy middle aged wanker in a polo on a hot day. Back when I was 20 with a BMI to match, I could make anything…
Read more3 of the ‘best lake towns in the U.S.’ are within driving distance of Portland - Oregonian Spoiler: there are no real lake towns in Oregon.
Read moreWaiting for a haircut today, I decided to grab a quick lunch. With so few choices, I figured I’d give Panda Express a try. I was surprised that they don’t have a single vegetarian option. Puzzling business decision in 2…
Read moreSometimes I initially feel bad when I’m a few minutes late to my job in the morning. But then when people who don’t have two young children come in after me I just have to laugh.
Read moreIt’s crazy to me that the only apparent way to circumvent the product-steering happening on Amazon is by doing a Boolean search on Google.
Read moreI have a Strava account that I started pre-kids when I was a lot more active and going on lots of hikes. I follow all these really active people and ultra runners. Now I just hit record when I’m getting the mail or walk…
Read moreGot all the yard work done. Got a new-to-us lawn mower from my wife’s coworker who is moving into a condo and no longer needed it. Pretty nice! Maybe it’s my blue collar midwestern roots, but I’m one of the few in our n…
Read moreDefinitely going to have some tomatoes this year.
Read moreHappy Mother’s Day to all you mothers. Hope you get pampered today.
Read moreAn awesome day. Got out to Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge before it got too hot and hiked a couple miles with some friends and the kids. Stopped off for a beer and some food on the way home. Looking like nap time n…
Read moreWe lucked out with this one. Happy Mother’s Day, Sharayah. We love you!
Read moreOff to do a little hike with some friends in Ridgefield, WA. There’s a nature reserve there along the Columbia River that’s flat and easy enough for our 4 year old to walk himself. Our daughter is 1. She can walk some b…
Read moreI ended up accepting the promotion yesterday and I’m actually pretty excited about it. Initially I was nervous because I have a young family and change can throw life into a tailspin. But more than the money or the extr…
Read moreI recently switched over 100% of my microblogging from Mastodon to Micro.blog. I thought I would miss seeing reblogged and tagged content. Honestly, I don’t. Previously, it was a lot harder to see content from the peopl…
Read moreIn a reflective mood tonight. Just 14 years ago I graduated during the Great Recession and landed in a kitchen making $6.50/hr. What a wild ride it’s been.
Read moreSomehow I missed that Michael Hurley is opening for Horse Feathers on Sauvie Island later in the summer. Of course it’s already sold out, because, well…Portland. www.etix.com/ticket/p/…
Read moreFun fact: I applied for and received a grant a few years back for a 3,200 gallon cistern that collects rainwater from my roof all winter long. There’s a pump inside that I connected to a drip irrigation system and I use…
Read moreIs it just me, or is SMS spam getting out of control?
Read moreI was offered a promotion today in a different department but I’m not sure if I should take it. Several other promotional opportunities within my department just opened up. A big part of me is saying to take the one off…
Read morePlanted my zucchini starts outside last week and I worried it might be too cold for them. Now we’re heading into another weekend in the 90s. Our weather here in Portland can’t figure out what it’s doing. #pdx #gardening
Read moreWe had some pictures taken over the weekend and I’m really happy with how they turned out. Jenkins Estate was in full bloom.
Read moreOne perk of taking the kids to preschool/daycare every morning is that on the way home I occasionally treat myself to a breakfast burrito from one of the many excellent purveyors of Mexican food in my area. Today was on…
Read moreThese clearer, warmer, longer days are everything right now.
Read moreRocking my daughter sleep, listening to some chill music. Looking forward to seeing Lucinda Williams and Big Thief at Edgefield this summer. Lucinda Williams - Fruits of My Labor🎵
Read moreAlthough the view from inside a car may be perfectly clear, glare obscures us from outside. We know this as pedestrians, but forget it as we wave to them as drivers. A simple analogy of how our perspectives can be selfi…
Read moreI can’t believe I’m raising my kids in a country where, in just a few years, they will be participating in active shooter drills. I’m still trying to figure out a way to make a decent living abroad. If I could do my edu…
Read moreA coworker lost her mother over the weekend. It wasn’t completely unexpected, but that still has to be one of the heaviest feelings we can feel. It’s got me thinking a lot about my own mom and how I wish I didn’t live s…
Read moreWent to the post office today to mail a package to my mom. I’m always struck by just how shabby our public institutions have become. Comparing the architecture of train stations and libraries and post offices today to t…
Read moreWe’re training her for the X Games.
Read moreWe had our friend Alyssa watch our kids for a few hours today so we could have some time to ourselves, something that is so often in short supply. Went for a nice bike ride in the rain on the Banks-Vernonia Oregon State…
Read moreSpring is still being moody but the redbuds are in full bloom.
Read moreFour food carts just opened in an underutilized industrial spot within walking distance of my house. Mexican with excellent birria tacos, Hawaiian-Filipino infusion, Salvadoran, Venezuelan. This is bad. Real bad.
Read moreThis month marks 8 years since I moved to Oregon, and the same for my work anniversary. Time flies!
Read moreJust realized I think I put half and half instead of milk in my daughter’s sippy cup for daycare. Mornings can be chaotic sometimes! Update: Definitely did. it was so thick that her teacher thought we gave her spoiled m…
Read moreI guess our house is the one all the neighborhood kids like to crash.
Read moreI have this habit of planting too many veggie starts because I think I’m going to kill them all. But as I’ve gotten better at it, I’m thinking I might need to build more beds.
Read moreOne of the occupational hazards of being an urban planner is that you’re constantly being critical of the built environment around you. While out and about, all I think about is access management plans, lack of pedestri…
Read moreWent down a rabbit hole tonight reading my first blog on Livejournal, the first entries of which turn 20 this year. Thinking about exporting them to my current blog in spite of my embarrassment.
Read moreWatching the Tigers on TV and it’s cool to see the Hudson’s tower begin to rise over the outfield. It will be something to see once it hits 700 feet and becomes Detroit’s second tallest building.
Read moreSome unusually nice days this week in Portland. Decided to get up early and head over to the Oregon Zoo.
Read moreWhat’s one thing you used to love that you just don’t anymore? For me, I used to love staying up late and sleeping in on the weekends. But since having kids, I’m pretty exhausted early on. Anxiety still gives me trouble…
Read moreHave to applaud Cursive for performing their Domestica album two days in a row at one of Portland’s smallest venues instead of just getting a bigger venue.
Read more90°F in my 2nd level office today. Ashamed to admit I broke down and turned on the air conditioning. A week ago it was ten degrees below average and now it’s like July up in here.
Read moreHad a scammer try to buy $600 in nonsense from a pharmacy 2,000 miles away this morning. Glad I got the email from Instacart saying my address on file had changed, and that I woke up early today. I was able to chat with…
Read moreGetting back into Duolingo lately and thought I was doing so well that I’d try watching foreign shows on Netflix with the Italian subtitles on. Boy, was that ever optimistic.
Read moreIt’s a point of pride for me that I treat people with kindness and respect. However, I get a kick out of proving people wrong who treat me poorly. As a public servant, we get served more than our fair share of angry kno…
Read moreAs a man of above average height, it will never stop being funny to walk into a restroom and see a short man at the tall urinal when the short one was available. Whenever I’m forced to take the short urinal in this situ…
Read moreNot exactly sure why, but I get some sort of strange gratification pulling up next to Teslas and Mercedes at my kids’ preschool in my paid off 12-year-old Subaru with its bumper hanging off.
Read moreWhy yes, those are my frozen corn dogs in the office freezer. I am an adult, I swear.
Read moreOverheard my kid today while working from home: “Mom, I need to see if there are any Weird Al costumes so I can use this accordion for Halloween when I’m 5.” #parenting #kids
Read moreI’m having a difficult time learning Italian possessive adjectives (my, hers, his, theirs, etc.). I think the hardest part for me is that they’re dependent upon the nouns that come later, so there are so many variations…
Read moreSometimes I like to watch old interviews with musicians. Often I’m surprised by how different my perception of them is compared to the reality. I’m sure to a large degree that’s an intentional curation, making gods out…
Read moreIn addition to our outdoor winter garden, I planted some starts a week and a half ago with my son, who’s 4. I should’ve started earlier, but I’m sure some will work out. Not sure why, but I’m always amazed when anything…
Read moreSay what you will about how technology has ruined this or that, here’s a list of places where I’ve found my keys or wallet via AirTag or Tile that I might not have otherwise: Kitchen trash (multiple times), roadside rol…
Read moreI’ve been learning Italian and I love how Italians say okay…..like “okayee”.
Read moreGot tired of replacing the batteries on my mouse, so I got this thing - not sure if anyone has seen it before - but it’s a WIRED mouse. Plugs right into the computer you are using. Go figure, wonder what they’ll come ou…
Read moreWeeded the second garden bed yesterday, feeling like I got hit by a truck today. Love getting older.
Read moreMy child (left) having a full on meltdown after watching Super Mario Bros. because the arcade only accepts dollars and dad doesn’t carry cash 😂. Kiddo learned some life lessons today, namely you can’t always get what y…
Read moreMy 4 y.o. son kept referring to “goose tape” this past week and I had no idea what he was talking about. Turns out he meant duct tape all along. Kids!
Read moreFinally getting my garden into some sort of shape. Weeded this box, added some compost, soil amendments, etc. One down, one to go. Also put a band-aid fix on the broken corner (bottom left). Last year a moving truck bac…
Read moreA mural I spotted in New York last week. #nyc #streetphotography #mural #einstein #cycling #love #photography #peace #love
Read moreHad such a wonderful time in New York. Can’t wait to go back. #nyc
Read moreConnected with my college roommate Adam in N.Y. My first time at the Met.
Read moreHayyy. Someone order a ride?
Read moreDoing touristy things.
Read moreBeautiful day. Decided to take a stroll down the High Line, a former set of elevated train tracks converted into a linear park.
Read moreWhat a great city. #philly
Read moreA few last snaps before heading out.
Read more“And did you know the Liberty Bell is a replicaSilently housed in its original wallsAnd while its dreams played music in the night, quietlyIt was told to believe”— Mitski
Read more. “And did you know the Liberty Bell is a replica Silently housed in its original walls And while its dreams played music in the night, quietly It was told to believe” — Mitski
Read moreCrushing pretty hard on this place.
Read moreAlways wanted to spend some time here, grateful it worked out. Philadelphia is a beautiful city.
Read moreJeff Bridges is 73. Not sure why that surprises me, but it does.
Read moreI don’t think I can forgive Polar Seltzer for switching form 12 packs to 8 packs and keeping the same price. Shrinkflation at its finest. #inflation #foodprices
Read moreWest coast consumer price index is up 15% since January 2021, yet my place of work decided to reduce their cost of living adjustments, so we’re doing the same jobs for about 7% less pay than we were two years ago. They’…
Read moreI wonder what the growth impact will be in the long term.
Read moreRealized today that between quitting smoking a little over 6 years ago, and not having a car payment for over 4, I’ve been able to save an additional 40 grand toward retirement.
Read moreAs a parent, I’m horrified by mass shootings and live in fear for my kids. What perplexes me however is that motor vehicle deaths, although trending down, are on par with gun deaths. Somehow we keep building cities for…
Read moreWe’re starting to think about our plans for Portugal and Italy next year with the ultimate goal of scouting out some potential places to live for something of a sabbatical. Beginning to believe it’s possible.
Read moreToday was one of those days where all of my next steps on a project are awaiting other people to finish theirs. Happens too often. So I threw on my headphones, caught up on some Italian language podcasts, and mindlessly…
Read moreIt’s 2023 and I still have male coworkers whom only ever talk about sports when interacting with others on topics unrelated to work. Honestly hadn’t heard this one guy’s voice in months until March Madness began.
Read moreThis kid was so excited all morning about getting a honey stick at the farmers market. Simple pleasures.
Read moreTwo shower thoughts tonight: 1) I have an absolutely awful memory for celebrity names and I don’t watch sports. Don’t invite me to trivia. 2) Isn’t the Buddhist belief in rebirth just a desire, given that we’re all just…
Read moreLife would be a whole lot more entertaining if we could comment on Zillow and Redfin listings.
Read moreYou ever realize someone is still alive that you thought left this world a long time ago? Noam Chomsky is like 94 years old.
Read moreMore often than not anymore, I find myself foregoing bringing my mirrorless camera due to the convenience of just having a phone in my pocket. There was a long time where the cameras in iPhones were so bad that it was a…
Read moreI wonder how much of the day-to-day grind famous and wealthy people do for themselves. Like do they even make a sandwich for themselves when they’re hungry or pick up after themselves?
Read moreStarted taking a new ADHD med again, which means I have slept a total of about 2 hours the last 3 nights. Back in the day, I could take a nap on Dex. Not anymore. #Today was pretty rough being extremely focused but abso…
Read moreJust asked ChatGPT to rewrite Paradise City in iambic pentameter. I’ve never been so impressively underwhelmed in my life. #ChatGPT
Read moreReally would love to have an activity tracker that fits completely hidden below a regular wristwatch. Why is this not a thing yet?
Read moreOne hazard of taking stimulants for ADHD is that I’ll sometimes get sucked very deeply into podcasts directed at trades or occupations that I have absolutely no business listening to at all. I’m an hour and a half into…
Read moreUntil recently, I’d always thought that the question “what is the meaning of life?” was used solely as a rhetorical device to convey the shared existential dilemma of humanity, and the challenges of finding one’s true p…
Read moreWitnessing a conversation unfold online about how more men need to support women’s college sports. But with 60% of college students now women, I don’t think men are the primary demographic they need to be targeting for…
Read moreHad an architect friend recently crap on neo-traditional home designs, calling them pastiche. This is why I don’t have many friends who are architects.
Read moreHillsboro has nice stuff. Spent the morning and early afternoon swimming at Shute, played at the park, and picked up a big bag of books and movies at the library.
Read moreFinished modding my Jazzmaster a few weeks ago, so I was on the lookout for my next project. I have always wanted a double bound Telecaster but didn’t want to break the bank, so I picked up a Squier Classic Vibe. It’ll…
Read moreQuite a few years ago now I used to listen to the Minimalists podcast, but stopped when they started giving financial advice. The two most egregious tips they gave? 1) Pay off your student debt as quickly as possible, a…
Read moreSomeone please make this winter stop.
