Summer of Bean

There was a very interesting conversation over at Sullivan’s blog this last week over deception in dating.  It started out with this post and continued.
But consider a more common scenario: two people who meet in a bar, or on Match.com, both with their share of character flaws. Perhaps one of them is more interested than [...]

The economy was a topic of discussion last week as Jack and a friend of his got together for lunch.
Over lunch our friend asked — with an earnestness, almost a desperation, in his voice — what America is going to produce to lead itself out of the current recession. Given that we’re all turning a [...]

No sooner did I get off the phone with my boss yesterday morning, than I got a call from Rick Emerson show producer Greg.  He apologized for waking me up, but he told me Rick had given him my number and told him to cajole me to come on the show.  While I swore I [...]

Dave Chappelle in Pioneer Square

I was there until about 12:30 when the risk/reward thing just became too much. From where I sat, I don’t think I would have been able to hear anyway. I wish there were a way to recreate what happened last night, but it would be impossible. What an [...]

The light posting the last week or so has been due to my vacation schedule.  Every year I take July 6th through 9th off to help run the End of the Trail tournament down in Oregon City.  I’ve been doing this off and on now since high school.  Some people would go crazy sitting in [...]

For some reason I think it was when I was reading Little Big Man at Moss Jr High back in the early 80s that I was first exposed to the phrase “many moons”, as in “it’s been many moons since I last kissed a girl”.  I do know I picked up the phrase “it’s not [...]

Pete and the Parkroses came to town this weekend from their compound outside Boise.  Pete has been among my best friends since we met at college nearly two decades ago.
Pete and his lovely bride were the first among my friends to start their family.  Erin was born in October of 1996.  I remember this because [...]

Most of you have been following me on Twitter.  I’ve got a new Twitter handle for all things Summer.  Please add @summerofbean to your Twitter list.  I’ll be updating the summer in real time there.

The frolf part of The Summer of Bean has been sort of a semi-joke, but not really.  George, I think, certainly saw the whimsy in it, but that was the allure.  I mean really, what in the hell is this sport and why do so many different people play it?
This is the second time I’ve [...]