Low tide.  About a half-mile from the beach access road—the closest people are more than 200 meters off—I swing a U-turn a bit too...

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          I have an unemployed friend.  Keeping a constant paycheck was a challenge for him even before the economy married the weather.  ...

          Last weekend I was a volunteer for CSTS at the Hollywood Theater .  It's run annually by the PDX Browncoats and all profits...

Take The Golf Trivia Challenge

          I used a radar to determine my current average golf club distances.  This is a first for me (and I enjoy tracking anything done f...

          I recall riding in cars in the 1970's with my step-dad behind the wheel.  In traffic, he would holler and gesture and '...

          I enjoy puzzles.  I get a wonderful micro-instant brain fizz when, after extensive trial and error (or in the case of this game—tr...

          The summer is half-gone.  The weather outside is delightful (with nary a day above 90 this year).  I'm not rubbing it in, I e...

Visit Caren Alpert Fine Art

          This quirkaholic of quirky independent films is very worth going out of your way to see if you're a fan of un-pigeonhole-able...

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          Welcome to Pin-The-Tale on You .  Every mature person you will ever pass on the street has more-than-probably done things which co...

          This is not a film for the masses.  It doesn't matter that Pitt and Penn are in it.  It also doesn't matter that almost e...

          I rarely look at my blog's statistics.  My reason for writing these pages is more about the act of creating than who my audie...

          While perusing SQUIRE for disc-golf information, I failed to find a succinctly written explanation which might assist novice disc...

          Another first.           Last month, the fantastic folks at Disc Golf Station offered me a free disc in exchange for my review...

      I've always been a little out-there in je-ne-sais-quoi-land when it comes to what I wear on my feet.  I think it's probably be...

          Please take this moment to think about those who's lives ended while they were wearing a uniform.  It doesn't matter if y...

          After I was about 24-hours deep into L.A. Noire the 17-year-old son of my fiancée (who'd not yet played) asked, "Do you f...

A first. I enjoy each and every "first" (as one should at my age). Today it was sour beer. It has sip-ability.  It's no...

                Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square, 14 May 2001.  World Belly Dance Day.  Belly dance flashmob (choreographed, direct...

          Yuuup ...there's always going to be someone out there more bizarre and unstable than normal-weird.  I say normal-weird becaus...

          I have admired Irishwind as an artist for six years.  She lives in Singapore and draws like I wish I could.  Similar to my work, m...

          In March-April I participated in a month-of-songs.  I began by following someone.  Once I learned it was a meme, *wards evil-...