Read moreHere’s a fun one. Ratio of Median Sale Price of Single-Family Homes to Per Capita Income, by Metro Area.
Read moreYou know the old saying, “better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt”? I have a new perspective on it. There was a time when I felt stupid around certain people because I…
Read moreGrateful for my parents and for getting to spend time with them in CA this past week.
Read moreBack home in Portland after a week in San Diego. We rented an amazing mid-century modern ranch in Point Loma (Zestimate $1.9M). Now we’re back in the dreary PNW weather. Took a peek at jobs and housing in SD, just for f…
Read moreHappy birthday, @lavonnakofstad7 !
Read more#Today was a good day.
Read moreAnd here we go…!
Read moreHaving a lot of fun, it’s gonna be hard to leave!
Read moreAwesome museum.
Read moreA few years back, I hadn’t even heard of Dave’s Killer Bread. And now that it’s ubiquitous, I have no idea what the fuss was about. The white bread is like cardboard, the Good Seed bread is tasteless, and the bagels are…
Read moreOur little travel companions are getting better at this (and so are we).
Read morePicked up tickets to see Lucinda Williams and Big Thief at Edgefield this summer. Can’t wait! I’m starting to get the hang of this planning ahead thing. Everything sells out so fast these days.
Read moreWe’re flying out of PDX on Wednesday to meet my Michigander parents for a week long vacation in San Diego. Figures that the week we chose and planned for months ago ends up being the same week Southern California gets r…
Read moreOne of the more embarrassing things for me about getting older is finally “understanding” something someone tried to introduce me to long ago, only to brush it off for years. I’ve gotten into so many musicians much late…
Read moreSometimes, when I start to get sad toward the end of winter, I just pull up driving tours on YouTube of the cities where I lived while in Michigan for 34 years, and suddenly I’m cured. #pnw #pdx #puremichigan #saginaw #…
Read moreSnow day!
Read moreJust helped my neighbor, who is a Spaniard, chain up his car to go retrieve his stranded girlfriend, somewhere on 405 near PSU. Man, that is about as close to a Hail Mary as I’ve ever thrown. Guess I’ll know sometime to…
Read moreThinking back to my first sociology class at University of Michigan in 1999. It was a social stratification lecture and my professor asked every single student on the first day what suburb of Detroit we lived in, and he…
Read moreYesterday I thought I lost one of my favorite pocket knives. I looked all over for it, retracing my steps. Turns out it got hooked on a drawstring on a rain jacket I tried on at REI. Can’t believe I even recovered it.
Read moreMy photos app reminded me I saw Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks at the Loving Touch in Ferndale 9 years ago today. Man I miss that place! I saw so many shows there in the early 2010s and you could get so close to the musi…
Read moreI swear, anytime I’m anywhere near Scappoose, some redneck shit happens.
Read moreWatched the Unsolved Mysteries episode tonight about the UFO sitings by over 300 people in Michigan in 1994 and realized I witnessed the same thing. Wild.
Read moreJust saw a lifted Prius with mudders in Washington.
Read moreMy dog will eat fossilized cat poop out of a flower bed but won’t touch a pretzel to save her own life.
Read moreFord Motor Company not making the Ranger look more like a Bronco was a failure of epic proportions. Can’t believe the current model made it to production.
Read moreDrove up to Bonny Slope in the western suburbs of Portland today. Had a hearing on a property located in the area last night so I wanted to go see it for myself. The houses were enormous and the views from the hills wer…
Read moreAs someone who went into 6 figures of student debt to get a graduate degree just to allow me to get an entry level job in my field, I believe we need to fix this system. Not only do I believe we need widespread student…
Read moreI used to think I was either very good at washing my hands to avoid illness, or that I had an incredible immune system. Having two kids in daycare quickly disabused me of those delusions. I’ve had cold symptoms from RSV…
Read moreEnvironmental psychology is the study of how the natural and built environments shape us as individuals. I find it fascinating that much of the real world implementation of this field’s findings has been used to influen…
Read moreToday I was thinking back to some conversations I had with my grandmother before she died. I was trying to get some info from her to finalize my Italian citizenship paperwork. She was hesitant to help me because she tho…
Read morePeople sometimes seem like dogs in that we will gang up on a weak member of the pack. Even my normally chill Goldendoodle will join in on the hazing of a weak dog at the park if left alone. I’ve noticed humans are equal…
Read moreTwo settings iOS Safari still needs in 2023: 1) auto deny all but necessary cookies; and 2) block the automatic playback of all embedded videos.
Read moreAlthough not quite on the same level as Salt & Straw’s Berry Slab Pie ice cream flavor, I just dug into some Tillamook Marionberry Pie ice cream and it’s pretty dang good. And you don’t even have to wait 12 months or in…
Read moreAlways throws me off whenever I see anyone over 30 wearing children’s mall brands like American Eagle, Hollister, A&F etc.
Read moreAs much as I like Apple, I enjoy Google News’ content suggestions better than Apple News. Still, Google Amp web pages are annoying and I really dislike all the ads everywhere. My workaround. I ended up deleting the Goog…
Read moreKeep seeing these videos of people being recovered from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. It’s all emotional, but the videos of parents found covering their children make me weep. Looking for the helpers, the humanity.
Read moreHappy five years!
Read moreJust realizing I can mute people I don’t even follow. What a blessing!
Read moreDunno if I’m just a jaded planner these days, but even being in the line of work that I’m in, nothing is quite as cringe as when I see people posting self-righteously about urban living.
Read moreI noticed that Warby Parker sells readers. Are people really spending a hundred bucks on the glasses you can get for $3 in the checkout lane?
Read moreNice and sunny PNW day. Had to hit the food cart pod near my house for a beer and some grub. #today
Read moreTried out #ivory and #mammoth the last couple months but I’m loving the #icecubes iOS client the most. One thing that’s huge for me is that the entire person’s @ is always visible, allowing you to see from where a post…
Read moreHow many more artists’ depictions of exoplanets and other space junk could we possibly need? I’m getting tired of clickbait space news headlines that try to pass off illustrations like they’re photos. To be sure, they a…
Read moreMaybe I’m weird, but I think Raisin Bran as a nighttime snack is underrated.
Read moreOur grocery loader had a ulilikilt this morning. First time seeing one in the wild. I don’t blame them, either.
Read more“In an odd twist, Astoria Chief of Police Stacy Kelly tells KOIN 6 News that the man, identified as Jericho Labonte, was the same person who left a dead fish on the porch of the Goonies House. Read more in the link abov…
Read moreMy wife and I have read 3 to 5 books per night to our son since he was about 18 months old. Every single night for 2.5 years. So it’s pretty safe to say we’re kind of experts on children’s books at this point. By FAR th…
Read moreI don’t eat Taco Bell very often, but when I do, you can bet it’s because there’s one located in the Home Depot parking lot.
Read moreOne of my favorite lyrics of all time: I was there when Captain Beefheart started up his first band. I told him, ‘Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime.' “I’m Losing My Edge” by LCD Soundsystem
Read moreTriMet is inviting local artists (#pdx) to submit their qualifications to design a full-color digital image(s) for printing on vinyl to be applied on a bus in recognition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Queer an…
Read moreIf it weren’t for bills and the occasional email from long lost friends, I’d probably just get rid of e-mail altogether.
Read moreAre there folks out there who actually leave their email notifications ON? Given that the vast majority of stuff that hits my inbox is garbage, I just have Gmail mark everything as read the moment it arrives. If it’s im…
Read moreIt’s strange that I’m in my early 40s and I still have to pretty regularly remind people that I’m in fact a Millennial. It’s like a lot of people older than me have solidified in their minds the image of a Millennial as…
Read moreClosing in on 8 years in this town and the only lasting friendships I’ve made are a couple of prior coworkers I see once or twice a year. Men are weird and male loneliness is an epidemic. #pdx
Read more"You're living this very bare, stripped down life, and you're with your thoughts, and you're hearing about terrible things and it's really scary," she says,…'why do I live a thousand miles away from my parents? Why have…
Read moreIt’s sad to click on the Wikipedia page of an artist you’ve just discovered, only to have the first verb be in the past tense. Was…
Read moreSometimes I think about all of the incredible music created in the 80s and how I managed to be born into a family of hair metal fans. A profoundly unfortunate comedy if you ask me.
Read moreHate to see the economy suffer, but man, I hope home prices fall as a result of all these cuts. Quite frankly I’m shocked we haven’t seen a more dramatic correction yet. https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2023/02…
Read moreNot sure when middle age officially begins, but for me I think it started with refusing self checkout.
Read moreSure, the comment sections are bad. But what gets me is that each of those comments represent a real human who is generally afraid to say those things out loud, but whom nevertheless still walk this earth with that junk…
Read moreNot gonna name names, but imagine being the kind of celebrity who is only known to anyone because of the greatness of a relative. Just coasting through life, living off their estate, and living in the shadow of their de…
Read moreIt’s wild that I went so many years thinking Portland didn’t have any decent radio stations simply because PRP’s signal is so weak. Thankful for the internet broadcast, but if any station needs a larger coverage area, i…
Read moreWhy yes, those are my Totino’s pizza rolls in the office freezer.
Read more23° in Portland this a.m. This kind of weather gets west coasters acting all sorts of weird. Even though it’s supposed to be clear all day, I bet I’ll see some tipped up windshield wipers somewhere today.
Read moreEven as we approach our 5 year anniversary, my heart still sometimes skips a beat.
Read moreDid you know you can look up where you milk comes from with the code on the carton? I was curious where our Trader Joe’s organic milk came from. Turns out it’s Alpenrose. #pdx https://whereismymilkfrom.com/
Read moreWhy I’ll never move to the country again. “Opinion | Can Anything Be Done to Assuage Rural Rage?” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/opinion/rural-voters-economy.html
Read moreI guess Mr. Bungle is on tour. Everyone used to talk about the feud between Mike Patton and Anthony Kiedis, but no one talks about how Incubus ripped off some of Mike’s sound.
Read moreLooking at real estate in #Texas just for fun. As a Portlander, the housing there is cheaaaaap. This must be what Californians feel like looking at real estate literally anywhere other than CA. #pdx
Read moreAnd just like that, we’ve got a 4-year-old boy on our hands (tomorrow, 1/26). You are so challenging at times, pushing me to grow, learn, and channel my inner peacekeeper, but you’re also incredibly fun, caring, unique,…
Read moreBeing a parent has forced me to reevaluate so much of my own upbringing, in ways I don’t think I ever could have without kids. Every single day I think: “damn, how did my parents do it?” But also: “what in the actual f$…
Read moreDon’t really understand the explosive growth of cordless power tools the last couple of decades. Y’all don’t have outlets at your house?
Read morePeople today:“Something is just off about society after COVID. Can’t place my finger on it.”Also people today: “I would rather die a fiery death than go back into the office and have to interact with people and support…
Read moreSomeone is blasting Coheed & Cambria on the train like it’s 2003. #pdx
Read moreGoogle and #umich are taking away my unlimited cloud storage for alumni. This, after 10 years of me uploading all of my photos and videos from every device I’ve owned since. Gonna be fun offloading several hundred gigs…
Read moreAny #hamradio operators in western Oregon? Just getting into #shortwave and was hoping to pick up on some single side band but haven’t had any luck yet.
Read moreOne day the world will see plank flooring like we now view linoleum over hardwood. Can’t stand it, especially in gray.
Read moreShake Shack really be like “Hey, go ahead and put in your own to-go order. That’ll be $50, how much would you like to tip?”
Read moreSingle-use plastic is awful, but we have got to figure out a middle ground between paper and metal straws.
Read moreSnowing in #pdx. Full on wtf this a.m.
Read moreWhy do refried beans smell exactly like wet dog food?
Read moreWow, guess I’m done using #ivory. That was short lived.
Read moreIn 5th grade, me and my classmates in Midland, Michigan were each assigned a state and were tasked with writing letters to their tourism departments requesting information. I got California and I remember clearly that t…
Read moreFinally made it into the Chef Store for the first time and my eyes are at long last awakened to life’s glories.
Read moreHabitat ReStore will always be my happy place.
Read moreWill never understand people who do Zoom meetings and work calls at coffee shops. That should be a punishable offense. #RemoteWork
Read moreOne positive about today is that I almost never see anyone smoking anymore. Maybe it’s just an Oregon thing, but when I do see someone light up, I do a double take because it’s so out of place.
Read moreWhen I was about 12, my parents took me and my two brothers to Niagara Falls. The cigarettes in Canada were quite a bit more expensive than in the U.S., so we drove over to Buffalo so they could buy a carton. It took me…
Read moreI dunno if the title of this article made me feel better or worse: “A 5 p.m. sunset is just around the corner for Portland” #pdx https://www.koin.com/weather/a-5-p-m-sunset-is-just-around-the-corner-for-portland/
Read moreBooked 4 nights at one of the last remaining campsites on the southern Oregon coast for middle of July. Nothing like having to plan 6 months out to sleep on the ground. #oregon #camping #hiking #parks #pnw
Read moreI’ve had the same Gmail address for going on 19 years. This is by far the longest digital relationship I’ve ever had, probably ever will. #gmail #email
Read moreFollowed one conservative on the bird site this morning and within 10 seconds I saw a promoted tweet that was just the tailgate of a truck with the words “F#%^ Joe Biden and F%#^ You for Voting for Him”.
Read moreEvery day while I’m standing at my standing desk. #applewatch #apple
Read moreSometimes I have a really hard time not thinking that the entire hiring process for men is really just panelists thinking: “Wow, he’s tall. He must know what he’s talking about. We should hire/promote him.” I know, I’m…
Read more“But one problem with pinning everything on Elon is that it leaves open the possibility that maybe Twitter would be fine if the company was led by a different CEO who continued the Twitter API status quo. I don’t think…
Read moreDo I have to use my employer-sponsored FSA administrator? I get that it’s pre-tax deductions from my paycheck, but this just seems strange that I don’t have a choice. Honestly I don’t like my retirement savings administ…
Read moreLast night I found this photo from 1986 in my grandmother’s belongings. It’s of me and my brother. I’d never seen it before. Everyone always says how much my son looks like my wife, so I was blown away by how much I loo…
Read moreNow that the Big Bang Theory is drawing greater scrutiny as observations from the James Webb Space Telescope come in, what are some of the plausible alternatives? #astronomy #cosmology #bigbang #space #universe #jwst #n…
Read moreI imagine for most people, watching video walking tours on YouTube is about as interesting as watching paint dry. But as a planner, they are pretty zen sometimes. #urbanist
Read moreI wish there was a wearable activity tracker that looked more like the old Jawbones. So tired of having digital watches on my arm. I just want to wear a classic timepiece and a bracelet with no screen.
