francie, the romanian baby

one of my cutest visitors to portland yet. and, apparently, her new godmother. so, in your FACE, jesus, who never thought i'd trick anyone into letting me be a godmother.

cinco de somethin

cinco de mayo marked our one year anniversary in portland. it's also been a year since i've been stung by a bee. also on cinco de mayo. i think in it's own way, that bee was saying "welcome to portland". or maybe "fuck you".

we're building a fortress to keep out the republicans

but so far we've just done some terracing for rhubarb and organic vegetables, also republican deterrents.

12 tons moved by joren's beefy man hands.

cornus kousa, seen below, invariably makes me hum "barracuda" which i hardly mind at all.

time to trim the unruly thatch...

from in front of our house. and you know what they say. out with the shrubs and in with the rock. and it's true.

happy salty nut friday

ski/surf contest that i WON

in my head, as i didn't participate and drank a beer on the sidelines instead.

this could have been me, if i had dressed up like mr. koolaide guy.

what's more delicious than an ikea breakfast?

the fact that it's 99 cents and no tax. and delicious.

something someone told me once, and that's the ONLY reason i know this

if part of your dental bridge breaks off DO NOT try to super-glue it back on. even if you don't have dental insurance. it does NOT work.

Raiders of the Spider Monkey

last weekend we went to see an adaptation of Raiders of the Lost Ark made by three 12 year olds over the course of seven years back in the 80's. it was shockingly accurate and chock full of too-short suit pants, squeaky pre-pubescent voices and a dog named Snickers in lieu of a sidekick spider monkey. in other words, awesome.

http://www.theraider.net/films/raiders_adaptation/index.php

who doesn't love duck?

nature has done it again. way to go nature. baby ducks are swimming happily in the pond out back. there seems to be 10 or 11 or 12 and i've decided to name them. if you'd like to name one, it only costs a dollar or 3 for five dollars.

some names i'm tossing around:
herbaceous
peking