Ray Bradbury once wrote a short story based on summertime in Portland. These astronauts land on a planet to follow up on a colonist settlement there. Upon arrival, they are prepared with the knowledge that it rains ceaselessly and they must follow a map to the nearest "Sun Dome" to find the colonists. When they finally get to the first Dome, ( Read more... )

The famous Mr. T pix from InCorp - taken through the window of our lab. That was the day I brought the unicycle. There was this guy we called The Bike Whisperer because he would walk by every day and talk to the bikes and pet them and stuff. You could tell he liked certain kinds of bikes, but he would always get really mad and shake his head at the ( Read more... )

Dear Guy who was blocking the entire cheeses in the grocery store with your cart whilst you leisurely deliberated over each and every package of pre-sliced Swiss squares ( Read more... )

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Last night I saw a silver sandal on the sidewalk and today that same sandal was at the train stop. how did it get there??

As it turns out, Keith Richards really did snort his dad. Actually I never even doubted that. It seems easier to believe than Tyra Banks shaped like a hobo.

I ate three hot dogs yesterday.

Dear new toothbrush,

Why are you so fat? Please lose some weight so I can fit you into my toothbrush holder. This is getting embarrassing. Thx!


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I pooped four times today.

There's a big giant book on my shelf and it haunts me. John Steinbeck, Writer - a Biography. I can't read it until I've finished a few more Steinbeck novels. I've already read most of them, but you know that shit never gets old. Just finished Cannery Row and The Red Pony, now on East of Eden (which I've never read, but I ( Read more... )

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We work in the top of a five-floor brick building downtown at the corner of Second and Swift. You can get up to the fifth floor in the scary elevator but I usually take the stairs, especially if Hugely Pregnant Lady gets on. From the top floor, we have a perfect view of the seedy little intersection. I made Anna bring in her binoculars so I could ( Read more... )

( I = Makin' Friends at Outlaws Bar and Grill! )