Read moreI don’t know that I’ll ever fully adjust to the fact that you’ve gotta reserve campsites 6 months ahead in Oregon. You just gotta chance a random weekend and hope other plans don’t come up, or better luck next year.
Read more“I just feel like there must had been a time when the world had more...you know? Like mystery or something and now you come somewhere like this and it's beautiful and you take a picture and then you realize that everybo…
Read moreFinished The White Lotus on HBO last night. Surprisingly, it sucked me in and held my attention to the end. As much hate as I’m now seeing online about her, I loved the Portia character. One quote in particular caught m…
Read more52° and partly sunny. We’ll take it for January in Portland. #pdx
Read moreReally trying to reign in my gear acquisition syndrome (GAS), but heck if I don’t want a Fender Princeton Reverb Tone Master #fender #amplifiers
Read morePower went out last night, so I woke up trying to suck air through a CPAP hose that wasn’t providing me with air. The whole house got bad sleep because of it. I would be married with kids without my sleep machine, true…
Read moreHanging out with my daughter on this #mlk day.
Read more4yo getting out of the tub: “Dad, can you unwet me?” “You mean dry you?” “Yeah, dry me!”
Read moreMy household also pays double our mortgage on childcare every month.
Read moreNo village here, can verify. “It takes a village to raise children. Millennial moms say 'there is no village.'” https://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-moms-tiktok-parenting-trends-it-takes-village-raise-children-202…
Read moreAt the guitar shop and a teenager is playing Spoon Man by Soundgarden on an SG. I was a teenager when that song came out and remember jamming to that in my bedroom and with friends. The kids are alright 😂
Read moreHow are there no Dr. Z amplifier dealers in Oregon? #guitar #guitaramps #oregon
Read moreGot my locked and dead car opened up and the battery on a charger. Battery had died last weekend bc my 4 year old turned on a dome light and I hadn’t needed the car so I just left it. Key slot was jammed up, too, becaus…
Read moreMy first disappointment with #ivory is that there’s no filter for media on profile pages. One of my favorite features of the official Mastodon app.
Read moreI’m having one of those very rare days where my wife is away with both kids but I’m having trouble getting motivated to do anything because it’s raining pretty good and I’m just soaking up the silence.
Read moreWhen you save a meme with Jesus in it and Google Photos asks if your deceased brother and Jesus are the same person.
Read moreIs there anyone whose voice you heard for the first time just absolutely threw you? For me, it was Jimmy Page, guitarist for Led Zeppelin. I dunno what I was expecting, but it wasn’t that.
Read moreWaiting on that unlikely phone call after 2 interviews for a job I was actually excited about. I was supposed to know something by today. Trying not to continuously refresh my inbox for a rejection letter.
Read moreSkincare is not really a topic I’m accustomed to talking about as a dude, but I’ll be damned if my new moisturizer isn’t revealing more supple, radiant skin. Glycolic acid is the real deal. 😂
Read moreMy car’s battery has been dead since Monday, likely because my son left the dome light on. On the one hand, feeling kinda lazy that I haven’t jumped it in a week. On the other hand, thankful that my current work/life si…
Read moreI still have and occasionally use a couple of #MiniDisc recorders, strangely enough. Mostly nostalgia, but they’re great for teaching my kid about physical media and forcing myself to listen to entire albums. There is a…
Read moreMe opening #ivory for the first time: “My god, why is the text so large? Oh…that’s my system setting.” *laughs in needs reading glasses*
Read moreI think I’ve reached my quota for # of software developers I follow. Now accepting for social workers, librarians, astrophysicists, and urban planners.
Read moreOrion was mighty pretty tonight.
Read moreBirthday gift from @outdoorshar ☺️
Read morePax goes to the coffee shop.
Read moreHe couldn’t vocalize how he feels about Valentine’s Day, so he did the next best thing.
Read moreFirst bath, first trauma.
Read moreTwo week appt., right on track.
Read moreDidn’t think I could love anything this much.
Read moreOur first child. #oldersister
Read moreOur once-a-year snowfall. Off to my only day of work this month (public hearing).
Read moreMy little dude
Read more👼
Read more#39weeks
Read moreOkay, I think we’re ready to meet you, little one. Gotta a whole lotta love in my heart to give. 38 wks 2 days.
Read moreA month off from our anniversary but #fbf to when I married my best friend and ponicorns showed up. What a year it’s been.⠀⠀⠀⠀📷:@lindsaybacaphoto #pdx #portland #love #wedding #marriage #unicorns #pony #firstcomeslove
Read moreGetting muddy with my girls and drinking hot cocoa on a sunny Christmas Day.
Read moreQuick trip to the nurse midwife before the holiday festivities.
Read morePapi’s white elephant by way of necessity. Just a sip! #bulleitrye
Read moreSo proud of this lady for passing her licensing exam today!!! At 7 and a half months pregnant! You’re looking at the latest Licensed Clinical Social Worker, folks :)
Read more#PDX #friyay
Read moreThe best breakfast sandwiches.
Read more#commute
Read moreCracks me up that Bay City got it right but Lansing couldn’t.
Read moreSelfie with my 86-year-old Gran. I setup her first smart phone for her today.
Read moreMom threw me a baby shower. Thanks everyone for coming out! #cancersucks
Read moreNice views of #mthood on the flight out of #PDX last night.
Read moreAs to be expected, another incredible show with @aaronbacamusic.
Read moreBest of both worlds? #urbansuburban #pastiche
Read moreFull of health from milk!
Read more#commute #sunrise
Read moreWalking home from the train.
Read more#urbanplanning #janejacobs #brb #stfu #LOL #smh
Read moreJust about rounded out the second trimester! Still ain’t no one know if it’s a boy or a girl.
Read moreThe dood abides
Read more🍁✨
Read moreStill bloomin’
Read moreOver the moon. #23weeks
Read moreStrength comes in many different forms, not least of which are hope, bravery and love. You have these in spades, mom. I’m very grateful for you and your strengths. You’re taking a brave step tomorrow and I wish I could…
Read moreWhen Shar drives, I crane my neck.
Read moreTouch of grey
Read more#pdx
Read moreThe original Italian parish in Portland.
Read moreHonestly, I think I’d just like to live out here. I think that’s why I keep coming back. Impossible with Oregon’s land use laws, but a guy can dream.
Read moreWaiting for mom to get home from work. #nationaldogday
Read moreShit’s getting real.
Read moreI need a lot of time to myself. I sneak it in when I can.
Read moreMy nephew, Lincoln.
Read moreNot too bad for a map my work was gonna throw away and a frame from a second hand store. #pdx #portland #map #maps #oregon
Read moreSpent the day with my beautiful wife in Astoria for her birthday.
Read moreCelebrated 13 weeks with a hike up Smith Rock over the weekend!
Read moreBeautiful morning.
Read moreTwo years ago today I bought this house in pre-foreclosure status as a short sale. It’s not the fanciest, nor the largest, neither is it the type of house I thought I wanted when I moved here. But I’m happy to make it a…
Read moreStraight chillin
Read moreHey, dude.
Read moreSnagged some old maps before the office purge. #pdx #portland #maps #map
Read more#tbt to 2007, London Eye. Must’ve been about 175 lbs in this photo. I’d like to get back to that point. I think I still have that shirt, even though there’s no way it still fits.
Read more#citylab
Read moreDef not creepy.
Read moreIt’s slow going when you have a job, but it’s starting to look like a different house (to me). I decided I’m going to take it easy on the white I think and throw in some darker accents when I’m done.
Read moreA park all to ourselves. #wildernessculture #wildflowers #pnw #oregon #pdx
Read moreAh, post-riots architecture. Gotta hate it.
Read moreNew toy store downtown. Can’t say that I’ve seen a toy store in a downtown my entire life, sad to say.
Read more6.29.18. #moon
Read moreTurning out to be an awesome day. #mthood #pnw #pdx #oregon #exploregon
Read moreLunchtime meanderings. #horse
Read moreLoving the sunshine.
Read moreMy dad is a pretty cool guy. Still ready for adventures. Here’s one I won’t soon forget. Happy Father’s Day, Vern!
Read moreShopping for a new pair of glasses. Are these in style yet?
Read moreThat one time the President spoke at graduation. Hard to believe it’s been 8 years. #potus #Michigan #umich #trumpsucks #taubmancollege
Read moreHomemade Mac n cheese. It’s what’s for dinner.
Read moreFederalist was a success @spencerolinek. Thanks for the rec
Read moreamapaday
Read moreHowdy.
Read moreThe way she gets me to do things sometimes is by threatening to cut off her hair. And let me tell you, it works.
Read morePeople have asked me how I’ve managed to make it 3 months without eating meat. Well, the Beyond Meat burger on ciabatta is pretty special. #beyondmeat #vegetarian #WTF
Read moreAnother one from late last year. Just thinking tonight about how this is a life I never even imagined could have happened a few years back. Nothing’s perfect, but I never asked it to be. Just better. And it is. #hike #h…
Read moreOn top of the world. • • • • #hike #hiking #oregon #exploregon #pnwonderland #pnw #saddlemountain #coastrange #cascadia #dood #doodle #goldendoodle #dogsofinstagram #puppers #trail #view #ontopoftheworld #liveasaverb
Read moreAn actual place I visited on my birthday this year. A sort of happy accident we ended up here on our last day on the island, and a spectacular farewell it was. #magestic
Read more#bukowski
Read moreThrowback to that one time. #ourwild
Read moreOur rose bushes this year are going wild.
Read moreNine years ago we lost you. It took me a long time to even process or talk about it. Miss you every day.
Read moreSeriously the sweetest.
Read moreBeautiful day for a wedding.
Read moreWildflowers bloomin’ on a lunchtime ride today.
Read moreWhen you both misunderstood one another as to who was supposed to get pizza, but both bring home exactly the same (special order) pizza without coordinating.
Read more#Oregon
Read moreParking deck views. #mthood
Read moreShaping up to be a pretty nice week.
Read moreShopping for new frames and stopped into Warby Parker yesterday. Shar says I look like an old man in these. #roundfacestruggles
Read moreYes, please. * * * * #portland #nwportland #pdx #oregon #urban #historic #historichouse #spring #house
Read moreNight out. Heading to see @realrobbell.
Read morePlaying with the kids. (Sure feels good to fall in love all over again.)
Read moreSpotted at local Goodwill.
Read more3 years ago, unpacking, moving alone. Trying to make something out of nothing.
Read moreGrowler-getter almost complete. * * * * #surly #crosscheck #bike #bicycle #cruiserbike
Read moreSeismic retrofit by @seraarchitects. I like the corners, and that the basement will be daylighted. Hopefully the old concrete gets a power wash and the interior gets a refresh.
Read moreDefinitely over planted the ol’ garden this year. I need to build another one.
Read moreI like this idea. * * * * #pdx #slabtown #portland #nw #pnw #lobby #signs #parks #tile #leed #interiordesign
Read moreTake me back * * * * #hawaii #maui
Read more#siblingday #brothers
Read moreOngoing seismic retrofit at the office.
Read moreNearing the finish line on the music room.
Read moreBeen awhile since I’ve been down here. Almost like they’re building a city from scratch.
Read moreMy favorite new food cart. Argentinian empanadas. Yum.
Read moreHappy (postponed) opening day #tigers #revivemi #openingdaydet #baseball
Read moreAnd…it’s snowing
Read moreOur hemlock straight up died. Very strange.
Read moreHappy it’s no longer calling for snow this week. Might need to thin this out later, once I see how it does, but got it in early which makes me happy.
Read moreEveryone’s moving to St. Johns!
Read moreContinuing with things put on pause for the wedding, finishing up loose ends.
Read moreIt’s Friday and I’m done with this rodeo. #fbf
Read moreI never tire of it.
Read moreAlways a good sign when the magnolias pop.
Read moreThis dog is obsessed with birds and squirrels.
Read moreMaking changes.
Read more#thestubbornlovers
Read moreAdaptive reuse, phone booth edition.
Read moreLook at this beautiful lady. Beachside in LÄhainÄ. Dinner for two.
Read moreKaanapali. Where the trees glow.
Read moreI swear to god I am never going home.
Read moreI will be dreaming of this Cubano for the rest of my life.
Read moreFacing fears, kayaking the whale-infested oceans. #vday
Read moreThis will work. #honeymoon #maui
Read moreAn awesome weekend with family and friends for our wedding. I’m a lucky dude. (📸:Lindsay Baca).
Read more#mrandmrs
Read moreI only have eyes for you. #valentine #vday #vd #valentinesday #balloon #heart
Read moreI know the exact moment I knew I wanted to marry her. It was our first trip to the coast together, on my birthday a couple of years ago. It was this day, not long after this photo was taken, when She was sitting next to…
Read moreThis is what $130 looks like at New Seasons. 2 paper bags of groceries. No fancy meats or specialty items (except for the 6 pack). I’m conflicted because I love the small size of the store. I can get a little more at Wi…
Read moreThe parking deck has views. #sunset #portland
Read moreBitter cup #bachelor #bachelorette
Read moreIt’s times like these…
Read moreHappy day! New de Garde location in downtown Tillamook!!
Read more#trees #evergreen #bw
Read moreNightmare before Christmas.
Read more#zoolights #pdx
Read moreLove old mid-century modern schools. #architecture
Read moreThe space above that building on the corner has been empty for about a year. I wish it were my office.
Read moreSweet couch, presumably free.
Read moreThe holdout.
Read moreFavorite lunch spot on a clear day.
Read moreIt’s been cold but enjoying the clear skies.
Read moreRural planning: bike races and marijuana tourism potential.
Read moreHappy Holidays!
Read moreWolf at the door on thxgiving.
