Booyah!

I wish everybody could have as happy a Halloween. After a relatively dismal performance playing indoor soccer up in Portland on Friday night, I was prepared to go down in flames again in today’s outdoor game. Almost unbelievably, I had my best game of the...

Netflix redux

We’ve signed up with Netflix again. Netflix, as many of you know, is the online DVD rental outfit that allows you for $18 to rent unlimited DVDs (3 at a time) with no late fees. They now have a Salem-based distribution warehouse, so I’m hopeful that the...

The price of cuts to education

This evening we ordered some cellular blinds for our bedroom at Home Depot. The woman who helped us through most of the process was nowhere to be found when it came time to actually place the order so we were relegated to a woman who couldn’t do fractions, who...

Two for Ty

We played an Italian team today in Portland and emerged with a 3-0 victory, though the other squad failed to finish several good chances. I had two goals, a pleasing result especially since they were had in a meaningful game (not a 6-0 rout). The first was on a corner...

Clan expansion announcement

It’s no secret—since I’m not sure we actually have any secrets—that Erin and I have been trying this past summer for Baby Davison #2. Some of you are aware that my work schedule took me to Portland during the first month of what turned out to be some of...