Monthly Archives: February 2004

Somehow my body didn’t get the memo that it wasn’t supposed to sleep through February 29th. I’m convinced that February 29th happens every year and we just sleep through it most of the time. I was pretty sleepy. I did convince my buddy Il to get off his duff and ride one of my bikes to REI to pick up whatever they were giving away today. I was hoping for another 20% off coupon, but today I got a Topeak Toolbar. So REI and the chance to have another $10 donation given to the Bicycle Transportation Alliance got me on my bike for the second time in two days, and … Continue reading →

I wasn’t doing all that much today, but that was the plan. Finish my parents’ taxes, and then maybe read a book. I even thought I should go to the new REI opening near my house. If you ride a bike there, you get a 20% off coupon and $10 from REI goes towards the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. Well, the taxes are close to finished and I made it to REI, but I didn’t do much more. Last night I saw my friend Craig sing at a place called Momo. I’ve known the guy since high school (over 20 years ago) and this is the first time I saw him … Continue reading →

My boss likes our group to eat together and he only really eats once a day, so he doesn’t like to eat at the greasy spoons I tend to prefer. The good thing is that the food is better. The bad thing is that it can take a couple of hours and lunch costs somewhere between $9 and $15. When my boss is gone or busy, I like heading to the “trailer park” where a line of roach-coaches serve Mexican, Indian, Thai, Pho, Polish, Greek, Italian, etc. for around $5. The pizza place downstairs has a huge slice of pepperoni and a drink for $2.90. Ah. That’s the stuff. Yesterday, … Continue reading →

OK, so not hugely prosperous but still, a good day. First, Junior Slab gave me an iTune code! That doubled the number of songs to neurotically choose. It doesn’t feel like buying a CD for some reason. I buy all sorts of silly CDs (just ordered a Duran Duran singles box set, for example) but I can buy iTunes a song at a time and that makes me nervous. What if I waste the code on something uncool? What a weird thing to worry about. When I got home I had a bunch of real mail and a padded envelope. One piece of real mail was from my car insurance. … Continue reading →

I woke up early on Saturday to go to a ham radio swap meet (overpriced junk sale is more like it) in Rickreall, Oregon. I didn’t buy anything, but I did end up with a couple of “kits” from my friend Larry. One came with no manual, making construction nearly impossible, but I’ll see if I can find some instructions somewhere. Today I got up a little later for a ham radio/Boy Scout planning meeting. I went out to “Scouter’s Mountain” for the first time since 1982. Back then it was way out in the middle of nowhere, but there’s now houses all around it. I probably need to find … Continue reading →

I was waffling on whether I should have asked my ex-girlfriend to return “Journey’s Greatest Hits.” I wanted it back when she told me she had it. When I finally listened to it, I wondered why I ever asked for it back. But I think I figured out that at least three of the songs are worth having. Really, the best of the bunch isn’t even a Journey song, it’s “Oh, Sherry” from after Steve Perry was kicked out and went solo. But I also have to chuckle when I hear, “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Separate Ways,” and “Lovin’, Touchin’, and Squeezin’.” I listen to my iPod on my walk to … Continue reading →

My dinner last night didn’t sit well, and I ended up having odd nightmares. The first one was a short, balding man in a turtleneck (George Costanza perhaps?) telling me that I was fired. The second had something to do with shooting guns at people. Or maybe zombies. I don’t know. It was about 10°F warmer as well. Ah, well, dinner at Ringside is worth it.

When the weather is nice in Oregon, everyone is outside. I saw several neighbors, some guys from high school (my sister’s high school anyway), and my friend Craig says Susan Anton was in his pub just across the street from the library. I mention the library because I was there today and was that close to celebrity! Instead of going back outside, I read a Jesse Stone (by Robert Parker) mystery today. I finished it in a couple of hours. Fluff mysteries are fun to read sometimes.