Read moreBeing engaged in the backyard, etc.
Read more#tbt. 14 years old. My first electric guitar, Christmas 1995.
Read moreTwo years of sarcasm, adventures and fart jokes. <3 her.
Read moreFrom the #PNW, with love @foundersbrewing
Read moreRing game. Yellow gold, because I’m a grumpy old man.
Read moreMelissa and Natasha’s wedding!
Read moreMade a dentil shelf for the door. Next up, paint.
Read moreGotta get ‘em in while you still can. Beautiful day for it, too.
Read moreWedding venue-ing.
Read moreTomatoes, yellow peppers, and jalapeños all did fine this year. Poblanos, not so much.
Read more#stjohns
Read moreCurrent situation.
Read more#nimby #banana #urbanplanning
Read moreGetting married 4 months from tomorrow (we think)! Puerto Rico getting hit by Hurricane Maria has made things challenging, but I’m thankful to have a partner who can roll with it. <3
Read moreNot too far off.
Read morePortland, you’re doing great. Keep it up. 🌞
Read moreWine tasting with friends from LA. Sometimes I forget that this is 10 minutes from my front door.
Read moreecnepsleahcim spotted on the Fiction - New Arrivals shelf at Powell’s.
Read moreAn hour and a half later, still no food. #harlowpdx
Read moreThat time my mom went back to college with three boys and graduated magna cum laude. #fbf
Read moreSpiders are tangible evidence of evil.
Read moreWhoooboy, I’m a “farmer”.
Read moreShe’s in heaven…
Read moreThis photo cracks me up. The king of awkward and his ferocious dog.
Read moreFreshly cut #doodle for these last weeks of #summer.
Read moreGonna have to find a creative way to use all these.
Read moreSadly, my friend Trevor passed away in July. One of his favorite authors was Kurt Vonnegut, and he had an Etsy store where he made and sold lapel pins, such as this (Shop Martin, named after his dachshund). I was able t…
Read moreDoodle Velcro ass.
Read more#rainier
Read more#latergram from an awesome rooftop patio, perfect weather, and birthday shenanigans.
Read more#eclipse #solareclipse #solareclipse2017 #pdx #oregon
Read moreA difference of opinion.
Read moreShort but tough. #gorge #pdx #oregon #columbiariver #hike #washington
Read moreOut for some fun with the birthday girl!
Read moreModel of Downtown Detroit at Bedrock. Shows Hudson’s and Monroe Blocks. RenCen decidedly absent. Still, Hudson Block will be prominent once built. #detroit #hudsonblock #skyline #model #architecture #skyscraper
Read moreGetting close to finishing the upstairs trim. Probably my least favorite job so far and has taken me way too long to finish. Onto the next bedroom. #rehab
Read more#deadremedy #billstock
Read moreMoved to an albatross handlebar. #surly #crosscheck #nitto
Read moreHard to believe I’ve never read this. But that’s about to change.
Read moreNew blog post on A Sturdy Life about how to make an extra $1000 per year. And no, this isn’t an ad for #Uber drivers. Link in bio. #frugal #budget #pennypincher #savemoney #intentionalliving #ting #minimalism #minimalis…
Read moreI thought the devil wore a blue dress? #angel #freshcoffee
Read moreThis eve. #pdx #skyline #oregon #portland #skyscrapers #mountains #mounthood #mthood #pnw #pnwonderland #westcoast #exploregon #oregon #cityscape #citylife #city #cities #overlook #buildings #citylab
Read more#hood
Read moreBack in the day. #triumph #scrambler #moto #motorcycle #puremichigan #motorbike
Read moreAnother high quality example of some Hillsboro ingenuity.
Read moreNew blog post from @asturdylife titled ‘Hitting the Hard Reset Button on Social Media’. Link in bio. . . . . . . #minimalism #minimalist #intentionalliving #blog #blogger #phone #socialmedia #reset #facebook #friends #i…
Read moreGoodbye green monster that I’ve had since college. #adulting.
Read moreI like this little craftsman in my work neighborhood. They just rebuilt the porch. #craftsman #bungalow #oregon #pnw #pdx #portland
Read moreGot the garden in late, but…signs of life.
Read moreThe best photo from last weekend.
Read more#Engaged to the love of my life.
Read moreWhile watching whales we saw some sleepy seals.
Read moreFrom sea to shining sea. #america
Read more#newport #oregon #bay #boat
Read moreNew blog post on A Sturdy Life called ‘The Struggle is Real’. Link in my bio. . . . . . . #politics #socialjustice #trump #liberalism #struggle #swamp #draintheswamp
Read moreI read somewhere once that New Seasons isn’t the true sign of gentrification, Little Big Burger is. I don’t know if that is true or not, but the sweet fire burgers are delicious.
Read more#gregandnoreenswedding
Read more#sidecar #moto #motorcycle #motorbike
Read moreIn what decade would you guess this neighborhood was built?
Read moreI love lake.
Read moreTen years ago my professor, Morgan Sweeney, passed away while on our U.K. study abroad trip. He was a funny, kind-hearted man straight from a novel or movie. He seemed genuinely interested in his students and I had many…
Read moreOne of my favorite hikes. Awesome day. Now off to Double Mountain for beer and pie.
Read moreJust peachy
Read moreDon’t bother trying to get ahold of me for the next several days. . . . . . . #gibson #lespaul #doublecut #tvyellow
Read moreZ’s best George Burns impression.
Read moreA nice day in #pdx.
Read more#skylark
Read moreBeautiful day.
Read more#Seattle #skyline
Read moreHowdy.
Read moreWhen great 3rd places pop up where once none were, we rejoice.
Read moreFirst MLS game! #timbers
Read moreLive a meaningful life.
Read moreChecking out @theminimalists live at the Aladdin in #pdx. #minimalism #lessisnowtour
Read more#Latergram. The nice weather has me out of hibernation mode and looking forward to more adventures.
Read moreOne’s recovering from a rabies vaccine, the other from eye surgery, and I’m dying from cuteness overload.
Read moreCatching up after a busy weekend. Day 28 of the #Minsgame. Not pictured, but purged/sold: 2nd gen Apple TV, iPod Classic, and an old Yamaha receiver.
Read moreZoey should’ve rented a rototiller.
Read moreIs this still good, @gaybrains?
Read moreNew blog post on A Sturdy Life about valuing your time. Link in my bio. . . . . . . #minimalism #minimalist #asturdylife #travel #redwoods #intentionalliving #alifealive #pdx #oregon #california #bucketlist #planning #t…
Read moreThis week I’m on an “automobile diet” and taking the train to work every day this week for #earthday. Hoping to establish a longer-term pattern. Here are two projects we partly funded (left and right foreground). They a…
Read more“Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.”
Read moreI have a new blog post on #asturdylife about when thrifting isn’t thrifty. Link in my bio. . . . . . . #minimalism #minimalist #springcleaning #declutter #declutteryourlife #thrifting #thrifty #thriftstorefinds #thrift…
Read moreDay 13 of the #minsgame. Parting with some of my less prized records. 91 items and counting. . . . . . . #minimalism #minimalist #springcleaning #declutter #declutteryourlife #records #vinyl #thriftfinds #lessismore #sc…
Read moreDay 9 of the #minsgame. Resorted to raiding the sock drawer. What a mess it was. . . . . . . . #minimalism #minimalist #springcleaning #declutter #declutteryourlife #day9 #socks
Read morePowell Butte with my girls.
Read moreDay 7 of the #minsgame and this is officially getting harder. A portion of the ties I never wear. . . . . . #minimalism #minimalist #springcleaning #declutter #declutteryourlife #day7
Read moreGot an upcoming move planned? Are you dreading it? Check out my latest blog post. Link in my bio. . . . . . #minimalism #moving #growing #pdx #packing #uhaul #storage #clutter #declutter #minimalist
Read moreI’m looking for durable product recommendations to include in a list I’m curating called The Sturdy Thirty. It could be practically anything you’ve found a lot of value in. Shoot me a line if you have one and follow me…
Read moreI’m starting a new project called A Sturdy Life. If interested, you can find the link in my bio. Ain’t much there yet, but bookmark if you wish.. . . . #minimalism #intentionalliving #minimalist #architecture #urbanism…
Read more#guitargoals #gibson #lespaul #special #doublecut #tvyellow
Read moreThis week marks 3 months without cigarettes and I ran almost 3 miles before 7 am. Quick, someone check my temperature.
Read moreI love this place. Feeling pretty special.
Read moreDaffodils and tulips coming up, and roses well on their way. Looking forward to painting this sucker because I’m having fun slowly transforming this former short sale shithole into something a bit nicer. #homeownership…
Read moreCan’t help but smile at the Dual Hearted IPA by @fallingskybrew. I wonder if @bellsbrewery has any thoughts on this?!? #pdx #craftbrew #beer #twohearted
Read morePawsing for a photo. . . . . #puppy #puppies #puppiesofinstagram #goldendoodle #goldendoodlesofinstagram #pdx #doodle #cute
Read more#raisedbeds #garden #spring #oregon #willamettevalley #cedar #organic #homesteading
Read moreI’m home sick today, bitches.
Read moreReady for my girls to come home after a long weekend in Cali. I feel like a rudderless ship when left to my own devices. I just go from task to task to distract myself.
Read moreQuasi
Read moreAll in all, a great birthday weekend. No huge plans made, but lots of time with both my girls, working on the house, good food, and a beer or two. Here’s to a year full of growth, a heart full of love and appreciation,…
Read more. . . . . #saintjohnsbridge #stjohns #pdx
Read moreEpic.
Read moreLunchtime meanderings.
Read moreI swear to god, she is just staring at herself.
Read moreMy prescription for stress relief.
Read moreSo good.
Read moreEast Jordan, MI leaving its mark 2300 miles away.
Read moreRepurposed desktop with hairpin legs. Didn’t turn out too bad.
Read moreZoeymonster
Read moreWoke up today knowing in my heart of hearts that it’s time for a change. When you love everything about your life except your job, it’s a scary feeling. The end of 2015 and all of 2016 was great to me. I moved to a grea…
Read moreAmazon package delayed due to natural disaster.
Read moreI get so much more work done in the comfort of my own home. It’s too bad my place of work allows this 0% of the time, except on my own time, which is obviously “unpaid”. Us lazy government workers. If the general public…
Read moreOur little monster with the sneak attack ear licks.
Read moreTaking in the sights (and smells and tastes).
Read moreCity by the bay.
Read moreHer parents got jokes
Read more#hooverdam
Read moreEveryday she’s hustlin'. #thugkitchen
Read moreSearched for a filter to hide the hangover. Alas, it does not exist. Me and ma, wrapping what seemed like 1,000 gifts today. I need a vacation from my vacation.
Read moreSledding!!!
Read moreGrowing up too fast!!!
Read moreHad to #dib
Read moreHanging out with my favorite for the day before I scoot off to the wintry Midwest.
Read moreHere, have a seat.
Read moreLazy Sundays.
Read moreSt Johns Winter Beer Fest
Read moreProject maple radio progressing.
Read moreSomething I’ve been saving.
Read moreReusing some maple flooring to make a Bluetooth stereo.
Read moreBlack Goldendoodle going home with us in a couple weeks. Shar’s pretty excited!
Read moreLounging and loving with full hearts and bellies on thanksgiving. Watched ‘Bad Moms’ at the request of my mom. Left my keys in her parents kitchen; came in two hours late to work today. “Floating Holidays” replaced auto…
Read moreMy lil Eskimo.
Read moreA year ago she walked into a bar and I’ve been her chauffeur ever since. She must be doing something (all the things) right.
Read moreWhat the hell is this thing
Read morePomeroy Place Veterans Housing groundbreaking!
Read moreBoard of County Commissioners approve funding for homeless veterans' housing. Not a difficult sell, but a win nonetheless.
Read moreDate night at the ice skating rink. #luckydude
Read moreI don’t, either. #idgaf #1dgaf #alaska #licenseplate
Read moreHeartless Bastards.
Read moreWorked in the yard again last night, trying to make it into something sane. Lots of tree limbs and debris and old toys and junk left from the old renters. Drank some beer and burned some branches under the guise of a re…
Read more#dadhat #jumpcreek #idaho
Read moreAnother exciting training at a HUD field office.
Read moreHey boy-see
Read moreWho’s laughing now, Google Street View?
Read moreOff to a good start.
Read moreKing for a day.
Read moreSomeone in the building didn’t like the gendered restroom signs.
Read moreLeaves turnin' on my quiet street. Fall in the air.
Read moreLooks like a nuke went off in Portland.
Read moreWrapping up a pretty decent weekend. Ahh
Read moreI love that this little house has a huge redwood in its yard.
Read moreEven the strip malls…
Read moreThe most physically demanding thing I’ve done (so far).
Read moreWell, I think that’s a little bit of an improvement. Exploring paint options.
Read moreStuff happening.
Read moreHappy 30th to this goofball, the light of my life. May the love and happiness you share with others return to you tenfold.
Read moreEnter:suburbia. Closing next week 😬
Read moreAnd my heart will go on
Read morePost white water rafting. First of many, so much fun.
Read moreStop off at Buoy.
Read morePretending to know what I’m doing
Read morePops looking pretty excited about pizza and beer after a long day in the gorge yesterday.
Read moreShoots n ladders.
Read moreIt’s just ok. #nofilter
Read moreDoes not suck.
Read moreRamona Falls
Read moreFording the rapids.
Read moreSuper proud of this amazing woman for completing her MSW today. Looking forward to many more weekends like this one (sans homework!)
Read moreO hai. #1925 #martin #acoustic #guitar
Read more#First official #5k since high school. On an upward trend… #pdx #iwasarunner
Read moreGet busy livin'.
