Nicole and I didn’t go to Tales of the Cocktail this year, having between us two backlogs of work and wanting to save our money for trips this fall and next spring/summer.
But we did wander into Zigzag Cafe last Saturday night, knowing that nearly everybody in town was at Tales, but that Murray [...]
For a long time now, I’ve been keeping track of all the personal computers in my life. I started on my original Radio Userland blog in early 2003 (now defunct, though I want to give a shout out to Dave Winer, a true pioneer), and continued here in various incarnations. In that most recent 2008 [...]
Sometime in spring, I start being aware that the anniversary of my move to the island is coming up. In past years, I’ve held a big party on the closest weekend. Something about this year was different. This morning I remembered that today was the day after I woke up and was drinking a big [...]
This didn’t make Facebook’s status limit even with aggressive editing, but it is dedicated to our political system, with love and consternation.
The major problem — one of the major problems, for there are several — one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of [...]
Last fall, at our annual Harvest Dinner and Auction to benefit the San Juan Island Permanent Farmer’s Market project, I donated two cocktail classes and parties. The concept was that the purchasers would select an era, and if they chose, dress in period clothing. This last Sunday, I hosted the second of the parties, and [...]
I stopped posting here almost a year ago, focusing instead on my community of friends on Facebook. But recently I’ve decided that the blogging/notes options there aren’t terribly good, and I’d prefer to run my own websites (with help from a hosting company, of course).
Over on MadsenLab you can read about my [...]
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