Vacation 2009

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 [...]

Whatever became of Lloyd and Diane?

Say Anything showed on cable twice last night.  The one time I skipped school it was to go see a matinee showing of this movie.  I watched it dozens of more times through college, but hadn’t seen it in probably a decade.
Until recently, movies have never been intended for repeat viewings and the scrutiny they [...]

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The State of the Bean

How long have I been at this now?  A couple of weeks?  I already feel like I’m getting behind.  The book thing, for example.  Like George, I’m not a reader at all.  It’s been a little bit of a struggle.  And to add to my troubles, it turns out there are like 9 holds on [...]

I declare this…The Summer of Bean!

 
It seems a lot longer than two years since I declared the last Summer of Bean.  A lot has happened in that time.  I read The Dip and decided to try and live it.  I left a relatively stable job and struck out on my own to see what that felt like for a while. [...]