Read moreAnother awesome day in the gorge. 8ish mile hike at Eagle Creek. #eaglecreek #oregon #waterfall #hike
Read moreLove where you live. #Oregon
Read moreAm I dreaming? 😍 #coyotewall #washington #oregon #columbiarivergorge #gorgeous #hike
Read more“I’ve always loved infiltration. To me, that’s what punk rock has always been about: going where you don’t belong without anyone noticing until it’s too late. It’s not about how you dress. So, I think we chose the venue…
Read moreYou know you’re in Texas when you almost get run over by a man on a mule on the sidewalk. *** #austin #tx #texas #walkability #travel #mule #horseback #southernliving #eastaustin #cowboy
Read moreThey tried to make me go to rehab, but I went to the Farmacy instead. Austin, I love you. *** #austin #tx #texas #brunch #hillsidefarmacy #breakfast #restaurant #eastaustin #clever #travel #wandering #eats #reuse #histo…
Read moreEast 6th is looking a lot like North Mississippi. #pdx #atx #portland #austin
Read moreDig it. #shadows #signs #design #chiocodesign #austin #texas
Read moreMornin'. #Texas #Capitol #Austin
Read moreWait…so, what exactly is “authentic Detroit style pizza,” anyway? #Detroit #313 #austin #michigannative #texas
Read more#isthisreallife #waterfall #oregon #pnw #silverton #hike
Read moreWe saw probably 10 waterfalls today and put down a good number of miles hiking. It was radical. #waterfall #silverton #Oregon #hike #pnw
Read moreThings were pretty good at brunch today. #tastynalder #portland #breakfast #travelportland
Read moreBlue Dot Double #IPA for a blue sky day. #hairofthedog #pdx
Read morePristine automobile. #VW #volkswagen #lovebug #vintage #cars #carsofinstagram #pdx
Read morePicnicking with this bodacious babe. Grateful every day. #mountsainthelens #washington
Read moreNeighbors with a #luthier #pdx
Read more#oregon
Read moreLove these guys @geographermusic #pdx #hawthornetheater
Read moreQuiet morning. #pdx #burnside #sunrise #usbancorptower #highrise #skyline #oregon #roadtrip #fuelforlife
Read more#oldmancans #pdx
Read moreI don’t think I’ll ever get enough of the Oregon coast. #pacific #ocean #mist #Oregon #oregonexplored #alifealive
Read more#pioneersquare #seattle #rise
Read more#stairwaytoheaven #seattle
Read moreOnly in #Portland. #pdx #keepportlandweird #goosehollow #lumina #cars
Read more#magnolias blooming.
Read more#spring #pdx #portland #psu #arbor
Read moreStuff’s about to get weird. #1984 #knitting #freebooks
Read moreBirthday at the #beach. Beautiful #Oregon day.
Read moreA little sweetness in my life for my day off. #saltandstraw #presidentsday #icecream #pdx
Read more#PDX #Bridgetown #portland
Read moreOn that not-so-dusty #trail. #Oregon #sunrays #trees #green #pnw
Read more#oxbow #deer #oregon
Read more#downtown #portland #pdx #skyline #willamette #oregon #bridge
Read more#downtown #pdx #Stumptown #portland #coffee
Read moreBook of Mormon
Read more#martin #martinguitar #pdx #portland #guitar #acoustic #elderly #lansing
Read moreStill feel like I’m cheating winter by living here.
Read moreMy super smart, caring and beautiful niece excited about opening a gift from gramma. She’s getting so big. #latergram
Read moreLunchtime meandering. #mthood #oregon #pdx #hillsboro #snow #pnw
Read morePowell’s City of Books #pdx #portland #bookstore #powells
Read moreWe’re all bozos in the #bus.
Read more“Nothing has been wasted, for it all has brought you here.” #mthood #pdx
Read more#fuckcancer #brothers #homefortheholidays #greymatter #cancersucks
Read moreIsn’t it funny how someplace you resented and scrapped so hard to get away from can become the ultimate place of comfort as an adult?
Read morePractically have the place to myself. #giraffe
Read moreThese folks make great beer. @baerlicbrewing #pdx #brewery
Read more#pdx #fall #love #nature #leaves #heart #portland
Read moreA man rows his boat down the Willamette River with a fresh white Mt. Hood peaking out over the Tilikum Crossing in Portland at sunset. #snow #mthood #Tilikum #pdx #Oregon #sunset #love #bridge #mountain #cityscape #natu…
Read moreThe stable. #history
Read moreThere be fungus among us.
Read moreAttempted #murder. But honestly, there were thousands of crows in downtown #pdx this evening. Eerie.
Read moreDoes not suck @ Lake Cushman #washington #olympicnationalpark
Read moreSmoosh?
Read moreuspostalservice iPhone camera thinks the Paul Newman stamps I ordered are ten Paul Newmans. #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman #paulnewman
Read moretaylorswift pop #jiffypop #pdx
Read moreportlandcider’s take on a pastie. I wonder what a #yooper would think?
Read moreNot everyone in this town who wears flannel is a #lumbersexual. #pdx
Read moreI always get a kick out of this.
Read moreA nice night.
Read more#Telekinesis at Mississippi Studios. #pdx
Read moreSoaking up as much sunshine as I can before it decides to go away for…a few months.
Read moreA very special #window.
Read moreLive music, local beer, homemade tamales and a good cause. #Bienestar #hillsboro
Read more#VFW memorial plaza in Vancouver, WA
Read moreI need this shirt. #grumpy
Read moreI have found the vegan, gluten-free, GMO-free, nougat-free center of the hippy universe. #Eugene #Oregon
Read moreTop of the morning to ya. #pdx #mthood
Read more#tillikumcrossing #pdx
Read more#skills
Read moreQuiet morning waiting for the streetcar to make my first journey over the Tilikum Crossing. Portland completed the loop as well as the Orange line (light rail) and they opened this weekend. Nerding out. @ridetrimet #tra…
Read moreWish I were catching the Orange. But Blue line it is. @ridetrimet #trimet #max #lightrail
Read moreContrasts
Read moreSmell ya later. #vegas
Read more#Utah #bigsky #zionnationalpark #alive
Read more#Utah is easily one of the most spectacular states.
Read more#Utah #Zion
Read more#Zion #Utah
Read moreWhen you find a swimming hole in the desert
Read more#Chevy #3200 #zionnationalpark #buffalo
Read more#Vegas #caesarspalace
Read more#lax #googie #architecture #mcm
Read moreThat’s a bummer, man.
Read moreHow sweet it is to have windows.
Read moreA hot spring in a lake in a volcano in a forest in Oregon. #latergram #paulinalake #Oregon #volcano #newberry #bend #deschutes
Read moreCustom.
Read moreNewberry National Volcanic Monument. #love #Oregon
Read more#exploregon #newberry #deschutes #hotsprings
Read moreDecided to take the #Porsche out for a drive.
Read more#Exploregon
Read morePretty excited about deez donuts. #bluestardonuts
Read moreSpotted in Portland @goldenharvest #pdx #lansing
Read more#Beirut @zachcondon #mfnw #closerwithskype
Read more#nofilter #sauvieisland #oregon #pdx
Read more#sauvieisland
Read moreMessing around on #sauvieisland #portland #olivertractor #roboteyes
Read moreAnd…we’re back in business. #Beogram @bangolufsen
Read more#pdx #skyline #pureroregon
Read moreNot a bad Wednesday after a hard day’s work. Beer collaboration with #bcorps between @newbelgium and @hopworksbeer. The party is behind me but the view up here is amazing.
Read morelandrover defender 90. #want
Read moreNice…brush guard? #vw #bus
Read moreI LOL’d. #cheetahs #newengland #deflategate
Read moreWoke up in a dream. #Oregon
Read moreshinola notebooks at @powellsbooks #portland #detroit
Read moreWhose tag line was first: “Your adventure begins at visitbend.com” OR “Your trip begins at michigan.org”? @visitbend @puremichigan #puremichigan #visitbend
Read moreNo contest. @craftworkdetroit hands down. Take me home. #Salem #Oregon #Detroit
Read moreFallen heroes in #sellwood. Bucked. #lego
Read moreLooking for a house to rent in #sellwood. Grabbing some BBQ at Reverend’s. Beautiful day in #portland.
Read more#Prosciutto everywhere @hamletpdx
Read moreA grainy iPhone picture of the rising #bluemoon this past weekend at #sauvieisland over the #columbiariver #vangogh, maybe? #latergram #skinnydipping #oregon #starrynight
Read moreEver look closely at a #plum or a #pluot? They look like delicious little #galaxies. #stardust #fruit #space #time #fruittheory
Read more#columbiarivergorge #Oregon #pdx
Read moreHello there. #sauvieisland #bugs
Read moreOn a potential site visit for a veteran’s housing and public services project and this is the neighbor. Thought it was cool until I saw the confederate flags. Too bad. #confederateflag #turkeys #chickens #pdx
Read moreGood times.
Read moreBecause 4am yoga on concrete is always a good idea @modesty4president #latergram #seattle
Read moreStumbled upon a #sweatshop.
Read more“Not your father’s root beer.” #hardrootbeer @smalltownbrewery @clarksbistroandpub
Read moreObligatory #beard update for my mom. @debhagerty14
Read more#pdx #place #placemaking #planning #architecture #placestudio #landscapearchitecture
Read moreFood pod. #pdx #camper
Read moreMy favorite things. @lardopdx @buoybeer #buoyatlardo #beer #pdx
Read moreFeeling like a warm fall night, neighbor. #church
Read moreThis state has that whole import substitution thing down pat. Catsup?
Read moreLatergram. Crappy photo but was introduced to this great place called the Multnomah Whiskey Library last weekend. Speakeasy style place. Took awhile to get in, but the waitstaff are incredibly knowledgeable, even given…
Read more#yodude
Read moreTeddy Roosevelt. #roughrider #statue
Read moreHey, why not? #weezer #projectpabst
Read moreModern barbecuing.
Read moreThe green room. #PDX
Read more“The Big Legrowlski”. Abide. #PDX #growlers #lebowski
Read moreUrban planning trivia night. #portland #pdx #urbanplanning #lotuscardroom
Read more#parking #pdx
Read moreFirst time seeing one of these.
Read moreFun finds at the #portland Goodwill. #canon #tx #vintage #film
Read moreFound in our building. #diegorivera #detroit #dia #oregon
Read morePlan B.
Read moreThose legs tho. Short hike up to #Bagby hot springs yesterday. I love this state. #Oregon
Read moreOh, just the World Domination Summit 2015. No big deal. #wtf #PDX #wds2015
Read moreCoincidentally perfect. #badboys #pistons #reruns #detroit #laimbeer #pdx
Read moreNow I walk #alone. Chin up. #portland
Read more#whatever
Read moreThe County takes its sustainability and social responsibility kind of seriously.
Read moreOn my evening walk. This made me miss my Scrambler. #triumph #motorcycle
Read moreThis city. #pdx #oregon #pot
Read moreWhere the Willamette meets the Columbia. #portland #oregon
Read moreTo many more days like this @maggiesisco #oregon #clacksmas #forest #rapids
Read more#hats
Read moreThe struggle is real here in Oregon. #heatwave
Read moreAffordable Housing Inventory Update at Metro
Read moreThe #Oregon coast. #pdx #patches #nofilter
Read moreWhen I’m hungry, everything looks like bacon.
Read moreSeattle
Read moreMt. St. Helens (54 miles away @ 8,364 ft) with Mt. Rainier in the background (104 miles away @ 14,410 ft). #pdx
Read moreNot too shabby. Mt. Hood from 50 miles out. Elevation: 11,235 ft. #mthood #pdx
Read moreUp way too early.
Read moreA little late night maintenance, #welding on the tracks. #pdx #trimet #lightrail #slowshutter
Read moreThe Compromise. #trees
Read moreThose things in the distance still throw me off from time to time. The county I work in is beautiful. #flatlander
Read moreAin’t lost. #thuglife
Read moreFrom earlier in the week. Last resort coffee and taking notes like a second grader.
Read moreAnyone ever done this before? 2 hours? Sounds awesome. #ziptours
Read moreMeaner Wiener. #hillsboro #hotdogs #intheshadows
Read moreI love this city. #pdx #food #burgers
Read moreHello there! #mthood #pdx
Read moreSpotted in the 5th quadrant today en route to a great BBQ with @jeffjpdx &co. #dodge #van #vintage #pdx
Read more#multnomah #library
Read moreStill life with #rogue. #eighthop
Read moreBecause it was the right thing to do. Week one down. #pdx #rogue
Read moreBuildings of #pdx.
Read more#idk
Read moreThey might be giants. #hillsboro #pnw
Read moreAn excuse to get drunk on wine, but not a bad excuse. Painting vertical lines at #clarksbistroandpub #hillsboro
Read moreThe #PNW. Where ferns grow in the sewer. #nature #pdx
Read moreYep. #goodbeer #greatfood #hillsboro @clarksbistroandpub #pinedrops
Read moreOld and new stock. #TriMet #max #pdx #hillsboro
Read moreBeaverton Central. #trimet #oregon #pdx
Read more#lardo #portland
Read more#portland #willamette #sail
Read more#portland
Read moreNice try. #Honda #ev #charging #hillsboro
Read moreThings are getting pretty rowdy down here on Taylor. #starlightparade #portland
Read moreThis must be one hell of a parade if people have been setting up over 7 hours early. #starlightparade #portland
Read more#fortgeorge #Astoria #publichouse
Read moreGenius. #Astoria #Oregon #Taps
Read moreI guess this makes it official. #librarycard #multnomah #portland
Read moreMy new home.
Read moreUp at the buttcrack, racing the #sunrise. #pdx bound. #Detroit - #Portland #roadtrip
Read moreFound while cleaning. #wbw #msu #40lbslighter
Read moreRight on top while cleaning out the office.
Read moreGot the route planned. That doesn’t look too bad… #pdx #Detroit
Read more“I park where I want” #corvette
Read moreCleaning windows on the Boji #lansing
Read more#thisoldsaddle #belt
Read more#halp!
Read moreMaybe we can “borrow” this truck @maggiesisco 😉 #canadadry
Read moreHow well do #peppers travel? Ha
Read moreTime to start that diet I’ve been meaning to get on…lol
Read moreHere kitty, kitty. #tiger
Read moreOpen the #windows.
Read more#Pyrex #labflask #dirt #plants #herbs #experimenting
Read more#bt5k2015
Read more#Detroit #cliffbells #leonbridges
Read more#Michigan Governor #RickSnyder at the Building Michigan Communities Conference. Politics aside, there’s something to be said about him being the first governor to attend Michigan’s largest community development and hous…
Read moreSaying my goodbyes. #Portland #Hawthorne
Read moreHehe #chihuahua #greatdane
Read more1: it is an unseasonably warm, amazingly awesome day. 2: it is my last day in #Portland and I’m trying to not let that bum me out. 3: I wish I had the heart and confidence of some of these not-so-great street performers…
Read moreSunset on the #Oregon coast. Couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day to drive the 101. Cheers from #Pelican.
