What a truly *remarkable* medical system we have!  Once again, it’s really let down one of my family members… Penney got ready to head to the hospital yesterday to do some preliminary tests for the following day’s scheduled surgery, only to be told that there “wasn’t enough staff” to go ahead with the process.  So, [...]

I’ve been preoccupied, lately. So much so, that I haven’t been enjoying life as much as I should. I’ve been kinda down, crabby and irritable, and generally not a very pleasant person to be around.   I know, I know… The photos seem to tell a different story, and those times captured recently have been really [...]

We were out last weekend (Saturday, to be precise) with my brother Todd and his wife, Diane… And, what was supposed to be dinner at Kams and a drink after, turned into a night of pub hopping — Aptly referred to as the “Family Pub Crawl”.  After a yummy, filling dinner at Kams on Denman, we went [...]

Okay, now this is really, really silly. Woman shoots husband because he shot her pet chicken CHESHIRE, Ore. – An Oregon woman was arraigned Tuesday, accused of shooting her husband after he shot her pet chicken. The Eugene Register-Guard reported that Mary Kay Gray, 58, was jailed Monday on felony assault charges. Her husband, Stanley [...]

I had my life do just that, this morning. While walking to work today, my life came literally an inch from ending.  We’re talking squashed-on-pavement, not-a-pretty-scene type of ending.  A car, a blue blur (which is all I could make of it) ran a red light seconds after the walk sign had appeared at the crosswalk in [...]

Hi All!  Just a quick update before I start work to let you know that the basic version of the albums are up!   They are populating from Flickr, so until I get the rest of my historical photos up, you’ll only get what’s currently on my Flickr account for now! Just click on Albums [...]

KARMA UPDATE: (July 13, 2007) Bryan at Reo Rafting found this entry some time ago, and today he wanted to make sure that I had a fresh experience in which to base my rafting adventures on! I want to thank Bryan for giving me the opportunity to go on another trip to his resort, and [...]

Fast this time, hey?  It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you have an extra day off!  Woohoo!  (Click on the photo to take you to my Flickr site… I’m gonna get all the photos on my site as soon as I have time to finish the photo album pages!) I’ll write more about the [...]