Football & futbol

That the Steelers went down to defeat at the hands of the much-loathed Baltimore Ravens would be worse if the Birds defense weren’t so good. And the game was in Baltimore. Add to this the traditional Steeler penchant for not hitting stride until 4 or 5 games...

Politics, as usual

If you take a look at some of what I wrote about John Kerry in the midst of the Democratic nominating process, you’ll find that I wasn’t keen on the fellow. Specificially, I said that he was the candidate of the monied and entrenched power brokers of the...

What a difference some RAM makes

I upgraded Mystic to 1.25 GB of RAM this morning. This is up from 512 MB (two 256 MB cards) that were in the machine previously. Installation was a typically elegant Apple snap. Based on approximately one hour’s experience, the one thing I will say is this: If...

Gone fishin’ part 2

Unfortunately, Jonah slept poorly—or more accurately, I slept poorly because of Jonah—so I was pretty exhausted by our 7:50 AM wake-up. Still we were collectively on the road and buying our $12 one day fishing licenses at the Clackamas Fred Meyer by 9 AM, so enough...

Gone fishin’ part 1

Battle Ground, Washington Jonah and I are up here at the five-star Hotel Kann for an overnight before I take a fishing trip with Dave Morrison and Joe. Jonah will be hanging out with Carol, Ella, Eileen, and Susan. (The boy will be entertained!) This afternoon and...