Read more#degarde brewery’s Petit Azacca
Read more#contemplation #Josiah #Oregon #coast
Read moreEnd of the line. #holyshit
Read moreTime to hit the countryside. #haha
Read moreThere is beer here. #apexbar #azaccadryhopped #bearrepublic #portland
Read more#Portland #skyline
Read moreI’m pretty sure dogs run this town. #ohsu
Read moreUp next.
Read moreNow that’s a placemaking strategy I can get behind.
Read moreOnto #Bridgeport for the Hop Czar. #Portland
Read moreGreat pour. #deschutes
Read moreHad to, and may have two. #deschutes #pinedrops
Read moreThirsty doggy.
Read moreA couple of people having an extremely bad day?? #lovelansing
Read moreNice little set of Homer Laughlin #coffee mugs found at #goodwill this weekend.
Read moreNice #recordstoreday find at #voa. Wow. #vintage colonial wind-up #record player.
Read moreAn easy, breezy Saturday. Forecast calls for brunch making, bike riding, thrifting, and Beer Grotto-ing.
Read moreBeautiful spring evening with a belly full of Jamaican food and a new issue of #theatlantic.
Read moreBiker babe on her new used bike! #Zoobies #oldtown #sundayfunday
Read moreI have acquired a #cowboy hat.
Read moreThe new pornographers' #electricversion won me a free beer at #trivia. Love that album
Read moreHome Depot said it couldn’t be done. Shower diverter + 1/2" female pipe thread to 3/4" male garden hose thread converter + garden hose quick connect = my apartment now has laundry facilities and my clothes are clean for…
Read moreGood as new and glad to be out of that Malibu. #Shaheen doesn’t discriminate. #donthate #subaruofamerica
Read moreOne of those days.
Read moreThis place is great. #Zoobies
Read moreA good day! #cheers
Read morePicture me rollin? #loaner #chevysontheroam
Read moreThe garden has begun.
Read moreFinding some architectural #salvage pieces at #Detroit #antique mall.
Read more#jeffersonchalmers #detroit
Read more“Happiest #homeless person says…let #love burn your troubles away.” This guy is walking to the #cumberlandgap #Lansing #lovelansing
Read moreI went on a rant about 3rd wave coffee a few months ago. Well, this was my first nitro cold brew and it was delicious. #Lansing
Read moreTiny #kitchen solutions.
Read more#motorcity
Read more#JohnVarvatos #detroit
Read moreSpring in #Detroit
Read moreI don’t know what I was thinking, but I should’ve bought this. #VOA #Lansing #Thrifting #velvetpainting
Read moreI want these machine heads. #elderly #Lansing #martin
Read moreObviously thrilled. #cars
Read moreIt’s the most wonderful time of the year. #darkhorse #doublecrookedtree #ipa
Read moreBetter than a sharp stick in the eye. #Lansing
Read more#moving along, slowly but surely.
Read more#latergram because fur hat, that’s why. And it’s been a rough few weeks so why not laugh at yourself. Come on, Spring!!!
Read more#Hozier #royaloak
Read more#moving #myuglychair
Read moreHigher Grounds beans right around the corner at #GTPC
Read moreI can see this coming in handy in a few months.
Read more#mecurybar #detroit
Read moreWhat a purrrfect day I’m having right meow.
Read moreSome #nextlevel #coffee making right here. #espro #frenchpress
Read moreIt’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood at -1° #newcenter #detroit
Read moreThis could be my part-time office soon. Zero complaints. #Detroit
Read moreYou have outdone yourself, Dan. Keep your hands off my red #swingline! #officespace #milton #imgoingtosetthebuildingonfire
Read more20,000 dreams #detroit
Read moreProud owner. Thanks for the early bday gift @maggiesisco! #Pewabic #pint #cheers #madeindetroit #detroit #craftbrew #pottery
Read moreThere goes my #hero
Read morePluck those #heartstrings all you lovely people. #valentines
Read more#puremichigan
Read moreMy brother, there’s nothing he can’t do.
Read more#chrisbathgate #macsbar #lansing
Read moreA) Will Dan kill me if I drink his last #Founders #KBS and B) will it even matter?
Read more#no
Read moreSnow day.
Read moreSilly kids 💦
Read moreThe renovated lobby @ the Whitney.
Read more#michigan #pewabic #pottery #detroit
Read more#perspective #belleisle #detroit #centralpark #manhattan #olmstead #maps
Read moreOffer accepted pending inspection and appraisal! #1923 #craftsman #bungalow
Read more#stencil #brick
Read moreOldest aquarium in North America. #belleisle #aquarium #detroit
Read moreCanal livin', #Detroit leanin'
Read moreCheech
Read more#brunch #feed #Chicago
Read moreIt had to come at some point. #snow #michigan
Read moreEmily shoeing me from her stacks and stacks of #paper. We all love the #Bureaucracy!
Read moreMargaritas as big as your head.
Read moreAlways nice to be #home.
Read more#saintnick #christmas #snowglobe
Read moreFamily tradition. #glenlivet
Read more‘Use with extreme caution. Or don’t. We Arnt your mom’. #ghostpepper #bloodymary
Read moreWell this is fun.
Read moreI see that my white elephant gift of a white rhino head was well received. #work #holiday
Read moreI was recognized with a coin today from the government. It should have been cash and pizza.
Read moreNo, Trulia. No.
Read moreAlways a welcomed reprieve. #home
Read moreThe beauty of Northern MI. #michigan
Read more#northernnatural #traverse #tc #cider
Read moreWhiteout in the D. #detroit #riverboat #snow
Read moreThinking back to one of my favorite days. Greeting the morning in #Paris. #sunrise #init
Read moreLeggy the lamp does NOT approve of the snow and cold. “In these heels?!” he says… #brrr #fragile #leglamp #winter #novelty
Read more#westsidemarket
Read moreNature hug in #Maine. What a great trip. 10 states in 5 1/2 days. #newengland #roadtrip #bucketlist #waterfall ✔️ Sorry it didn’t work out, but I’ll be back for you, NYC.
Read more#Portland
Read more#sunrise
Read moreSunrise #Maine
Read more#Maine
Read more#newhampshire
Read more#Vermont
Read moreCleaning out my trunk. What the hell is this??
Read moreMaintenance weekend. #Subaru #roadtrip
Read more#eeyore
Read moreFirst item on the bucket list: knock out New England and add 6 states (for a total of 41), with a pitstop in New York for good measure. #roadtrip #alifealive #doinit #subaru
Read more#decepticon #chevy #1500 #van
Read moreNo thanks. #spider
Read moreIt’s only been about 10 years since I’ve seen this kid. #college #roommate
Read more#sharonvanetten #thelovingtouch #ferndale
Read more#grandhaven #lakemichigan #surfing #lighthouse #pier #puremichigan
Read more#Zoobies #latergram
Read more#Thursday #gonzo
Read moreWinter is coming. #subaru
Read moreI’ve had these middle-of-the-road #headphones for about a year. I will never go back to #earbuds. Well rounded sound quality and they drown out this chaotic office. What’s your favorite pair?
Read more#bros
Read more#tigers #fullmoon #puremichigan #detroit #baseball
Read moreNot bad, McGillicutty! #snackattack
Read moreMad’s first day of 3rd grade. #latergram #growingup
Read moreShe doesn’t get out much #catstagram
Read moreUm.
Read moreFew things more beautiful to me than a sycamore tree.
Read more#Shinola clock at #EasternMarket #Detroit #Shed3
Read moreMaggie’s handiwork on an industrial desk I found at #MSU Surplus Store for $15. Steel construction with solid wood top. I like the distressed wood with the clean white paint job. Nice job! #detroit #diy #desk #furniture…
Read moreDrinks and movies. #detroit
Read moreYou can have your #DollarShaveClub. #Muhle
Read moreThis place is amazing. #UMich
Read more“Flying high!”
Read moreTrimmed dat beard down to the #stubble. Feeling #naked.
Read moreMerikuh. Brad in his #flag tank #madeinchina #america #wtf #brothers
Read moreI do like this town a little bit. #detroit #peoplemover #rail #skyline
Read moreMissing this old grump something fierce. #gunther #boxers #lounging #oldman #mansbestfriend #wayback #doggie
Read moreDoesn’t make me feel old at allllll.
Read morePlenty of great #Motown entertainment tonight at the Detroit Economic Club’s Chairman’s Dinner. #econclub
Read moreDan breaking in my chair at the air show. #latergram
Read moreBeautiful day for a game. #tigers
Read more#detroit #fleetwood #cadillac
Read moreMovie in bed with the munchkin.
Read moreBrad, Madisyn and Amy.
Read moreDown on the centennial farm for the family reunion. Uncle Terry’s #3100 #Chevy #Truck.
Read more#zen
Read more#peace
Read moreHad trouble finding my keys. #recovery #fiscalyear
Read moreA shell of his former self. #crawdad #nofilter
Read more#eyespy #detroit #windsor #international
Read more#canned #bells #twohearted, take me away.
Read moreThe mayor of happy. #happycity #alexander
Read moreJim and William debating the future of the city. #cnu22 #meetbflo #buffalo #jhk #jameshowardkunstler
Read moreI found the sunshine between two hulking buildings.
Read more#cnu22 #meetbflo #buffalo #silocity #bus #sunset
Read more#cnu22 #meetbflo #buffalo #skyline #sunset
Read more#cnu22 #meetbflo #buffalo #silocity #duany
Read more#cnu22 #buffalo #meetbflo
Read more#cnu22 #buffalo
Read more#buffalo #cnu22
Read more#detroit is one strategically located SOB.
Read more#motorcity #detroit #jefferson #saturday
Read moreDoing it right.
Read moreMy old neighbor Marty paints on the backs of tall boy beer flats. He charges the cost of the beer +deposit for his work.
Read moreHmm. #EL
Read moreOk find today. #kinks
Read moreSummer cut. Free
Read moreAfter the storm. #spring
Read moreThe second longest relationship I’ve ever had. #shedoesnttalkback
Read more#ontheroad
Read moreWell isn’t that cute.
Read more#Kiting, sorta.
Read more#tbt #thebighouse #obama #commencement #potus #michigan #otherhashtagsaswell
Read more#michigan #backroads #blue #barn
Read more#ionia #ontheroad #thenational #riverside
Read more#ionia
Read moreRllly wish they’d get back to me on my offer. #realestate #bungalow
Read moreLast few days of the big hair!
Read more#sharks
Read moreHilton Head. It’s dark here. #longday
Read moreCity bucket list 2014: onward to Savannah. #journey #roadtrippin
Read moreOh boy.
Read moreAfter the winter we’ve had, this definitely does not suck. #vacation
Read moreIndeed.
Read moreApollo 8. #nasa
Read more#angrybird
Read more#rockets
Read moreSo…one of our engines had a fuel leak so they had to turn it off and land with one. Taxi escort by the fire department. #delta #deltaairlines #atlanta #nofoolin
Read moreDigging the 12er of Centennial cans @gaybrains.
Read moreThere are 1399 people from Gaylord who don’t know the difference between you’re and your.
Read moreJames doing his thang. #jhk
Read moreOutlawing Main Street - John Norquist, President of CNU, on Hoover and federal impediments to mixed use development.
Read moreRobert Gibbs at the Economics of Urbanism Symposium. #birmingham #michigan
Read more#mes14 #ricksnyder #grandrapids #puremichigan
Read moreMichael Finney and Rick Snyder. #MES14 #puremichigan
Read moreDeGraff opening day two of the #GES14 #innovation #puremichigan
Read moreMarch Hop Madness with my dad! #hopcat
Read moreWhoopsie daisy. #kroger
Read moreProud of my dad and his “First Lady”.
Read moreNot bad for a Monday.
Read moreDetroit Public Library #DPL
Read moreNice ride! #shinola
Read moreFisher.
Read moreWorking in #detroit
Read moreUnfashionably effective.
Read more#stephenmalkmus #jicks #ferndale #detroit
Read moreComing together. #thrift
Read moreSo this is happening…
Read more#puremichigan
Read moreyoureadirtyleg !
Read moreWaking up in the D.
Read more#fact
Read moreWinter: it’s been real, but move along now.
Read moreA beautiful February day for a move. #puremichigan #detroit
Read moreThis #PureMichigan winter sponsored by #Subaru.
Read moreI Dream’d in a Dream, or From Cook to Urban Planner. 9-year-old bookmark. #whitman
Read moreThis is not ok.
Read moreMad at the #naias2014 #detroit #smartcar
Read moreBest autocorrect #fail ever.
Read more80s party. #pixystix
Read moreEnjoying a #homebrew pale. Happy #Friday. #beer
Read moreBrad: “Amazing!” Me: “I call bullshit.” #tbt
Read moreVino of course.
Read more#puremichigan
Read moreToday I pick up from layaway my first amp in over 8 years. I will be unreachable for the remainder of the evening. #fender #bluesdeluxe #bargainbasementsnatchofthe year
Read moreHa!
Read more#dollarstore
Read moreSanta spotting. #usps
Read moreApparently I’ve been 1 cr. away from an associate degree at LCC for 10 years. Challenge accepted. Ha!
Read moreStout, Pale Ale, Rye.
Read moreTonight we siphon #beer into the secondary.
Read more#indafloodplain
Read moreTalkin' shit about a pretty sunset.
Read more#deckthecubes
Read more‘Merica!
Read moreHaving a little fun.
Read moreLocal for the win. #madeinmichigan
Read moreHappy with it.
Read moreSearching for a heart of gold, and I’m getting old
Read more#love
Read moreSeattle public library.
Read more#rainier
Read more#newcenter #detroit
Read more#latergram
Read moreMany open grants and growing. I need a secretary.
Read moreThe essentials…
Read moreWish I had her energy :)
Read moreSunrise through the alley.
Read moreKilled a few trees today for this. #dfc
Read moreCracking up.
Read moreMarion.
