Posts under ‘Rambling’

On Monday I had the honor of performing the wedding ceremony for our friends Andy and Mica. The service was held on the beach near Blue Ridge, north of Golden Gardens. The small wedding party walked down the train tracks to a locked set of steps. Undeterred, the bride and groom (and [...]

It’s tough being so far from the family sometimes, since it’s so easy to get wrapped up in the day-to-day stuff that keeps us all busy. Happy Father’s Day Dad! Love you.

Today was an odd one. With countertops on the way, Keith was here early to get as many cabinet doors finished as possible before the counters arrived and took over the kitchen. When I went to work I knew I wouldn’t get to see it until late tonight, since I had a heli [...]

My favorite part about the trip to Argentina was the absence of the health care debate. After watching President Obama’s health care speech to the joint session last night, I’m hopeful that we’ll be able to move forward with meaningful reform. But man, did I want to smack the congressman from South Carolina. [...]

A brief update from rainy Bariloche, where we’ve arrived to a classic pineapple express. After receiving nine (9) FEET of new snow in the last few days, Bariloche is now getting hammered by rain and fifty degree weather. The forecast is poor for the remainder of our time here, so we’re looking into flights [...]

This was a Cascade Backcountry Ski Patrol day.
After putting Anastasia on the plane to Panama at six a.m., I was left with a day to fill. The usual suspects were off on other adventures, so I decided to do another recon trip in the Rampart Ridge area, which has become a bit of an [...]

The worst thing about being in Seattle during an unusually snowy winter is the morons on the local news.  I don’t mean the folks who think they can drive a tour bus filled with kids down a steep, icy hill — they’re dumb too — but rather the local news broadcasters.
Good lord, you’d think we [...]

Mostly for posterity, I decided to put down the series of text messages that flew around right around election day.  It was a beautiful day, long awaited…

After finally nailing down the installation with iPower, we’re off and running. Hopefully I’ll be able to update this with more regularity than the main website (which is to say, update it at all).
Penguins forthcoming…
And here they are: