One of the three times I went back to Colorado last year was to hang out with the old clan from college, specifically roommates and associated…
During all my travels last year, I did get to do many fun things, such as attending the awesome wedding of Lance and Nicole! I’ve known Lance…
What really grinds my gears or signs that the world is coming to an end
Rachel and I are going to Portland this weekend (after we were preempted by a family emergency)! Rachel suggested we see Ovo, a Cirque du Soleil touring production, and I thought it was a great idea![1]. I went to go purchase tickets[2] and was about ready to check out when I noticed there was $26…
I feel like this quote does a good job of capturing my feelings behind why I have no kill switch on awesome: From www.nybooks.com:Widespread ignorance bordering on idiocy is our new national goal. It’s no use pretending otherwise and telling us, as Thomas Friedman did in the Times a few days ago, that educated people…
I’ve been busy with work, but I’ve been keeping my eye on the news. Politics have always been a bit…screwy. I’m not sure if they’re getting more screwier or I’m becoming more aware of what’s going on. – maybe just more cynical. Representative Lamar Smith and Senator Patrick Leahy now joins the ranks of former…
The PNC[1] nominated Jason Santos as the next YMM[2] Associate Pastor. Last Tuesday (a week ago yesterday), Session allowed the nominee to proceed for a vote. Session wanted to hold the vote last Sunday (i.e. three days ago) because UPC was already having a town meeting and it would be simple enough to vote on…
I’m currently getting ready to write a very sternly worded letter to a person who has, again, used by photos illegally. As I have stated numerous times (see here, here, here, here, and on practically all of my 14000 photos where it says "Some righ…
I’m going to keep this short, no more than 250 500 1000 words ((including quotes and footnotes)).
As you all know by now, there was an attempt to blow up another airplane. Although it was initially reported someone lighting off firecrackers, it…
My cousin Amanda ((who is, incidentally, the sister of my cousin Nick)) wants to know:
I just finished a painting and I wanted to put it on Facebook, but I need to know about copyright stuff, if I put it on Facebook does that give the Facebook …
Last October, when I was in Chicago, Kim and I ((Ben didn’t want to go)) went to the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Something struck me as interesting. While there were some amazing piece of work there, there were also lots of things that were not…
…that’s the headline from today’s Seattle Times. After reading the article (well, the above the fold part at least) I can’t believe how idiotic the city is. This is really just precious:
To hear the city’s spin, Seattle’s road crews are making …
If you haven’t heard, there’s some shit hitting the fan at the University of Washington over an op-ed that ran in The Daily: Gay marriage? Let’s stop and think about this by John Fay.
At a rally today, people protested the publishing of the a…