It got cold in Bend last month, and I realized that I wanted a nice winter hat. Inspired by my friend Brianna’s beautiful bearskin fur hat I began searching for something, distinctive. I found Fern Stanton near Lake Tahoe. Her hats are amazing! They’re custom made with wonderful faux fur, and [...]
This was the scene from the front porch this morning. It’s October 4th, and we’re in the middle of a blizzard. Mt Bachelor says that there’s 3-4 times as much snow coming down at 6300 ft, and I’m hoping (praying) that this means we’re in for a fabulous ski season.
Things may [...]
Eight years ago on September 11th 2001 I was the Leading Chief Sonar Technician onboard USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 homeported in Yokosuka, Japan.
Tuesday September 11th broke with a typhoon heading towards Tokyo Bay so our daily task was to secure the ship for the storm. Around noon someone made a decision to [...]
The first weekend in August just exploded with tons of great events going on, and lots of excitement. Working with On The Go-Go I had the opportunity to go see Sugarland at the Les Schwab amphitheater, interview Kim Breedlove, the master luthier behind Breedlove Guitars, and finally cover a concert by Blues Legend Johnny [...]
As a tech head I really love new gadgets, especially when they’re useful, and have the potential to be a total game changer. So what the heck is an “SSD” anyway? Ok SSD stands for “Solid State Drive.” These little beauties are high capacity storage devices that have no moving parts. [...]
It’s one week before the 2008 Presidential Election. Heading into this last week of the campaign the mainstream media and the polls have Senator Barack Obama leading Senator John McCain. Most of these sources are reporting this as if it’s a slam-dunk for Obama. When I look at the polls though I [...]
Hammond, Louisiana sits in the middle of South East Louisiana in beautiful farm country. The terrain is not so exquisite as some place I’ve visited before like here or here, or here. The recreation opportunities don’t look like this.
But sometimes the awesomeness of the sky makes up for it. Summer time in [...]
Two hundred and thirty two years ago a group of men assembled in the Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall, and signed their names to a letter to King George III of England. In so doing these men committed treason against the English crown, and gave birth the most powerful nation on [...]
The city of Glennwood Springs built a rapid on the Colorado river that draws a nice crowd during the summer months. In between the rafts, kayakers and surfers paddle out to the large waves to surf. Here are a few photographs and some video from Saturday afternoon May 31st 2008. If you’re [...]
