• Booked Solid ‘Til 2016

    It feels very strange to be back at work the day after Christmas. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I worked following this holiday. I’d venture to guess it’s been at least ten years. Were we really gathered around the tree just 24 hours ago, sipping coffee, about to tear into presents? And…

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  • Hooky Bobbing With Sam

    Christmas is approaching way too fast. People say that every year. Hell, I say that every year. But this year I really mean it. It’s been an odd holiday season because I feel very much in limbo. Tara and I met with a realtor the weekend before last, and after the first of the year,…

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  • When Fake is Real: How I Became More Smarter

    We were watching Saturday Night Live the other day, and they were doing a sketch on Nelson Mandela’s funeral with a sign language interpreter who was using fake sign language. Pretty humorous, I thought, but what did it have to do with anything real? “Umm,” Tara said. “You know, the sign language interpreter who used fake sign…

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  • You May Say I’m a Dreamer

    A couple of weeks ago, over Thanksgiving dinner (was it really two weeks ago already?!), we were sitting around the table, working our way toward a tryptophan coma, when my cousin made a comment about the shirt I was wearing. “John Lennon, eh?” he said. “Yep,” I replied. I mean, what else could I say?…

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  • It’s All Font & Games

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  • F-f-frozen Falls

    Saturday afternoon in the Columbia Gorge, after a week of freezing cold weather and a deep arctic freeze. And you thought “regular” waterfalls were beautiful…

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