Kinky News!

For you music fans out there, here’s some fantastic news: The Kinks may reunite.
According to a news item on the Associated Press, Ray Davies, the frontman of the greatest band ever, recently hinted that the legendary rock group are planning a comeback – but only if the band are able to write and record new [...]

Motorcycle Diaries

Today, a much-needed departure from politics…
 
The three-day Veteran’s Day weekend opened with an unusually beautiful Saturday, for the cold, soggy Pacific Northwest. Heidi and I were busy with errands, but that didn’t stop me from making a quick call to her dad, Joe … “We have got to go for a ride.”
 
All three nephews came [...]

New Look Site

Well, after horsing around with numerous templates and benner treatments, I think I’ve finally settled on this look. From left to right are the family: Son Jake, yours truly, daughter Abbey and wife Heidi.  Now I simply need to post more often. Cheers! – Mikey

¡hora por vacaciones!

After spending 12 days in Cancún in February and extending a work trip to another week on Forida’s Gulf Coast in June, we figured our travel budget was shot for the year.
There must have been something in the air last week, or perhaps it was the collective stress of our lives catching up with us.  [...]

Doin’ the Puyallup with no Trans Fats

We live in a Tacoma suburb called Puyallup (pyoo-all-up) – a town of about 40,000. Each day and evening, I commute past the Western Washington Fair Grounds (a.k.a., “The Puyallup”). Each September, our town hosts two weeks as home to the nation’s sixth-largest fair.
By the middle of August each year, TV ads, billboards, bus signs [...]

They Want Me Naked!

Hey now, there’s a headline that should make people squirm.
After a full Sunday in the office working on an emerging project, I scurried off to the store to buy a pair of jeans. My trusty pair is probably six years old, and they’re falling apart.  I dislike shopping (unless Pro Golf Discount), but shopping I [...]

Bridge Walk

Last weekend, the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened, and we decided to do the first and only “Bridge Run” just prior to the grand opening. Heidi is a runner, but had leg surgery just days before.  Me, I’m a lover not a runner.  Actually, I’m at home on a racquetball court. Running just isn’t natural, [...]