Back at the beginning of this year, I set a goal. I wanted to write a thousand words per week for the year, much as I did back in 2013. That was a fun project back then. I thought it’d be a good challenge and give me a chance to Read more…
I was sitting in an ENT Doctor’s Office recently and he asked me a very unexpected question: “When did you break your nose?” I looked at him confused, thinking at first he was joking. I told him, “I’ve never broken my nose”. He replied, “Well, something happened and the results Read more…
I’ve known what I was going to do since 1980. That was the first time I got my hands on a personal computer and I knew at that moment that this was what I wanted to do. This was what I was meant to do. I was going to find Read more…
I have a Love/Hate relationship with Social Media. I’m going to share a bit of my own history with Social Media and my problems with it over the years and recently. You’re not going to get any ‘Hot Takes’ nor are you likely to see anything here that you haven’t Read more…
We moved last year. Well, end of 2021, start of 2022. But, we no longer live where we lived. Don’t come visit us there at the old place. We’re not there. We have left. We moved! I lived west of Portland, Oregon, variously in Beaverton and Hillsboro from 1989 till Read more…
After fifteen and three quarters years, our dogs are no longer with us. It’s still a bit sad and it still hurts a bit when I think about it, but we had 15 awesome years with Gabby and Zena. Fifteen great years where we loved them and they loved us Read more…
No, I don’t have amnesia, but part of this idea of writing for the year is to explore who I am at this time in my life. But, that can get a bit navel gaze-y, especially since it’s me both asking and answering the questions by necessity. But, if I Read more…
A few weeks ago, a mother reached out on behalf of her son who was working on a group project for school and wanted to create a prop bottle of nitroglycerin as part of the project. She asked if I would be willing to share the label that I made Read more…
What happened to the last couple months!? I was happily working on projects, staying on task and being reasonably focused about getting things done when *BAM*, I got hit by a Viking! Well, a game. About vikings. Sort of. In early February a new game hit in what’s called Early Read more…
Well, after 13 months of lockdown, quarantine, social distancing and no end of upheaval as we try to get through a global pandemic, I finally got the call to get my first vaccination (Team Pfizer here. Represent!). It was run out of a local hospital and done very, very well. Read more…