Oh, is your grandpa super-cool?

Bill rules.

Westside

We just got back from Oregon where we were celebrating the marriage of our good friends Scott and Danielle. From Portland to McMinnville (wine country) to Pacific City (coast- dur) it was a blast.

Unfortunately I broke the camera during an interesting downhill (down dune?) maneuver that I half remember, so photos of the trip end early. But you can check them out here.

We also got to see our good friends Malcolm and Jill (sang karaoke, hungout by haystacks, and caused general mischief). You can see their perspective of the trip here. No coast pics though.

Along with those we know, we met many people from many lands, that hopefully we will see again.

Properganda

Cicle.0rg (a Los Angeles based bicycle advocacy group) has hosted my image as part of their bike "properganda."

Follow the link, print out the sticker, post it around town. Or get the same waterproof ones that I put on my bikes here.

Pop Culture and Graphs

more graph humor

This Train Keeps Rolling

Torpado to Tommaso

(Tommaso)

(Stripped Torpado)

The new bike frame, wheels, and components were a tag sale find ($25). Everything else was funded by ebay sales of Torpado parts. It rides so much better than the last one and took a fraction of the time to put together. May still need a new cassette and chain, but I’ll do that when I get a professional tune-up in the future.

Oh and I wear bike shorts now- in public. Look for it.

Thanks for the Help

A big thanks to these two guys- without them, I wouldn't have been able to get the kitchen done. Kodish (right) loaded the materials into the back of his Prius (a lot of room in those things) and Jeremy (left-obviously) spent a few days giving advice, lifting, cutting, drinking beer, and listening to me swear in the kitchen.

Thanks again guys.

Kitchen Done

Kitchen Redux 1

Needing to feel useful, I started yet another project. The overwhelming amount of pink surfaces in our kitchen impelled me to act, and now it is well on its way. It will be a few more days before I’m done with the countertops and drywall, but I am having a good time. The floor tile is next, but I may take a break from the kitchen before I attempt that; the home theater needs attention and the bike needs riding.

Flickr Set

More to come

Ba Haba

We just got back from Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island in Maine.

We were there from for a week and had a blast.

In attendance:

Dan and Michelle
Trevor and Nicole (first half)
Chris and Carrie
Eric and Kristen (first half)
Ann and Jes (Ann all week, Jes second half)

Three dogs
Five teenagers
Nine children

There are more hiking and camp pics that we took with other cameras that will be up soon.

It’s good to be home, but I already miss the place.

Flickr Set Here

You are with the Big Electron now

RIP

Veggie Babies

Flickr Set