Miracles 2016-11-13 So there was this enormous flood. Bob heard news broadcasts telling everyone in his neighborhood to evacuate before the end of the day. Bob said:...
Anxieties 2016-11-10 As an exercise I'm breaking down my anxieties into a handy list, from approximately least to most stressful. Maybe I will expound more on these...
Let’s talk about Trump & Climate Change 2016-11-09 I want to talk a little bit about climate change. Not what Trump will/won't do in regards, but about how this moment — the 2010s...
I have Thoughts about the camping ban and its imminent end. 2016-08-29 Arguing about camping in parks is a nice distraction from our city’s inability to provide affordable housing
The first time I saw the ocean 2016-08-25 Somehow I let pass a small but significant anniversary. It was 30 years ago earlier this month that I first saw the ocean. To the...
Vanilla + Sugar 2016-08-11 After two years in dry dock, I finally got my Vanilla roadworthy again. Aktch finished wrapping the bars on Monday, just in time for rain!...
Black Lives Matter 2016-07-07 Dear Mayor Hales and Respected Commissioners, I am disturbed by the recent deaths of Black citizens at the hands of the police elsewhere in America....
A scene in the downtown Portland Target store 2016-07-06 Guy in videogame t-shirt nearly shaking with rage, berating the electronics dept. employee. About some gadget they don't stock? Some kind of fitbitty thing? Apparently...
NW Portland makes space for people by not wasting it on cars 2016-07-05 (Excerpted from a letter on parking minimums to the Portland City Council) Dear Mayor Hales and Respected Commissioners, I’m writing in opposition to the proposed...
Glowing Boxes vs. Real Reality 2016-06-01 So for three weeks now I’ve mostly been off social media. Originally this was to focus more on work while I am in the office....
Ride Report: La Doyenne 2016-05-02 I rode the eastside RondePDX ride today. A week late you will note. (Hey I am always late to the party. For example I only...
“Cars are the worst…” 2016-04-19 So here’s an interaction I had this morning. This kind of thing happens maybe 5x/yr to me so I seldom even remember it by the...
Zulu Time 2016-03-13 Once upon a time it took a year to travel halfway around the world on a boat and so it made sense that “noon” always...
The Sellwood Bridge 2016-02-27 I'm not gonna miss the old Sellwood Bridge at all. It looked like a train trestle and was approximately as safe to cross. The nicest...
A Productive Commute 2016-02-26 According to this article I have a “megacommute.” I average 11hrs/wk commuting. I hardly consider it “wasted.” This morning on my commute (ie. bike ride...
It’s OK to do well while doing good♥ 2016-02-21 Everything you want to work on, work on it with both hands.
My commute is so Portland it hurts 2016-02-03 So my commute this morning looked like this: Ride with my kids on our bikes …from our tiny house in the trendy pedestrian-friendly neighborhood …past...
An intuitive statistics exercise 2016-01-20 Most people are lousy at statistics and probabilities. The math behind it is counterintuitive. But here’s a fun thought experiment that requires NO MATH and...
Mobile UX is not like Web UX 2016-01-18 It is, in fact, kind of exactly the opposite. Working through the UX for an iOS app today I had an epiphany. 20 years of...
I am thinking today about death. 2016-01-11 I am thinking this week about death. We’ve had a lot of death in and near my family the past few years. When my father...
Finn, Rey, and narrative agency 2016-01-07 Hey let’s SPOILER TALK about the new Big Space Battle Movie! It's interesting to compare Rey with Finn. They are clearly the hero duo and...
