Hey, friends – took a very relaxing several months off blogging, but I’m back. Have some good book reviews, thoughts, restaraunts for you to visit, and pics to enjoy. Quick recap: Went on a fiction reading spree – something like a novel a week for almost four months now. Which I know isn’t a lot [...]

Ramirez Mexican Store & Tortilla Factory is a rockin’ spot.  I will be at my office working away, and I’ll hear the siren song of carne asada, calling me, wooing me.  I’m like Odysseus, tied to the mast of my office chair, working to free myself.  If I do, I only face the fate of so many sailors, [...]

1. Great weather. 2. Baseball season. 3. Iced Coffee. Sorry, but when you live in the Pacific NW, the blogging goes down when the sun comes up!  I’m sure there’s a web tracker to prove that. I have been having a blast watching Aiden play baseball (.609 batting ave!), drinking lots of iced coffee, and [...]

It’s been a season of changes for sports in the Pacific NW:  a time of losing teams (goodbye, Sonics… sniff), opimistic rebuilding (Seahawks), exciting new ventures (Go Sounders!), and hoping (Go, Mariners!?).  During times of transition, people sometimes look around for teams other than their home team(s) to root on.  Sometimes you only need to travel one state over [...]

A great couple of days.  Here’s some top moments from the weekend: – Opening Weekend for Capitol Little League – Aiden’s first up to bat of the season was a triple, about ten feet shy of the fence!  He couldn’t hide his smile from the rooters. – Saturday night dinner date with Kristy at Budd Bay.  Thanks [...]

Not to be confused with the April Ninja, who makes fools of April Tricksters by executing deadly ninja moves on April 1st.  This post is about Ninja April. Which is different. How is it different, you ask?  Well, I am referring to the month itself, and the stealthy way it snuck up on me.  I’m writing this on [...]

A short summary of my last few weeks: The couch.  About three weeks ago I tore my Achilles tendon, and so after surgery I have spent many an hour here on the couch, developing a semi-permanet impression of my backside into the cushion. Some things I’m learning: – Krull (1983) was a great movie… in 1983.  [...]