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Considering El Nido on Palawan Island
We are thinking of possibly replacing Sipalay and Oslob with a trip to El Nido – and rearranging the days as needed to make this happen. Seems like it would cost us a lot of time since we need to go to Manila first and then fly to Puerto Princesa. No other way to get … Continue reading
JoePa
Paterno Family Statement “It is with great sadness that we announce that Joe Paterno passed away earlier today. His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled. He died as he lived. He fought hard until the end, stayed positive, thought only of others and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed … Continue reading
SOPA strike
On January 18th, 2012, many people, companies and websites participated in a pretty large online protest to stop the internet censorship bills, SOPA & PIPA. Embarrassingly and at the same time surprisingly, I only heard about it when a coworker yammered about it: the day before. I am surprised it wasn’t in the mainstream media earlier. I read a … Continue reading
Topography
— a poem by Sharon Olds, The Gold Cell, Knopf (1987) After we flew across the country we got into bed, laid our bodies delicately together, like maps laid face to face, East to West, my San Francisco against your New York, your Fire Island against my Sonoma, my New Orleans deep in your Texas, … Continue reading
1960′s
We time-traveled back to the early 1960′s via Mike’s work holiday party. It was held at the Pacific Science Center, which was built in time for the 1962 World’s Fair held in Seattle. The theme for the holiday party: early 60′s The complete photo album is on Flickr. As with all of those albums, you … Continue reading
Angry Birds
I wanted to go all Angry Birds on this pumpkin display.
Whistler, British Columbia
September 2011 – We took a little 2-day trip up in between their short summer season and before the skiing begins. It’s a 5-hour drive from Seattle. The complete photo album is on Flickr. As with all of those albums, you can see more photos if you actually “friend” me on Flickr.
Cabin Weekend
It was a cabin weekend with good company and good food. Lots of rain and clouds though. Even some wet snow up at Sunrise where it got down to 34 while we were there. The complete photo album is on Flickr. As with all of those albums, you can see more photos if you actually “friend” … Continue reading
Ocean Shores, WA
Thanks to Raine for making this little weekend getaway happen. The complete photo album is on Flickr. As with all of those albums, you can see more photos if you actually “friend” me on Flickr.
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