Archive for May, 2008

Happy Birthday, Graham!

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Favorite Things, News | No Comments »

Graham turned 9 years old early this morning and is he ever excited! Of course, it could just be the Indiana Jones Cocoa Puffs that have got him all hyper. Read more..

Got Lightning?

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Pictures | No Comments »

Got Lightning? Originally uploaded by Squid Vicious Portlanders received a rare treat last week, a thunder and lightning show. Despite all the rain we get here, conditions are not usually conducive to ... Read more..

Memorial Day Family Bike Ride

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Biking, Vital Statistics | No Comments »

Distance: 11.8 miles Riding time: 98 minutes Max speed: 20.3 mph Average speed: 7.2 mph Temperature: 70º Soundtrack: n/a Read more..

Keith Olbermann on Hillary Clinton’s RFK remarks

Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Video | No Comments »

Here's what Keith Olbermann had to say on Countdown last night: Read more..

Reasons Not to Vote for Hillary Clinton: Never Wrong

Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

In the biggest vote of her political life, Hillary Clinton (and the rest of the cowardly Democrats who would not go against George W. Bush for fear of their political ... Read more..

Pork and Beans

Friday, May 23rd, 2008 Posted in Music, Video | No Comments »

Weezer's new video has a few people in it that you might recognize: Read more..

Why Do I Let Myself Worry

Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in News | 2 Comments »

It's been a hard week for Thomas and a hard week for Tina and me. On Monday, I received an email from his Advanced Literacy teacher saying that he had ... Read more..

Barack Obama in Portland today

Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Posted in Pictures, Politics | No Comments »

PH.OBAMA.869.ML.jpg Originally uploaded by oregonianphoto Most of these voters have probably already dropped their ballots in the mail. The Oregonian got a great set of photos from the event held on the ... Read more..

Vital Statistics

Saturday, May 17th, 2008 Posted in Vital Statistics | No Comments »

Bike odometer: 2423 Van odometer: 152328 Weight lost (in pounds): 4 Aches & pains: left achilles tendon, sciatic Current reading: The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Areas of My Expertise by John ... Read more..

Another failed history test

Friday, May 16th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Video | No Comments »

Am I the only one who was paying attention in world history class? Watching the second half of this video really reminded me of a sketch that Fred Armistan does on ... Read more..