Read moreMy proletariat chariot is finally christened. But seriously, anyone in the market for a Ford?
Read moreSo far it’s been a good week. Cougar-Rooter? Major awesome points for the name.
Read morePerfect summer day. #oldtown #lansing
Read moreThe best housewarming gift. #michigan #vintage #maps #nohighways
Read moreFound a grasshopper!
Read moreMads planting a garden.
Read moreMany summers spent on this thing. #home
Read more#themostamazingwoman
Read more#onfire
Read moreAs if it weren’t dangerously close enough, I’m moving two blocks closer to El Oasis #tacotruck
Read moreFantastic morning for a ride to the top.
Read moreThere’s that sneaky #rainbow
Read moreHey lil buddy. #mantis
Read moreSomewhere over the rainbow….
Read more#canada #jazz
Read moreFun on Lake Fenton.
Read moreThere’s just something about sporting a D cap that makes you feel harder than you really are. #selfie
Read moreThis is not a golf club
Read moreMy neighbor Marty does good work.
Read moreEL is growing up (a little). #eastlansing
Read moreRich and his groovy ride! #vwbus
Read moreHehe #bikecops
Read moreThe new business cards have QR codes on the back. #gmafb
Read moreHappy June.
Read moreToofless
Read moreAh, camping.
Read moreSome much needed R&R.
Read moreYup, I like it. A lot.
Read moreUh, yup. #pisces
Read moreFrandor
Read moreToo good
Read moreThe Triumph is happy to finally make it out of the garage for its first ride of the season.
Read moreI’m not sure what partner designed this, but dang those are some great 8-bit graphics. Old Skool.
Read moreWhat he heck?
Read moreCityFlats
Read moreTwo affirmations in one fortune cookie. Does that mean they cancel each other out?
Read moreNiece Mad
Read moreHomework.
Read moreTook the plunge #martin
Read moreThe perfect murder weapon is an icicle.
Read moreBack in the D
Read moreFirst stop: Short’s
Read moreN. Michigan
Read moreNew tuning machines on an shitty guitar = success.
Read moreElderly
Read moreFamily
Read moreKJ
Read moreMom
Read moreOld school GI Joe
Read moreNow we’re getting Christmas cards addressed to Andy Dillon.
Read moreCan’t even really believe I found this.
Read moreYou may have a problem when
Read moreSecret Santa
Read moreLabor rally at the Michigan Capitol.
Read moreWant #DAM
Read moreMy typewriter at the Denver Art Museum.
Read moreGrand Lake
Read moreDevil’s Thumb
Read more#southwestairlines
Read moreGets dark early
Read moreBeautiful day in DT Lansing.
Read more#obama2012
Read moreBane was in our green initiatives meeting today.
Read moreCrazy sunset in Lansing
Read moreIs getting cold
Read moreReally?
Read moreFat Tire
Read moreRainy day people
Read more7 Monks, TC
Read moreEverything is going to work out.
Read moreFriday
Read moreWine night.
Read morediannaberggren
Read moreDoin ma thang
Read moreLowell
Read moreJust call me foreman.
Read more50 cents at FBC. I can now die happy.
Read moreReading
Read moreLooks like Luna is having a better Monday than me.
Read moreWho knew?
Read moreOn the road
Read moreSeriously kitschy lakeshore motel: day 3
Read moreBook worm
Read moreFireworks from the boat on Lake Huron.
Read moreSummer in Michigan
Read moreI’d love to see this become something productive
Read moreThe lil London planetree that will grow to 100 ft tall long after I’m gone
Read moreSeptember already and the nights are getting cold. I got the new TV on the Radio record and I'm loving that shit to death. The main problem I had with their last album was their lack of a percussion section. I need some…
Read moreOne year left. Feels good to say that.
Read moreTurn, calendar, turn. What month is it, anyway? Loved and lost. Alive, but grown fat. Got a haircut, but it's grown again. Sit second row in history, last in geography. Wiped some of my slate clean, filled a lot of it b…
Read moreso yeah, i'm leaving. did you know that?
Read moreSo this Tuesday I'm going to LA, and I'm pretty excited. I was a little bummed that we didn't have enough time to head out there last year when we went to Coachella, because I had to make it back in time for exams [we o…
Read moreit's felt so good to distance myself from this techy shit. i have 4 really crazy classes. i'll be involved in ethnographic field research projects for MSU. i'll be proposing ideas in my local community and hopefully rec…
Read moreI got an awesome quilt and pillow cases today from Target. I never knew how expensive nice quilts were. I'm such a consumer.
Read moreI'm pretty much freaking out as to where I'm going to live after summer is over. Should I rent a room and save some cash, or should I get a studio? I'm not big on living with people, but the cheaper the place, the less…
Read moregetting drunk on a monday tuesday. weird. we were supposed to take the boat out on the lake today but when we got it into the water, the damn battery had died and we couldn't get it started, so we just left. all day fia…
Read morei want some netflix friends. if you've got it, let me know.
Read morei would really like to hang out with someone today. maybe go to a park if it's nice out. swings! ahahaha. i'm not spending any money (or very little) so it will have to be free (or cheap).
Read moreso two nights ago i got my ass beat by four dudes. life rules.
Read more32 Previously unrecorded Jackson Pollocks announced by Alex Matter check it out
Read moreToday I volunteered my services (and my truck) to a girl that was moving and hadn’t a way to do so. That means this week Derek and I don’t have to volunteer at the soup kitchen to balance out our karma. Be sure to watch…
Read moreAfter last night's disappointing SNL, I decided to make a cigarette run. I pulled out from the fill station and drove around Lansing because I didn't feel like sitting around the hotel any longer. I drove down Cedar, an…
Read more"life isn't a bitch, life is a beautiful woman/ you only call her a bitch 'cause she won't letchu get that pussy/ maybe she didn't feel ya'll had any similar interests/ or maybe you're just an asshole who couldn't sweet…
Read moreMy brother is coming home on leave from Iraq in a couple of days. It's going to be nice to see him. Have a few drinks and play some cards. It's always funny when he comes home because they aren't allowed alcohol in Iraq…
Read moreIt’s so cold in this house. This weekend is supposed to be nice. Exams will be over. Sunny and in the seventies. I really can’t wait.
Read moreI shaved off my head like a monk today. Liberating.
Read moreSo I have been reading Bluebeard; thank you for that. I'm taking it in chunks because I like to read K.V. slowly and taste it. I didn't think I would, but you were right. I like it that you underlined parts in it becaus…
Read moreAs I lay in bed this evening trying desperately to fall sleep I happened across two thoughts: A) They must put a topically addictive substance in Q-tips; and B) Despite how decidedly uncool it is to have a favorite band…
Read moreonly three days left!
Read moretoday is so so gorgeous. just thinking this is what people of san diego get everyday is motivation enough for me to put my sights on that place when the wandering life is done with me.
Read moreI returned from a trip a couple of weeks ago only to find something written on the living room wall. It read: "No matter how far a jackass travels he will always come back a jackass" I don't know that it was directed at…
Read moreI've been a bit worried as of late, worried for myself, maybe something that has never existed Driving boxes of Midwestern roads I talk, sometimes in consolation, other times in desperation, wanting anything to turn out…
Read moreI had this bizarre dream last night. It's funny because I don't normally remember my dreams, but this one stuck. It started with me leaning against the bar in this dining area/ballroom, everyone decked out in tuxedos an…
Read moresave me from this retchedness! lend me your couch! lend me your reference!
Read moreIf there is someone on your friends list you would like to take, strip naked, tie them to a bed post, lick them until they scream, then screw them until both of you are senseless and unable to screw anymore, then wait a…
Read moreI had a dream that I was driving in someone else's car, and that person was with me telling me bunk directions. But the brakes were really bad and when I tried to slow down to take turns or stop for obstructions the car…
Read morei'm officially 24, thus officially old. actually my birthday was yesterday but i worked that day. Hunter S. Thomson died on my birthday. I think it would have been funnier if he did it on presidents day instead of my bi…
Read moreToday is a beautiful day. I love it when I rise with the sun, fully rested and in high spirits. I've been taking a lot from my religious readings lately, especially Rumi…he makes me think these positive thoughts, feel t…
Read moreI feel like I'm a robot. Not in the trendy way, either.Routine. Zeep. Zip. Beep. Boink.And coaxing myself and others into thinking that I'm strong isn't going to hold up much longer, I feel. The ruse is going to break.…
Read moreThe last few days its been inhumanely cold. 0 degrees, 3 degrees, -4 degree windchill, etc. today when i walked out the front door i bundled, but no gust blew me over. It feels like it's thirty degrees and it almost fee…
Read moreI've moved so much, and moving around is degenerative to my goal. But the idea of a Hindi sannyasi has really been intriguing me lately. I know I don't have the balls to just up and leave right now, but maybe if I was f…
Read morei wanna jump, jump, jump! back like stargazing a rhythmic thump. thump. with a plastic-soled shoe you're plastic-souled, too. shush the books you read go on pontificating, dude
Read moreOKAY. HI. Can anyone empathize with this: when things are going really well you just feel like fucking everything up on purpose so it won't be so goddamned ordinary anymore? That's how I feel. goodnight.
Read morepeople, please answer: who is your cell phone provider? are you satisfied with your service? pros/cons? i was recently with sprint for about a year and a half and for the most part i was satisfied. hardly ever was i lef…
Read more"I have an existential map. It has 'you are here' written all over it." -Stephen Wright I used to have a friend that would tell me 'ignorance is bliss'. He would then go on to describe his ideal circumstance in being bl…
Read more"He found that he was often angry…that they were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. And he was angry at himself, that he could not change that for them."- Lois Lowry's The G…
Read morehad a pretty damn good weekend at the new place. can't wait to move down for sure. started painting my room, with two colors…one green, the other….is getting painted over. paint is expensive and i can't afford follies l…
Read moretoday i went to ABC warehouse and asked them how much it would be to install a car stereo. they said 40 bucks, plus 30 bucks for parts, plus tax, etc. 80 dollars? bullshit. these guys are scam artists. instead, i bought…
Read morehabit m akes us happy h.abit makes us ///// sad it's so simple to say so <hard to remember to stay aw ake on the drive h .ome¹ or to our graves it feels the .same faith f ul evenings tunnel vision routine conque.rs d…
Read moreSo, I'm applying for a student loan through my credit union. It's for a car, but shhh, they don't need to know that. Full coverage insurance is blow-me-away expensive. Well, as it turns out you need to list assests. As…
Read morehas anyone really mastered the art of being alive? with this i mean, to live entirely unscathed by the world around them no matter how grim it may look. i figure there are two ways in which people may do this. theres th…
Read more^moving somehow i don't have an arm in this picture.
Read morethe von bondies, lack of communication has been on repeat. i ccan feel my life slowing down like a top that's lost all its momentum. for the first time since i can remember, i think i'm okay with that. ties are cut, bri…
Read moreI canceled my Sprint account. Time to start saving an extra sixty-two dollars a month. At the end of this month you will only be able to reach me at my home or by e-mail. I figured it was about time to start saving some…
Read moreso·ci·o·path n. One who is affected with a personality disorder marked by antisocial behavior
Read moreI've been trying an experiment lately. Instead of writing people off. Instead of going into a situation always expecting the worst. Instead of being cynical. Instead of hating… Smile.
Read moreThe Tower Position: Self Main (positional) Meaning: Significant change is brought about rapidly and unexpectedly. The card in the Self position reveals aspects of how you perceive yourself right now. The Tower represent…
Read moretaking everything out of my room and ripping the carpet up. next will be filling in the holes in the walls and then paint….and then new carpet….i wonder what i should do with it. maybe should come over and help me this…
Read moreit's funny how you don't realize something until someone brings it to your attention and from that moment on you never look at it in the same light again. it could be something you've taken for granted or just something…
Read moremy car died yesterday. it was sad to see leon the neon on the side of the road, smoking out of the hood. but i just sat on the trunk and looked at the open fields and the clouds and waited for the wrecker. it's events l…
Read moretoday was the day i swallowed the lump in my throat, walked in and gave her my number. oh, julay.
Read moreDETROIT BASKETBALL detroit city, what, mothafucka.
Read moreI'm sorry that you are feeling so depressed and I'm sorry if I contribute to that. My life has more or less been spent raising you guys. Quite a bit of that time by myself, which didn't leave a whole lot of time for hob…
Read moreoh, man, the motivation it takes to leave when every weekend pumps out the same old ssshhhhhmeeeeeeeegma. will it ever be exciting again? or am i just getting old? the bed is looking much more inviting. you know that ol…
Read moregood goddamn. i love it how when the pistons beat the pacers, everyone was like "now you get to see the pistons get murdered by the lakers" and what did we do? we won game one @ LA We came "this close" to winning game t…
Read moreHaha…check out this parody of pitchfork that subpop did back in january. Thought it was pretty funny. In other news, I finally got an email account to end all other email accounts. bryan.robb@gmail.com 1 GB of storage.
Read moreour 'success' is founded on a base of our species' compilation of knowledge from a time since passed. without surplus, there can be no inequality. when you eliminate 'self', there are no boundaries. our adaptability as…
Read moreWith so much drama in the Mount of P, it's kinda hard bein' Bryan R-O Double-B.
Read morelife slides by. today, today. before today i'd never been in a funeral procession. are you supposed to laugh? because we did. we joked about life. we made cracks at the people watching us from their porches. we laughed…
Read morehi. guess i haven't updated in a while. i've been feeling weird since i got back from california. i don't feel like the same person anymore. about the only thing of interest lately is that i finally got my grades back f…
Read moreI still don't have hardly anything done. and to top it off, benzmas is tonight [ben's birthday]..which I can't miss. are everyone procrastinators by nature?
Read morewhoa, i'm just totally worn out. i've decided to not go to class today and just stick around here. i've caught up on some lost sleep and maybe now i can actually get some things done that probably should have been long…
Read morewhen the hell am i supposed to have time to write these papers. OH, AND…if anyone knows of someone in need of a ticket to coachella, let me know asap.
Read moreI can't believe it's almost been a year since I moved home from Florida. I haven't been single for this long since I started dating. of course I've had pseudo relationships/encounters; nothing serious, and it's really s…
Read moreI've always thought of myself as more of an introvert. but today I figured out that it's not so much introversion, it's more a distaste for most people.
