Archive for August, 2006

Farmfest Report (finally)

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Finally getting around to posting about the annual camping trip known as 'Farmfest' that was held at my friend Brendle's family property near Brownsville, OR.
The trip, like the last 3 years I've been there, was fantastic. This year Ghost Dog was invited along so I rode down with them on Friday, August 11th (Kelly had [...]

Way to go Craig!

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

While skimming the local weekly news zine Willamette Week just now, a friends name popped out at me. My friend Craig was mentioned there for one of his sites, humanclock.com, which was named as one of Time Magazine's "50 Coolest Websites" 2006. Way to go man!
Craig started Human Clock years ago when he and I [...]

Siam Society

Monday, August 21st, 2006

Kelly and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary this evening by having dinner at an upscale Thai food restaurant near where we live called the Siam Society. Despite some of the reviews on CirtySearch.com (presumably by folks that were either very picky or were there on an 'off night') we found both the service and [...]

Power Outtage

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

OK, so I've been neglecting my blogging duties, and I have much to do (such as my beer review, and a post of last weekend's camping excursion) and will get on them soon, but had to write about a pretty big power outage in our neighborhood tonight. Nearly two hours ago there was a dimming, [...]

Star Trek Inspirational Posters

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

My friend Martin sent me a link to a page of Star Trek-themed ‘inspirational posters‘. Some of these are just hilarious. You can download larger versions too! I suggest you print them up and hang them around your workplace. Especially the first one… and Nomad.