It has been yet another busy day ( Read more... )

Marisa and I got back from Eugene Oregon this afternoon ( Read more... )

Officially I am not on my sabbatical until next Tuesday, but with the Labor Day weekend and my final accomplishments finished to-day, I am starting my two months off now ( Read more... )

Marisa and I drove to Eugene Oregon right after noon. The toughest part was getting through Portland which had a multiple vehicle crash and the need for an ambulance in the southbound lanes somewhere before the Rose Quarter ( Read more... )

What a nice autumn day it is to-day (and was yesterday). Sunny, dry, mild ( Read more... )

* Did two consecutive performances last night as Cesare in a burlesque act with Marisa at Crush in Portland. This was our 2nd and 3rd performances of this act. For the 3rd I added a very huge smile at the very end before going off stage, ala Data when he was learning to dance in Star Trek The Next Generation. The 2nd performance had a few ( Read more... )

* Monday holiday--worked on digging ( Read more... )

Today Marisa and I celebrated our wedding anniversary by driving to Astoria, Oregon ( Read more... )

I feel much better to-day. Just the occasional nose blowing, but ate breakfast and lunch at fairly reasonable times and the taste was good ( Read more... )

* sign: XMS Tree (which sat on the ground in front of a lot on Martin Luther King Boulevard filled with 6 foot tall cut evergreen trees ( Read more... )