January 2012
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Purple haze
Sunrise Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
December 2011
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Bluebird, bright, and brisk
The day after the winter solstice. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Tree of light
Sent from my iPhone Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Chicken and waffles
Finally hungry for dinner after a ridonkulously amazing brunch at Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
November 2011
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Who's a good servant of the nothing?
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Please Donate to Movember
It’s Movember, the month formerly known as November, dedicated to growing moustaches and raising awareness and funds for men’s health issues, specifically cancers affecting men. Please support my efforts by making a donation at http://mobro.co/rawfysh/d. We only have a month to grow and support these Movember moustaches, so please come along for the ride. Thank you for donating at...
October 2011
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Lewis and Clark
Statue of original tree with carving by Clark from 1805. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Never too late for the beach
Nice weekend at the WA coast in Long Beach. See the full gallery on Posterous Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Robert Poulet, so delicious right now
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September 2011
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Put a bird on it
My version of “put a bird on it”. I don’t think I waited long enough. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Wildfires & Sunsets
Wild fires are currently raging over about 600 acres on the Olympic Peninsula to our west. It makes for some spectacular wild fires. There are no clouds in the strict sense of the word in the area. All the “clouds” are actually smoke from the fires. Ran home after work to get my camera and tripod for some pictures from Sunset Hill Park in Ballard. Posted from...
August 2011
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Rivalries
I managed to catch the Bayer Leverkusen vs Dortmund match this past week. I was surprised by the attendance there. In a stadium holding 30,000 fans, 7,000 seats were taken by the visiting team. In MLS, there’s a limit of 500 seats to traveling fans. While this limit is hardly reached for most games throughout the league, here in the PNW, the rivalries between SEA, VAN, and PDX can easily...
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3 Days
Thu 18:00 - Get on a bus to get on a train to get on a plane to San Francisco Thu 22:53 - Arrive SFO and get picked up by cousin Jeff and head down to Redwood City to stay with Dariusz and Renata Fri 10:00 - Bacon, waffles, and coffee with good friends in San Francisco, with a bonus walk around the city Fri 19:00 - Chili verde and a beer at Picante’s in Berkeley, fueling up for trip out...
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Dad
The first time my dad said “I love you” to me on the phone will stick with me forever. It had been a few years since moving to Seattle and neither of us had that thing that makes it easy to just pick up the phone to call a friend or loved one and make conversation. In person, we share that quality that allows people to feel at ease with us. Our phone calls usually led to stifled...
July 2011
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Beaches and Explosions
Lolo and I took a trip to beautiful and sunny Westport, WA this past weekend on a whim, expecting to fight crowds when the state parks online reservation system said there was one ADA campsite available at Twin Harbors State Park. Much to our surprise, when rolling around the campground there were many camp sites to be found and we picked one that was relatively quiet (for a fireworks weekend)...
June 2011
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Great start to a day
55 degrees + clear skies + 8 AM + 6 miles + 24 minutes + 15 mph avg = great start to a day See the full gallery on Posterous P.S. Can you get a ticket for biking while snapping photos? Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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First Duck Dodge of 2011
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May 2011
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I'm turning around
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April 2011
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Can it be both?
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March 2011
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For another day ((tags: skis, dynafit, k2, Coombs,...
Avy danger is high this weekend, so we’ll have to wait to play another day, precious. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Contrast
In contrast the Utah photos, here’s a photo from our Seattle offices. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Finding Solitude
Without going into the long story (it has been too long since a post), I recently took a full-time job again in software. The company has offices in Seattle (which is where I work most of the time), but most of my team and other people I interact with are in Utah, in the Salt Lake valley. This means I fly out to Utah for about a week every 4-6 weeks. Not a bad gig being a skier. I extended my trip...
January 2011
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Healthy breakfast
Don’t worry, the George Foreman makes it healthy! Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Times square
Who goes to times square on NYE and doesn’t stay for the ball dropping? Us! Drinks and home before it’s too nuts. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
December 2010
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Good ol' Nor'easter
See and download the full gallery on posterousBeen a while since I’ve had 24” of snow fall in 10 hours. Seattle would be out of commission for a month. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Cookie Sweat Shop
Every year, Lauren makes cookies for her clients (and for people who return their tins from the previous year). She chops nuts like a maniac. There’s usually flour all of the kitchen for the whole day. We can’t eat dinner at the kitchen table. Cookie dough of all colors and consistencies is created. Once the temp heats up in there, we start to sweat and the delirium...
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The Abominable Penguin
Love this guy. He might be called Fred. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Guess Who's Got the Christmas Spirit
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Quitting time
See and download the full gallery on posterousChocolate milkshake beer. We bought a case of this stuff in Oregon once and it lasted about 3 days. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Comcast vs. Level 3, or: how I learned to stop...