Read morefor so long i've wanted to be somewhere else. to be something else. to be understood. to be loved like nothing else mattered in the world. i wish they sold new lives at garage sales. i saw three garage sales today while…
Read morei should seriously ask my anthropolgy teacher out on a date or somethin' i can't walk into the room without hearing hot for teacher by van halen. and my soc teacher is so goofy but i like the guy a lot. he can't be much…
Read moreoff to the truck stop to get coffee with trevor. you know, for such a freaky little place, they make a damn good cup of coffee. somehow we need to figure a new plan for coachella. renting a van is absolutely out of the…
Read morewell the whole abby situation just kind of collapsed before it even started. funny, one minute we're having a blast and then the next minute we're only talking by replying to eachother's voicemail messages.
Read moreIs-ness as usual: an impenetrable rind behind a counter, going through a routine thoughtlessly; where kindoms in mind lay waste to what is authentic, tangible and true.
Read morelistening to the cure in the morning just makes me feel good.
Read moreok. i've said it before, i'll say it again: if you don't buy the album - "Sufjan Stevens - Greetings from Michigan! The great lake state" you are a huge boner. It's from last year. his new album is called 'Seven Swans".…
Read moreHere's a game. It's stolen from someone else…to whom i don't know how to link to. Type your first name into google followed by the word "is". Ex. "piedmont is" Share your results! Bryan is here, too. Bryan is a West Tex…
Read moreY: we are going to freddy's to celebrate trevor and chris making the BFA Z: ugh. alright. i'll go. but i'm not putting on clean clothes and i'm not staying long Z: (the second one's prolly a lie) Y: i dont shower why sh…
Read moreperhaps it's time for a real update. i've actually been a real busy-body for the first time in ages. i mean, holy shit, i was up at 5:30 today…without an alarm clock—-[need someone say–'who the fuck are you and what hav…
Read morethis has been the wierdest couple of weeks. ultra highs and mega lows. gotta love it.
Read moreoh my abby
Read more1:Steal this from someone's journal 2: Open your MP3 player 3: Put it on random 4: List the first twenty songs it plays, no matter how embarassing The New Pornographers - July Jones The Sea and Cake - Two Dolphins Les S…
Read moreomgawd, my little brother is getting married tomorrow.
Read morei've been touched by their despair. signatures in thought, words, brushstrokes on canvas, or melodies on eardrums. sometimes rejoicing to, other times empathizing with. wrapping my mind around to grasp, sink in or float…
Read morebrad's on a flight home right now. he gets married Wednesday. my birthday is Friday– so maybe i need to have a birthday party/bachelor party for us. i hear a girl i graduated with works at Deja Vu, the local strip joint…
Read moreon sale now. i know you know what i'm talking about. go get em. go. now.
Read moreso here's the full line-up for coachella: Radiohead The Pixies Kraftwerk Wilco The International Noise Conspiracy The Rapture Desert Sessions Sparta Hieroglyphics Kinky Deathcab for Cutie Peretz …And You Will Know Us By…
Read moreoh damn. thom just killed himself over jenn. i swear, what is this world coming to.
Read morehaha. one of the best profile's i've read in a long time : Here are some updated pointers for a better life: Tight pants and white belts don't make you smart. Sick tat, bro. There is a fair chance that Ulysses (dog on l…
Read more2 weeks until i'm 23. yuck.
Read morechearbayb: you there? spirainfinitas: yeah chearbayb: wanna hear a funny story? spirainfinitas: yes chearbayb: Ok so, today Emily opened up a bag of fruit snacks chearbayb: and she's like "Gross, Jenny do these have mol…
Read moreSo I guess I better do an update on this past weekend because it was truly stupendous. Trev and I started off by heading down to grand rapids friday night. We met up with elizabeth at her place [cool loft, can't believe…
Read moreif you live near one of these areas [or even if you don't] give one of these numbers a call. it's fucking funny shit. Boston: 617-861-3962 ** New York: 212-660-2245 New Hampshire: 603-413-2340 Rhode Island: 401-648-6543…
Read morespirainfinitas: what's up this weekend? chearbayb: ummm, nothing that i know of. My brother might come up to get a tattoo, i'd like to do something (drinking or snowboarding specifically) but who knows chearbayb: nothin…
Read morei'm going to coachella this year. here are some of the bands said to be going: radiohead the pixies electric six the international noise conspiracy trail of dead atmosphere the cure the thrills the yeah yeah yeahs brigh…
Read morewhy do i delay? got so much shit to do and i always wait until the last minute. guess that's the way it's always been and always will be. at least i've got my astronomy reading pretty much wrapped up. the other classes…
Read morecheck this shit out: y.20q.net fun. in a nerdy sorta way.
Read morei got my guitar out today. dusted it off. i think that's part of what's missing. trevor is going to move his old kit into my basement and we're going to play. if i get this job i've applied for…i'll have money finally.…
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Read morewhat happened? i'm really confused about today. and i have an accent? hahahaha.
Read moreThough I've always enjoyed the style of Whitman and Ginsberg, I've never really toyed with it on my own until last night. May-be crap, but it is still my own: You for who I have searched and gone to such lengths to make…
Read morestole this from thisdamngirl bold the places you've visited: Alabama, 2) Alaska , 3) Arizona, 4) Arkansas, 5) California, 6) Colorado, 7) Connecticut, 8) Delaware, 9) Florida, 10) Georgia, 11) Hawaii, 12) Idaho, 13) Ill…
Read moremy backyard, today after much snow…
Read moreso i had an interesting week/weekend. the week started out kind of weird with maria and i hanging out a couple of days. very sweet girl and cute as hell but i'm not so sure she's the opposing puzzle piece. but i guess w…
Read morewhy is speech spelled with two e's and speak has an a? that is the dumbest thing i have ever contemplated. english is absolutely, astonishingly ridiculous.
Read morethis has been the laziest weekend of my life. i've basically just sat around rolling cigarettes, drinking wine and having conversation with my mother. my brother eric just got his first tattoos yesterday and though they…
Read morehope everyone has a wonderful night. goodbye 2003 :*)
Read morei was just thinking how much i can't wait for spring to come 'round. "sentimental shit. love, karin". what a great idea. so hey, does anyone remember these albums? Swervedriver: Raise Dinosaur Jr: Bug Superchunk: No Poc…
Read moreit's almost 2004. i should have graduated this year. fuck.
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Read morei need this:
Read moregovernment can plumb suck my ass. i'm so tired of this semester, i just want it to be kiss kiss bang bang done. one more week of classes and then one more week of hell, followed by departmental finals. then break! my ps…
Read moresound the arms and make them believe it's for a good cause. i don't need it in the first place. what i need is right here…friends that fill up my PMA and refill my bloody mary, who play me in chess even when i murder th…
Read moreOH MY SNOW.
Read moregood grief, things. things, oh things. nothing seems to come out right anymore. mute. just finished reading a farewell to arms and i'm drinking vermouth in tribute. oh dear catherine, you would have made a wonderful wif…
Read moremaybe everyone died?
Read moreit's all bathrooms and morphine two for me and one for the celestine
Read moretwo words i need to get more comfortable with are a)god and b)dad. new york is so expensive. i could move there. but i'd have to work constantly just to afford rent. then i'd be stuck there. never bettering myself. but…
Read moreI just burned a cd that makes me feel like I'm living in a dream. Godspeed You Black Emperor-Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada 6 Rainer maria - put me to sleep Mogwai - Close Encounters Dredg - Brushstroke- An Elephant In T…
Read moregray. gold. more like. gray. darkness. sunlight. light rays. majestic. we lie. satis- fied. field's gold. against which. gray. drinking. eachother. delusion- al. albeit. tongue-tied clari- ty. black. and white. but gold…
Read more"Now you're bragging, darling. Please don't brag. You're so sweet and you don't have to brag." "I won't talk a word." "Now you're bragging, darling. You know you don't need to brag. Just start your prayers or poetry or…
Read moreI have people I know. Some are good to me. Some are good for me. Others are kind of like back drops, indifferent. Sometimes I feel alone. Sometimes I'm happy in my solitude. I know I'm not all that different than a lot…
Read morecleaning out boxes. the nostalgia is overwhelming.
Read morewent to grand rapids last night. almost forgot how much i love that town. ended up at liz's loft, someone I haven't seen in about 2 years. really made my night because she's so carefree and cute, it just puts me in a go…
Read moreknock knock yes? who is it? WINTER!!! MUAHAHAHA! damn it be cold. Also, I love it when pretty people get bent out of shape when you tell them that they're getting special treatment because they are pretty. "oh whatever!…
Read moreHEY ALL! Yesterday was my brothers Brad's 21st birthday but he's over in Iraq so we couldn't celebrate it with him [and alcohol is illegal over there] so if anyone wants to send him an email hello, I'm sure it would bri…
Read morethis place is a prison these people aren't your friends and hailing thrills through twenty-dollar bills and the tumblers are drained and then flooded, again and again unkempt and off to drink my worries away.
Read moresometimes i think about how people put certain others on high pedestals because of wealth, 'success', how 'lucky' they are. i'm guilty too. but then i picture them on the toilet wiping their ass and that usually helps m…
Read morethe chill goes all the way to the bone tonight. hemingway in a dull corner of my room with my thoughts in northern italy and my music from iceland. i don't know what has been going on lately with me because for the most…
Read morehrm. studied the night through. no sleep yet again! that's alright. i own psych.
Read moreif companies/corps were fair, there would be no need for unions. if they weren't profiteering gluttons, they wouldn't move their factories to foreign countries with lower/no wage laws and little-to-no enforcements on en…
Read morewhat a long damn day. i didn't go to bed last night so i could actually get some sleep this evening. actually got some stuff accomplished though! amazing what you can do with an extra 8-9 hours. so yes, the halloween we…
Read moreanother one of those days. partied too much friday and saturday and now i'm all down; home alone. psychology…blah. offer to live in the house for free…tempting. kate…cute as a button. gaining ten pounds in a month from…
Read moreyes, this is my real hair.
Read moreice-blue mercury glow on my breath's fog and sparkling in an arched urine stream. i've never been mesmerized by a urine stream. not until tonight that is. LOOK UP no stars. hrmph. LOOK DOWN dew. oak leaves. leaves that…
Read moredistance is a killer.
Read moreright now i feel good in a bad way. kind of like finding out your enemy just died. i have so much stuff to do but i've been barely able to leave the house. barely could get out of bed today. even at 3pm.
Read morewhy does she do this to me? make me feel guilty? is it unintentional? i have so much love in my heart. but it's not romantic. i don't think i have that capacity anymore.
Read moreSo my parents just got back from visiting my uncle [the one I was living with] in Florida and they absolutely adore his new house. My mom is so geeked and she's talking about moving down there. Theres this 6 bedroom hou…
Read morelast night was amazing. the open mic night was such a success, in my opinion. i ended up dropping some acid [haven't done anything like that in years] but i don't regret anything. i had a most wonderful time, something…
Read moreSo last night kicked some ass. Didn't do a whole lot but I did go see Texas Chainsaw Massacre! Before we went, I suggested that we get a pint of Southern Comfort. So we did and smuggled it in and spiked our cokes and go…
Read more6 days smoke-free. w00t. most wonderful seeing ashley tonight [love the leg warmers!!]. i'm so glad i know that venue is there now and that i can see shows and people semi on my level without driving my ass to detroit a…
Read moreSo this is my third day without a cigarette. I'd say I'm doing pretty good after being a 2 pack a day smoker. It's getting easier as the days go by. We'll see if I can maintain.
Read morewhen i was 8 i asked my mom if i could be a punk rawk star for holloween. somehow i ended up looking like an 8 year old zz top.
Read morewent to a pretty damn good show last night with adam, adrian and a couple of randoms. Tuba and Drums, a local band, really rocked the house. They were a 3 piece…1 guitarist, a drummer, and that's right, A TUBA player wh…
Read morefuck everything. fuck everyone.
Read moreBeen pretty busy, and when I'm not being busy, I'm being lazy. Brad has been home on leave from Iraq because of our father's death. It's been weird having the entire family under one roof. This hasn't happened in about…
Read moreWOW~! Just woke up a little bit ago. Fell alseep around 11am because I really didn't get any sleep last night. I walked around the U of M campus in beautiful Ann Arbor with Ashley last night. She showed me the law libra…
Read moreI can't help but feel a bit cheated. Pissed off. Half of me is you, though I don't know which half. Maybe the stubbornness and laziness or maybe the half that's always in the clouds dreaming of my next big break. I neve…
Read moreSo yeah. Just found out my dad died in a car accident while evacuating from Isabel.
Read moresome random shots of detroit on the way to the cursive show–out of a car window. ^interpol at the state theatre. and some cracked out ice cream man ^the renaissance center ^the fox theatre ^look close in the windows. it…
Read moreWell, the show was pretty good last night. Eastern Youth and Cursive were amazing but I don't care for Blood Brother's all that much. I think the sound guy must have been like " How the fuck am I supposed to work with t…
Read moreWho is going to Cursive, Blood Brothers and Eastern Youth tonight? Ashley, I think you should find a way to get there. If you can't, give me a call by about 5:30 @ 904.476.5793. Ann Arbor isn't out of the way…by too muc…
Read moreToday I spent my time reading "The Drawing of the Three" and then spent most of the night drinking and being sad…but trying to be happy. I've now spent an hour on hotornot.com, rating ugly people 10 and rating pretty pe…
Read moreI was just pondering something. I would never become vegan but IF [and this is a HYPOTHETICAL] I were to become one, would I have to get rid of my sea shell ash tray? I found it on the beach and I did no harm to the mol…
Read moreI just feel very blah lately. Nothing too exciting is happening….went out a few times this week and i had a good time, but then it's right back to life. Same boring life. Ever dream of that life where you fly by the sea…
Read moreMy brother Brad just called from Iraq. I tell you, I’m really starting to miss that kid. He can’t stand it over there, and though he’s not a man of many words, he knows that it’s ridiculous that he’s over there in the f…
Read moreThere is a misty rain outside. The first day of this type weather I’ve seen since summer decided to exhale it’s warm breath upon this lonely peninsula. The trees are motionless but still of a vibrant green, though the g…
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