Whoa, looks like maybe I’m taking the day off? Gov system down. Blue screen of death.

I distinctly remember being taught that “dilemma” was spelled “dilemNa” in the early 80s. Why, I have no idea.

I was in the area for work, so drove up to Council Crest Park to break up the routine. Hazy, but gorgeous day (70° F), with many people out enjoying it. #pdx

I wonder if the doctors who don’t like prescribing antibiotics have any idea what’s happening in the meat industry.

After some thought and many years wearing the thing, I’ve decided to drop the Apple Watch in favor of my old mechanical Seiko for daily wear. What little value the Apple Watch brought never outweighed its annoyances for me.

Switched our flat rate electric service to time-of-day pricing with PGE. So long as you can divert your energy use away from 5-9 to other times of day, your bill shouldd go down. I charge my EV overnight ($0.08 per kWh) and saved $29 last month over the flat rate plan. #pdx

Fellow parents, how much time (if any) do you schedule for your own interests, creativity, hobbies and other pursuits in a given week? How do you negotiate that with your partner?

I just realized I had the ISO cranked way up yesterday on my camera during our family trip to Enchanted Forest and I didn’t even realize it. I thought full auto meant full auto…guess not. I still have so much to learn, and need to pay attention. Thankfully some of the photos still turned out.

Rest in peace Shelley Duvall and Richard Simmons. The world lost two authentic ones this weekend.

Oregano ruins anything it touches.

Hate to say it, but I’m ready for fall.

Goodbye, ol’ Suby. You were a great car for the 11 years you were mine. I probably took this car to 30 states on road trips. Sold to a friend’s son as his first car, hopefully he gets another 100k out of it.

I got tired of my polycarbonate lenses always scratching, so last year I sent in my WB frames to Eyeglasses.com and had real glass lenses put in. No scratches. I love them.

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I dragged a friend to the Les Savy Fav show and I don’t think they knew what they were getting into.

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Very stoked to be going to the Les Savy Fav show tonight in Portland. I was a HUGE fan 20 years ago and their new album is really good, too.

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Ah yes, tis that annual tradition, the ol’ pay the Junk Guy to come take away all the rotting crap. No one told me about this requirement of homeownership, but I’m going on year 9, and the accumulation never fails to amaze me.

Downgrading your Verizon bill be like.

Decided I’m abandoning my affiliation with the Democratic Party and will become an independent (small “i”) voter. Between sidelining Bernie in 2016 and now attempting to block 3rd party access to state ballots, this system needs to be systematically demolished and rebuilt.

It was only 93° today.

Out back patio is usually chaos. Zoey doesn’t seem to mind. She says she could do without the heat, though.

Roughing it, obviously.