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A bright morning awaited us today. After a breakfast of cereal and a pastry from the nearby coffee kiosk Sarah and I waited around until the groceries came then headed out on the scenic route towards the townlet of McMillan in the Puyallup River valley on highway 162. More »
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The last off-road rally I attended was the Dryad Quest/Shitepoke outside Shelton, WA. I had great access to the race stages (got to three each day -- very rare! More »
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A freak discovery today yielded a trip to what is touted as the largest bead store on the planet. Shipwreck Beads is on the edge of a commercial building complex in greater-suburbia just outside of Lacey between Olympia and Tacoma, WA. More »
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We awoke this morning a little earlier than usual for a Saturday to have breakfast and to bid my sister a fond farewell at the end of her latest visit to the States. After packing my computer stuff and a few hugs I drove Toni up to SeaTac airport and saw her off. More »
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After a late start after a late evening of LAN games at Matt's I drove home and enjoyed a brief portion of the Seafair festival showcase Blue Angels flying ballet show. From West Seattle and for a bit of my drive south on I-5 I saw a few formations cruise by in impressive fashion. More »
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"B" is for the bug I caught somewhere between the bead store and becoming a night owl at our LAN party this weekend. Staying up until 3am isn't as easy as it used to "B". More »
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Since about 9pm last night our DSL service has been down but is now, since you're reading this page, up. I was beating myself up a bit by taking way too much responsibility for said down time as I combed through PC and router settings alike. More »
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I took the afternoon off today as a part of my summer holiday vacation time given to me by PLU each year. I made a nice lunch and watched an episode of Enterprise on my computer when my nose noticed something that wasn't quite right. More »
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Sarah's mom drove up from Vancouver today to join us for an afternoon at the races. We picked up lunch first at Engine House No. More »
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A quote from a May 31, 2004 Washington Post ad about how negative the Bush campaign has been: "Three-quarters of the ads aired by Bush's campaign have been attacks on Kerry. Bush so far has aired 49,050 negative ads in the top 100 markets, or 75 percent of his advertising. More »
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big brotheropolisthe athletes don't want to play for fear that their missed serves will be tracked on radarthose patriot missiles could be rooting for the other country's teamthey're using zepplins! ! More »
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A gripe I just sent to the folks over at Real: "I only reluctantly updated my version of Real Player months ago because a stream I wanted to listen to required a newer, ad-ridden version. It took me some time to prevent Real from taking over all my computer's media. More »
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Man, I swear I thought it was Wednesday! I've never been more convinced that it's one day versus another than I am today. More »
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This is beautiful. Wonder if he could handle a Guinness? More »
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There was a slight bit of traffic in downtown Tacoma this morning due to what I discovered to be a train-car accident at the intersection of 21st and Pacific Ave. It didn't look serious (as you can see in the shot I snapped below) but I took it rather seriously because it was my fault. More »
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Sarah and I spent the afternoon together in downtown Tacoma today. We parked at the T-dome station and took the Link to Union Station where we walked over the bridge of glass to the Museum of Glass to use a pair of free tickets my co-worker gave me. More »
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A note I sent as a part of a petition to the US Forest Service: Do not open up these forests for roads! Do you have any idea how few secluded and un-touched areas there are in this great land of ours? More »
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John Kerry is holding a rally in the parking lot outside the Tacoma Dome this Saturday morning. Get your tickets and show up at 9:30am to take part in a slice of the political process. More »
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Yes, there really is a way to cram two such exciting events into on day. After helping out a fellow co-worker in the PLU library she offered me a treat that is unlike anything I'd seen before. More »
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This morning Matt and I parked downtown and took the Tacoma Link light rail so we could join the throngs of supporters gathering to see and hear John Kerry speak in front of the Tacoma Dome. At first the line moved swiftly and only a few extremist crazies shouted at us with bullhorns. More »
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