I don’t want to pretend to know that much about the internets (series of tubes full of fun stuff like youtubes, tweeters, etc), especially when it comes down to the innards, backbones, trunks, etc., and the politics around it. But I did take lots of human anatomy courses. Unfortunately, that didn’t cover this. But I do have a gut feeling about what’s going on with Comcast and...
November 2010
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dvorak
It’s been super frustrating to try to learn how to type again with a new keyboard layout. Been wanting to learn the dvorak layout for some time now, but never made enough time or effort. I will make a serious go of it this time. I picked up a typing training program and plan to get to a usable level by work on Monday. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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The Start of Christmas in Seattle
See and download the full gallery on posterous This is the first year we went to the tree lighting downtown. Besides the impatient sarcasm from the crowds, the picketers holding sings reading “Buy More Stuff”, and the little bit of rain, it was a nice way to bring in the season. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Snow on stuff
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Pre-thanksgiving snow
Haven’t seen snow in Seattle this early in the 11 years we’ve lived here. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Baby it's cold outside...
…but not in here. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Photos' best friend
My latest business write-off. It’s been a good year. Want to make sure my data stays safe, so when it came time to spend some money, I decided a redundant storage device would be a good investment. I already back up with Time Machine, make a daily snapshot of my drive with SuperDuper, and upload my important files to Mozy.com and Dropbox, but my iMac, with it’s limited storage...
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How to take a creepy photo of yourself in 6 easy...
Everyone’s been asking me lately how they can take awesome creepy photos of themselves with their iPhone. With these 6 easy steps, you can be eliciting gasps and grunts and “woahs” in no time! 1. Do it right after you wake up, half way through your first cup of coffee. The puffiness will really convey a lack of circulation (edema!), and the dawn light is just perfect. 2....
September 2010
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Flour hands
There’s no better way, in my opinion, to take breaks from coding throughout the day than to get your hands in some dough and covered in flour. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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My stash
Lolo and I spent a good amount of time in Jersey in August and I had developed a taste for the crack juice they sell out there. Every morning went something like this, “Oh look, Dunkin’ Donuts! (tire screech).” Afternoon, “Hey, is that a Dunkin’ Donuts? (engine revs, whiplash).” Midnight would roll around, “I wonder if there’s a Dunkin’ Donuts...
August 2010
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Polaroid Photobooth
What do you get when you cross a professional photographer, a polaroid camera, costumes, too much champagne before food, and a wedding? See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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Dusty
In the late afternoon, one can sometimes see how long it’s been since my screen has been asleep. It’s time for a cleaning break! Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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The fog is burning off
The morning fog is burning off and the sun is getting ready to toast us on both sides. Our spending time with friends at this beach house on Case Inlet in the south sound and having a great time is only affected by the fact that my laptop is staring at me with it’s pulsing white eye, an unfinished project on the hard drive with a looming deadline that is barely attainable if I put in more...
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Orange sky
Because of all the wildfires up in Canada, our sun had an eerie orange tinge to it all day yesterday. Posted from smooshy.com | Comment »
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My buddy, Baxter
Every once in a while I get to pretend I have a dog for a week or two at a time. It’s nice to loan them out instead of owning one, but one day I will have a buddy of my own. In the meantime, for the next couple weeks, I’ll take Baxter out for at least 2 walks every day, have someone excitedly great me as I walk in the door, and have an office mate that only stretches and groans every...
July 2010
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Last hurrah
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progress
The JR and crew are having some problems with their communication equipment, but they’re all doing fine. The last message we received on 7/21: 45 20N 150 56 SAILING AGAIN GOOD PROGRESS. I can only take this to mean that they have concluded their pirating activities on the vessels in the shipping channel and have filled their coffers and are headed E again. Seattle is located at...
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Poulsbo - June 21, 2010
Destination: Liberty Bay, Poulsbo, WADates: June 21-22, 2010Crew: Stan, DerekTrip Distance: 46.1 milesMoving Time: 10 hours 8 minMy best bud, Derek, is leaving for China with his lady friend this month, so to spend some time together before he left, we took off for a short 2-day trip on the boat. We decided to head for Liberty Bay in Poulsbo since neither of us had been. We packed some food, some...
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2 weeks without a car
Two weeks ago, I sold my car. I bought the car after moving to the house we bought down south, after being a one-car household for over a year in Greenwood. I spent a bit of money on the car to buy it and to fix it up. It made me happy while I had it and when I didn’t have to drive it to the shop for the umpteenth (wow, that clears spellchecker and now I find out it’s a real word. mind...
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How to make oneself poop ones pants
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Driveway greenhouse
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